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parthibanragavachariCC: ; srivaishnavasri; RamanbilFrom: vasan_chari_hkDate: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:06:24 +0000Re: unity amongst vaishnavites

 

 

Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha,Dear swamy,you have well said the need of the hour for unity among srivaishnavas.dasanOn Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:22:42 +0530 wrote>Pranams,It is very disheartening to say that an article appeared in a tamil weekly namely junior vikatan regarding quarrels between vadakalai and thenkalai factions in the perumal koil of Kanchipuram (Sri Varadarajswamy temple). It is true that there are some ideological differences between these two factions in the practial application of Sri Ramanuja Siddhanta. Sri Manavala Mamunigal had high regards for Swami Desikan and Srimad PB Annankaracharya swami had written wonderful commentaries for Swami Desikan's work. Sri Varavara Muni's contribution to the Ubhayavedanta is unparallel. let us shed hatred . Let us work together for the development of Sri Vaishnavism with love and affection. let us not hurt any individual or any subsection. We should learn how to respect our acharyas right from perumal to asmad acharyan and elders scholars acharyas from other folds too. If we dont treat a vaishnavite of vadakalai or thenkalai section, in a proper manner it would amount to violation of basic principles of Sri Ramanuja Siddhanta as propounded by Sri Ramanuja and as expounded by Swami Desika and Sri Manavala mamunigal with some variations. Let us do justice to our siddhanta, our preceptors, teachers of ubhaya vedanta. With folded hands I appeal to the reverred Acharyas of both the factions to advise the fellow vaishnavites to practice the religion first than finding fault with others for mundane reasons. Let us show affection to each other. The updesas of our great teachers have no room to fight with anyone or hate any sentinent being. No court can solve the issues relating to religion. Let us forget the past happenings. Let us unite ourselves and show our solidarity for Sri vaishnavism in particular and sanatana dharma in general.As far I know, Swami Vedanta Desika was not just a teacher of ubahya vedanta for vadakalai faction alone. During his life time, there was no distinction at all. Swami Desika lived in Kanchi and preached and practiced Sri Ramanuja Siddhanta and the patasala run by him later identifed as Vadakalasalai and the school of thought run by Swami Pillai Lokacharya in Sri Rangam came to be known as Thenkalasalai. Because Kanchi and Sri Rangam are situated in north and South. The names of schools later known as vadakalai and thenkalai (for the sake of brevity). Let us not bring down the image of Swami Vedanta desika for petty politics or personal vested interests. Swami Desika was an eminent world teacher ; similarly Swami Pillai Lokaacharya was also a towering personality and renowned jagatacharya. Our duty is to follow the foot steps of our immediate Acharya and also respect and love teachers of other branches of our Siddhanta.Let us shed hatred ; let us respect and adore each other With regardsR.Parthiban

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SRI : ||

 

Hare Krishna.

 

Dear Sri Varadhan Swamy,

 

Namaskaram.

 

We are very happy and delighted to see the photo attahced of the Stage put up at Kurukshetra for the concluding session of " KANNANIN ARAMUDHU" , adorned by The Great Swami Ramanuja with Sri Vedantha Desikan and Sri Manavala Maamunigal. It is a fine suggestion by Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy and finely executed by Sevaks like you.

 

This shows our wish to Unite The Subsects have been ignited in & by the minds of Learned Men like Sri Velukkudi Krishnan. This will spread like like forest fire to burn away the undesirable disunity, which is causing damage to our Sat Sampradayam.

 

Our Krishna will ultimately Bless what is SREYAS to ALL , esp to His Devotees, as requested by Arjuna .

 

Regards & Thanks,

 

Kombur Vankeepuram Madhavan.

