Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Acharya Thirunakshatrams celebrations
This has been taken as is from the report sent out by "Pattangi" to the JETUSA yahoogroups:
Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Jai SreemanNarayana!
With the Divine Mangalasasanams of
HH Sri Vanamamalai Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami
HH Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Chinna Ramanuja JeeyarSwami
HH Sri SriRanga Narayana Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami
HH Sri Thirukkovalur Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami
Sri. U.Ve Srirangam Narasimhachari Swami
Sri. U.Ve. E.S.Bhuvarahachariar Swami
Sri. U.Ve. A.V.Rangachariar Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Thiruppullani Sundarajan Swami
Sri. U.Ve. T.K.Choodamani Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Thirukoshtiyur Madhavan Swami
Sri. U.Ve. BadriNarayana Parasara Bhattar Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Kanchee Akkarakkani Srinidhi Swami
Sri. U.Ve. E.S. Sriram Swami
AchAryA thirunakshattiram Celebrations in VenkatEsvara svAmi temple, Washington DC (JET USA) went very well.
Photos at: http://ibiblio.org/ramanuja/utsavams/
It was a very good weekend. The function started on Friday evening with Sevakalam for the Lord, devotees chanted thiruppallandu, kanninunchiruththaambu, ozivil kalam and ulagam unda peruvaayaa for the the Lord. After the Saayarakshai (evening thiruvaradhanam) devotees took part in the sattrumurai. Just after a very few moments of introductions, the devotees were together like one family with so many brothers and sisters. Volunteers were putting together the folders containing dhivyaprabhandams, stotra patam and rahasya granthams which was to be chanted in the next three sessions of the function. Srimathi Vasanthi Ammangar was like elder sister to all of us. She had earlier made uppuma for the devotees who were coming in on Friday afternoon/ evening. The way she took care of the devotees and their aharam (prasadam) needs was exceptional.
Saturday early morning 6:30 am devotees started with thiruvaradhanam to Perumal, Azhvar and acharyas. Then the thirai (screen) was laid and then the preparation for the thirumanjanam started. Sri Yogendar svami made the preparations for the thirumanjanam exceptionally well. Particular thing to be noted here is that he took care of the perumal exactly as a mother would take care of her child. The Goshti for sEvA kAlam (thiruppavai sattrumurai) and thirumanjanam at the temple on Saturday morning had the whole temple captivated. The Veda Parayanam and Arulicheyal Goshti was synchronous and as good as at many Dhivya Desams. After that the Iravadai theertham was given and the devotees started to the mandapam (school hall)after the balabogam.
By 9am alankaram for perumal took place and Perumal, Azhvar and acharyas were ready for the mandapam. sri Yogendar svami went ahead to the Hall, and made sure the arrangement were proper and did the stala suddhi. Once perumal reached the mandapam they took their place and were ready to hear the Arulicheyal. Surprise! surprise! The children from Prajna wanted to chant the podhu thaniyans first and later after vedha vinnappam the regular start of the Arulicheyal can happen. The prajna kids started in unison with asmath gurubyo nama: and started chanting Srisailesa daya paathram……pranathosmi nityam. And after that sri Yogendar svami did the sankalpam and Veda vinnappam for the first session. While Yogendar svami did the veda vinnappam Sri Mukundan svami did the Arulappadu to all the Vedas, ithihasa and Arulicheyal. The gosti chanted Muthal, Irandam and Moonram thiruvanthathi. Sri Paramahansetyathi Chinna ramanuja Jeeyar Svami graced the devotees over the tele-bridge in this occasion and blessed all of us with his anugraha bhashanam speecha on Deepavali, Mudhalazvar and the two acharyas Loka Desikan and Manavala mamunikal.
The parayana goshti, led by Sri Nallan Chankravarthy Narasimhan Swamin, had most of the participants captivated and some of us in tears. The dedication & devotion that we saw in many devotees is truly inspirational. Their committment to perform service to the lord and HIS devotees is very motivational. They performed kainkariyam with about 3 to 4 hours of sleep or less on all three days.
The Goshti consisted of the following:
From WDC:
Swamins: Sri Ravi Aharam, Sri Seshu Kosure, Sri Venu Eunni, Sri T. Balaji, Sri Vijaya Raghavan, Sri Padmanabhan Rangaswamy, Sri Natathur Mathavan, Sri Anand Vangipuram, Sri Uppili Gopalan, Sri Thirumalai and others.
