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DIVYA DESAMS

YAJNASALA

Divya Desam deities’ consecration: 37 deities were consecrated today in divya desams from Adivasa mandapam. So far around 89 deities prathistha:panas have been completed. Consecration for the rest of the 20 deities will be done on the 13^th of February.

Today’s Istis:

• Hayagri:va ishti
• Sudarshana ishti

Guests of honour: Tamil Nadu Governor R.N.Ravi garu,M.L.A Roja garu and Tollywood cine actor Allu arjun garu visited ya:gasha:la and sought mangala:sa:sanas of HH Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji.

Special mention: This evening, Ya:gasha:la #98 witnessed a cow that gave birth to a female calf, much to the happiness of all

PRAVACHANA MANDAPAM / MAIN STAGE

Note: National Level Artist events – To Be Added.

VISUALLY CHALLENGED MAN WITH A VISION!

The day started with devotees performing a:ra:dhana of Lord Lakshmi Narayana at around 10 AM under the aegis of HH Ahobila Jeeyar Swamiji and HH Sri Ramachandra Jeeyar Swamiji.

A few of the subsequent cultural programs that started around 11:30 AM are as follows:

• School children from Gantyada village in Vijayanagaram presented a soulful rendition of Sri Ramanuja Nootrandadi at 12:10 PM. These children were trained by Sriman Ganesh garu who is a student of Nethra Though he is visually impaired himself and a Dalit, he provides direction to many children by training them and doing great service to Lord and Acharya. The children, aged 9 to 13 years relentlessly practiced for four hours a day and mastered it in four months. Their diction was flawless and pronunciation impeccable. They were given a deserving standing ovation by the audience. The girls exhibited pride in their identity, culture, country and traditions.
• Musical concert in Carnatic style was rendered by Kumari Nanduri Sai Bhavana. She sang in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil languages. Sriman Sarath Chandra garu rendered few compositions written by himself.

Discourses from eminent persons included:

• Maha mahopadhyaya Dr. Dorbala Prabhakar Sarma garu is a retired Principal of Sanskrit College, Kovvur, who had also performed avadha:nams in Sanskrit. He spoke in Sanskrit and Telugu about the inspiration that Bhagavad Ramanuja provides to the world and his visishtadvaitha philosophy at 9:45 AM.
• Sriman Gudimella Kurmanadha Swamiji (11:30 AM), Sriman Kandadai Srinivasacharya Swamiji (11:45 AM), Sriman Samudrala Satakopacharya Swamiji (12 noon) explained about different events in Sri Ramanuja’s life.
• Chakrapani Swamiji from Nepal (12:20 PM) elaborated about different Brahma Vidyas mentioned in Vedas to reach God and how Saranagati (surrender) to Lord is the easiest path to reach Lord.

THADIYA:RADHANA

• Today, for ba:la bho:gam (Breakfast) 18,000 people were served Chilly Tomato rice with coconut chutney.
• Ra:ja bho:gam (Lunch) was served for around 50,000 people until 3 PM today. Menu included rice along with Tomato dal, Potato-Tomato curry, Cabbage Fry, Lady’s finger fry, sambar, chutney, Ghee-Kesari for sweet, Rasam, curds and butter milk.