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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs:

It is with great humility and deep sense of
gratefulness adiyEn reports back to you all
that $2,5000 towards the 15K$ target has been
realized in just two days from 20 BhakthAs
for the roof repair kaimkaryam at the Lord 
RanganAtha Temple. 

The outpouring of concern for the Temple and 
the display of Bhakthi to Lord RanganAthA and 
the other Moorthys of the Pomona Temple are most 
touching . Twenty BhakthAs including those 
as far as from Kuwait , London , Singapore along
with BhakthAs from far corners of USA have helped 
to assemble $2,500 SamarpaNam during the past two
days. Sri RanganAthA's Mysteries are unfathomable.

In this context , a famous slOkam of SrI Bhagavath
DhyAan SopAnam (modeled after the glorious anubhaavam
of ThiruppANAzhwAr's AmalanAdhiipirAn) comes to adiyEn's
mind:

SaabhiprAya-smitha-vikasitham chAru-BhimbhaadharOshtam
DukkhaabhAya praNayini janE dhUra-datthAbhi,ukhyam
kaantham vakthram kanaka-tilAlankrutham RANGABHARTHU:
SvaanthE GaaDam mama vilagathi svAgathOdhAra nEthram 

--8th slOkam of Swamy Desikan's SrI Bhagavath DhyAna sOpAnam

This slOkam used by many in their NithyAnusandhAnam
of SrI RanganAthan refers to the welcoming eyes of 
the Lord of Srirangam/Pomona for all bhakthAs in general
and those from far off lands in particular .His smile has 
full awareness of content about our prayers (SaabhiprAya:);
His red lips resembling ripe kOvai fruit are in blossom
with His smile ( smitha vikasitham chaaru Bhimbha adhara
Oshtam );That smile removes our sorrows as samsAris 
and is beautiful because it (the meaningful smile )
blesses us even from quite a distance (Dukkha apAya
PraNayini janE dhUradhattha aabhimukhyam); 
He turns around and blesses us with His KatAksham .
On His forehead is a beautiful golden tilakam 
( Kaantham Kanaka tilaka alankrutham ); Swamy Desikan
composed a special SaraNAgathi grantham on SrI RanganAthan
and named it appropriately "SrI NyAsa Tilakam ". His eyes display 
a generous sign of welcome to the devotees ( SvAgatha UdhAra
nEthram ); Swamy Desikan states here that the face of
SrI RanganAthan with its smile, welcoming eyes and
Kanaka tilkam is deeply etched in his mind ( Rangabarthu: 
Vakthram mama svAnthE gaaDam vilagathi).

The depth of bhakthi of Swamy Desikan in saluting
the sacred feet of SrI Ranganathan housed in the second slOkam 
is another beautiful anubhavam of Swamy Desikan (Second slOkam ).

In the ninth slOkam , Sawmy Desikan celebrates the majesty
and grandeur of the beautiful crown of Lord RanganAtha .
One of the dear devotees of Pomona was so overwhelmed 
with the beauty of the Moolavar in His sayana kOlam 
that he commissioned a Mutthangi ( Blue velvet dress 
studded with diamonds) at a cost of 40,000 $; another
dear Bhakthar and family hand stitched that dress and
presented it to the huge Moolavar archai of Lord RanganAthan
at His sannidhi in Pomona, NY few days ago. It was a most
memorable darsanam. Please come and enjoy the Lord 
in Mutthangi and new kirItam.

We are in the process of recieving Kodai (umbrella) ,
silver base Chamarams (Fans) for use during the puRappAdu
of Uthsavar RanganAthar during Paaksha , Maasa and other 
Uthsavams as well as during adhyayana sEvai. It is adiyEn's BhAgyam 
to accept the duty of the samarpaNams of the two Umbrellas and
the two fans for the Lord .These have been created at Chennai and
Thirukkudanthai with the help of SrIman Thirukkudanthai
Sampath Rengarajan during his recent visit to India. adiyEn
thanks him for his immense , personal help to realize 
this kaimkaryam.

While there , SrIman RengarAjan has also supervised the construction
of ThirumaNNs for all the Moolavars at the Sannidhis with 
Zirconite (White and Yellow)stones to stand out . adiyEn 
understands that the unique ThirumaNN of Lord SrinivAsan 
is absolutely stunning . The total cost is $300 for all 
the ThirumaNNs . If some of you want to become part of 
this kaimkaram of samarpaNam of ThirumaNN s, you can share 
the total expenses of $300 ( Sannidhis are those of Lord
RanganathA ,, Srinivasan , KrishNan /veNugOpaalan,
Raamar and Garudan ). ThirumaNNs will have white
stones and Yellow stones for SrIchoorNam. 

In this same context , new KirItams for 
the PerumAls and ThAyaars are also under construction
and will probably be hand carried in August from Chennai.
The total cost with our favorable exchange of 48 Rs to a Dollar
has enabled us to cover the construction costs at the 400$
level for all the KirItams . Those of you , who wish to
particpate in this KirIta SamarpaNam for Your aaraadhana Moorthis/
Ishta Dhaivams are requested to let me know. Please indicate 
the Particular archA Moorthy you wish to link your samarpaNam
of KirItam . 

With new ThirumaNNs and KirItams , the beauty of 
the PerumAL Sevai will be enhanced multifold.

adiyEn is so happy about all these happenings 
inside the sannidhis/Temple that I have to share 
these wonderful news and thank SrIman
Thirukkudanthai sampath RengarAjan for his
enormous efforts in setting the stage for 
this kaimkaryam and supervising them.

Finally ,The temple Board is making plans to conduct 
the Third Adhyayana Uthsavam at SrI RanganAthA Temple here 
in a grand manner as during the two previous years in
Marghazhi month of this ChithrabhAnu Year. 

The new thing this year is to invite an Arayar 
Swamy from an ancient dhivya dEsam dear to Lord 
RanganAthan ( MappiLLai Swamy) . With the Lord's 
anugraham , we are all hoping that the arrangements
for such a visit by Arayarb will be successfully 
concluded and that the Lord of Srirangam-Pomona 
will hear dhivya Prabhandham in the KolAhala /
KoNdAttam Manner that He is accustomed to hear
the blessed collect of His AzhwArs.

NamO SrI RanganAthAya,

V.Sadagopan 
Vice Chairman , 
SrI Ranganaatha Temple
Pomona, NY 







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