From Other Cities:
Swamins: Sri Narasimhan NC, Sri Varadan (Kanchee) Sri SampathKumar Padmanabhan, Sri Gunaseelan Venkatachari, Sri TCA Venkatesan, Sri Sridhar Sowmiyan, Sri Sriram (triplicane) Sri Santharam RD, Sri Srinivas Ponnala, Sri Mukundan VP, Sri Sundar Saranathan, Sri Anand Srinivasan, Sri Venkat Thirunarayanachari, Sri Vimal Kumar Ranganathan, Sri Manivannan Madhurai, Sri Ramanan, Sri Rajmannar, Sri Giri Kesavan VP, Sri Balaji Srinivasan, Sri Kalyan Rapolu, Sri Aditya NC.
Andal Goshti: Ammangars: Smt. Sarada Sripada, Smt Chitra Madhavan, Smt Sheela Belur (Ranganayaki), Smt. Vasanthi, Smt. Deepa Sridhar, Smt. Mrs. Janaki SampathKumar , Smt. Apurva Srinivasan.
With Sri Uppili Gopalan Swamin leading the Munnadi and Sri Narasimhan Swamin leading the Pinnadi, the Ramanuja Nootrandadi and Upadesa Ratna malai goshti had adiyen in tears, we could see sri NC Narasimhan and other devotees wiping the tears off their eyes as well. It was truly a moving experience. Devotees who witnessed this service to the lord would definitely cherish this experience.This goshti was comparable to the Thiruvalikkeni & Kancheepuram dhivyaprabhanda Goshti. Atmosphere was charged and electric, people were extremely doused in devotion. You could see tears flowing down the eyes of so many grown ups. At the Sattumurai the utsavam Perumal had a smile on his face. So many devotees were in tears while witnessing this.
Before Sattumurai devotees performed paduka Aradhana of HH Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Chinna Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami. Sri Yogender Swami and Seshavathar Swami (from Atlanta) performed this kainakriyam. Vasanthi Ammangar and Sri Ravi Swamin led the session for devotees. During the Paduka Aradhana, a few flowers fell from Mamunikal to the plate. As if Mamunikal came to bless our ChinnaJeeyar Swami. Some devotees came and told adiyen, it was Swamivaru (Chinnajeeyar swami) who came here to bless us, hence the flowers moved and fell at the paduka.
Earlier that day Bhajans were led by Sri VimalKumar Ranganathan beautifully with the Dhol. He also led the Shayana songs for the lord at night. Sri Santharam and Sri Anand Srinivasan also led bhajan sessions with devotion. The Prajna kids performed the bhajans with utmost devotion which was felt by everyone present. The were disciplined and were full of eagerness to learn. All the devotees wanted to go and talk to these kids of Acharyas and their experiences.
The way Lord was taken care by the priest, Sri Yogender Swami was moving. Sri. Yogender Swami is a model for all others to follow for his sincerity, dedication, anushtanam and love of perumal. He took care of the lord completely as you take care of a child.He would take care of the cooking and cleaning for the lord as well by himself.He also insisted on cooking and serving the prasadams by himself for all the devotees. It was unbeleivable to see such a priest in the US. JET Washigton DC is fortunate to have sri Yogender Swami. But in Sri Yogender Swami's words "I am fortunate to be of service to my acharya". Our experiences with the priest was very moving indeed.
Two right hands for the priest, Sri Venu and Sri Seshu were by the side of sri Yogender Swami at all times helping him with all the local needs. Adiyen would request devotees to visit this temple and part take in kainkariyams with the local goshti. The local volunteers did a tremendous job of hosting and transporting all the devotees. Words are ineffective to say gratitude to them. For those of us who witnessed it, the whole sequence will stay in our hearts, and be a part of our fond memories for the rest of our lives.
We were blessed to have JetUSA- WDC Chapter host the event. Smt Vasanthi Ammangar & Sri Ravi Aharam Swamin worked tirelessly to make sure the event went on smoothly. Heartfelt special appreciation to Vasanthi Ammangar and her volunteers for running the Kitchen (so many bhaktas were saying thanks to Anna Data.) Our appreciations also to "Transportation team Volunteers" and to "Pupshpa volunteers".
We Look forward to more of these functions, and more participation from the younger generation.
View Azhvar and Acharya Thirunakshatrams in Washington DC. November 05th and 06th 2005
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE Saranam ¶ 7:28 PM
This has been taken as is from the report sent out by "Pattangi" to the JETUSA yahoogroups:
Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Jai SreemanNarayana!