Please Help The Needy as it is Service To God.--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Varadhan Tirumalai Echambadi <varadhan_tes wrote:

Varadhan Tirumalai Echambadi <varadhan_tesRe: unity amongst vaishnavites"Madhavan" <rammadhavMonday, November 9, 2009, 9:42 AM

 

 

 

 

 

Dear madhavan swamy

 

I was one of the sevaks responsible for the pandal arrangements of the concluding session of Gita at kurukshetra conducted by sri velukkudi swamy

 

in the big size wall paper put up by us at the stage, based on advice of swamy, we had designed the wall paper with the photos of sri ramanujar sri desikar and sri manavala mamunigal in equal share

 

please see attached photo

regards

varadhan --- On Sun, 8/11/09, Madhavan <rammadhav wrote:

Madhavan <rammadhavRe: unity amongst vaishnavites"Varadhan Tirumalai Echambadi" <varadhan_tesSunday, 8 November, 2009, 11:33 PM

 

 

 

 

 

SRI : || Hare Krishna. Dear Sri Varadhan Swamy, Namaskaram. Thanks for your true cocern. Let those who to our view keep on stressing the importance of Unity. Besides we shouldd put our views into practical action as & when opportunity arise.

For eg my father did show how much he values this Unity by accepting an alliance to my sister from the other sect way back in 1954, despite many dissents. I followed it for my first son in 1969.

In our Prabhandam class every Wednesday, we recite the THANIANS of both the Kalais as also the SATHUMURAI. Theses are small but sure ways to bring abt a change if not immedte but at a later date. Regards, Madhavan.

Please Help The Needy as it is Service To God.--- On Sun, 11/8/09, Varadhan Tirumalai Echambadi <varadhan_tes wrote:

Varadhan Tirumalai Echambadi <varadhan_tesunity amongst vaishnavites , , rammadhavDate: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 6:19 PM

 

 

 

 

 

dear sri madhavan swamy

 

the objective of unity among sri vaishnavites is a laudable one

 

most of the issues came over the last two hundred years or so mainly due to the desire of one group to change the samparadyam in the temples of other group by influenze and money power etc

 

if a resolve is taken that we will not change the sampradayam in any place and respect the past practices as they exist , the issues and mutual suspision will get resolved amicably and peacefully

 

regards

varadhan

--- On Sat, 7/11/09, Madhavan <rammadhav wrote:

Madhavan <rammadhav Re: [RamanujaMission] FW: unity amongst vaishnavites Cc: oppiliappan , "Bhagavathas Tiruvenkatam" <tiruvenkatam >, , "srisathyanarayanaperumal ygroups" <Srisathyanarayanaperumal >, "iyengars united" <iyengarsunited >, "lordsrinivasa group" <lordsrinivasa, "Aranganadiyavar" <thiruvarangam >, "Alagappanswamy Sri Vai" <alagappankannan, "sundarrajan PILLAIIYENGAR VENKATAVARADAN" <sundha007, "R. Narayanan" <narayanan.r, "ooty narayananan" <rnarayanan1, "ramabhadran madhavan" <madhavan48, "Parthasarathy

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SRI : || Hare Krishna. PraNAms to all. A Very Welcome Subject and we should understand the need of Unity. Despite fervent appeals from very many people, interested in the protection, preservation and promotion of The Great Ramanuja SiddhAntham , for the Unity and total elimination of differentiation of Vadakalai & Thenkalai sects , the problem persists with narrow outlooks, which affects our community as a whole.The differences are more in the form of interpretation, while the fact remains that we all accept Swami Ramanuja as The Undisputed Head of all VisishtAdhavaithees and claim that any BhAgavathA who surrenders to Sriman Narayana is most eligible for our respects and reverance. It is due to some people who have not been properly lead into The Great Path laid by Swami Ramanuja , who still cling to The Kalai Culture, damaging the very roots of Sri Vaishnavism. Our only aim should be Total Surrender to The Lord Sriman Narayana, by serving His BhakthAs. Let us all unite and see that the differences in the name of the subsects be eliminated by proper education of the Basic Roots of our Sat SampradAyam established by Swami Ramanuja.

