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Dear Prabhu,

Dandavats!



Forgive me for my delayed reply to your mail.  This
was purely because I have been traveling.  Presently,
I am in Australia and plan to be in Chennai by the end
of this week.

My Name is Manoram Chaitanya dasa, congregation
initiated devotee of the ISKCON Hare krsna temple in
Chennai. By the mercy Of Vaishnavas, I am trying to
seriously practice krsna consciousness. I am have been
in touch with the ISKCON temple in Chennai for the
past 17 yrs. I have small export business based in
Chennai.

I hail from an Arya Vysya Telugu Chettiar community in
Chennai. My ancestors have all been initiated by the
Sri Vaishnava acharyas from the Vanamamalia Mutt.

My mother?s father was a great follower of Sri Sri
Anangacharyar Swami. My Grandfather regularly attended
the Kalakshepams of Sri Velkudhi Varadacharyar Swami.
Although, my upbringing has been in such a
spiritualistic environment, I had never been serious
about the principles and teachings of the Sri
Vaishnava philosophy.

I was really out of all this and luckily had the
wonderful opportunity of meeting with the ISKCON
temple devotees and got cultivated into the system.
The teachings of Srila Prabhupada (Founder of ISKCON)
have always been a source of inspiration to me,
especially, the the various quotes from the teachings
of Sri Ramanuja, Sri Madhva, Nimbarka and other
Vaishnava acharyas in his books. I have always found
that the procedures adopted in the Sri Vaishnava
Temples and in ISKCON Temples are the same and have
also felt that the discussions between devotees in the
two temples are almost the same.  

For the past six years I have been attending the
entire Margazhi month lectures given by great
Vaishnava acharyas like Sri Velkudhi Swami and Sri
Venkatkrishnan Swami (residing opp to the Parthasarthy
temple). Apart from these programs as far as possible
I try attending Sri Velukudhi Swami classes and Sri
Krsna Premi Swami classes.

Whenever I receive the information about the visits of
Vaishnava seers (Parakala Mutt, Udupi Pejwar Mutt,
Ahobila Mutt, Vanamamalai Mutt and ISKCON Mutt) in the
city I schedule my time to take their darshan and hear
their  teachings. I am also a devotee(fan) of Sri
Mukkur Swami (He attained Paramapadam four years
before and he is a Elderly SriVaishanava grhastha
Narasimha devotee having his small Narasimha temple in
Sarojani street in T Nagar).  Whenever I have had the
opportunity I would attend his classes and even now I
make it a point to visit his temple in T Nagar
regularly.

During my travel I carry cds of  Vaishnava lectures
and also distribute them among my friends and I
personally feel that there is absolutely no difference
in the preaching of a Sri Vaishnava devotee and the
Gaudiya devotees. For me it is the same .I have seen
many a time devotees bringing in controversial topics
about Gaudiya and Srivaishanava devotees and find them
of no consequence to me and hence tend to totally
ignore them. 

I also try to chant Thirupavai along with Gaudiya
prayers everyday .I have a small team of ISKCON
friends whenever we get time we make trips to Sri
Vaishnava divyadesams and festivals regularly. If we
have money we conduct prasadam distribution otherwise
we do namasankirtanam during Vaishnava festivals. I
attended the last festival at Kuram for the
celebrations of Sri Kurathalwar along with my friends.

This year,I also raised a small fund and gave it to
ISKCON Kumbakonam devotees who went to the 13 Garuda
Sevai festival at Thirnangoor and conducted
distribution of 600 plates prasadam to the Vaishnavas
there and performed Nama Sankirtanam.

Prabhuji,i have tried my best to explain about myself
and if there are any offences please forgive me .

 


Toilets in Sriperumbuttur ? I was ONLY aware of this
dire situation last year but due to less funds that
kept my hands tight . 

Due to my constant travel in Australia I am not able
to coordinate with the devotees at Chennai with the
construction matter. By 2 days I will be settled in a
place where I can make phone calls and emails to fully
coordinate the construction work at Sriperumbuttur. I
am also trying to be back to Chennai by the end of
this week. 


Dasanu dasa,
Manoram.


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