Status Report on the two Kaimkaryams: (1) Thridhandam for AchArya RaamAnujA's right hand at Sri perumbhUthUr and (2) the latest CD On the twelve AzhwArs and the 108 dhivysa desams that they sung about(performed MangaLAsAsanam).
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• April 16, 2000
Dear BhakthAs : It is my pleasure to let you know that we have reached the $4,600 level of the needed $5,500 funds to engage in these Kaimkaryams. (1) 44 BhakthAs have contributed from $25 to $250 to bring us to this plateau . 32 of the 44 BhakthAs have sent the funds directly to India in Rupees or have sent to me for transmittal to India to cover the Thridhandam construction and the Development expenses to create the Multimedia , Interactive CD ROM on the AzhwArs and their aruLiccheyalkaLs.The grapphics on the Life of ThiruppANAzhwAr has been completed as of now. We will complete the conceptualization and visualization work before too long.Then will come the programming and assembly part , which we estimate to take some where between four to Six Months. (2) 44 BhakthAs have contributed funds adding up to $4,600 as of today. We need another 900$ (16.3% of the total funds needed))to complete the fund raising efforts for this Kaimkaryam. 32 BhakthAs have already sent their samarpaNams that they pledged. AdiyEn is waiting to hear from the remaining twelve BhakthAs to prepare the check to be transmitted to India. (3) The funds needed for the ThridhaNdam Kaimkaryam are here and therefore the work on construction of the gold-plated , Silver ThridhaNDam weighing more than 1 Kilogram has been initated by Abhirami Jewelers of Chennai at our request. It is our hope to get the creation of this ThridhaNDam work completed by the jewelers before AchArya RaamAnujA's Thirunakshathram this year (May 9) to enable the samarpaNam during that Uthsavam . (4) We are short by $900 for the CD ROM Kaimkaryam. It is my fondest hope that few more BhakthAs will come forward to raise the remaining funds . AdiyEn thinks of the sum of $900 in a humorous vein this way: Today , gasoline costs $2 per gallon and the sum of 900$ would help us buy 450 gallons , which in turn will permit us to travel 12,600 miles on the assumption of 28 miles per gallon for the medium size car. AdiyEn thinks that with this investment of the reaminig 900 $ , it will take us on a spiritual journey equivalent to Millions of miles with the AzhwArs to visit the 108 dhivya desams that they performed MangaLAsAsanams in their dhivya-prabhandhams . May I invite a few more BhakthAs to join with the current ghOshti of 44 BhakthAs to commence this journey of a life time? We can take off as soon as we conclude this last phase of fund raising effort .Support by 9 bhakthAs at the 100$ level or by 18 BhakthAs at the 50 $ level or by any amount will be most welcome to ramp up the ongoing efforts . With prayers to AzhwArs, AchAryALs and the SaraNya Dhampathis, Daasan , V.Sadagopan P.S : Among the 12 AzhwArs, 25 Dhivya prabhandhams and 108 dhivya desams available for "adoption" by sponsors , here is the latest: (1) Among the 12 AzhwArs, all except Poygai AzhwAr have been spoken for .Poygai AzhwAr was born at ThiruvehhA at YathOkthakAri sannidhi , who experienced the Dhivya dampathis first in his Mudal ThriuvandhAthi and declared his utter loyalty to Sriman NaarAyaNan: "naadilum ninnadiyE naaduvan, naadORum paadilum ninn puhazhE paaduvan--" Please adopt him and his dhivya Prabhandham to complete the coverage of all the 12 AzhwArs. (2) Among the 25 dhivya Prabhandhams ,the following 12 Prabhandhams have been spoken for : (1)ThiruppallANDu/PeriyAzhwAr (2)AmalaanidhipirAn /ThiruppANar (3)Thiruppaavai/ ANDAL (4)NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi/ANDAL (5)KaNNinuNN siRutthAmpu/Madhura Kavi (6)Thirumaalai/Thondaradippodi (7)Periya Thirumozhi/PeriyAzhwAr (8)ThiruvAimozhi/NammAzhwAr (9)Second ThiruvandhAthi/BhUthatthAzhwAr (10)Third ThiruvandhAthi/pEy AzhwAr (11)PerumAL Thirumozhi/KulasEkarar (12)Naanmuhan ThiruvandhAthi /Thirumazhisai AzhwAr Please remember that more than one sponsor can adopt more than one Dhivya prabhandhams listed above and below.These linkages can be done to celebrate the arrival of a new child , marriage, shashti abdha poorthi of parents or to commemorate some one dear to you or to pay your reverence to Your AchAryALs . The remaining thirteen Prabhandhams awaiting linkages from the current and future sponsors are : (1) Mudhal ThiruvandhAthi/Poygai Azhwar (2) SiRiya Thirumadal/Thirumangai (3) PeRiya Thirumadal/Thirumangai (4) ThirukkuRumthANDakam/Thirumangai (5) ThirunedumthANDakam/Thirumangai (6) Thirucchandhaviruttham /Thirumazhisai AzhwAr (7) ThirupaLLiyezucchi/ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr (8) ThiruvAsiriyam/NammAzhwAr (9) Thiruviruttham/NammazhwAr (10)ThiruvEzhukUrriRukkai/Thirumangai AzhwAr (11)Periya Thirumadal/Thirumangai AzhwAr (12)Periya ThiruvandhAthi/NammAzhwAr (13)RaamAnuja NooRRantdhathi/Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr The CD ROM under development will contain the life histories of AzhwArs , their dhivya Prabhandhams (selected Paasuraams sung by artists of repute), the 108 dhivya dEsams and " tell me more ' sections on the above items , Quizzes, maps for travel to the 106 dhivya desams and other useful information. Please come and join us on this spiritual journey intended as an educational outreach for the Sri VaishNavite sampradhAyam and help us complete the fund raising efforts . Thanks in advance, Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.geocities.com/irscd ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chocolate eggs, tulips, bunnies and more... Click Here http://click.egroups.com/1/3120/2/_/716111/_/955908376/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com Visit http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/ for more information
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