Dear Bhagavathas, It is adiyen's privilege to convey my felicitations to Sri Sadagopan Swamin and Sri Srinivasa Gopalan Swamin (aka Sri Uppili Swami) for being selected for this year's Sri Ramanuja Mission?s annual awards. All of us know very well about Sri VS swami's brilliance and eloquent writing style combined with the nectar of his personal anubhavams. Adiyen sincerely pray to Acharyan and Divyadhampathis bless this ?Ratnam? with a long healthy life. Sri Srinivasa Gopalan swami is adiyen's friend, philosopher and guide for the past (more than) twenty years. He is one of those rare gems, silently doing his services to our sampradhayam without expecting anything in return. It is our bhagyam to have such a learned young scholar among us. As said in Upanishad, he is not only doing pravachanam (teaching) but also continues to do his Swadhyayam (learning). In a week he spends nearly 14-18 hours in teaching and learning our sampradhayam related matters. This is apart from his professional commitments as a chemist. Really well deserving person for the Kainkarya Thilakam award. Adiyen would also like to thank and acknowledge his wife, Smt. Amina Gopalan's patience and encouragement for his services. I would like to quote some of his well-wishers, students and friends here: aDiyEn is immensely happy to learn that our Uppili Gopalan Swamy has been awarded "Kainkarya Thilakam" by Sri Ramanuja mission. No one deserves this better than him for this kainkaryam. and secondly, the quality of his teaching is another aspect that needs to be honored.....Secondly, we should not forget that Smt Amina needs to be thanked, because for any kainkaryam , those that help to make it happen , are equally to be commended and without her sacrifice of his time week after week it wouldn't have been possible at all. May Udeyawar shower His blessings for ever on their family to continue to do His kainkaryam ... (Shrimathi Sheela Belur, MD) "Acharya Devo bhava". Quality of teaching, humble nature, thanking acharyas and periyavas for any accolade given to him, all these qualities are sure to fetch him the award and many more awards in the years to come. May Udayavar shower His blessings for ever on their family to continue to do this mahonnatha kainkaryam. Thanks to Smt Amina too, as azvar says "nalla pathaththaal manai vaazvar konda pendir Makkale". Pallandu pallandu to him and his Family. (Shri Narasimhan Chakravarthi, NY) I still remember Uppili teaching Nachiyar Thirumozhi to my cousins in his small hostel room in Bangalore during his PhD days. He used to be a sought after person for both youngsters(???) like us and also old people in Bangalore(Like my uncle) for Veda Parayanam. His Divya Prabhandam teaching started right after he left Triplicane and still continues. I pray Perundevi and Perarulaan to bestow all auspiciousness to Uppili Family. (Shri Kazhiyur Narayanan, NV) Being the only person, or one of the few (maybe vegas Sri Kazhiyur Narayanan etc) that i know of in the US who is teaching after learning fully in the traditional style both the samskritha and dravida vedam. * Teaching others to chant correctly, with the correct pronunciations and intonation. day after day, week after week, without expecting anything in return. (for the past 7+ years) * The sincerity and quality of his teaching as evidenced by his students. eg: Adiyen was the recipient of his teaching for a few portions. For ThiruVai sessions, because he did not have any day time, he volunteered his time at 6 am to do Thiruvai and polish my chanting (one on one)of UpadesaRatthina malai and Kovil Thiruvaimozhi. Six am for a Gruhastha with Kids and regular job in the US. That is the sincerity and dedication that all his students are blessed with Sri Uppili Swami as the teacher. He continued to teach this class for a few weeks till he was satisfied of the end result. Unfortunately i am so far away from him (Wdc) in Chicago to make use of this god given opportunity. But there are many blessed students in the DC area and other over the telebridge who benefit from his teaching for the past seven years. => His Humility: Though adiyen had heard of sri Uppili Swamin in 1996, the stalwart from Sri.Vanamamalai Mutt, Adiyen was fortunate to meet sri Uppili Swamin only in 1998 when we took part in Dhivyaprabhandotsavam in WDC conducted by Sri Venkatesan Iyyengar over a thanksgiving weekend. Apart from Sri Venkatesan Iyyengar the only other person without any book in the Goshti was sri Uppili Swamin. Adiyen introduced him to other devotee friends as sri U.Ve Uppili Swamin, and he stopped me from using U.Ve, saying even though i heave learnt all this, i am just a tape-recorder who can reproduce everything i have learnt, please do NOT prefix me with me U.Ve etc. Such is his humility. (Shri Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi) Adiyen join all these Bhagavathas to congratulate Sri Srinivasa Gopalan Swami and pray to DivyaDhampathigal to bless Sri Gopalan and his family with all the auspiciousness and happiness. Adiyen would also like to thank everyone at Sri Ramanuja Mission for selecting such gems to present these awards. Poliga! Poliga! Poliga! Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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