Srirama Bharathi attained Acharyan tiruvadi
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Lakshmi Srinivas • Wed Nov 08 2000 - 18:40:35 PST
Dear List Members,
I forward a message from a friend in India re Srirama Bharathi who
has left us. Sriram, as he used to be called, was a brilliant
student of Delhi University who went to the US (late 60's/early 70's)
for his Ph D in Physics. During his thesis work, he is said to have
attained an awakening and left forthwith for India whereupon he went
back to his school in New Delhi and started teaching the students
devotional hymns. Soon he got married and worked as an employee of
the AIR. His true love was however the Divya Prabandham which he
learnt formally under the aegis of the Vanamamalai Matham. He also
obtained guidance on the difficult and intricate subject of Arayar
Sevai. In his last years, he ran a Prabandham school for poor
villagers in Pallikaranai in the outskirts of Madras and rendered
yeomen service towards popularizing the vanishing art of Arayar
Sevai. He has to his credit a scholarly work on Arayar Sevai and many
tape recordings of the Alwar pasurams rendered in ragam. For the last
few years, he was suffering from cancer. He has now succumbed to it.
It is very hard to see in modern times a true bhagavatha like him
who genuinely epitomized the spirit of service and sacrifice.
Warm Regards,
LS
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From: G. Kameshwar [SMTP:gkamesh@rocketmail.com]
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Subject: Srirama Bharathi attained Acharyan Tiruvadi
Sent: 11/8/00 1:26 AM
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Srini,
Regret to convey the sad news. The obit notice in today's
Hindu reads as follows:
**begin
SRIRAMA BHARATHI attained Acharyan Thiruvadi on Sunday
5-11-2000. He has been propogating Divya Prabhandam
through Araiyar Sevai at Thiru Narayana Swami Temple,
Jalladianpet. Founder, Sadagopan Tirunarayana Swami
Divya Prabandam Pathasala. Former, Deputy Director,
Doordarshan, Trivandrum. Dasaham on 14-11-2000 at
Sadagopan Tirunagar, Jalladianpet, Chennai-601302
**end
He was 51. Real sad. You know, thinking back and
remembering him walking in Bharati Nagar, coming to school,
taking off his chappals before entering the school gate,
doing dandam namskaram to school and teachers, teaching
songs sitting in front of the Saraswati statue, chanting
divya prabandam along with his wife in Raamar koil...
One more pillar has fallen. God takes good people early.
regards
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