This will immensely help our future generations not to go astray and follow our tradtions & faith with ease & dignity. No heartburn intended & if any one is hurt I place my unqualified apologies. Adiyen Kombur Vankeepuram Madhavan. Please Help The Needy as it is Service To God.--- On Sat, 11/7/09, Nadadur Mathavan <nadadurmathavan@ msn.com> wrote:

Nadadur Mathavan <nadadurmathavan@ msn.com>[RamanujaMission] FW: unity amongst vaishnavitesprabhandham, "" <>Saturday, November 7, 2009, 1:24 AM

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parthibanragavachar iCC: ; srivaishnavasri@ .in; Ramanbil (AT) grouply (DOT) comvasan_chari_ hk (AT) rediffmail (DOT) comFri, 6 Nov 2009 11:06:24 +0000Re: unity amongst vaishnavites

 

Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha,Dear swamy,you have well said the need of the hour for unity among srivaishnavas.dasanOn Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:22:42 +0530 wrote>Pranams,It is very disheartening to say that an article appeared in a tamil weekly namely junior vikatan regarding quarrels between vadakalai and thenkalai factions in the perumal koil of Kanchipuram (Sri Varadarajswamy temple). It is true that there are some ideological differences between these two factions in the practial application of Sri Ramanuja Siddhanta. Sri Manavala Mamunigal had high regards for Swami Desikan and Srimad PB Annankaracharya swami had written wonderful commentaries for Swami Desikan's work. Sri Varavara Muni's contribution to the Ubhayavedanta is unparallel. let us shed hatred . Let us work together for the development of Sri Vaishnavism with love and affection. let us not

hurt any individual or any subsection. We should learn how to respect our acharyas right from perumal to asmad acharyan and elders scholars acharyas from other folds too. If we dont treat a vaishnavite of vadakalai or thenkalai section, in a proper manner it would amount to violation of basic principles of Sri Ramanuja Siddhanta as propounded by Sri Ramanuja and as expounded by Swami Desika and Sri Manavala mamunigal with some variations. Let us do justice to our siddhanta, our preceptors, teachers of ubhaya vedanta. With folded hands I appeal to the reverred Acharyas of both the factions to advise the fellow vaishnavites to practice the religion first than finding fault with others for mundane reasons. Let us show affection to each other. The updesas of our great teachers have no room to fight with anyone or hate any sentinent being. No court can solve the issues relating to religion. Let us

forget the past happenings. Let us unite ourselves and show our solidarity for Sri vaishnavism in particular and sanatana dharma in general.As far I know, Swami Vedanta Desika was not just a teacher of ubahya vedanta for vadakalai faction alone. During his life time, there was no distinction at all. Swami Desika lived in Kanchi and preached and practiced Sri Ramanuja Siddhanta and the patasala run by him later identifed as Vadakalasalai and the school of thought run by Swami Pillai Lokacharya in Sri Rangam came to be known as Thenkalasalai. Because Kanchi and Sri Rangam are situated in north and South. The names of schools later known as vadakalai and thenkalai (for the sake of brevity). Let us not bring down the image of Swami Vedanta desika for petty politics or personal vested interests. Swami Desika was an eminent world teacher ; similarly Swami Pillai Lokaacharya was also a towering

personality and renowned jagatacharya. Our duty is to follow the foot steps of our immediate Acharya and also respect and love teachers of other branches of our Siddhanta.Let us shed hatred ; let us respect and adore each other With regardsR.Parthiban

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DEAR SIR

 

ONLY LORD CAN SOLVE THIS PROB.

 

V AS HUMANS, AS HINDUS, AS BRAHMINS, AS VAISHNAVAS WILL KEEP FIGHTING OVER PITTY AND SILLY KALAI ISSUES AND IN TURN WILL RUIN THE BASIC VALUE AND ETHICS.

 

DAYS R NOT TOO LONG WER V AILL BE A TOTAL MINORITY ASKING FOR RESERVATIONS COS OF THIS SILLY FIGHTING WICH LEADS TO DIVISION WITHIN BRAHMINS ( LEAVE ALONE DIVISION AMONG VAISHNAVAS)

 

IAM DEEPLY SADDNED BY THIS FIGHT.

