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SrI:
Dear Sri Mukundan Swami,

Excellent account of the seminar..
Blessed are the great bhAgawathOtthamAs, who
attended..
Thanks for sending such a wonderful detailed note. 
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan
--- elangadu santanam mukundan <mukundan_es@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> - SRIMATHEY LAKSHMI NRUSIMHA PARABHRAHMANEY NAMAHA
> 
> ALL GLORIES TO THE ACHARYAS IN THE DIVYA DAMPATIS'
> PARAMPARA.
> 
> ADIYEN MUKUNDA DASAN  OFFERING HUMBLE PRANAAMS AT
> THE
> LOTUS FEET OF ALL BHAGAVATHAS:
> 
> THE SEMINAR HELD ON 21ST NOV.2004 WITH THE BLESSINGS
> OF H.H. SRIMAD AZHAGIYASINGAR AND H.H.SRI RANGAPRIYA
> DESIKAN SWAMY WAS GLORIFIED BY SEVERAL ILLUMINARIES
> IN
> THE SRIVAISHNAVA SAMPRADAYA.
> 
> H.H.SRI RANGAPRIYA MAHADESIKAN INAUGURATED THE
> SEMINAR
> AFTER A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SEMINAR BY SRI
> U.VE.
> K.DEVANATHACHARIAR SWAMY, HON.CHAIRMAN, SRI AHOBILA
> MUTT,HYD'BAD.
> 
> H.H.GAVE A BRIEF NOTE ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF
> VISHISHTADVAITA PHILOSOPHY AND THE NEED FOR SUCH
> SEMINARS (IN ENGLISH) IN AN ELABORATE MANNER.
> 
> SRI U.VE. ANANTA NARSIMHACHARIAR SWAMY 
> (STUDIED SANS. UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF HIS FATHER
> SRI
> U;VE.K.RAGHUNATHA CHJAKRAVARTHY SWAMY.
> B.E.(CIVIL). PRINCIPAL, SESHASAYEE INST. OF
> TECH.,TRICHY, SAMASRAYANAM AND BHARANYASAM UNDR SRI
> KOZHIYALAM SWAMY, KALAKSHEPAM UNDER SRI
> U.VE.MADURANTAKAM SWAMI IN GRANTA CHATUSHTAYAM)
> SPOKE ON THE SUBJECT "SADVIDYA".  HE DWELVED VERY
> DEEP
> IN THE SUBJECT BUT DUE TO LACK OF TIME HAD TO WIND
> UP
> WITHIN 20 MINUTES.
> 
> SRI U.VE. KANIAMBAAKKAM DEVANATHACHARIAR SWAMY
> (PROF. AND HEAD, DEPT. OF VISHISHTADVAITA, RASHTRIYA
> SANSKRIT VIDYAPEET
> MANY PUBLICATIONS TO HIS CREDIT
> A SCHOLAR WHO IS OFTEN INVITED BY THE MATATIPATHIS
> OF
> ALL THE THREE FAMOUS SAMPRADAYAS.)
> SPOKE ON THE SUBJECT "REFUTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF
> MAYA". HIS REMARK THAT HE IS SPEAKING ON AVIDYA
> WHILE
> THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE ON SADVIDYA EVOKED A KEEN
> INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT.
> 
> SRI U.VE. MANNARGUDI RAJAGOPALACHARIAR SWAMY
> (HE LEARNT KAVYA, NATAKA AND VYAKARANA FROM SRI
> U.VE.
> MAASARPPAKKAM SESHADRIACHARIAR SWAMY, MEEMAMSA FROM
> BRAHMASRI BALASUBRAHMANYA SASTRI.  HE IS EXPERT IN
> VEDANTA AND MEEMAMSA.  HE IS THE MOST POPULAR PERSON
> IN CHENNAI CONDUCTING VARIOUS KALAKSHEPAMS AT
> VARIOUS
> PLACES.)
> SPOKE ON THE DOCTRINE OF SURRENDER.  HE GAVE A BRIEF
> OUTLINE OF PRAPATTI WITH THE 5 ANGAS.
> 
> WE HAD TO CONCLUDE THE FORENOON SESSION HERE ITSELF.
