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adiyEn (srIman)
Varadachari Sadagopan has been
blessed with many good fortunes such as being born in a dhivya dEsam
like Oppiliappan Koil, having loving parents who sacrificed every thing
to encourage me to earn six degrees from the best of Universities in the
World including the Doctor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, pursuing a Scientific and Management career at IBM Research
Division for 26 years. The best of all these blessings is the
SoubhAgayam of initiation in to SrIvaishNava assembly with SamAsrayaNam
from HH the 43rd Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam, SrI Veeraraghava YathIndhra
MahA Desikan of DevanAr ViLAgam and being blessed with the supreme
soubhAgyam of BharanyAsam from HH the 45th Jeeyar of AhObila Matam, SrI
NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan. Links to the "Periya Periya PerumAL",
SrI MalOlan of Ahobilam through AchArya sambhandham is the greatest of
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Well known to
us, SrI Madhavakkannan belongs
to thaiyaar aachhi vangipuram family. His paternal grandmother is from
the illustrious navalpakkam AchArya Paramparai. His SamASrayaNam was
from his grandfather VaikuNtavaasi Sri U Ve Srinivasachariar Swami and
bharanyAsam from His Holiness Srimad ParavakkOttai Andavan Swami.
His tireless kaimkaryams and SrEshta AchArya Bhakthi have been the
inspirations for all of us. His bhakthi-drenched anubhavams in covering
AzhwAr's aruLiccheyalkaLs have earned a special place in the hearts of
BhakthAs over time. Blessed with a son and a daughter, SrI
Madhavakkannan is working as Senior Project Manager in an MNC in
Singapore. His wife Dr. Brintha Jayanthi is a well-known medical
practitioner in Singapore.
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Hailing from
Neduntheru and Perungalathur, SrI.Diwakar returned to India from a good
position in Sanfrancisco, to serve his AchAryan in best possible ways.
His SamASrayaNam and bharanyAsam at the divine hands of prakrutam
SrImath azhagiyasingar. Blessed with a son, he is working with Sun
Microsystems in Bangalore. one can easily see him either in ahobila
divyakshetram or in Srimath Azhagiyasingar's gOshTi or in some active
kaimkaryams.
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Well known to us,
Sriman Mukundan
hails from a village - Neduntheru near to ThirukkuTandai; had SamASrayaNam
and bharasamarpanam at the divine feet of HH the 45th jeer of Sri
Ahobilamatam & kuladeivam is Sri bhumidevi sameta Oppiliappan. Did
kalakshepam on some Rahasyagrantams under SrI. U.vE. M.S. Hari. After
working in India for 8 years, he came to Singapore and is working
there
for more than 12 years in a German company as Mechanical Design Manager;
as well his wife hails from Thanjavur too and she is working as Finance
Manager in a company. They are blessed with two daughters whose bharasamarpanam was done at the divine feet of Srimadazhagiyasingar too.
Having great thirst towards Srivaishnava literature, together with well
known Srivaishnavas like SrI. K.Sadagopaniyengar, SrI. Madhavakkannan,
SrI. Diwakar Kannan and a few more, they have a publishing unit "Srisukti
Pracharini Sabha" registered in Singapore, which has published some CDs
and hardback book such as 'The Choice is yours' of SrI u.vE
Sadagopaniyengar. Together with SrI Diwakar Kannan and a few more
Srivaishnavas, they are running a group for sharing divine pictures, which
can be found in
www.pbase.com/svami.
And he is deeply involved in the mountainous
tasks of SrI. u.vE. Oppiliappankoil V.Sadagopan svami, who serves
Srivaishnava community tirelessly.
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Adiyen (Smt. Kala Hari) is a shishya of Srimad
Poundarikapuram Andavan Swamihal. adiyEn's parents are devout
srivaishnavas residing in Bhuloka Vaikuntham and belong to Srirangam
Srimad Andavan Ashramam. Our ancestral place is Kadalur though the
closest I have been to, is Thiruvahindrapuram. Adiyen has been
extremely fortunate to be blessed with very affectionate parents who
not only introduced me to Swamy Desikan's stothrams at the age of
5 but also encouraged me to pursue the best education. I have an
integrated Masters degree in Chemistry and Education from India and
a Masters degree in Biology from the University of Maryland. Thanks
to the encouragement and support of my husband, Sri Hari Venugopalan,
I am continuing to pursue my doctoral studies in Neuroscience at
Rutgers University. Adiyen is immensely
blessed to be able to participate in His
Holiness Srimad Azhagiya Singar's Thirunakshatra Kainkaryam under
the delightful leadership and guidance of SrI Sadagopan mama.
