Dear all, I personally know at least one great Bhagavata, by name Smt.Sarojini Devi, belonging to this Trivarnika Ramaanuja kootam ( Stree Samajam ) from Visakhapatnam, coming from a very famous Jewellar's family, who did yomen service for the propogation of Divya-Prabandha PaaraayaNam on a regular basis. They invited Tamil speaking Vaishnavas to their kootam and almost all of them learnt the 4000 pasurams in 6 years. I do not know why it is called Traivarnika, and was limited only to people with Yajnopaveeta samskaram, as Divya-Prabandham is open for chatur-varnas. It is usual practise at Simhachalam in the 1960s and 1970s, when Sri Varadaachaari swami was there, to have prabandha paaraayaNam on a regular basis. Nellore Sri Ranganatha Swamy Devasthaanam also has regular Prabandha paaraayaNam. Many Sri Vaishnava Temples in Andhra Pradesh are doing Regular Prabandha paaraayaNam. Sri Nammazhwar Tiruvadigale SaraNam. adiyen, Venkat Kanumalla. Vishnu <vsmvishnu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "gopan" <yennappan@...> wrote: > > Dear Sriman Dhivakar, visakhapatnam city very close to Simhachalam divya kshEtram, close to the heart of Acharya Ramanuja. I heard that divya prabandham was first printed in Telugu script. In previous centuries (18th or 19th - dont know), there was an Acharya called Karpuram Pattappa swami who popularized Bhagavad Vishayam cutting across caste lines. Recting divya prabandham is a daily ritual in the Srivaishnava temples of Andhra and Karnataka. Like in Tamil Nadu, in these places also qualified and interested people are not available to take up this kainkaryam. dasan Vishnu >The place of celebration is Visakhapatnam city which is in the >remote corner of Andhra Pradesh, India. > > The Tri-Varnikas (Brahmins -Kshatriya - Vysya) are basically traders. But their elders are well versed in vedaas & agamas. Along with this, they are trained to learn Tamil Dhivyaprabhandams. Their women- folk, especially, are well trained in Dhivya prabandha paasuram to sing in traditional rhythm. But their mother tongue is TELUGU. Except pasurams of Alwars, they do not speak Tamil and even pasurams also written in Telugu words. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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