> 
> THE NEXT SPEAKER AFTER THE LUNCH BREAK WAS
> DR.PREMA NANDAKUMAR
> 
> (SHE BELONGS TO THE MUDAL TIRUMALIGAI THATHACHARIAR
> FAMILY OF SRIRANGAM.  SHE IS THE DAUGHTER AND
> DISCIPLE
> OF THE EMINENT SCHOLAR DR. K.R.SRINIVASA IYENGAR. 
> SHE
> MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF AS A TRANSLATOR FROM TAMIL
> INTO ENGLISH ,LIKE THE POEMS OF BHARATI AND
> MANIMEGALAI.  SHE IS AN AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST WITH
> THIRTY BOOKS TO HER CREDIT)
> 
> SHE PRESENTED HER TOPIC"POETRY AS SADHANA IN
> SRIVAISHNAVISM".  SHE GAVE MANY EXAMPLES FROM THE
> PRABHANDAMS AND EXPLAINED THEIR  ECSTATIC
> EXPERIENCES
> WHICH RESULTED IN PRABHANDAMS.
> 
> THE NEXT TOPIC WAS "VEDIC KNOWLEDGE
> BASE-VISHISHTADVAITA VIEW" BY NONE OTHER THAN THE
> FAMOUS 
> CDAC-RAMANUJAN SWAMI.(HE IS THE CHIEF CO-ORDINATOR
> OF
> THE INDIAN HERITAGE GROUP IN CDAC, BANGALORE.  HE
> HAS
> DEVELOPED TWO SOFTWARES "DESIKA" AND "RAMANUJA".
> HE WAS AWARDED "VEDA VARIDHI' TITLE.  HE IS ALSO AN
> EXPERT IN DRAVIDA VEDAM AND CAN SPEAK 7 LANGUAGES
> ELOQUENTLY.)
> 
> HE IS NOT ONLY A SOFTWARE EXPERT BUT ALSO A SOFT
> PERSON.  HIS EXPLANATION REGARDING VEDIC KNOWLEDGE
> BASE WAS WELL PUNCTUATED WITH RECITATIONS FROM
> SRUTIS.
> 
> HE WAS FOLLOWED BY DR,SRI U.VE. PADMANABHAN SWAMY.
> (A PH.D. IN SANSKRIT, HE IS THE PROF. OF SANSKRIT IN
> UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS.  HE IS BLESSED WITH
> KALAKSHEPAMS
> UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF U.VE. MELPAAKKAM
> SWAMY,PURISAI
> SWAMY, GOSHTIPURAM RAMANUJACHAR SWAMY,AND PRAKRUTAM
> AZHAGIYASINGAR).HE COULD GIVE A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF
> THE
> CONCEPT OF PRAMANAS.  
> 
> HIS LECTURE TRIGGERED SO MUCH INTEREST THAT HLH.SRI
> RANGAPRIYA DESIKAN DEVOTED ALMOST 10 MINUTES TO
> PRAMANAS IN HIS 15 MIN. SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENT
> SUBJECTS .  AT THIS STAGE H.H. RANGAPRIYA SWAMI HAD
> TO
> LEAVE THE SEMINAR DUE TO PRIOR COMMITMENTS.
> AN HUMBLE OFFERING WAS MADE BY THE ORGANISERS AS
> SAMBHAVANAI TO THE ACHARYA WHO WAS VERY KIND ENOUGH
> TO
> SIT ON THE DIAS ALL THIS TIME.
> 
> AT THIS STAGE SRI UVE.CHETLUR SRIVATSANGACHARIAR AND
> PUTUKKOTTAI SRI U.VE. SHESHADRIACHARIAR SWAMY AND
> SRI
> ANANTANARSIMHACHARIAR SWAMY WERE REQUESTED TO
> PRESIDE
> THE PROCEEDINGS FURTHER. THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO DO
> SO TILL THE SEMINAR CONCLUDED AT 5.45 P.M.
> 
> AIR VICE MARSHALL(RETD.) SRI U.VE. SRINIVASAGOPALAN
> SWAMY SPOKE ON " PRADHANA PRATITANTRA OF DESIKA
> DARSANA- SOME OF ITS IMPLICATIONS IN DAY TO DAY
> LIFE.
