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Dear SwAmin,

It is very good of you to have sent a detailed note of
your background and interest in the subject project. 

I am likely to be in Chennai on a short holiday
between April 13 to April 17. If you would like to
explain your plans for the project in person to me,
you are most welcome to contact me on telephone at
2499 5758. If you have any project information in the
form of schedules, layout, preliminary designs,
concepts, etc. please do share copies of the same with
me so that I can then bring them back with me to
Kuwait to show my other sponsor-friends here and
appeal for their support.

Thanks and regards,
dAsan,
Sudarshan 

--- manoram chaitanyadas <manoramjps@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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