 

 

with best regardsK.DILIP KUMAR--- On Sun, 11/8/09, THILLAISTHANAM PARTHASARATHY <t_kparthasarathy wrote:

THILLAISTHANAM PARTHASARATHY <t_kparthasarathyRE: Re: [RamanujaMission] FW: unity amongst vaishnavites"divya desam chennai" , Cc: oppiliappan , tiruvenkatam , srisathyanarayanaperumal , iyengarsunited , lordsrinivasa, thiruvarangam , alagappankannan, sundha007, narayanan.r, rnarayanan1, madhavan48, rama_partha, kinchitkaram, varadhansrirangam, sadayan, shreyass2000, sln.bahrain, rgsrinivasanDate: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 2:51 PM

 

Dear all,

Further to what Sri Vangeepuram madhavan has written I would like to share my views on this with you all!

Of course with malice towards none!

I am a student of Vaishnavism and it was not long ago when one of foreign Research scholars in the same field , while casually engaged in conversation told me "I do not understand why such an intellectual society like Iyengars’ should waste their talent in talking about kalai differences amongst themselves which reminds me of the divisions in Christianity- Roman Catholisism and Protestantism .In both the cases what started as a doctrinal differences hardened into a serious rift by adding social differences into themselves".

Everyone agrees that the differences are doctrinal and out of 18 many are superficial but what started -may be only a few centuries ago - but are deep- rooted now at least in the minds of yester generations as present generation is neither appraised of our rich and hoary tradition nor is worried to know what it is. It is a pity no Iyengar family, I should say, is now without an alliance from other community or other religion - thanks to the globalization- at least at a distant cousin level -some with the added qualification of blessed with the Grace of Acharyans in the invitation level -when we have such an in fight! I am reminded of a remark by one of my elderly friends in Mumbai who once said "My daughter can marry anyone of her choice but if it is through horoscopes tallying I seek only Vadakalai alliances" and I asked him

what if her choice is Christian or Muslim he had no answer! This obviously shows the shallowness in our knowledge and attachment to our Sampradhaya.

Some of the personal experiences I had in recent years I want to share with you all.

I had been to Triplicane Sri Parthasarathy temple on the Chariot day and was standing in a corner. On seeing my yellow srichurnam (I always adore yellow in preference to the other colour) one Thenkalai gentleman approached me and told "Swamin, Please stand apart -now koshti is going to begin" obviously implying that Vadakalais have no role to play! Perhaps he did not know that my knowledge of Prabhandam is limited to only one - Thondaradippodi Azhwar's Pachai Mamalai pol Meni" thanks to oft repeated hearing of the song rendered by TMS in a film!

When I had been to Swamy Varadharaja Perumal temple for the last THEPPAM I saw two batches of Vaishnavites in our sampradhaya attire and when my wife enquired me who were they ,I told her as if I know fully well "One is Veda Parayana Koshti and the other should be Prabhanda Koshti " pat came a remark from a youngster by my side "No, Today there cannot be any Prabhandam chanting inside the temple. We have stay already from the court" -beaming with enthusiasm I could see the full accomplishment in his face!- as if his ancestors have achieved something which is unachievable!

The irony here is that when I ,a total novice in the sampradhaya, is denied a place in Triplicane koshti my Professor who is well known in the Vaishnavite circle and who can chant all 4000 prabhandams with ease( that too with meanings) has been denied a place in koshti in Thiruvallur Temple a Vadakalai area.

My heart used to ache on seeing the condition of Swami Desikan sannathis in Sri Perambadur where he is only a Venkatanathan -a huge wooden roller -used as the base for palanquin is always blocking the entrance so that unless one is VERY keen he cannot get the darshan. But Thenkalaiyars are not the only one to be blamed .Look at the pathetic condition of Swami Manavala Mamunigal in Thiruvahidrapuram when Lord Devanathan is having the Purappadu and the sannathi of Manavala Mamunigal is covered with a screen!-on the road any bystander be a Muslims or a Christians can have a casual look at the Perumal but not the Acharyan who is venerated highly by the Thenkalai sect.

One lady who is very well versed in Desika stotrams and who is coaching youngsters in that line was complaining to me that when she was arranging inside the premises of Sri Parthasarathy temple –not very near sannathi but in a corner near the entrance one SRIVAISHNAVA came and informed her “Do not chant Venkatanatha’ s stotrams inside this temple –we do not allow it Have it outside in the common area “ We are sure that the Lord was deprived of the pleasant time of hearing Desika’s lucid songs thanks to one of His self –appointed guardian of Thenkalali sampradaya!