With the Divine Mangalasasanams of
HH Sri Vanamamalai Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami
HH Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Chinna Ramanuja JeeyarSwami
HH Sri SriRanga Narayana Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami
HH Sri Thirukkovalur Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami
Sri. U.Ve Srirangam Narasimhachari Swami
Sri. U.Ve. E.S.Bhuvarahachariar Swami
Sri. U.Ve. A.V.Rangachariar Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Thiruppullani Sundarajan Swami
Sri. U.Ve. T.K.Choodamani Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Thirukoshtiyur Madhavan Swami
Sri. U.Ve. BadriNarayana Parasara Bhattar Swami
Sri. U.Ve. Kanchee Akkarakkani Srinidhi Swami
Sri. U.Ve. E.S. Sriram Swami
AchAryA thirunakshattiram Celebrations in VenkatEsvara svAmi temple, Washington DC (JET USA) went very well.
Photos at: http://ibiblio.org/ramanuja/utsavams/
It was a very good weekend. The function started on Friday evening with Sevakalam for the Lord, devotees chanted thiruppallandu, kanninunchiruththaambu, ozivil kalam and ulagam unda peruvaayaa for the the Lord. After the Saayarakshai (evening thiruvaradhanam) devotees took part in the sattrumurai. Just after a very few moments of introductions, the devotees were together like one family with so many brothers and sisters. Volunteers were putting together the folders containing dhivyaprabhandams, stotra patam and rahasya granthams which was to be chanted in the next three sessions of the function. Srimathi Vasanthi Ammangar was like elder sister to all of us. She had earlier made uppuma for the devotees who were coming in on Friday afternoon/ evening. The way she took care of the devotees and their aharam (prasadam) needs was exceptional.
Saturday early morning 6:30 am devotees started with thiruvaradhanam to Perumal, Azhvar and acharyas. Then the thirai (screen) was laid and then the preparation for the thirumanjanam started. Sri Yogendar svami made the preparations for the thirumanjanam exceptionally well. Particular thing to be noted here is that he took care of the perumal exactly as a mother would take care of her child. The Goshti for sEvA kAlam (thiruppavai sattrumurai) and thirumanjanam at the temple on Saturday morning had the whole temple captivated. The Veda Parayanam and Arulicheyal Goshti was synchronous and as good as at many Dhivya Desams. After that the Iravadai theertham was given and the devotees started to the mandapam (school hall)after the balabogam.
By 9am alankaram for perumal took place and Perumal, Azhvar and acharyas were ready for the mandapam. sri Yogendar svami went ahead to the Hall, and made sure the arrangement were proper and did the stala suddhi. Once perumal reached the mandapam they took their place and were ready to hear the Arulicheyal. Surprise! surprise! The children from Prajna wanted to chant the podhu thaniyans first and later after vedha vinnappam the regular start of the Arulicheyal can happen. The prajna kids started in unison with asmath gurubyo nama: and started chanting Srisailesa daya paathram……pranathosmi nityam. And after that sri Yogendar svami did the sankalpam and Veda vinnappam for the first session. While Yogendar svami did the veda vinnappam Sri Mukundan svami did the Arulappadu to all the Vedas, ithihasa and Arulicheyal. The gosti chanted Muthal, Irandam and Moonram thiruvanthathi. Sri Paramahansetyathi Chinna ramanuja Jeeyar Svami graced the devotees over the tele-bridge in this occasion and blessed all of us with his anugraha bhashanam speecha on Deepavali, Mudhalazvar and the two acharyas Loka Desikan and Manavala mamunikal.
The parayana goshti, led by Sri Nallan Chankravarthy Narasimhan Swamin, had most of the participants captivated and some of us in tears. The dedication & devotion that we saw in many devotees is truly inspirational. Their committment to perform service to the lord and HIS devotees is very motivational. They performed kainkariyam with about 3 to 4 hours of sleep or less on all three days.
The Goshti consisted of the following:
From WDC:
Swamins: Sri Ravi Aharam, Sri Seshu Kosure, Sri Venu Eunni, Sri T. Balaji, Sri Vijaya Raghavan, Sri Padmanabhan Rangaswamy, Sri Natathur Mathavan, Sri Anand Vangipuram, Sri Uppili Gopalan, Sri Thirumalai and others.
