SrI: Dear BhakthAs: It gives me great pleasure to share with you our firm plans for SampradhAyic Veda ParAyana and Dhivya Prabhandha PaarAyNa ghOshtis at SrI RanganAtha Temple during the occasion of the Second anniversary Celebrations of the SamprOkshaNam for the Temple. As many of You know , these PaarAyaNams are an essential part of major celebrations at consecrated Temples and it is delightful that SrI RanganAtha Temple has blessed us to maintain this tradition and is pleased to hear dearly What He dearly wishes to hear . On behalf of the Religious Committee of SrI RanganAtha Temple, it is adiyEn's pleasure to invite you all to come and join one or both of these groups led by PoorNa AdhikAris in Vedam & Dhivya prabhandhjams. Kaavanoor MaadabhUshi VyaakaraNa SirOnmaNi SrIman RajagOpala Bhattar will lead the groups for KaaNDa PaarAyaNam of Vedam ;KodiyAlam Naithruva MaaDabhUshi VaradarAja Bhattar , who is PoorNaadhikAri in BOTH Yajur vedam and NaalAyira Dhivya prabhandham ( Four Thousand Sacred Collect) will head the Dhivya prabhandham group. SrIman U.Ve.RaajagOpaala Bhattar has performed grantha chathushtaya KaalakshEpam under HH Vaikunta Vaasi SrImad Mukkur Azhagiya Singar and is a graduate of MadhurAnthakam College in VyAkaraNa SirOnmaNi studies. SrIman U.Ve. VaradarAja Bhattar has performed adhyayanam in Vedam and NaalAyira Dhivya prabhandham under the tutelage of his father, KodiyAlam Naithruva MaadhabhUshi U.Ve. NrusimhAcchAr Swamy , who resides now at Oppiliappan Sannidhi. The timings of the PaarAyaNam are: Wednesday: May 21 8.30 A.M --11.30 A.M concluding with SaaRRumuRai (Separate GhOshtis for KaaNDa and Dhivya Prabhandha PaarAyanam). May 21 4.30 P.M--7.30 P.M continuation of the MudalAyiram & Veda Vij~nApanam Thursday , Friday ( May 22 and 23) : Continuation of the two PaarAyanams in the Kramam manner at the above time slots. Saturday: The Final 100 Dhivya prabhandham at the end of the Sudarsana Homam for the day concluding with Periya (Grand) SaaRRumurai. Approximately 11 A.M. SrI RanganAtha temple is the one and only temple in North America to the best of my knowledge , which has these elaborate traditional offerings of the Sanskrit and Tamil vedams as a part of the major Uthsavams for the PerumAL. The presence of these two PoorNAdhikAris at the temple this year makes it a very special event following the traditions at major Temples in India like SrIrangam, KaanchIpuram et al. Please take the time off and join these ghOshtis and enjoy the Memorial Day weekend and have the auspiciousness of hearing the Veda manthrams and AzhwAr's Divine Sookthis chanted in the traditional manner. On May 24, there are additional celebrations for the 500th Jayanthi for Saint AnnamAchArya, one of the greatest devotees of Lord VenkatEsa and a primary sishya Of SrI Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar, the founder of SrI AhObila Matam on the Command of SrI Lakshmi Narasimhar of AhObila KshEthram . The additional details of the programs are at: http://www.ranganatha.org Look forward to seeing you , your family and friends at the Lord's temple during this important Festival to celebrate the Two Vedams as an integral part of the celebrations for this year . MahA PrasAdham of PerumAL would be available on all these days ( From Wednesday , May 21 , the first day to May 26 , the Concluding day of this uthsavam). Please join the devotees and recieve the anugraham of the Divine Couple of the Temple. Please contact adiyEn ( 914-762-6690) or SrI Sampath RengarAjan ( 734-945-7549)or SrI Venakt Kanumalla( 845-627-6716) for any additional information that you may need in planning your trip to take part in this special grand uthsavam. SrI RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan Vice-Chairman, SrI RanganAtha Temple.
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