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At 07:31 AM 1/6/03 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Dear Sri Sadagopan - 
>The account of Eri Katha Ramar and how Colonel Place could get the Lord's
causeless mercy brought renewed conviction in the power of surrender. When
the pastimes of the Lord can be tied to a physical location known to us and
to a recent time, then it seems so much more real. If you know more such
accounts, please post them. 
>With Best Regards
>Rajaram V. 


Dear SrI Rajaram :

Thanks for your note.

The author of the above excellent article is 
SrIman Sadagopan Iyengar of Coimbatore
and not myself. I know there is a lot
of confusion on this matter , when both of us 
have the same name and spell it the same way .
The differnetiating factor is the suffix of Iyengar
at the end of the name "Sadagopan ".

My parents named me "Sadagopan " because I was born
during Panguni Kettai. Our family belongs to AhObila Matam
and my parents chose that special Name "Sadagopan " because 
Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar's birth star is Kettai.

By the way , the manner in which I spell my name 
(ref: the harsh Comment of SrI Hari MadabhUshi
SaarangarAjan of Singapore on this subject of spelling it 
as "Sadagopan " instead of "SaThakOpan " in response to 
our dear Sri Malolan Cidamabi's well meant note on 
the essay of SrI Sadagopan Iyengar) is this:

As a school age child , I got used to writing my
name as "Sadagopan " because it was easier instead of
"Satakopan " or "SaThakOpan " and that version (Sadagopan)got 
stuck in birth certificate , school records and Passport
et al. I would prefer to spell my name as " SaThakOpan "
but is not possible now unless I change it officially.
I thank SrI Hari's justifiably angry pronouncement
on this matter . I am going to leave however 
the spelling of my name as it is in the official documents 
but will sign off as "SaThakOpan " in sampradhAyic
postings , whenever possible . 

Meanwhile , I wish I had a little of 
SrIman Sadagopan Iyengar's writing 
skills and sampradhAyic knowledge.

My prayers are for SrI Sadagopan Iyengar's
erudite contributions to grow further and 
further to inform , entertain and educate 
devotees at all levels for many many years 
and therby share his vast knowledge on our 
revered and ancient tradition.

Another link I cherish with SrIman Sadagopan Iyengar 
of Coimbatore is that he had portions of VedAdhyayanam 
with my father , Vaikunta Vaasi ,PoundarIkapuram Tattai 
VaradAchAr Swamy of Oppiliappan Sannidhi . 

NamO NaarAyaNAya ,
"SeelamillA SiRiyOn " Sadagopan 







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