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Dear AchArya Ramanuja BhakthAs:

It is my pleasure to forward the mail from
Sri Manoram Dasa , who is the key person
for supervising the construction at SriperumbhUthUr
sanitary facilities.

>From his description , one can see the value of the facilies
in future for helping the vistors of SriperumbhUthUr
abhimAna Sthalam .

The latest tally shows that we have raised ( US+ Australia+
India+ Kuwait ) 3.6 Laks of Rupees sofar.

The cost estimate for the project completion is 4Laks of
Rupees . It is our hope that the remaining funds will be
raised soon and the construction will start in 2 to 3 days.

My thanks on behalf of Srimans M.K.Sudarshan ,
Sri Manoram Dasa to every one who have provided
most welcome support to make this project possible.

Ramanuja Dasan ,
V.Sadagopan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manoram Dasa" <mano1008@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <yennappan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:05 PM
Subject: festival update


> Dear  Sri Sadagopan prabhu,
>
> Report on Sriperumbuttur festival.
>
> Prabhuji, 10 other congregational devotees and I left for Sriperumbuttur 
> on the 2nd of May at 3 pm from West Mambalam in a truck filled with 
> barrels of Sundal and lemon  rice  prasadam.
>
> We reached there around 4 pm and  the Thirumanjanam for Swami Ramanuja was 
> just about to start. I handled the truck carrying prasadam and my other 
> friends went inside the temple to take darshan.
>
> I went into the temple after they returned where the Thirumanjanam was 
> being performed.  There were thousands of devotees witnessing the grand 
> celebrations. Devotees were engrossed in Bhakti and were intently watching 
> the various ceremonies being performed. Old or young, their eyes were set 
> on the beautiful diety of Sri Ramanuja. The total mood was filled with 
> reverence and bhakti.
>
> It was hot inside the manadapam and people were sweating due to the heat. 
> There was no place to sit and many were standing and intently watching the 
> celebrations. Despite the scorching heat and sweating, none had any 
> intention to move out of the mandapam until the thirumanjanam was over and 
> gladly endured all the discomforts. At the time of Sripada tirtham 
> distribution, my friend overheard an old lady say that she had been here 
> at sriperumbuttur for the past 10 days just to get receive the sacred 
> sripada tirtham of Swami Ramanuja.
>
> All dharmmashalas in sriperumbuttur were packed with the devotees who had 
> come to witness the great festivities. Bhagavatha thadiyartanai was going 
> on for last 10 days at all mandapas. Thousands of devotees were being fed 
> with the sacred prasadam everyday. Many slept outside the temple and the 
> dharmashala as the place was so overcrowded with devotees.
>
> Many devotees split into small groups performed the namasamkirtanam in 
> praise of the Lord. Many chanted the several Divine names of Swami 
> Ramanuja; so much is their Acharya bhakti and attraction to the divine 
> name of Swami Ramanujar. Every vaishnava present there spoke of the 
> greatness of Swami  Ramanujar. It was a real sight to observe several 
> vaishnava devotees walking all the way from their villages as they had no 
> vehicles or funds to pay for their tickets.  It was so great to know that 
> they did not care for external material discomforts. The darshanam of 
> Swami Ramanuja was their objective and nothing else made any difference to 
> them.
>
> There were Katha kalakshepams going on in the temple premises. Devotees in 
> small or large groups were engrossed in the various discussions and the 
> glorious pastimes of Swami Ramanujar.
>
> After sometime our team of devotees began distributing lemon rice and the 
> Sundal Prasadam. At the same time we served 150 litres of cold butter milk 
> to several devotees gathered opposite the Ethiraja Jeeyar Matham. Our 
> services were over by 10 pm and we returned to Chennai by 11 pm with a 
> great satisfaction of serving the vaishnavites at an appropriate time on 
> the occasion of the Sri Ramanujacharya appearance day celebrations.
>
> Construction details: Our team is ready but, waiting for the
> green signal from the temple authorities. Although we have officially 
> received a letter from the temple authorities and as the construction 
> would block usage of the existing toilets, they have requested our team to 
> hold the construction work for a few days and that devotees would be using 
> the existing 3 toilets.  We will most probably start construction work in 
> about two to three days time.
>
> Dasanu dasan,
> Manoram.



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