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--- In tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sudarshan madabushi 
<mksudarshan2002@xxxx> wrote:

Dear Sri Nadadur Mathavan,

I am writing this to you to convey my heartfelt best
wishes for the success of the felicitation ceremony
the Ramanuja Mission USA is about to organize on
15May'05 at the Baltimore Siva-Vishnu Temple where the
venerable Sri Anbil Ramaswamy will be honoured and
conferred the title of "kainkarya thilakam".

I was introduced to Sri Anbil Swamy first in 1996
through the internet when I subscribed to his
cyber-site SDDS, Desika Darsana Sabha. He was posting
a series of articles under the title "Hinduism
Rediscovered". The articles covered an amazingly wide
range of subjects relating to Veda, the
Prastana-traya, Ramanuja "siddhAnta", SriVaishnava
"aahanikam", AzhwAr "srisookthis" and Swami
Venkatanathan's "rahasya-trayasaram". Sri Ramaswamy's
series, written as it was in simple but elegant
English, was an eye-opener to me as I'm sure it must
have been to hundreds of other interested readers on
the worldwide internet. There were many thousands like
me who had scant knowledge of Sanskrit or Tamil but
who were sincerely seeking to discover the riches of
the Vedantic scriptures of India through the medium of
English commentaries or treatises. To such seekers and
students of Vedanta, Sri Anbil's series of articles
was a veritable treat  providing as it did easy access
to rich sources of reference, information, explication
and commentary. 

Many years later, in the year 2004, a few admirers and
readers of Sri Anbil Swamy (most notably Sri IVK
Chary) in Kuwait, and who were members of the
Tiruvenkatam Group (tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), hit
upon the idea of gathering all the articles of the
"HInduism Rediscovered" series on the internet and
compiling the same into a published book. Sri Anbil
Swamy was contacted and he readily came forward to
help in turning the idea into reality.

In March 2004, thus, thanks to the tireless efforts of
Sri Anbil Swamy and to the generous financial support
of the Tiruvenkatam Group members in Kuwait, the book
"Hinduism Rediscovered" was published and released at
a solemn occasion in SriRangam graced by the presence
of His Holiness Srimadh Paravakootai Andavan Swami.

I regard Sri Anbil Ramaswamy's book to be a most
valuable contemporary work in English on SriVaishnava
thought and practices. For the SriVaishnavite diaspora
at large anywhere in the world, be it the USA, Gulf
States or Far-East, and especially for the modern
youth of the community there, a reading of the book
would certainly serve as an excellent first initiation
into the treasures that lie deep within  the
SriVaishnava "sampradAya" and ethos.

Sri Anbil Swamy's undertaking to write the book was
sheer labour of love indeed. He carried it out in a
spirit of humble "kainkarya" to the larger community
of Vedantic 'asthikas' and 'bhagavathas' around the
world. For this effort alone, even if not for anything
else, he richly deserves, particularly at this
glorious stage in his life, the recognition of peers
and admirers alike who are all now gathering at
Baltimore to award him with the title of "kainkarya
Rathnam".
 
On behalf of all the members of the Tiruvenkatam
Group, Kuwait, without whose generous help the book
"Hinduism Rediscovered" could not have been published,
I offer tributes and congratulations to the learned
doyen. While we pray to the Divya-dampathis, the Lord
and Mother, our Deities at Tirumala, to grant Sri
Anbil Swamy long life, good health and cheer, we take
the occasion to offer our individual
"danda-samarpaNam" too to him and seek his blessings
for ourselves and our families.

With deep regards,

For and on behalf of the Tiruvenkatam Group

dAsan,
Sudarshan    







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