SrI: 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. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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