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SrI:
 
Dear BhakthAs :
 
adiyEn attended yesterday an event filled concluding
day of the First BrahmOthsavam for Lord Ranganatha at
the Pomona , NY Temple . It is a Memorable day 
by every measure of excellence and authenticity .
Many days and nights of intensive preparatory work
by the Religious Committee , the Board Members and
Shrama  DhAnam by many , many volunteers over untold
hours rewarded the BhakthAs of Sri RanganAtha ,
who had assembled from near and far . 
 
adiyEn will share with You all a small portion
of adiyEn's blissful anubhavam .
 
MangaLa Vaadhyam
*************************
The sound of Naadhaswaram ( MangaLa Vaadhyam)
Music accompanied all the important functions during 
the different stages of the day . These Naadhswara 
and Tavil VidhvAns are from the rich Cauvery delta 
in TanjAvur district known for its great families of 
Naathaswara VidhvAns , who took part over the years
at many BrahmOthsavams of one or more of the 40
dhivya dEsams of ChOLa Naadu . Besides their own
vast repertory of Krithis of Saint ThyagarAja , they 
responded with lightning speed to the commands 
from the PradhAna Archakar Swamy to fit with the instructions
of Ghana Raagams as well as apoorva Janya Raagams 
(  Kannada GouLai,Raama Priya , MukhAri , DevaghAndhAri ,
KalyANa Vasantham , GambheerA Nattai , Mallari and many more ) .
 
This Naadhaswaram group took part in all the six days of
the Uthsavam , stayed up late  and enchanted the throngs of
devotees with NeelAmburi for SayanOthsavam and 
PunnAgavarALi (Magudi) during the different gathis that
Lord Ranganatha is famous for during His PuRappAdu
( Processions inside and outside His saptha PrAkArams ) .
adiyEn will write more later about the dance ITEMS and
musical accompaniments during the Navasandhi Nruthyam ,
Nava Sandhi Kautthuvam , the varieties of 35 TaaLams (7 X 5)
used and thier 140 other derivatives  as well as the additional
rare Taalams ( Megha Nandhana Taalam for VaruNan etc ) 
used according to the Sri Prasna Samhithai of Pancha Raathra
Aagamam later .
 
Other Naadha NaivEdhyams & PrasAdhams
****************************************************
The VeNu GhAnam by Smt.Bhavani Rao and Vocal concerts
added to the Naadha NaivEdhyams for the Lord and competed
for attention from the MadapaLLi Kaimkaryam Swamy , Sriman
MuraLi KrishNan , who created so many authentic PrasAdhams
for the Lord (aRum chuvai Virundhu) .
 
NruthyAnjali
*****************
NrutthAnjalis particularly on the final day of BrahmOthsavam
during the SapthAvaraNam stage of the Uthsavam are fresh in
adiyEn's memory . One of the seven AavaraNams is 
Nruthyam and the others are Geetham , VeNu etc and the final
AavaraNam is MOUNAM (Stunning silence associated
with deep meditation , where one hears only AnAhatha
PraNava Naadham)  .
 
Jathisvaram
*****************
Before the SapthAvaraNam , NruthyAnjali by young
and talented dancers were offered .  Jathiswaram
(rhythmic beats and MudhrAs joined the Jathis to
SwarAs /Musical notes); this dance item is devoid of
any abhinayam and was offered to the Lord by Kumari
Pramoda Bapatla .Jathiswaram is also known as
Sollukkattu . Sri ShyAmaa SaasthrigaL and Tanjore Quartet
have composed many of these Sollukkattus and Svarajathis
( Saahithyam added to Jathisvaram) .
 
