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Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane Nama:
Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divyapadukasevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri NarayanaYatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

Dear All:

Thanks to Sri Malolan’s anugruham and the prayers and the contributions of 
thousands of sishyas and well wishers from all over the world, Srimad 
Azhagiyasingar's Satabhishekam Mahotsavam took place in grand style at the 
Dasavathara Sannidhi in Srirangam and came to a conclusion in the evening on 
Thursday, November 30th with a Dolai for Kannan organized by His 
kainkaryaparas. Earlier in the day, nearly 10,000 sishyas had the 
opportunity to get Satari and Sri Paada Theertham of His Holiness and 
witness His Holiness receiving Kovil Mariyathais from Divya Desams. His 
Holiness Poundarikapuram Andavan Swami, His Holiness Parakala Matam Swami, 
His Holiness Rangapriya Swami and His Holiness the Jeer of Azhwar 
Thirunagari were present on one or more days in the mornings and on Srimad 
Azhagiyasingar's 80th Thirunakshathram day to convey their felicitations.

One of the highlight of the event was the Pattina Pravesham of Srimad 
Azhagiyasingar in a Pallakku for over 6 to 7 miles, twice around Srirangam 
Temple in the outer two ring roads with 5 elephants, and 3 horses leading 
the procession, periodic firecracker displays, prabhanda goshti of well over 
200, multiple nadaswaram troupes and ladies singing and dancing in front and 
a veda parayana goshti in the rear of the pallakku. It is estimated that 
over 2,500 people took part in this procession lasting nearly 5 hours. All 
these can be viewed in the still photos gallery, the link for which is given 
below.

Over the 10 day period preceding the Thirunakshathram, nearly 1,000 invited 
Veda adhyapakas, Sanskrit scholars, Srivaishnava stalwarts and other highly 
learned scholars took part in daily festivities. Simultaneous Veda parayanam 
was done every morning and evening by the Veda adhyapakas in the four main 
vedas and three variations of Yajur and Sama Vedam. All the Vedams were 
chanted during morning and evening Satrumurai along with prabhandam for the 
listening pleasure of Sri Malolan and Dolai Kannan. In the afternoons during 
"vethalai pakku", some of the Veda adhyapakas chanted Ghanam for 20 to 30 
minutes, which was a feast to the ears. Following this, Srimad 
Azhagiyasingar presided over a Vidwat Sadas which featured some of the most 
knowledgeable experts in Sanskrit and SriVaishnavism debating issues in 
Sanskrit and Tamil. Later in the evenings, well known Upanyasakars gave 
lectures on many topics at Sri Vedantha Desikar Sannidhi inside Sri 
Ranganathar Temple. Further in the evening, well known Carnatic Music 
artists performed in front of HH's Ashramam. One evening, the young students 
of the Selaiyur Patasala performed a drama about Swami Thirumangai Azhwar's 
life history and two students performed an upanyasam in the classical 
musical style. Every day prasadams were distributed in the mornings, 
afternoon and evenings, for over 2,000 to 3,000 people at 3 different 
locations.

The most notable thing was that our Acharyan, in His magnanimous way, 
honored each of the Veda adhyapakas, pandithas, kainkaryaparas and the other 
learned scholars with cash, veshti, gold coin, salwai, silver vessels etc. 
It is estimated that the value of the honorariums ranged from Rs. 7,500 to 
Rs. 20,000 per person depending on their education, experience and 
knowledge. The total cost of just the honorarium for the pandithas and 
vidwans is estimated to be around Rs. 80 to Rs. 90 lakhs. Add to this the 
cost of providing prasadams every day for 2,000 to 3,000 people with a 
substantially higher number on the day of the Thirunakshathram and you can 
easily see that the cost would have well exceeded Rs. 1 crore. We are very 
happy to inform you that the contribution from the United States, just 
through Sri Ahobila Muth, USA came to around Rs. 1.25 crores. We thank every 
one of you profusely for contributing to this once in a lifetime event. 
Prasadams are being mailed from Selaiyur this week to all those who 
contributed to this cause.

There is no doubt that this event will stand out for years to come as a 
unique event that is unparalleled in history for its grandeur and the 
recognition of so many learned vidwans and pandithas. We owe it all to Sri 
Malolan and our Acharyan Srimad Azhagiyasingar. Thanks are also due to the 
Satabhishekam Committee who worked on this event tirelessly for over a year, 
collecting many crores of Rupees, and undertaking and completing in time the 
massive construction projects including the very large main hall where the 
function took place, Malolan's Sannidhi, renovation and reconstruction of 
the Dasavathara Sannidhi, Uthara Veedhi Matam and the Dasavathara Sannidhi 
Matam. Besides these, more projects are planned and have started such as 
construction of a Marriage Hall at the place where the Satabhisheka 
Mahotsavam took place, renovation and reconstruction of the Thiruvellore 
Matam and other Matams and Brindavanams. Thanks also are due to the scores 
of volunteers who helped all the sishyas have a pleasant experience at the 
function. And last, but not least, thanks to the thousands of sishyas and 
abhimanis all over the world who contributed the maximum amount they could 
to make this function a grand success.


As many of you know, the main event on November 30th was web cast live. Even 
if you missed it then, you can view the whole 5 hours of streaming video, 
till December 31st,  by visiting: http://www.chennaistream.com/ahobilamutt/ 
In addition, you can view still photos taken during the occasion, thanks to 
Sriman Diwakar and Sriman Raghavan (Bangalore) at: 
http://www.pbase.com/svami/sathabishekam


Thank you all.


-Srimad Azhagiyasingar Thiruvadigale Saranam
dasan Rajaji

Sri Ahobila Matam, USA

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