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Smt. Krishna priya
is a Sri VaishNavite
from
Hyderabad living currently in Muscat/Oman and is deeply attached to AzhawAr/AchArya Sri Sokthis. She attends
Sri Krishna Temple at Muscat and they have number of scholars , who visit Muscat to give upanyAsams
as well have
a Sanskrit Pundit from MadhurAnthakam , who teaches spoken Sanskrit. She
has been a Member of Oppiliappan and SaraNAgthy Lists for number of
years and is happy to be engaged in this kaimkaryam to spread the
eternal message of Sri Bhagavath Ramanuja SiddhAntham. Its her belief
that the availability of the e-books would be of help to many children
and parents , who might have difficulty in reading the original texts in
Sanskrit , Tamil and MaNipravALam.
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SoubhAgyavathy R.Chitralekha is a talented
multimedia professional with a full command of Web design and a host of
Multimedia Software packages. She is a Multimedia, Graphics /
animation design consultant located at Chennai. Her graphic
artistry combined with her multimedia skills is an asset to make the
e-books project populated with divine images to compliment the beautiful
photographic images .She hails from a family known for its
devotion to Ahobila Matam's venerable Jeeyars. Her family is
currently active in the renovation and
SamprokshaNam of Kaappur temple in Tamil Nadu.
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Srimathy Rajam Krishnaswamy hails from a devout VaishNavite family
in Salem, Tamil Naadu . She has earned the degrees of M.A in Economics (U.T,
Austin) and and Associate Degree in Computer Science. She has taught
Econmics for a few years at Glen Elleyn Community College in Illinois
and has also worked as a Software Applications development Professionsal
in industry. She is married to Sriman C.N.Krishnaswamy of KalyANapuram;
He is an Engineer and they have been blessed with a daughter,
SowbhAgyavathy AlarmEl Gita , who is teaching Biology in a San Fransisco
High School . Srimathy Rajam KrishNaswamy's AchArya Bhakthi is sincere
and deep. She says: "My devotion to Swamy Desikan's Sri Sookthis has
been nurtured by my Father , Sri K.N.Srinivasan and my husband . adiyEn
has the Parama BhAgyam of recieving Pancha SamskAram and Bhara NyAsam
from Prakrutham Azhagiya Singar. adiyEn depends on Srimath Azhagiya
Singar and His grace to guide me on the right path always . I have to
remain true to His UpadEsams and He has to help me. adiyEn is at a loss
of words to express my gratitude to Sri V.Sadagopan for giving me this
opportunity to participate in this divine Kaimkaryam to my Acharyan
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Sri Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar is
now at Bangalore. He belongs to the Ahobila Matam as a sishyan and he is
kaTanthethi Andavan's (H H Srimath Srinivasa Ramanuja Maha Desikan's)
great grandson (eLLu pEran). Katanthethi Andavan had been iniitated
intos Sanyasa Ashram by HH Thirukudanthai Azagiasingar (38th Pattam).
Sridhar has built Web sites for Thooppul (Avathara Sthalam of Swami
Desikan, Sathyagalam (Place where Swami Stayed in Karnataka for 12 long
years), Doddamallur Krishna Temple. He has covered many well known and
not so well known VaishNavite temples through his web site kaimakryams
so Vaishnavaas can know more about the treasures in Karnataka. He is
currenly building a mega Site for Sriperumpudur (Avathara Sthalam of
Lord Ramanuja); this web site will include Kooram and Madhura Mangalam (avathAra
sthalams of KurEsar and EmbAr) & Thirukoshtiyur. The plans are to
release this Raamanuja web site on the upcoming Udayavars Thiru
Nakshatram. His web sites are known for their creative approach in
design and well researched contents. His Karnataka temple web sites (Url:
www.karnatakavaishnavatemples.net are the first ever
comprehensive coverage of the temples there, which go back to the time
of AchArya RaamAnuja.