Shabdham ( RaamAyaNam)
******************************** 
The classical Shabdam ( another core item of Bhatatha Naatyam
tradition)  was presented to the Lord at His arangam by
Kumari Saroja Kolluru . Sabdham belongs to the other items of
Bharata Naatyam like ThOdaya MangaLam ( Ranga Poojai) ,
Jathisvaram , VarNam , Padham , JaavaLi and TillAna .
Jathisvaram and Sabdham follow one another .   Sabdham
is the First item in the hierarchy of Bharatha Naatyam Uruppadis ,
where Abhinayam is introduced after pure Nrutthams ( Pure
foot works and Hastha Mudhrais ) . The shabdam chosen was
RaamAyaNa Sabdham . Uthsavar Ranganathar is known as
Raamachandran , where as Moolvar is DhAmOdhara KrishNan
with His three  welt marks for Navaneetha chOram , a present
from His " Mother " , YasOdhA .The episodes of Raama
as the Portector of the Yaj~nams of the Sages ( Yaj~na Rakshakan) ,
SitA KalyAnam , chasing of the Maayaa Mrugham and RaavaNa
SamhAram were beautifully brought before our eyes
by the talented dancer .
 
Abhinayam
*************
Sri Anvesh Tanuku danced two more delightful items : (1) Lord RanganaathA's
dhivya soundharyam in DharbhAr with Sri RanganAyaki ( Kolu-Vaithiva
Rangasaayee ). There was significant opportunity for him to display
his skills in abhinayam and Nruthyam . It was a Saathvika abhinayam
piece filled with BhAvam and Rasam . The second item by Sri Avinesh  
Tanuku dealt with the DasAvathAram bringing to mind the DasAvathAra
Sannidhi at Srirangam built by Thirumangai AzhwAr and Sri DasAvathAra
SthOthram by Swamy Desikan. Sri Anvesh took Sri Jaya DevA's famous
DasAvathAra SlOkam and intrepreted it with various Sthaayee BhAvams .
 
Pushpa Yaagam
**********************
Pushpa Yaagam concluded the elaborate DhvAdasa AarAdhanam .
Multicolored Pushpams , some unique to India (AraLi) and KrishNa
( dark) TuLasi had been flown in from India for this special occasion .
The PushpAnajali was done with the recitation of the Mantram:
" Phalam bhavathu mE Pushpai: Nama: " and Purusha Soktha ,
SrI sooktha and BhU sooktha Mantrams to the Lord and
His two Devis( Ubahaya NaacchiyArkaL) .
 
The pictures of Pushpa Yaagam and the Videos in the Temple 
web site  will help you to enjoy the soundharyam and Thrupthi of
the Lord at the successful conclusion of His BrahmOthsavam .
He was beaming with Joy and blessed all His BhakthAs  with
Theertham and SaThAri . It was already 1.00 AM , when we had
to leave so that the Lord can enjoy His sayanOthsavam .
 
Our Prayers
******************
Our Prayers are for this BrahmOthsavam tradition to continue
--as long as there is the Sun and the Moon-- at this unique Temple
for Lord Ranganatha and perhaps another Uthsavam for
Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan as at Ahobilam and ThiruvallikkENi
in another quarter /ayanam of the year !
 
Our Prayers are for additional Vaahanams be ready for
the Next BrahmOthsavam !
 
Our Prayers are for the SampradhAyic ( Paancha Raathra
Saasthram based) AarAdhanams and the Uthsavams to
continue forever !
 
In conclusion , adiyEn is pleased to share with You the good news
given by the Chairman Swamy , Dr,Venakt Kanumaslla  that
Sri Ranganathan's anugraham made it possible to have a revenue-neutral
Uthsavam , Which had many expenditures . Volunteers and devotees
came forward to meet all the expenses of the BrahmOthsavam .
 
Few Tasks ahead
***********************
Many tasks remain to be attended to such as taking care of
the Flat Roof for the next tweny years atleast and many other
items identified by the Board of the Temple . Please donate 
liberally to the Roof Repair as the immediate item needing attention
and for the various Kaimkaryams to maintain SampradhAya 
Parisuddhi at the temple at the highest level !
 
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
Fund Raising Chair Person m Sri Ranganatha Temple Board      
 
  
     
      
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