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Respected Sir :

Your membership to these various fora is indeed like a whiff
of fresh breeze.

Indeed your connection to the print media is a boon to all of
us for sure. Needless to say most of the stalwart members of
these various fora are experts in their respective fields. Each
is a Gem unto himself/herself. The writer has learnt a lot
from the postings of these scholars.

While on the subject, based on a fervent hope that the members
would not mind the presumptuous spirit, this writer would like
to take the liberty of expressing his deep desire to accord a
small column or space or feature in your site/magazine for
highlighting the importance of Sandhyavandanam and Gayathri
Japam. Indeed your very first introductory mail itself talks of
Gayathri Homam, which itself has given a sort of intuitive
courage to this writer to once more highlight this topic.

Without any conscious intention to hurt or injure anybody's
sentiments, one would like to note that it is a well known
public fact that many of us who wear the sacred thread either :

a. are not doing the Sandhyavandanam at all or
b. doing it in a highly casual manner with irregularity

In either case, there seems to be lack of seriousness on the
subject. While it is good to talk about religion,
philosophies, engage in socio-religious discourses and pray
etc. neglect of something basic is what is of disturbing
concern to this writer.

In the writer's perception, constant reference in any media
would surely the same effect and impact similar to the
sponsorship/advertisement effect during major global sporting
events like World Cup Football, or World Cup Cricket. One has
to constantly keep the topic in the eye and mind of the reader.
Over a period of say 5 years, readers would get so much used
to the reference that it will acquire forceful validity. This
writer knows for a fact that lot of women read these spiritual
magazines. Most of them are mothers who are the best position
to push their wards to do the Sandhya. Compared to a
male-father figure - where sternness and authority is obvious -
a subtler and comparatively gentler persuasion can be achieved
by Mothers. If the young can be somehow made to do the Sandhya
they will carry the torch wherever they go, be it hostel life
in IIT at Calcutta, or a campus in the US or as an Executive
in Sydney.

If you permit, would like to recommend that every page at the
bottom carry the banner in a single line in English, Tamil,
Sanskrit "Please do the Sandhya regularly". Thats all. A terse
message. or a more forceful rhetoric : "Has your son done the
Sandhya today?". The mother will read it on day 1, remember and
chide the son, if the Sandhya is not done, then the next day,
during casual idle thumbing of the pages during her afternoon
siesta she would come across the same message again, and
recollect "Oh, today I must tell my boy when he returns from
School". If she is working and is returning home a chooses to
read the magazine in the train/bus just to relieve tension or
boredom, the message will stare boldly. First on reaching home
she will try to tell her son to do the Sandhya. Unlike men,
who read novels, or economic and business papers, at least in
India, and more particularly in Bombay itself, the writer has
seen many women/mothers choose to stick to some sort of
spiritual material - either a bhakti song, prayer book or
magazine. These are small, seemingly insignificant moments the
mind can be caught.!!

There is a small tendency that some people might be bored or
may not like this frequent references. This is a small
price/risk the magazine may have to pay perhaps, though it is
doubtful if this will happen. Trust you would take this in the
spirit in which it is written and not otherwise.

Om Tat Sat
Tat tvam asi




srihi 
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Subject: [SriParakalaMatham] Help 





SRIHI

I need a small help. I am Representing Tamil Religious Magazine Gopura
Darisanam. I have developed a site for them i want to Hoist it in Angel
city and Geocities and also hire a server which is cheap. Can any
bhagavatha who is in Bangalore help me to Host the webpage.Gopura Darisanam
is doing a lot for all of us. Recently an interview of Prakrutham Srimath
Andavan had come and now in Forth Coming August Issue an article on
gayathri Homa Conducted A Kathenahalli in Hassan district of Karnataka is
coming the occasion was graced by HH Prakala Mutt Jeer and HH Rangapriya
Swami. In Future our Editor has lot of plan of doing article on our
Vaihnava Mutt. So If any Bhagavatha can be helpful I will be grateful to
them.

With Warmest Regards,
Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar
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