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Srinivasan Narayanan
hails from Trichy, and is based in New Jersey, USA for about 20
years. He was working as Instrument Engineer in an Engineering Design /
Construction Company and is now retired.
Srinivasan Narayanan
and family are Sishyas of Sri Ahobilla Mutt, Had the the bhAgyam of
getting SamAsrayaNam from HH the 44th Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam, Sri
Vedanta YathIndhra MahA Desikan of Mukkur and being blessed with the
bhAgyam of BharanyAsam from HH the 45th Jeeyar, SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra
MahA Desikan. He feels blessed to contribute in a very small way to this
great Kaimkaryam and is very grateful to Sriman Sadagopan Swamin for
giving this wonderful opportunity.
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Adiyen (Sri Gopi)
is a sishya of
Sri Ahobilla Mutt and has the bhagyam of getting my PanchaSamaskaram and
Bharanyasam done under Sri Lakshmi Nurusimha Divya padhuka sevaka Sri
Narayana Yathindra Mahadesikar. Sri Kainkarya priyar thiru V.Sadagopan
swamin was instrumental for this in more than one way. Professionally, I
work as a Software consultant at Maryland. Its my bhagyam to be a
part of this great team whose zeal has been an great source of
inspiration.
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Sri
Anil T hails from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and is currently
pursuing his Doctoral Studies at an Australian University. He
is the webmaster and considers himself honored to be a part of this Kaimkaryam.
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Dr
Saroja Ramanujam
is a retired teacher and an active contributor to a number of
web discussions on various topics related to our sampradayam. She has
also numerous web blogs on Bhagavad Gita, Dasavathara, Sri Vishnu
Sahasranaamam, Ramanuja Philosophy, Sankhya etc. She has a rich
educational background with degrees in Mathematics, Statistics,
Economics and Philosophy. She earned her Doctorate in Philosophy
(Vishishtadvaita) from Madras University and is a Siromani in
Sanskrit.
Dr.Saroja Ramanujam had traditional KaalakshEpam of Sri BhAshyam with Sri Arasanippalai Gopala Desikan Swamy, who is a 92 years young Sri VaishNavite Scholar; He is a disciple of Abhivava Desika UtthamUr Sri Veeraraghavachar Swamy. He is the author of many commentaries of
AchArya Sri Sookthis in Sanskrit and Tamil. He is proficient in Jyothisham and has been a Teacher of Sanskrit for many decades. His commentaries on
Sri Lakshminarayana Hrudhayam, Sri Sooktham and Lakshmi Sahasra NaamaavaLi are awaiting publication.
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adiyen(Sri Muralidharan Desikachari)
belongs to a devout SrI VaishNava family hailing from the divya desam of Therazhundur. Our Kula Dheivam is Sri Bhoomidevi NAchiyAr samEdha SrI Oppiliappan swami of ThiruViNNagaram divya kshetram. I had the bhAgyam of samAshrayaNam and BharasamarpaNam from the most kind and revered AchAryan HH the 45th jeeyar of AhObila Matam, Sri NArayaNa yathIndhra mahA dEsikan during 1992 at KAnchi Divya kshethram. I consider this to be the most momentous event in my life. Subsequent to this I was blessed with the opportunity to perform the kainkaryam of taking part (in my humble capacity) in the construction of SwAthi Peetam temple by the venerable U.Ve Sri P.T.SrinivAsa Raghavan swAmi and Smt. Choodamani AmmAL, for the Swayambhuva Sri Anandhavalli thAyar samedha Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Swamy at Maraimalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu. The temple was consecrated by asmath achAryan the 45th jeeyar, prakruthum Srimath Azhagiya Singar. I am currently working as a Project Manager with a MNC at Virginia. It is MAlOlan’s thiruvuLLam that I have been given the great honor to work along with the other devout and dedicated members of the Sundara Simham group, under the illustrious leadership of U.Ve.Sri V. SadagOpan Mama.
Smt Jayashree Muralidharan
wife of Sri Muralidharan Desikachari has a post-graduate degree in Psychology. She is very much interested in sAmpradAyic literature and VishishtAdvaitha philosophy. She was blessed by the prakruthum Srimath Azhagiya Singar, HH SrI NArAyaNa yathIndhra mahA dEsikan with samAshrayaNam and bharaNyAsam. She presently helps her husband in the kainkaryams undertaken by him for the Sundara Simham group.
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