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SrI:
 
Dear BhakthAs:
 
It gives me an immense pleasure to announce the first of the 
new Educational release from the SankarAthi Project .
This is a new Multimedia CD ROM created by our talented
SrI Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar of Bangalore .
 
Material assembled in this CD ROM are precious renderings of
the following sthOthrams by SrIman Sunder Kidambi in the MP-3
format  with clear pronunciations to help one learn these sthOthrams.
Sri Sundar Kidambi is Thiruvadi of SrImath Andavan of PeriyAsramam.
SrI Sridhar is Thiruvadi Of SrImath Azhagiya Singar.You can also
hear them as you drive to work or at home from your computers .
The audio portions of the CD ROM under one roof are :
 
1.  AchyuthAshtakam
2.  HanumathAshtakam
3.  MadhurAshtakam
4.  MahA Lakshmi Ashtakam
5.  NrusimhAshtakam
6.  RuNa VimOchana Narasimha SthOthram
7.  SrI Raama MangaLam
8.  VedAntha Desika Prapatthi
9.  DasAvathAra SthOthram
10. KrishNAshtakam
11. MahA Lakshmi Kavacham
12. RanganAthAshtakam
13. SudarsanAshtakam
14. Swamy  Desikan MangaLam
 
All these 14 sthOthrams take 57.11 minutes to recite.
These sthothrams have powerful manthra siddhi and
are ideal for recitation by children and adults alike.
 
Our thanks are to SrIman Kidambi and SrI Sridhar 
to enrich our lives with such outstanding sthothram
recitals and housing them in this CD ROM along with
a power point presentation on the three sthalams .  
 
The CD ROM plays for a total of 96 Minutes including
the audio and the visual content  . 
 
The second part of this CD ROM houses a Power point
presentation of THREE important KshEthrams of KarnAtaka
(90 slides ) . These three kshEthrams are located on the banks of
the sacred Cauvery River amidst sylvan scenery. These temples are :
 
(1) Dhodda Mallur ApramEya temple: Aravinadavalli SamEtha SrI ApramEyan   
 
(2) Sathyagalam Temple of SrI PerumdEvi SamEtha SrI VaradarAjan and
     Swamy  Desikan 
 
(3) SrI RanganAyaki SamEtha SrI RanganAthan of Madhya Rangam .
 
The First KshEthram
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1. Dodda Mallur ( ApramEya PerumAL , Aravinda Valli ThAyAr
   and Crawling/AmbEgal  Navaneetha KrishNan ) is the first
   kshEthram that is covered .Route Maps from Bangalore, Temple
   timings, Bhattar 's name and telephone numbers are given for
   this and other temples to help you plan your visits .
 
   Saint Purandara Daasar composed His Famous krithi   "JagadhOdhAraNa "
   on the most beautiful crawling Navaneetha chOra Moorthy of this temple. 
   Daasar was overcome by the beauty of this dhivya moorthy and sang
   this krithi from the Mantapam known now as Purandara Mantapam .  
   This Navaneetha KrishNan is crawling on Garuda Peetam  and has a  ball of
    VeNNai in His hand , which stands for Jn~Anam ( Bhagavath Githai ) .
   He is ready to bless us with that Jn~Anam for our Moksham .
 
    AchyuthAshtakam , MadhurAshtakam , KrishNAshtakam , SrI Raama
    MangaLam , RuNa VimOchana Narasimha SthOthram and
    NrusimhAshtakam are recited in front of the appropriate sannidhis
    at this temple . Thus , Five beautiful sthOthrams are devoted to this
    KshEthram (abhimAna Sthalam).
 
    The alankAram in KaranAtaka Temples are a  delight to watch .
    AmbEgal KrishNan with VeNNai alankAram is a beautiful image
    to enjoy.  His whole body is covered with VeNNai . ApramEyar
    (Uthsavar and Moolavar ) are eye filling .
 
    ApramEyan means Immeasurable , unbounded, unlimited and limitless.
    That Tatthvam , which is beyond speech and mind has taken the form
    of a dhivya MangaLa vigraham at this temple to be with in the reach of
    our mind and senses.
 
    Saint Purandara Dasa , tha avathAram of Sage Naradhar attempts to sum up
    the greatness of ApramEyan and crawling KrishNan in his HindusthAni Kapi
    krithi , "JadadhOdhAraNa aadisithaLiyasOdhA ": Hr addresses the Lord as
    "apramEyana , agaNitha Mahimana , aNOrOneeyana , MahathOmaheeyana ,
    Parama Purushabnaa, Vara VaasudEvanaa , SuguNAntha Ranganaa ".
    There is not much to say thereafter; only thing to do is to rush to
    this KshEthram for the darsanam of the ApramEyan and prepare for
    that visit with the help of the CD ROM put together by SrI Sridhar.
 
Sathyagalam Temple
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    2. Sathyagalam  is where Swamy Desikan spent significant 
    time , while escaping from the assault on SrIrangam by invading
    armies. PerumAl here is Kote Vararajar and ThAyAr is PerumdEvi .
 
    Swamy  Desikan gives us His rare Sevai in the standing posture. 
    He has updEsa Mudhrai on one hand and SrI Kosam ( Sacred
    palm leaf manuscript of SrI BhAshyam on the other hand ).
    He stands ready to rush back to Srirangam at moment's notice.
 
    At this KshEthram was born His "Abheethi Sthavam ".
 
    H.H. ParakAla  Matam Jeeyar and HH Ranga PriyA Swamy
    are very much involved with Kaimakryams at this temple
    (Raaja Gopura NirmANam Kaimkaryam) ; This temple
    has deep Sambhandham with Swamy  Desikan .
    
    Pictures of Swamy Desikan's Thirunakshathra Uthsavam
    attended by HH ParakAla Matam Jeeyar and HH Ranga PriyA
    Swamy including avabrutha SnAnam in Cauvery river is a rare treat
    to see. Beautiful pictures of the Jn~AnAsvattha tree ( Sacred
    Pupil tree under which Swamy Desikan did his daily Japam
    and the KoormAsanam on which Swamy  Desikan sat during
    His anushtAnam are at the peaceful KshEthram of Satyagalam .
 
    At the appropriate Sannidhis , MahA Lakshmi Ashtakam  and Hanumath
    Ashtakam are recited in this section of the CD ROM .
  
3) SrI RanganAthan of Madhya Rangam
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This temple is 5.5 KM from Sathyagalam on a beautiful bend of Cauvery river.
Here rests SrI RanganAthan on Aadhi Seshan  as Madhya Rangan . He is in between
Aadhirangan at ChennapattiNam and KasthUri Rangan at SrIrangam.He is surrounded
by watery abundance of Kabini reservoir and Sivana Samudhram water falls.
 
The beauty of this Lord is indescribable. Wonderous VeNNai alankAram
on SrI Vaikunta EkAdasi day for this immense PerumAl is incredible to
watch . His beauty is only matched by SrI RanganAyaki ThAyAr .
The majestic Dhvaja Sthambham and tall dheepa Sthabham are
unique here . As at SrIrangam , Sudarsana BhagavAn blesses us here .
 
SrI MahA Lakshmi Kavacham , SudarsanAshtakam and SrI RanganAthAshtakam
are recited beautifully in this portion of the CD ROM .
 
Please contact me if you wish to acquire this CD ROM for your homes.
 
RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan  
  


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