From Other Cities:
Swamins: Sri Narasimhan NC, Sri Varadan (Kanchee) Sri SampathKumar Padmanabhan, Sri Gunaseelan Venkatachari, Sri TCA Venkatesan, Sri Sridhar Sowmiyan, Sri Sriram (triplicane) Sri Santharam RD, Sri Srinivas Ponnala, Sri Mukundan VP, Sri Sundar Saranathan, Sri Anand Srinivasan, Sri Venkat Thirunarayanachari, Sri Vimal Kumar Ranganathan, Sri Manivannan Madhurai, Sri Ramanan, Sri Rajmannar, Sri Giri Kesavan VP, Sri Balaji Srinivasan, Sri Kalyan Rapolu, Sri Aditya NC.
Andal Goshti: Ammangars: Smt. Sarada Sripada, Smt Chitra Madhavan, Smt Sheela Belur (Ranganayaki), Smt. Vasanthi, Smt. Deepa Sridhar, Smt. Mrs. Janaki SampathKumar , Smt. Apurva Srinivasan.
With Sri Uppili Gopalan Swamin leading the Munnadi and Sri Narasimhan Swamin leading the Pinnadi, the Ramanuja Nootrandadi and Upadesa Ratna malai goshti had adiyen in tears, we could see sri NC Narasimhan and other devotees wiping the tears off their eyes as well. It was truly a moving experience. Devotees who witnessed this service to the lord would definitely cherish this experience.This goshti was comparable to the Thiruvalikkeni & Kancheepuram dhivyaprabhanda Goshti. Atmosphere was charged and electric, people were extremely doused in devotion. You could see tears flowing down the eyes of so many grown ups. At the Sattumurai the utsavam Perumal had a smile on his face. So many devotees were in tears while witnessing this.
Before Sattumurai devotees performed paduka Aradhana of HH Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Chinna Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami. Sri Yogender Swami and Seshavathar Swami (from Atlanta) performed this kainakriyam. Vasanthi Ammangar and Sri Ravi Swamin led the session for devotees. During the Paduka Aradhana, a few flowers fell from Mamunikal to the plate. As if Mamunikal came to bless our ChinnaJeeyar Swami. Some devotees came and told adiyen, it was Swamivaru (Chinnajeeyar swami) who came here to bless us, hence the flowers moved and fell at the paduka.
Earlier that day Bhajans were led by Sri VimalKumar Ranganathan beautifully with the Dhol. He also led the Shayana songs for the lord at night. Sri Santharam and Sri Anand Srinivasan also led bhajan sessions with devotion. The Prajna kids performed the bhajans with utmost devotion which was felt by everyone present. The were disciplined and were full of eagerness to learn. All the devotees wanted to go and talk to these kids of Acharyas and their experiences.
The way Lord was taken care by the priest, Sri Yogender Swami was moving. Sri. Yogender Swami is a model for all others to follow for his sincerity, dedication, anushtanam and love of perumal. He took care of the lord completely as you take care of a child.He would take care of the cooking and cleaning for the lord as well by himself.He also insisted on cooking and serving the prasadams by himself for all the devotees. It was unbeleivable to see such a priest in the US. JET Washigton DC is fortunate to have sri Yogender Swami. But in Sri Yogender Swami's words "I am fortunate to be of service to my acharya". Our experiences with the priest was very moving indeed.
Two right hands for the priest, Sri Venu and Sri Seshu were by the side of sri Yogender Swami at all times helping him with all the local needs. Adiyen would request devotees to visit this temple and part take in kainkariyams with the local goshti. The local volunteers did a tremendous job of hosting and transporting all the devotees. Words are ineffective to say gratitude to them. For those of us who witnessed it, the whole sequence will stay in our hearts, and be a part of our fond memories for the rest of our lives.
We were blessed to have JetUSA- WDC Chapter host the event. Smt Vasanthi Ammangar & Sri Ravi Aharam Swamin worked tirelessly to make sure the event went on smoothly. Heartfelt special appreciation to Vasanthi Ammangar and her volunteers for running the Kitchen (so many bhaktas were saying thanks to Anna Data.) Our appreciations also to "Transportation team Volunteers" and to "Pupshpa volunteers".
We Look forward to more of these functions, and more participation from the younger generation.
View Azhvar and Acharya Thirunakshatrams in Washington DC. November 05th and 06th 2005
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE Saranam ¶ 7:28 PM