The pity is while worshipping our Lord and Thaayaar Swami Desikan cannot be ignored as he has rendered scores of sthuthis both in Sanskrit and Tamil whereas his counterparts in the other sect-his contemporarians like great Acharyan Pillai Lokacharyar and his scholar brother Alagiya Manavala Perumal Nayanar have limited themselves to writing Rahasya granthams only. When it is said that Swami Alavandar’s Chatu sloki and Stotra Rathnam are the first ever sthuthi slokas on Lord and His consort we have next to them the sthavams of Koorathazhwan and his illustrious son Parasara Bhattar and after that we are left with Swami Desikan’s granthams only.With all this glory,Swami Desikan who had composed one thousand hymns on Lord Sri Ranganatha of SriRangam has no place in the sathas to worship the Lord on festival days. More pitiable is the condition of his

sannathi in the temple which is virtually swept to a corner!

Hitherto what has been written is only the tip of the ice-berg but many such incidents and examples can be quoted to describe our strange ways of following the Sampradaya.

Of course what has been told up to now is the unpleasant scenes and acts enacted by not-so-rich Vaishnavites but the rich Vaishnavites in the past have been resorting to Courts to settle their scores. Believe it or not most of the disputed rituals in our Vaishnavite temples were settled and solutions obtained not thru great Acharyans but through the Christian Judges of British Empire who had no access to the temples! Perhaps the earliest recorded dispute is dated 2nd September 1754 when the then Governor passed an order reconciling the interests of the two kalais by assigning each party a shrine and prohibiting each from interfering with the other. That is how Thulasinga Perumal temple belonged to Vadakalai and Vekatakrishnaswami became the abode for Thenkalais! Of course the appeals and counter appeals on this issue continued

till April 1795.

This was closely followed by another dispute in 1803 where there was a clash between the two kalais in Srirangam temple and one Ranga Iyengar who put up a Vadakalai namam over the entrance of Nathamuni shrine was fined Rs 1000/ in AD 1863!( Imagine the value of money as on date and if there is any descendant who is eligible for the inheritance of his property has lost!) and the disposing authority’s comments are note-worthy.

“The act in the place in which it was done precisely resembles the act of a zealous Protestant who should be rash or wicked enough to scroll “ no popery†on the Roman catholic Church situate in the midst of the excitable and not highly instructed population of an Irish country†(V N Hari Rao “History of Trichinopoly and Srirangam temple†) - a very nice encomium to our community which is classified as the most forward community.

There are plethora of cases pending in Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, Chennai High Court and even in Supreme court regarding Varadaraja temple of Kanchipuram as early as from 1865 A D ranging from the “Introduction “ of Ramanuja Dayapatram taniyan as against Srisaila Dayapatram down to the notorious Namam dispute on the face of the temple elephant. Still many cases remain in courts pending disposal.

I have just given a birds-eye view of the entire scenario and not an in-depth study of the issues involving the cold war between the two sects.

This episode comes to an end with a very interesting observation by His Holiness

 

44th Pontiff of Ahobila Mutt when he was approached by some prominent Sri

 

Vaishnava stalwarts to find a solution to this irritating problem by adopting a

 

common symbol of À instead of our present Y or U as a first step the

 

Azhagiya Singar in his own inimitable style said “This will give raise to a third

 

sect only and will never solve the problem!â€

 

“HE ALONE IS A TRUE VAISHNAVITE WHO ON SEEING OTHER’S SUFFERINGS

 

SYMPATHISESâ€- NANJEEYAR

 

T. K. PARTHASARATHY

CHENNAI-17

 

 

 

 

 

T K Parthasarathy

Chennai

 

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SRI : ||

Hare Krishna.

