Dear SrI Ranganatha BhakthAs:

A native of Srirangam residing in USA is offering
a SamarpaNam of a special AabharaNam known as
Paandiyan Kondai for the Uthsavar of Lord Ranganaatha
at the Pomona , NY Sri Ranganatha temple .

The occasion is the upcoming Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam
at the Temple this Month ( Dec 20-27 ).

Paandyan Kondai is a pearl embroidered crown originally offered by
a Paandya King to Lord Ranganatha at Srirangam fewcenturuies ago .
The jewelery experts in Srirangam , who create AabharaNams
for Lord Ranganatha have crafted this new AabharaNam for
our Lord Ranganatha here at Pomona , NY.

It is a Mutthu Kondai witha particular geomentry
associated with Paandya Kings .

Would anyone planning to travel from India to USA
contact me or Sriman A.M.R.Kannan (kamr@...)
for transporting this new AabharaNam from India to USA for
presentation to the Lord as Swamy NammAzhwAr's Samarpanam
on to His Moksham day ( Dec 27) ?. Currently , this aabharaNam is at
Chennai for pick up and hand carrying . It is not big sized.
It has to be brought as a household pooja item .

The original note from the devotee is attached .

Please contact me ASAP.
Many Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions
on transportation of this Paandyan Kondai form
India to here during the next few days to arrive in time for
the Dec 27 (Swamy NammAzhwAr Moksham day ).

The RanganAtha PaadhukA MahA Manthram celebrating
the glory of thr peals is:

BhaddhAnAm yathra nithyAnAm mukthAnAmIswarasya cha
prathyaksham Sesha-seshithvam Saa mE siddhyathu paadhukA

Here the Lord being the Sarva Swamy and Seshi for all
three kinds of Jeevans : Bhaddha ( bound to SamsAram ),
Muktha ( liberated ones ) and NithyAs ( eternally liberated
nithya sooris) is the focus. The prayer is for the boon of
unlimited Bhakthi to Lord RanganAtha.The pearls are
AzhwAr Paasurams for which the Lord of Srirangam is
SeshabhUthar or undeer their svaadhInam ( control).

adiyEn concludes this request for help to transport
this new Paandyan Kondai for Lord RanganAtha here
with the final slOkam of MukthA Paddhathi :

RangEsa CharaNa rakshA Saa mE vidhadhAthu Saasvatheem Suddhim
Yanmoukthika PrabhAbhi: SvEthadhvipamiva SahyajAdhvIpam

--50th slOkam of MukthA Paddhathi

(meaning) : May the PaadhukAs of Lord Ranganatha
adorned by pearls bless me permanently freedom from
all sins ! The lustre of the radiant white pearls on the Paadhuka
( and in thius instanc e, the perals in the crown of the Lord)
makes the island continent in between two rivers
a veritable SvEtha DhvIpam ( the radiant white continent where
the bhakthAs of Lord RanganAtha enjoy His darsanam directly).

NamO SrI RanganAthAya ,
Jayathu SrI RanganAtha:

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
Vice Chairman , SrI RanganAtha Temple




----- Original Message -----
From: "amrkans" <kamr@...>
To: <ranga (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 12:23 AM
Subject: [BOT] Pandian Kondai from India


> Dear Devotees,
> adiyen has ordered a Pandian kondai (A crown orginally offered by
> the Pandia King to Lord Ranganatha of Srirangam) for Sri Ranganatha
> of Pomona. This will be a small offering for this Adhyayana
> Uthsavam. Now this pearl crown is ready and waiting to be picked-
> up. This crown has been prepared by the same people who have done
> similar things for Srirangam Sri Ranganatha.
> If you know anyone who will be visiting USA from India in the near
> future please let me know so that we could get this crown before or
> during the Adhyayana Uthsavam. Currently it is in Madras. But we can
> get it shipped to anywhere in India to bring it here.