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Krishna Kalale • December 13, 1997 


Dear Bhagawatas,

I would like to speak on Tondaradi podi alwar for 15-20 minutes from
10-10.20 Am on Sunday during the tirunakshatram of Tondaradi podi alwar.  I
know that this would be a repetition since this subject will be dealt with
in a prior session.  I thought that since it was His tirunakshatram, we
could spend few minutes reminiscing on his divya charitam with aspects
which might not be covered in the short duration of the prior session on
alwars.

Please confirm if this is OK.

someone can also talk on Sri Perianambi.

Thanks,

Krishna Priya ,  (wife of Krishna Kalale)




At 06:29 PM 12/11/97 -0800, Mani Varadarajan wrote:
>
>Dear Members,
>
>Here is the revised agenda for the December Sri Vaishnava
>conference in Denver, Colorado, passed on to me by Smt. Nagu 
>Satyan.
>
>Mani
>
>------------------------
>
>Thursday, December 25
>=====================
>
>12:00 - 1:00 PM		anushTAnam and Lunch
> 1:00 - 1.30 PM   	Salutations to Sri Vaishnava guruparampara
>                       	(taniyans compiled by Sri V. Sadagopan)
>
> 1:30 - 1:45 PM		Invocation by Smt Kalpana Iyengar and 
>			Suma Krishnachandra
>
> 2:00 - 3:45 PM		Introduction to Vedas and Upanishads
>
>                     	Chair: Sri Krishna Kalale
>			Panel: Dr. B.T.A. Sagar and Sri Krishna Kalale
>
> 3:45 - 4:15 PM		Break
>
> 4:15 - 6:15 PM    	Sri Vaishnavism -- What, Who, Why, How
>
>                     	Chair: Chi. Mani Varadarajan
>			Panel: Sri Mohan Sagar and Chi. Mani Varadarajan
>
> 6.15 - 6:45 PM		sAyam sandhyA / Break
>
> 6:45 - 7:45 PM		Introduction / Dinner
>
> 7:45 - 9:45 PM		Alvars' Life Stories 
>
>			Chair: Sri P. Dileepan
>			1. First three Alvars	 Mani
>			4. Tirumazhisai          Yashoda/Krishna Kalale
>			5. Nammalvar             Madhava Dasan
>			6. Madhurakavi           Jaganath Bharadwaj
>			7. Kulasekaran           Amirtha Dileepan
>			8. Periyalvar		 Krishna Satyan/Nagu Satyan
>			9. Andal                 Venkat Rajaji
>			10. Tondaradippodi     	 Anand
>			11. Tiruppan             Aravind Dileepan
>			12. Tirumangai           Vijayaraghavan Triplicane
>
>
>==================
>
>Friday, December 26	Ski Ski Ski (All Day)
>
> 6:30 - 9:00 AM		dvAdaSI tiruvArAdhana by Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan
> (For nonskiers)        nityAnusandhAnam/tiruppAvai recital
>
>==================
>
>Saturday, December 27
>
> 7:00 -  9:30 AM	nityAnusandhanam & tirumanjanam 
>			(led by Sri Jaganath Bharadwaj)
>
> 9:30 - 10:00 AM	Dance by Suma Krishnachandra (10)
>			Bhajans by Smt Krishnapriya Kalale
>
>10:00 - 10:30 AM	Break
>
>10:30 - 12:30 PM	Introduction to prapatti / SaranAgati / bhakti
>	      		
>			Chair: Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan
>
>			o What is Prapatti
>			o Difference between bhakti and prapatti
>					(Vijaraghavan Srinivasan)
>			o Alvar's aruLiccheyalgaL (P. Dileepan)
>			o Sri Ramayana as prapatti SAstra,
>			  "Rahasyatraya sAra" (Krishna Kalale)
>			o "MumukshuppaDi" and "Sri Vacana bhUshaNam"
>			  (T.A. Varadhan)
>			o Vedantic Basis of Prapatti (Krishna Kalale)
>
>12:30 - 1:45 PM		mAdhyAhnikam / Lunch
> 1:45 - 3:45 PM		Sri Vaishnavism Panel: Open Forum, Q&A
>
>	                Moderator: Sri Rajaji Raghavan
>	                Panelists: Keshava Prasad, Mani, Dileepan, Mohan
>				   Support from other members
>
> 3:45 - 4:00 PM		Devotional / Carnatic Music 
>			by Mani Varadarajan, Krishna Satyan
>
> 4:00 - 6:00 PM		Life and Works of Sri Vaishnava Acharyas (Part 1)
>                        
>			Chair: Sri Nadadur Madhava Dasan
>
>			---------------------------------------
>			Introduction		
>			Emberumaan (Our Lord)
> 			Tirumagal  (Lakshmi) 
>		 	1. Senainathan (Vishvaksena)
>				-- Sri Madhava Dasan
>			---------------------------------------
>			2.  Sadagopan	    (Nammalvar)
>		 	3.  Nathamuni	
>			4.  Uyyakkondaar    (Pundarikaksha)
>		 	5.  Manakkaal Nambi (Rama Misra)
>		   	        -- Sri Raghavan Rajaji
>			---------------------------------------
> 			6.  Alavandaar	    (Yamunacharya)
>			        -- Chi J. Srikanth
>			---------------------------------------
>			7.  Periya Nambi and other disciples of
>			    Alavandaar
>                        	-- Chi Mani Varadarajan
>			---------------------------------------
>		 	8.  Ramanuja -- Sri Krishna Kalale
>			---------------------------------------
>
>			Concluding Remarks -- Sri Madhava Dasan
>
>
> 6:00 - 6:30 PM		sAyam sandhyA / Break
> 6:30 - 7:30 PM		Life and Works of Sri Vaishnava Acharyas (Part 2)
>
>			Chair: Chi T.A. Varadhan
>
>			Introduction			T.A. Varadhan
>			Vedanta Desika lineage		Anand
>			Pillai Lokacharya lineage	Vijay Triplicane
>			Summary				Madhava Dasan
>
> 7:30 - 8:00 PM		Entertainment (dance by Dipti Prasad)
>			Music: Open Invitation
>
> 8:30 - 9:30 PM		Dinner
>
>==============
>
>Sunday, December 28	tirunakshatram of Tondaradippodi Alvar and
>			Periya Nambi
>
> 8:00 - 10:00 AM	nityAnusandhAnam recitation
>10:00 - Noon		Open Forum Questions / Entertainment  
>			(Bhajans, Music, Dance)
>
>
>
>