--- Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear
BhakthAs : 
> 
> Today is the magnificent day of SravaNam .
> Number of you may be observing SravaNa vratham.
> Today , Lord Oppiliappan adorned His nila mAlai .
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Dear friends,
 Yes, y/day in Kuwait we celebrated 'sravanam' with
special prayers to the Lord of Kudanthai. The
T'venkatam Group members in Kuwait assembled at SrimAn
IVK Chary's residence for a memorable evening of
'vedam' and Sahasranamam and divya-prabhhandham
'pArAyaNam'. However, for me personally, the day was
rather special in an unusual sort of way. 
On his return from a recent trip to India, Sri Chary
brought back with him 'tirumann' -sticks
("urdhva-pundhra") from the great temple-town of
TirunArAyaNa-puram (Melkote). He was kind enough to
gift me a few such "tirumann" sticks for my use.
Y/day, as I was applying the "tirumann" (just before
leaving for the 'sravanOtsavam' at Chary's house), it
struck me momentarily how truly very fortunate I was
in being able to hold the blessed 'tirumann', the
sacred limestone soil, from Melkote within my palms!
For all I know, I thought to myself, this "tirumann"
that I held now in my palms and applied to my
forehead, might well actually have been trodden upon,
many ages ago, by our beloved 'AchArya', Sri RamAnujA
himself!
I knew I was merely fancying myself in a world of
imagination and probability. And yet, on a blessed day
like yesterday's asterism of 'sravaNam', I found it 
difficult to resist the temptation to revel in the
secret sentiment that, thanks to a little "tirumann"
stick from Melkote, I was perhaps blessed indeed with
the "pAda-sparsha" of my 'AchArya', Sri RAmAnujA!
It was pure fancy, no doubt, but what glorious fancy! 
Rgds,
dAsan,
Sudarshan
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