profile of s.venkatesan iyengar, Bangalore, Divyaprabandhotsavam at Houston.

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• June 11, 2002


Brief profile of Sri. S.Venkatesan Iyengar Swami.

Compiled by: Dr. Kolzialam Anantha. M.A. Phd.
Lecturer, Dept. of Visishtadwaitah, Lalbahadur Sastry
Sanskrit University, New Delhi.

Sudarsana Sriman S.Venkatesan Iyengar Swami was born
in 1962 at Srirangam. He is the native of Vadakarai,
near Srivilliputtur. He his age of 12 years, he
mastered the entire 4000 verses of Nalayira
Divyaprabandham from K.S.T. Patasala of Srirangam.

>From 1974 to 79, he participated in about 90 out of
108 Swadhyaya Gnana Yagnas conducted by H.H.Sri Sri
Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanauja Jeeyar
Swamivaru.

>From 1979 to 1981 he served as Adhyapaka Swami at the
World famous Sri Venkateswara Temple of
T.T.Devasthanam, Tirupathy.

In 1982, he joined Madras Sanskrit College and studied
from Sri.U.Ve. Mahavidwan Srivatsangacharya Swamigal.
In1986 he graduated Vyakarana Siromani - M.A. in
Sanskrit from Madras University and in 1987 he passed
Siksha Sastry (B.Ed.) from Kendriya Vidyapeeth,
Tirupaty.

He was teaching Sanskrit in Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Sri
Ramakrishna Mutth in Chennai and Kendriya Vidyalaya at
Visakhapatnam.

Inspired with the divine dreams and grace of Almighty
he Performed108 Sri Sudarsana Divyaprabandha Gnana
Yagnam all overYagnam all over ndia and Nepal. He
started his first yagna in 1992 at Seetha nagaram
Ashramam of His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Tridandi
Srimannrayana Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar Swamivaru and
concluded the 108th Yagna in a very grand scale at
Srirangam. All most all the leading Acharyas of
various Mutts, participated in the yagnas and showered
their mangalasasanams toSrimanS.VenkatesanIyengar
swami. 

Other Social activities.

In 1993, he organized “Samaya Nallinakka Thiruvizha”
Festival of Communal harmony with 1000 participants of
different religion with Scouts and Guides at Port
Blair in Andaman Island.

In 1994, he organized “Sri Venkatesa Vijaya Sadbhavana
Yatra” taking Sri Sudarsana Jyothi from Tirumala to
Muktinath in Nepal. 

In 1995 he established and performed Sri Ramanuja
Vigraha Pratishtta at Salagramam – Muktinath the very
difficult and highly spiritual abode of Srivaishnavas
in the Himalayas.

He served as General Secretary of Vikasa Tarangini a
social service organization of His Holiness Sri Sri
Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamivaru and organized massive
events like Bheeshma Ekadasi Celebration at Bangalore,
Mangala Tarangini at Hyderabad and SriMahavishnu Yagam
at Mumbai in a very grand manner for His Holiness.


The present activities of Sri S.Venkatesan Iyengar. 

1.	He is the founder of Sri Sudarsana Seva Samithi a
registered non-profit Tax exempted Institution.
Establishing Spiritual Centers at Bangalore,
Srirangam, Tirupaty, Vadakarai near Srivilliputtur,
Melkote and Puri Jagannath to provide basic services
to the visiting pilgrims.

2.	Publishing “Sri Sudarsana Vaijayanthi” spiritual
magazine with articles by eminent scholars in Kannada,
Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and English.


3.	Conducting 1008 Sri Sudarsana Homams. 280 homams
completed as on date.

4.	Committed to construct Sri Ramanuja Temple with 10
rooms at Muktinath in Nepal at the estimated cost of
INR 20 Lakhs with the help of devotees.


5.	Divyaprabandha parishad. Propagating
Divyaprabandham of Alwars by conducting
Divyaprabandhotsavam and discourses. Established
Divyaprabandha School at Vadakarai village to train
108 students as Nalayira Adhayapaka Swami.

It is incredible to note that a single person could
able to achieve this much high profile in very early
age and leading a humble life with high ambitions. May
God bless him and his noble mission.

  
JAYA JAYA SRI SUDARSANA !                JAYA JAYA SRI
SUDARSANA!!


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DIVYAPRABANDHOTSAVAM.
Chanting of 4000 Verses of Nalayira Divyaprabandham –
the Dravida Vedam.
Conducted for the first time in the 20 years history
of Sri Meenakshi Temple, Houston.
***********************************************************************.
Date: Saturday, June 15- 2002. Time. 7.00AM to 8.00 PM

Non-Stop chanting in front of Lord Sri Venkateswara.
Conducted by: Sudarsana Sriman S.Venkatesan Iyengar
Swami from Bangalore. India.
Founder: Sri Sudarsana Seva Samithi Bangalore,
Divyaprabandha Parishad, Vadakarai, Srivilliputtur,
Tamil Nadu, India.

Program.
7.00 AM to 11.00AM: Mudalayiram- First Thousand
Stanzas.
11.15AM to 3.00PM: Periya Tirumozi- Second Thousand
Stanzas.
3.15PM to 5.00PM: Eyarppa – Third Thousand Stanzas. 
                           5.15PM to 7.30PM:
Tiruvaimozi- Fourth Thousand Stazas.
		   7.30PM to 8.00 PM: Sri Ramanuja Nuuttandadi.
	               8.00PM: Maha Mangala Harathy &
Sattumurai.

ALL DEVOTEES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE CHANTING AND RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF SRI
VENKATESWARA.

For details, please contact: Temple: 281-489-0358. 
Smt. Padmini. 713-666-6980.
Sri Dr.Saranathan. 281-565-9483. Seetha Madabhushi.
281-437-2735.







































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