SrI: Dear BhakthAs: we had a wonderful celebration of HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan's 83rd Birthday ( Thirunakshathram of Panguni RohiNI) at SrI RanganAtha Temple ,Pomona , NY. Lot of SishyAs and abimAnis of this stalwart of an AchAryan assembled there to join in the Veda PaarAyaNam , recitation of SrI Sookthis of Swamy Desikan at the individual 8 sanidhis of the Temple ( Raghuveera Gadhyam art SrI Raamar Sannidhi , Garuda DaNDakam at Garudar Sannidhi , GopAla Vimsathi at KrishNar sannidhi , GOdhA Sthuthi at Andal Sannidhi, SrI Sthuthi at SrIRanganAyaki's sannidhi , DayA Sathakam at Lord SrInivAsan's sannidhi , Bhagavath DhyAna SOpaanam at Lord RanganAthA's sannidhi , KaamasIkhAshtakam at Lord LakshmI Narasimahn's sannidhi ). AdiyEn had the bhAgyam of reciting Swamy Desika Sahasra Naamam at Swamy Desikan and SrI Lakshmi Sahasra Naamam at SrI RanganAyaki Sannidhi , which is right next to Swamy Desikan's sannidhi. There was a grand Veda-PurANa Periya SaaRRumuRai , the like of which one does not hear at other temples . A great tadhiyArAdhanam tok place after SaaRRumuRai and the temple cook prepared major PrasAdhams for the dhivya Dampathis ,which were shared by the assembled devotees . A grand Sudarsana Homam lasting nearly 3 hours also took place as is wont on Saturdays and Sundays at the Temple . We have now completed 90 Sudarsana Homams this past year (Since first anniversary of the temple in May 2002) and hope to complete the 100th Sudarsana Homam during May 24 , 2003 and the 108th Homam during the July 4 weekend . Other AchArya Thirunakshathrams ( AchArya RaamAnujA in May 2003 ,SrIrangam PeriyANDavan in June 2003 , HH the 44th Jeeyar of AhObila Matam and later SrI MukkUr Azhagiyagingar , the Founding Jeeyar of this temple, Swamy Desikan's Thitunakshathram on October 5, 2003 and others will be celebrated this year. HH SrI ThridanDi Chinna Jeeyar will be performing MangaLAsAsanam at the Temple during June 2003 . AnnamachArya's 500th Jayanthi/Vardhanthi will be celebrated on May 24 , 2003 as a aprt of the second Temple anniversary. Please celebrate all SrI VaishNavite AchArya Thirunakshathramsa t SrI ranganAtha Temple in grand Fashion and join ther sath sangham on these auspicious occasions as well as every day . Anna dhAnam is offered every day for all the visitors to the temple . Jayathi Jayathi SrI RanganAtha: Jayathi Jayathi Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntham, AdiyEn , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan Vice Cahir, SrI ranganAtha temple
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