SrI
:
Dear Sri Lakshmi
Nrusimha BhakthAs :
I am
enclosing a report on yeserday's Nrusimha
Jayanthi
Uthsavam at Sri RanganAtha Temple .
Both
the (consecrated ) Uthsavar and Moolavar
Vigrahams
in
AaarAdhanam at the Sri RanganAtha Temple , Pomona , NY
are
most beautiful and remind one of Ahobila KshEthram
.
The
celebrations were well attended and a royal feast fit
for
the
King of Kings , the Periya Periya PerumAL ( MalOlan
)
was
presented to the Lord .
Swamy
NammAzhwAr 's Thirunakshathram was on the same day
in
the Morning .
All
in all , it was an exquisite event as you will gather from
Dr.Venakat Kanumalla's account from his kaimkaryam
perspective as the Chief Priest of the Temple
.
Please come and visit your Temple , whenever you are
in
our area .
NamO
Sri NrusimhAya ,
V.Sadagopan
Secretary of the Board ,
Sri
Ranganatha Temple
Pomona , NY
Dear devotees,
It was a wonderful celebration yesterday, with more than 300 devotees
taking part in the GRAND Sri Lakshmi Nru-Simha Jayanti celebrations at our Sri
Ranganatha Temple.
Many devotees started visiting the Temple on and off till 5 PM. After
that, it was a steady stream of devotees, the whole Main Sannidhi area was
filled, with about 200 devotees waiting for the Lord's Divya-abhishekam.
The program started with Sri Satyanarayana Pooja, sponsored by 5 devotees
and their families, and as this pooja was in progress, arrangements were
being made for the vedOkta- Nava-Kalasa-Abhishekam for the Lord, with proper
PunyahavachanAdi poorvangam. Other devotees chanted the
Vishnu-Sahasra-nama-strotram, and after that a devotee chanted the whole
Laksmi-Nru-Simha Sahasra-nama-strotram.
Five Devotees sponsored the Abhishekam, with gallons and gallons of milk,
filling all the Nine Huge Silver Kalasams, and the whole sannidhi was just
resembling a mini-KshirAbdhi, with four priests attending to all the Upacharams
to the Lord, to the accompaniment of TaittirIyOpanishad and Pancha-Suktas, and
later to the chanting of Nammazhwar's divya-pAsurams.
Along with Lord Sri Lakshmi-Nru-Simha, our prapanna-jana-kutastha, Sri
Nammazhwar also had his wonderful Thirumanjanam, and it was a double-feast to
the devotees eyes, witha a rare Bhagavat-Bhagavata katataksham at the same
time.
Lord lakshmi-Nrusimha was offered the best possible pushpa-malas, with the
most fragrant roses and other vana-malas.
The offerings to the most Merciful Lord Sri Lakshmi Nru-Simha were made,
resembling a Royal Feast, with
rAjAnna-sUpa-Samyukta-nAnA-sAkairupeta- chaturvidha-bhakshya-bhOjya-chOshya-Lehya
-padArdhas, and the Supreme Lord and His devotees thoroughly enjoyed the
dozens of plates of phala-samarpanams made during the
abhishekAntargatOpachArams.
There were so many devotees enjoying the prasadam through-out the day, as
also a few devotees who fasted the whole day until the whole Thrumanjanam
was over ( till 9. 30 PM).
Later, the Sayanotsavam was a treat to the ears, with excellent renderings
by the devotees in different vernaculars.
Finally, all the 200 devotees were treated to a wonderful prasadam,
including Kesari, Vada, payasam/bAdAm-kheer, mudgAnnam, ChitrAnnam,
TintriNIpakvAnnam and of course moorkozhambu-saatramudu etc....
Every Devotee who had the mahad-bhAgyam of enjoying the great events of
yesterday left the Temple with the only feeling that it was indeed a great
poorva-janma-sukruta-vishesham to see the Divya-Dampatis, and the Merciful
Lord Sri Lakshmi Nru-Simha on this swAti
nakshatra-yukta-chAndramAna-VaisAkha-Shukla-Chaturdasi day.
Thanks to all the Volunteers, Board of Trustees and Devotees who helped a
lot in making yesterday, a most memorable one, including preparing the wonderful
prasadam.
With Regards,
Venkat Kanumalla. Yahoo! Groups Links
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