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SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha //
SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha //
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya//
KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: /
SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm//
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SRI RANGA SRI VOL.06 / ISSUE # 01 dated 24th SEPTEMBER 2004
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Dear Bhagavatas:
EDITORIAL
8th ANNUAL REPORT OF SWAMI DESIKA DARSANA SATSANGAM (SDDS) &
4th ANNUAL REPORT OF ?SRI RANGA SRI? (SRS), ITS ELECTRONIC JOURNAL
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Today is TaaraNa Samvatsara, Kanya Maasa, SravaNa Nakshatram.
Today, we celebrate the Tirunakshatram of Tiruvenkatam Udaiyan.
Today, we celebrate the Tirunakshatram of Swami Vedanta Desikan.
Today, we celebrate the Tirunakshatram of BrahmaTantra Swatatantra Parakala
Maha Desikan (the founder of Sri Parakala Matam)

Such an auspicious day also marks the beginning of -
- The 9th  Anniversary of ?Swami Desika Darsana Satsangam?(SDDS) (founded in
1996) and
- The 5th  Anniversary of ?Sri Ranga Sri?, its Electronic journal (founded
in 2000)
- The 3rd   Anniversary of the formation of Board of Advisory Consultants
(BAC) for ?Sri Ranga Sri? (formed in 2002)
- on the Tirunakshatram day in the respective years.
-  The 2nd Anniversary of ?Internal Resources Panel for SRS? (IRP) (formed
in 2003) consisting of distinguished members of SRS.

SRIVAISHNAVAM TODAY!
Way back in the 1980s during my first visit to the USA, whenever I mentioned
the word ?Hinduism?, the first response of the Westerner (and even our own
people who had lost their moorings to our traditions having settled here for
long, not to speak of kids born and brought up here without an iota of
exposure to our Satsampradayam was ?Oh! I know. You are talking about
Buddha?. These people did not know that Hinduism and Buddhism were poles
apart.

The next best bet was ?Oh! I know! You are talking about Adhi Sankara?. This
second category seems to have closer familiarity with ?Hinduism?, thanks to
aggressive marketing of vested interests, equating Hindu philosophy with
just the Advaita philosophy.

In the last few years, however, world populations have come to know about
our great Acharyas like Bhagavad Ramanuja and Swami Desika as formidable
forces to be reckoned with, recognized and revered.

A very heartening news is that people who never ever heard of these names
before now come together to celebrate Acharya Vaibhavam Conferences in
different cities (and temples, in particular) especially in USA, Bahrain,
Kuwait, England, Indonesia, Singapore and other places on the 
Tirunakashatram
days of these Acharyas.

And, in this month, we witnessed the PratishTaapana celebrations of Sri
Rukmini Sathyabama sameta Sri Venugopala Perumal organized by Sri Ramanuja
Mission in New Jersey.

Participating in the study of Vedas, Saastras, StOtras and Azhwars? Divya
Prabhandams etc. organized by different SrivaishNava groups has become a
routine these days.

This is in no small measure due to the efforts of these various SrivaishNava
groups that have been straining every nerve to disabuse false impressions
and familiarize them with the life histories and works of these great
Savants and the lineage of Acharyas of Sri VaishNava Satsampradayam to which
they belong.

We are happy to submit that we at SDDS and SRS have been doing our little
bit in this direction, like the proverbial squirrel in Srimad RamayaNa.

Since the early settlers from India and their kids seem to have forgotten
what is ?Hinduism?, Bhaagavatas in Kuwait published my book ?Hinduism
Rediscovered? ? a nearly 1000 pages book elegantly got up.

This was released by His Holiness Srimad ParavakkoTTai Andavan,
Poundarikapuram Swami Asramam at Sri Rangam on the occasion of his 84th
Tirunakshatram on 28th March 2004 in the presence of H.H. Rangapriya Maha
Desikan and an overwhelming audience comprising of all well known Acharyas
and Scholars of our Satsampradayam.

We are glad to present in this Issue ?Vichitra VeeNa? - a write up by Sriman
Sadagopan Iyengar, Srikaryam Swami of SRS as a tribute to our very own Swami
Desika on the occasion of his Tirunakshatram

May Swami Desika bless that this trend to grow from strength to strength in
the days ahead and result in the phenomenal growth of Aastikyam, everywhere.
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GROWTH OF MEMBERS OF SRI RANGA SRI
Thanks to the blessings of YathisrEshTas and Acharyas of Bhagavad Ramanuja ?
Swami Desika Satsampradayam and the encouragement of
- Moderators of sister Internet groups who hosted our Editorials in their
sites.
- Editors of Religious Journals in India who kindly provided us due
publicity in their publications.
- Recommendations of existing members for admitting their friends.
- The new members who joined out of their own volition.
Our membership has burgeoned to about 4200 (including about 3000 Active
members and over 1200 others whose mails bounce temporarily due to limited
capacity of their mailboxes).

It is needless to say that this is ample testimony to the popularity of your
Journal.
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ISSUES RELEASED
About 150 Regular issues of SRS have been released, so far
(besides several Special Issues) ? including:
27 Issues of Vol. 1
15 Issues of Vol. 2
42 Issues of Vol. 3
35 Issues of Vol. 4 and
28 Issues of Vol. 5
This works out to about 40 issues per year and more than 3 issues per month.
Our ambition is to release at least once a week.
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BACK
Although we receive feedback now and then, this does not seem to be
sufficient. It is worth remembering that the authors who contribute do so
out of their dedication and anxiety to share their knowledge and there is
absolutely no commercial motive in their efforts. The only reward they may
expect is a feedback of constructive criticism and words of encouragement
which we feel they richly deserve.

Nothing sustains their efforts more than this recognition by readers and
nothing puts them off more than the seeming apathy of readers, as evidenced
through the absence of such appreciation. This disappointment is not
confined to Contributors to SRS only but also to all other Internet groups.
In the absence of such input, there is no way for them to improve their
output!

So, please ?Be honest in your appreciation and constructive in your
criticism?.

To help you do this, we have catalogued the topics and shown the respective
Volume / Issue in which they have appeared. Most of you would have perused
them. If you have not done so or would like to re-view the same, you may do
so NOW and give us the benefit of your valuable comments. You may indicate
which serials or which articles you liked most and where you would like to
offer suggestions for improvement. This will go a long way to help in
improving the quality and content of your journal.

Please send your response to SriRangaSri-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(And NOT to SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)





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