PraNAms to all. A Very Welcome Subject and we should understand the need of Unity. Despite fervent appeals from very many people, interested in the protection, preservation and promotion of The Great Ramanuja SiddhAntham , for the Unity and total elimination of differentiation of Vadakalai & Thenkalai sects , the problem persists with narrow outlooks, which affects our community as a whole.The differences are more in the form of interpretation, while the fact remains that we all accept Swami Ramanuja as The Undisputed Head of all VisishtAdhavaithees and claim that any BhAgavathA who surrenders to Sriman Narayana is most eligible for our respects and reverance. It is due to some people who have not been properly lead into The Great Path laid by Swami Ramanuja , who still cling to The Kalai Culture, damaging the very roots of Sri Vaishnavism. Our only aim should be Total Surrender to The Lord Sriman Narayana, by serving His BhakthAs. Let us all unite and see that the differences in the name of the subsects be eliminated by proper education of the Basic Roots of our Sat SampradAyam established by Swami Ramanuja.

This will immensely help our future generations not to go astray and follow our tradtions & faith with ease & dignity. No heartburn intended & if any one is hurt I place my unqualified apologies. Adiyen Kombur Vankeepuram Madhavan. Please Help The Needy as it is Service To God.--- On Sat, 11/7/09, Nadadur Mathavan <nadadurmathavan@ msn.com> wrote:

Nadadur Mathavan <nadadurmathavan@ msn.com>[RamanujaMission] FW: unity amongst vaishnavitesprabhandham, "" <>Saturday, November 7, 2009, 1:24 AM

FWD..

 

parthibanragavachar iCC: ; srivaishnavasri@ .in; Ramanbil (AT) grouply (DOT) comvasan_chari_ hk (AT) rediffmail (DOT) comFri, 6 Nov 2009 11:06:24 +0000Re: unity amongst vaishnavites

 

Srimate Ramanujaya Namaha,Dear swamy,you have well said the need of the hour for unity among srivaishnavas.dasanOn Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:22:42 +0530 wrote>Pranams,It is very disheartening to say that an article appeared in a tamil weekly namely junior vikatan regarding quarrels between vadakalai and thenkalai factions in the perumal koil of Kanchipuram (Sri Varadarajswamy temple). It is true that there are some ideological differences between these two factions in the practial application of Sri Ramanuja Siddhanta. Sri Manavala Mamunigal had high regards for Swami Desikan and Srimad PB Annankaracharya swami had written wonderful commentaries for Swami Desikan's work. Sri Varavara Muni's contribution to the Ubhayavedanta is unparallel. let us shed hatred . Let us work together for the development of Sri Vaishnavism with love and affection. let us not

hurt any individual or any subsection. We should learn how to respect our acharyas right from perumal to asmad acharyan and elders scholars acharyas from other folds too. If we dont treat a vaishnavite of vadakalai or thenkalai section, in a proper manner it would amount to violation of basic principles of Sri Ramanuja Siddhanta as propounded by Sri Ramanuja and as expounded by Swami Desika and Sri Manavala mamunigal with some variations. Let us do justice to our siddhanta, our preceptors, teachers of ubhaya vedanta. With folded hands I appeal to the reverred Acharyas of both the factions to advise the fellow vaishnavites to practice the religion first than finding fault with others for mundane reasons. Let us show affection to each other. The updesas of our great teachers have no room to fight with anyone or hate any sentinent being. No court can solve the issues relating to religion. Let us

forget the past happenings. Let us unite ourselves and show our solidarity for Sri vaishnavism in particular and sanatana dharma in general.As far I know, Swami Vedanta Desika was not just a teacher of ubahya vedanta for vadakalai faction alone. During his life time, there was no distinction at all. Swami Desika lived in Kanchi and preached and practiced Sri Ramanuja Siddhanta and the patasala run by him later identifed as Vadakalasalai and the school of thought run by Swami Pillai Lokacharya in Sri Rangam came to be known as Thenkalasalai. Because Kanchi and Sri Rangam are situated in north and South. The names of schools later known as vadakalai and thenkalai (for the sake of brevity). Let us not bring down the image of Swami Vedanta desika for petty politics or personal vested interests. Swami Desika was an eminent world teacher ; similarly Swami Pillai Lokaacharya was also a towering

personality and renowned jagatacharya. Our duty is to follow the foot steps of our immediate Acharya and also respect and love teachers of other branches of our Siddhanta.Let us shed hatred ; let us respect and adore each other With regardsR.Parthiban

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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