SrI:
Dear Sri Ranganatha BhakthAs:
I am delighted to relay the good news
from
Srirangam about the completion of the
renovation
of Lord RanganAthA's 16 Pilalred Vasantha
Mantapam .
This Kaimakaryam was started on Feb 10
and
has been completed in ~Sixteen days .We came under
the budget estimate (45K Rs expenditure
versus
estimate of 50K Rs.) .
Here are the details on what has been
done:
1) All the plants , creepers and trees that
had grown
on the roof and ramparts have been removed
to
the roots . Additional renovation includes
:
2) 1204 square feet roof area has been covered
with
burnt lime ( SuNNAmbu) and red brick powder
for
strength and longevity .
3) Another layer of painting with mixed material of
red oxide,
Cement and special oil has been applied as
reinforcer of
the first layer of painting .
4) 650 Square feet of outside walls have
recieved new cement
after removal of disfigured old layers of cement
.
5) Weather caused distortions at the joints of
granite
slabs have been lined up with application of
new bonding
cement . The inner ceiling has
been painted over to protect
against humidity and moisture related problems
.
6) Disfigured joints have been removed and
recemented .
7) The water tank on top of the mantapam has been
cleaned .
8) A yellow layer of Painting has been
applied for aesthetics .
As Sri Murali Battar states in the mail below
,
this Mantapam is resplendent now to recieve the
visit
of Lord RanganathA during His 18 visits during
each year .
Sriman Murali Battar observes that this Mantapam
" has become very elegant among all Mantapams ".
My personal Thanks to all of You ( Arangan
ThirumuRRatthu
adiyArkaL) for joining in this Kaimkaryam for
our BhUlOka-
VaikunTha Naathan ,
Sri RanganAthan . We will release soon
a new e-book in our Ahobilavalli series (Sri
RangarAja
Sthavam : Volume I of Five ) to commemorate this
occasion .
KulasEkhara Padi Kaimkaryam starts
*********************************************
The KulasEkhara Padi Kaimkaryam inside the
Garbha
Gruham is about to start now with the
measurements by
the Silver Smith on March 4 . We will use 15 Kilo
Grams of
Silver to create the new KulasEkhara Padi to replace
the current worn-out
Padi .
Final Appeal
****************
Most of the samarpaNams are in now except for a few
from those who pledged and wished to take
part in
this rare Kaimakryam to our Lord . May I request
you to contact me to complete the last 5 to 10
percent
of assembling the samarpaNams to have all the funds
needed for this Mahaa Kaimkaryam ? Thank you
.
We will keep the fund raising open for another
7-10 days at the most .
NamO SrI RanganAthAya ,
Daasan , V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message -----
From: Murali Battar
Rangaraja
To: Dr. Sadagopan
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:21 AM
Subject: Voucher for 16 Pillar Mandapam. Adiyen!
All work had been finished for 16 Pillar mandapam which was very much
dilapidated three weeks before. Now this has taken a new look by
all of your
support and has became very elegant among all mandapams. Our
Temple
officials are also very very happy with the results of this
kainkaryam.
We, the Srirangam Temple staff , are all much indebted to You
all , who took part in this noble Kainkaryam.
Herewith I am enclosing the copy of the voucher produced
by the contractor for this kainkaryam.
Thanking you ,
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan
-Murali Battar-
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