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vishnu75 • December 1, 2000 


Thiruvengada Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam.

Dear Sriman Sudarsan swamin,

namo nArAyaNa.

Nice to see your posting on CHAR DHAM. Your observation that the last in
the four dhAms could be Dhanushkodi is very beautiful and interesting.
Inspired by your posting I would like to post the following Slokas I have
read.

prAchyAm dEvam jagannAtham bhukti mukti pradAyakam
sakrut prapannAbhayadam avAchyAm setu mAdhavam
pratIchyAm dwArakAnAtham SaraNAgata rakshakam
udIchyAm badarI nAtham namAmyashtAkshara pradam

in this Sloka, we salute

1.Lord jagannAtha of the East, Who bestows on us both material progress and
salvation,
2. Chakravarti SrI kumAran in the South, Who has given an assurance to
protect whoever seeks refuge in Him,
3. Lord dwArakAnAth of the West, Who has kept His word (by coming to the
rescue of draupadI et al.),
4. Lord ThirunAraNan in the North, Who has given us the most powerful
ThiruvashtAkasharI mahA mantra.

Thus Lord Srinivasa is eagerly waiting for us on all four sides of the
country.

dAsAnudAsn
vishnu

P.S: I am going to thirunIramalai on this Sunday. so if you see this mail,
kindly reply immediately giving the address of rAmar's sannidhi near
Pallavaram station.

On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 19:52:21 +0800 Parthasarathy.Sudarsan@infineon.com
wrote:

> Sri Raamajayam
> SrimathE GopAla DEsika MahA DEsikAya Namaha
> 
> Dear Sri.Srinivasan,
>		      Small correction to your earlier mail.  The last Dham

> should be Dhanushkoti(which is in the same island of Rameshwaram).  Many
> of our orthodox ancestors when they make a trip to Sethu(sanctity
> mentioned by Sage Valmiki), typically visit Thirupullani, Devi
> Patnam(Nava Bhaashaanam) which is on the mainland and Dhanushkoti(in the
> island of Rameshwaram).  In fact we refer only Dhanushkoti, in most of
> our communication(not at the railway ticket booking counter though).
> 
> Dhanushkoti temple went under the sea ca.30 yrs back, and the Perumaal
> and Uthsavar are relocated to Pammal(close to Madras very near the
> railway station of Pallavaram, and enroute to Thiruneermalai).
> 
> Still people who make a trip to Kasi/Badrinath, make a trip to
> Dhanushkoti and Sethu for Samudra Snanam(with Sankalpam).  
> 
> AdiyEn Sri Raamanuja Daasan,
> 
> Sudarsana Dasosmi
> 
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