Srimad Azhagiyasingar Satabhisheka Mahotsavam Update

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Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane Nama:

Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divyapadukasevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri NarayanaYatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

Dear All:

 

Thanks to Sri Malolan’s anugruham and the prayers and the contributions of

thousands of sishyas and well wishers from all over the world, Srimad

Azhagiyasingar's Satabhishekam Mahotsavam took place in grand style at the

Dasavathara Sannidhi in Srirangam and came to a conclusion in the evening on

Thursday, November 30th with a Dolai for Kannan organized by His kainkaryaparas.

Earlier in the day, nearly 10,000 sishyas had the opportunity to get Satari and

Sri Paada Theertham of His Holiness and witness His Holiness receiving Kovil

Mariyathais from Divya Desams. His Holiness Poundarikapuram Andavan Swami, His

Holiness Parakala Matam Swami, His Holiness Rangapriya Swami and His Holiness

the Jeer of Azhwar Thirunagari were present on one or more days in the mornings

and on Srimad Azhagiyasingar's 80th Thirunakshathram day to convey their

felicitations.

 

One of the highlight of the event was the Pattina Pravesham of Srimad

Azhagiyasingar in a Pallakku for over 6 to 7 miles, twice around Srirangam

Temple in the outer two ring roads with 5 elephants, and 3 horses leading the

procession, periodic firecracker displays, prabhanda goshti of well over 200,

multiple nadaswaram troupes and ladies singing and dancing in front and a veda

parayana goshti in the rear of the pallakku. It is estimated that over 2,500

people took part in this procession lasting nearly 5 hours. All these can be

viewed in the still photos gallery, the link for which is given below.

 

Over the 10 day period preceding the Thirunakshathram, nearly 1,000 invited Veda

adhyapakas, Sanskrit scholars, Srivaishnava stalwarts and other highly learned

scholars took part in daily festivities. Simultaneous Veda parayanam was done

every morning and evening by the Veda adhyapakas in the four main vedas and

three variations of Yajur and Sama Vedam. All the Vedams were chanted during

morning and evening Satrumurai along with prabhandam for the listening pleasure

of Sri Malolan and Dolai Kannan. In the afternoons during " vethalai pakku " , some

of the Veda adhyapakas chanted Ghanam for 20 to 30 minutes, which was a feast to

the ears. Following this, Srimad Azhagiyasingar presided over a Vidwat Sadas

which featured some of the most knowledgeable experts in Sanskrit and

SriVaishnavism debating issues in Sanskrit and Tamil. Later in the evenings,

well known Upanyasakars gave lectures on many topics at Sri Vedantha Desikar

Sannidhi inside Sri Ranganathar Temple. Further in the evening, well known

Carnatic Music artists performed in front of HH's Ashramam. One evening, the

young students of the Selaiyur Patasala performed a drama about Swami

Thirumangai Azhwar's life history and two students performed an upanyasam in the

classical musical style. Every day prasadams were distributed in the mornings,

afternoon and evenings, for over 2,000 to 3,000 people at 3 different locations.

 

The most notable thing was that our Acharyan, in His magnanimous way, honored

each of the Veda adhyapakas, pandithas, kainkaryaparas and the other learned

scholars with cash, veshti, gold coin, salwai, silver vessels etc. It is

estimated that the value of the honorariums ranged from Rs. 7,500 to Rs. 20,000

per person depending on their education, experience and knowledge. The total

cost of just the honorarium for the pandithas and vidwans is estimated to be

around Rs. 80 to Rs. 90 lakhs. Add to this the cost of providing prasadams every

day for 2,000 to 3,000 people with a substantially higher number on the day of

the Thirunakshathram and you can easily see that the cost would have well

exceeded Rs. 1 crore. We are very happy to inform you that the contribution from

the United States, just through Sri Ahobila Muth, USA came to around Rs. 1.25

crores. We thank every one of you profusely for contributing to this once in a

lifetime event. Prasadams are being mailed from Selaiyur this week to all those

who contributed to this cause.

 

There is no doubt that this event will stand out for years to come as a unique

event that is unparalleled in history for its grandeur and the recognition of so

many learned vidwans and pandithas. We owe it all to Sri Malolan and our

Acharyan Srimad Azhagiyasingar. Thanks are also due to the Satabhishekam

Committee who worked on this event tirelessly for over a year, collecting many

crores of Rupees, and undertaking and completing in time the massive

construction projects including the very large main hall where the function took

place, Malolan's Sannidhi, renovation and reconstruction of the Dasavathara

Sannidhi, Uthara Veedhi Matam and the Dasavathara Sannidhi Matam. Besides these,

more projects are planned and have started such as construction of a Marriage

Hall at the place where the Satabhisheka Mahotsavam took place, renovation and

reconstruction of the Thiruvellore Matam and other Matams and Brindavanams.

Thanks also are due to the scores of volunteers who helped all the sishyas have

a pleasant experience at the function. And last, but not least, thanks to the

thousands of sishyas and abhimanis all over the world who contributed the

maximum amount they could to make this function a grand success.

 

 

As many of you know, the main event on November 30th was web cast live. Even if

you missed it then, you can view the whole 5 hours of streaming video, till

December 31st, by visiting: http://www.chennaistream.com/ahobilamutt/ In

addition, you can view still photos taken during the occasion, thanks to Sriman

Diwakar and Sriman Raghavan (Bangalore) at:

http://www.pbase.com/svami/sathabishekam

 

 

Thank you all.

 

 

-Srimad Azhagiyasingar Thiruvadigale Saranam

dasan Rajaji

 

Sri Ahobila Matam, USA

 

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