SrI:
Dear Sri Ranganatha BhakthAs:
Today is the sacred day of the avathAram
of
a great SrI VaishNavite AchArya , who completed
the construction of the abandoned South Gopuram
of Lord RanganAthan at
Srirangam . For hundreds of
years , that Gopuram just had its foundations but was
never completed . One day the ancient Lord addressed
an old VaishNavite AchAryan residing at DasAvathAra
Sannidhi and commanded him to complete the construction
of the unfinished Gopuram and consecrate it . The old
AchAryan protested to the older Parama
Purushan
and said that he was too old to undertake such a
gigantic
kaimkaryam given his advanced age . The Parama
Purushan
laughed while reclining on His soft bed of Aadhi
Seshan
and expressed His confidence that this
kaimkaryam
will be completed by the Acharyan soon . Lord
RanganAthAn's
words never fail and lo and behold , we see today with
wonder ,
the fruit of this magnificent Kaimkaryam by this AsAdhya
AachAryan .
That AchAryan is no one but Sri VedAntha
Yatheendhra
Mahaa Desikan , whose 112th Thirunakshathram ( Birth
day)
we are celebrating today at Srirangam with Veda
PaarAyaNam
and AarAdhanam . HH Sri VedAntha Yatheendhra Mahaa
Desikan
is the 44th in the line of succession as Ahobila Mata
PeetAdhipathi .
Each time , we pass under this Gopuram to offer our
PraNAmams to
Sri RanganAyaki SamEtha Sri RanganAthan , we have to
prostrate
mentally to this great AchAryan , whose Vaibhavam is
replete with
such acts as asahAya Sooran . His dheerga darsanam
and
apAra KaaruNyam ( Limitless compassion ) has also resulted
in
the realization of an unique Temple in USA for Lord
RanganAthA following strictly the PaancharAthra Aagamic
Traditions of worship as at ancient
Srirangam adored by
the AzhwArs and every one of the AchAryAs from
all
corners of BhAratha Desam .
This USA temple for Lord RanganAtha built with
the blessings of Sri VedAntha Desika YathIndhra
MahA Desikan is the One at Pomona , NY ,
which
many of you have visited with your families
and
friends since its samprOkshaNam in May
2001 .
We are conducting NithyOthsavam , PakshOthsavam
,
PavithrOthsavam , adhyayana Uthsavams , Thirumnajanams
for the EmperumAns , ThAyArs and
AzhwArs
on their Thirunakshathram days . We
conducted
with all of Your help the first ever
BrahmOthsavam
at the temple with live Naadhaswaram for five days
.
We would like to continue with this rich
agenda
of Celebrations at the Pomona Temple
.
On this AavaNi Hastha AvathAra Dinam of the
44th
Pattam Azhagiya Singar . adiyEn seeks Your help
with folded hands on behalf of the Pomona , NY
Temple Board . We need to raise significant
funds
soon to take care of the reinforcement of the flat
roof
over the 8 Sannidhis , MatapaLLi , Festival
Halls
( Ranga Mantapam) , conduct Uthsavams ,
build
permanent living quarters for the Temple staff
,
construct a reference library and many more things
.
adiyEn requests you to contact me about
pledges
that you could make to continue to serve SrI
RanganAyaki
SamEtha
Sri RanganAthan and His BhakthAs in
an
exemplary manner . All of Your support funds
are tex
deductible . We need to fix the roof before
the
harsh North East Winter sets in . Please help
to the
best of your ability . Your samarpaNams
can be
sent to :
Sri
Ranganatha Temple
8
Ladentown Road
Pomona ,
NY 10970
( Phone)
: 845-364-9790
http://www.Ranganatha.org
adiyEn is attaching a note from
the Chairman of Sri RanganAtha
Temple ,
Dr.Venkat Kanumalla about the
significance
of this day for SrI RanganAtha
BhakthAs
around the world
.
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
V.Sadagopan
=============================
Dear
Devotees,
On this
wonderful Tirunakshatram day of the 44th Srimad
Azhagiyasingar of Sri Ahobila mutt - Srimate Srivan Sathagopa Sri VedAnta Desika
Yateendra MahA-Desikan, may we all
be fortunate and chant at least 108
times His Holiness' Taniyan:
sri
ranganAtha sathagOpa yateendhra dhrashtum
Lakshmi-Nrusimha
saThajit karuNaika pAtram
Sri ranga veera raghurAt saThagOpa hrudhyam
VedAnta
dhesika yateendram aham prapadye.
Srimate
Srivan sathagopa Sri VedAnta Desika Yateendra MahA DesikAya
nama:
It is
only once in our life-times, we can come across a Mahaan, who had the UNIQUE
bhagyam of being requested by Lord Sri RanganAtha ? to make His motta-gOpuram ?
a rAja gOpuram? and who built Sri RanganAtha?s rAja-gOpuram at Sri Rangam,
India and also a whole new Sri Ranganatha Temple in New-York, USA,
covering both East and West like Lord Sri
Trivikrama.
Srimad Azhagiyasingar Thiruvadigale
SaraNam
Adiyen
Srimad Azhagiyasingar
thiruvadi Venkat
Kanumalla
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