--- In tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sudarshan K Madabushi" <mksudarshan2002@...> wrote: Dear members, I reproduce below a report that appeared in THE HINDU newspaper issue dt. 19January 2007. It is self-explanatory. As I explained to you all during the Veda class last night, the Vedic Sangeeta Foundation, Chennai, is a non-profit cultural organization devoted to the twin causes of propagating the Vedas as well as promoting 'saastrIya sangItam'. The chief patrons of this Foundation are eminent citizens of Tamil Nadu such as Sri Rajha from the renowned Raja family from Rajapaalayam, Sri Venu Srinivasan of TVS SUzuki, Sri N.Srinivasan of Chemplast Group, Sri Sivasailam of Amalgamations Group and Sri Mohan Paraasharan (son of the renowned ex- Attorney-General of India, Sri K.Parasharan). The Foundation with the blessings of Sringeri Sankaracharya has embarked upon the project of collecting, collating, digitizing and creating a world-wide audio library of the Vedas as chanted by learned 'vaideeka' pandits and 'ghanapaatins'. In this endeavour, the TTD with its vast resources available in its own archives, will lend a helping hand. This cause is one that will appeal to the pride and sentiments of all of us who abide by the Vedic faith and believe that the Vedas are the eternal commonwealth of the entire world, not just of India. The project is a mammoth one estimated to cost around Rs.15 mn or USD 300k. Here is an opportunity for all the 'veda- abhimaanis', 'vedaDHYaYINS' and 'veda-adhyApakAs', 'veda-srOtriyAs' the world over to come forward and chip in their bit for the cause by extending financial support. It is a worthy cause. May I therefore appeal to all "Kuwait Tiruvenkatam Group" members, especially the "vedAdhyAyana" students, to please come forward and help in this cause. All of us know how much spiritual benefit we have all derived and enjoyed in life the past 6 years since we all began 'vedAdhyAyana'. It is not possible to define or quantify the spiritual upliftment that the Vedas brought into our lives. We can show our gratitude in a small way to the ALmighty, the "veda- purushan", by participating in a project of this kind that aims at "veda samrakshanam" and "veda samvriddhi". We are all small 'gruhasthAs'/ordinary householders and each of us has his/her own economic conditions and constraints in life. There is no need to impose undue hardship on ourselves. What we can however do is to dedicate the 'sambhaavanam-s' collected from the the next 3 or 4 "sravanOtsavam" in Kuwait for the sake of this cause. Furthermore, each of us can spread the message by word of mouth amongst friends and acquaintances in Kuwait and elsewhere and appeal for help and raise as much as we can. I have already given you all copies of the appeal brochure of the Foundation. After 3 months we can convert all the collections into a consolidated bank dd and remit the same to the Foundation of behalf of Kuwait Tiruvenkatam Group "vedadhayAna gOshti" and on behalf of all 'asthikaas' and 'vaideekaas' here. I prostrate before you all who will embrace this cause and be ready to do your little bit. Members of other like-minded cyber-groups (like SriRangasri and Oppiliappan etc.) may also please consider this appeal favorably. May the Almighty shower his Blessings on one and all! Regards daasan, Sudarshan MK ******************** The Hindu dt. 19 January 2007 Plan to put Vedas, Upanishads on website Staff Reporter CHENNAI : The Vedica Sangeeta Foundation, which has planned to celebrate its fourth anniversary on Saturday, would take up the task of recording the chanting of Vedas and Upanishads and host it on the website. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Foundation's founder and trustee A K Ramamurthy said the project was estimated to cost around Rs 2 crore. While appealing to the public to donate generously for the ambitious project, he stressed the need for protecting and preserving the Vedas "at least now." The Foundation trustee K Jayaraman said there were around 1131 Vedic Sakhas in vogue some 5,000 years ago and now there were only 9 to 10 Sakhas. In a bid to resuscitate the Vedas with all its variations, the Foundation had planned to get them chanted by erudite Vedic scholars and digitally record them in CD and host them on a website. "The aim is to take the Vedas to common man around the globe," he said. The TTD Tirupathi Executive Officer, A P V N Sharma, would inaugurate the anniversary celebrations to be held at Tattvaloka in Teynampet. The Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami would preside. On the occasion, the Foundation would honour a scholar G Balasubramania Ganapatigal, Mr Ramamurthy added. --- End forwarded message --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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