> (HE OBTAINED HIS MBA FROM DELHI UNIVESITY AND RETD.
> AS
> AIR VICE MARSHALL FROM IAF WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL
> AWARDS OF AVSM AND VSM.  HE HAD IS SAMSRAYANAM AND
> BHARANYASAM AT THE LOTUS FEET OF H.H.SRIMAD TENPARAI
> ANDAVAN.HE HAS CONDUCTED STUDY SESSIONS ON
> UPANISHADS.H.H.THE PRESENT AZHAGIYASINGAR LAUDED HIS
> EFFORTS IN CONDUCTING PROGRAMMES IN PRACTICAL
> VEDANTA.HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF "O J A S"
> SOCIETY).
> 
> HIS EXPLANATION OF THE TOPIC"PRADHANA PRATITANTRA
> WAS
> SIMPLE".
> 
> THE NEXT ONE TO THUNDER (WE TASTED THE THUNDER TOO)
> WAS DR. U.VE. V.N. VEDANTA DESIKAN ON THE TOPIC
> "FROM BHAKTI TO BLISS WITH BHAGAVAN, - EPITOME OF
> SRI
> BHASHYAKARAR'S PHILOSOPHY.
> (HE IS THE GRANDSON AND DISCIPLE OF VIDVAN SRI U.VE.
> VANGIPURAM NAVANEETAM KRISHNAMACHARIAR SWAMY.  HE
> WAS
> A CHEMIST BY PROFESSION AND WAS ALSO A TEACHER AT
> THE
> HIGHEST LEVEL.  HE HAS BEEN HONED BY H.H.SRI
> PARAVAKKOTTAI ANDAVAN FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS.  HE WAS
> PUBLISHED MORE THAT 15 WORKS IN TAMIL AND ENGLISH ON
> OUR SAMPRADAYA, THE LATEST BEING "AZHWSAN'S
> PANCHASTAVAM").
> 
> SRI U.VE. NEDUNTHERU KANNAN SWAMY SPOKE ON
> "VISHISHTADVAITA AS REVEALED BY VEDANTA SUTRAS".
> (HE RETD. FROM CENTRAL GOVT. AS JT. SECY. IN
> MINISTRY
> OF FINANCE.  HE DID HIS KALAKSHEPAM UNDER THE LOTUS
> FEET OF SRI U.VE. PERUKKARANAI SWAMY, SRI U.VE.
> GHOSHTIPURAM RAMANUJACHARIAR SWAMY, PURISAI SWAMY,
> PAYYAMBADI CHETLUR SRI U.VE. SRIVATSANGACHARIAR
> SWAMY
> AND MANNARGUDI SRI U.VE. RAJAGOPALACHARIAR SWAMY. 
> HE
> WROTE A BOOK RECENTLY - "DIVINE SOVEREIGNITY AND OUR
> FREEDOM")
> 
> HIS TREATMENT OF THE TOPIC WAS ELABORATE, BUT HAD TO
> CONCLUDE ABRUPTLY DUE TO WANT OF TIME.
> 
> AS INTENDED BY SRI SATAKOPA ANOTHER ERUDITE SCHOLAR
> IN
> DRAVIDA VEDA DELIVERED HIS LECTURE ON THE
> INTERESTING
> TOPIC"NAMMAZHWAR- TRANSLATOR OR TRAILBLAZER?''
> 
> HE IS NONE OTHER THAN SRI U.VE. K.SADAGOPAN SWAMY.
> A MANAGER IN BANK OF INDIA, HE IS A BANK OF
> PRABANDHAMS.  HE DID HIS VEDAPARAYANAM UNDER SRI
> U.VE.
> PAZXHAVERI RAJAGOPALACHARIAR SWAMY. HE HAD IS
> KALAKSHEPAM UNDER THE LOTUS FEET OF CHETLUR
> SRIVATSANGACHARIAR SWAMY, GOSHTIPURAM
> RAMANUJACHARIAR
> SWAMY.  HE CONTGRIBUTES ARTICLES REGULARLY IN SRI
> RANGANATHA PADUKA, SRI NRUSIMHA PRIYA AND SRI
> 
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