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Statue of Equality Inspiration Centers

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Statue of Equality Inspiration Centers

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Carving of stones for 100 temples has commenced. Out of those 100, assembling of the beautiful stones for 63 temples has started. Sculpting of roof stones for another 12 temples has been completed. Roof stones for 7 more temples are ready to be sculpted.

Creation of Moolavar & Uthsavar deities for the Divya Desam temples has started.

Sthapathi Team has submitted 50 drawings to HH Sri Swamiji for approval. After intensely going through those 50 drawings in detail from crown to toes multiple times, HH Sri Swamiji gave Stamp of Approval, much to everyone’s delight. To iron out any further deficiencies that may arise, The Sthapathi Team has set out to Divya Desam original temples.

Construction of Divya Desa Mandapam in the much admired Hoysala architectural style has commenced. So far, 12 carved pillars have been set in place. These exquisitely carved pillars are adding to the beauty of the much awaited Divya Desa mandapam.

Sculpting work in the area of Golden Ramanuja is going on at good pace in a wonderful manner. As part of it, assembling & placing work of stone dome has started.

Creation of “Vya:li” forms, to be placed in Divya Desa mandapam, is going on in Hebei city in China. These Vyalis are being created 4 forms, as per South Indian Temple style & Vastu science, as found in ancient South Indian temples. These are bound to add to the curiosity & beauty of the Divya Desa mandapam. Apart from Vya:li, beautiful forms of Parrot, Horse, Lion and many unique forms with speciality are being created, as per the direction of The Sthapathi Team ironing out deficiencies to get close to perfection. For this purpose specifically, The Sthapathi Team is visiting China.

To provide fresh, tasty, pure food to Statue of Equality visitors at all times, ISKCON Hare Krsna Movement Swamis & personnel met HH Sri Swamiji to submit proposals to create Kitchen with modern State-of-the-art Kitchen Technology as per Sri Swamiji’s inputs on the types of meals to be prepared.

Models of landscaping in the entire Statue of Equality arena are ready. With approval of HH Sri Swamiji, landscaping work will begin at the earliest. Also, Entrance area work, Food Court work, Parking area creation work & other Civil works are going on at quick pace.

Statue of Equality is not just about Creation of Statue but Creation of History! To be part of this noble cause is Lord Srimannarayana’s grace & a great opportunity! Giving us hope & motivation, we sincerely hope that all of you, your families, friends, and many more continue to support this world cause now and in future.

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A Walk into HIS Story!

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On the 24th of November, first steps were taken in planning and marking a ride in Sri Ramanuja Sahasrabdi site at JIVA campus, Sri Ram Nagar. This ride is being designed to take the visitors into the key incidents in Ramanuja’s life making them feel like they are part of those times!

There are several events in the life journey of Ramanuja which reveal his intense understanding of the entire existence and deep concern for everyone. The events are a ‘must to watch’ for anyone in question about the ‘purpose of life’ or ‘what next in life’ or ‘what is right and what is wrong’ or ‘why should I do this and not that’ and such conflicts in mind.

Sriman Sanjay ji, Sriman Rajeev ji, Sriman Ramesh Mantha, Sriman Prasad and few other key people discussed the first drawings on an exhibition or a ride that will walk the people through the life history of Ramanujacharya. Entry and Exit areas, Key show areas, and pathways were all talked through keeping in mind the objective of giving an experience of taking part in the actual event from the history! What an amazing opportunity for everyone to not only learn from but actually live in the event!

A short description of one such incident that you see in the image is:

Vittadeva of the Hoysala dynasty, was the King, with Thondanur Nambi as one of the prime ministers. Vittadeva’s daughter was suffering from a serious ailment. The king approached many of Jain monks but their efforts could not help the daughter. Thondanur Nambi proposed to the King that they meet Ramanujacharya who had recently come to towards the area. King agreed.

In the meantime, Thondanur Nambi met Ramanuja and told him about:

  • severe droughts in the area
  • the Princess being ill
  • recently discovered deity of Narayana

Ramanujacharya agreed to see the King’s daughter. The daughter spoke out saying that the ‘theertham’ obtained from washing Ramanujacharya’s feet, and the touch of his feet on her head will heal her. King asked her how he would know if the ailment is completely gone. She responded saying that a tree’s branch seen from her window will fall down as soon as the sickness is gone. Everything happened according to what was planned and the daughter recovered from the illness. King was extremely happy and was began to be devoted to Ramanujacharya. That caused anger in the Jain monks and they challenged  with Ramanujacharya for a debate. Whoever loses the challenge will follow the winner’s school of thought.

Ramanujacharya suggested that a cloth be tied as a separator between the Jain monks and himself. About 10,000 monks gathered and questioned Ramanujacharya. His answers suited all of them even though all their questions were different. It was an amazing incident and people were thrilled to watch the debate on philosophy and eternal truths. Ramanujacharya won the challenge and several Jain monks became his disciples.

This is what you see in the picture/image. This will be an incident that we can observe and be part of in the Statue of Equality project!

After winning the challenge, Ramanujacharya went through the kingdom and observed the reasons for the severe drought condition. He suggested the King to build a bridge and advised technical ways to improve the condition of farmers. The King was surprised to see Ramanujacharya’s knowledge on aspects that relate to social development. His keen eye into details and technical aspects of implementing a solution for the problem were both very inspiring to the King. The King also named the bridge and the water reservoir as ‘Thirumalaraya Sagaram’ as per the recommendation of Ramanujacharya.

Later, Ramanujacharya suggested that the king can also now build a temple for the recently discovered deity of Narayana to help people satisfy their thirst for the journey of soul towards eternal bliss.

Thus, Ramanujacharya’s extreme wisdom in all aspects tells us how it is possible to attain spiritual enlightenment while paying great attention to all social causes. Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji is no less in this endeavour. As Swamiji always says, a True Vaishnava is one whose heart bleeds and his acts to relieve another soul from suffering!

How great it is that we all have an opportunity to live through these wonderful incidents of Ramanujacharya under the aegis of Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swami. Come, PARTICIPATE in the making of Statue of Equality!

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