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Re: Fwd: Tirupati door, game of dice -> facts

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Sadagopan • September 24, 2002 


Dear SrI Janakiraman :

Excellent clarification about the life and times of
this great soul.

My speculation about KubEran was just that !

I am glad to know that this great VenkatEswara BhakthA
lived in the 15th Century. TaLapAkkam Annamayya (1408-1503 C.E)
was another great SrI VenkatEsa BhakthA , who has 
straddled the 15th Century. I wonder whther You have 
an exact date of birth for SrI Hathi BhAba to see
whether their times on Thirumalai might have overlapped.

I was aware that Upto 1933 , when the Madras Governemnt 
took over the administration of the temple,  the Mahanthus 
were the key administrators. I was not however aware 
which lineage they came from (SaatthAtha MudaliyAr et al) .
You have helped to clarify the link between Mahantus 
and the H.J.Bhaba Mutt. Next time , when I am in Thirumalai,
I will make it a point to visit the Mutt and also 
look for the image of the dice game.Thanks SrI T.C.A.SatakOpan 
for clearly pointing out the location of the Image of the lord
playing the dice game with His Parama BhakthA.

It is also fascinating to know that the Morning SahasranAmam 
for the Lord is done in the name of Sri Hathi Bhaba. What a BhAgyam !
ThiruvEngadamudayAn is indeed Kaliyuga Varadhan.

At this time , I am working on the translation of the meanings of 
the 1008 (Sahasra) NaamAs of Lord VenkatEswara. Hence Your input
that the SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naama is linked to SrI Hathi Bhaba 
has special interst to me in the context of this Kaimkaryam.
The translation and the commentary/gloss on the 108 (AshTotthara Satha)
Naamas of Lord VenkatEsA used in the other dialy archanai has been
completed and sent to the Executive officer of TT DevasthAnam today
for information and comments on release as a TTD Publication.
It will take some time to complete the kaimakryam on
the write up on the SrI VenakatEsa sahasra Naamams.  
These two kiamkaryams were undertaken after hearing that there are 
no translations of the Shasra and AshtOtthar sathams in English 
and other languages now (?).This surprises me. If any one of
the BhakthAs know of the existence of these two translations 
in Indian Languages or Tamil or Sanskrit, , please let me know .
I will be most grateful.

When completed , the /Meanings commentaries
on SrI VenaktEsa NaamAvaLis will be archived in 
the SrI VenkatEswara Home page created by Sri
Haresh Balasubramanyan of Singapore and adiyEn
( http://srimannarayana.net/foreword.html).

SrI Venkatesa CharaNou SaraNam PrapadhyE ,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 

 


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