1. SrI: SrI RanganAthaswAmy Temple SrIrangam Kulasekhara PaDi Renovation Kaimkaryam April 7 th 2008

2. On the sacred day, of Thai Hastham, the avathAra dinam of Swamy Kuresar, adiyEn had the privelege to announce the opportunity to perform TWO rare Kaimkaryams at the ThirukkOil of Sri Ranganathan of Srirangam dear to all AchAryAs, AzhwArs and Aasthikaas of every darsanam. One was the Vasantha ManTapam renovation project and the other was the replacement of the KulasEkhara AzhwAr Padi in front of the Garbha Gruham under the PraNavAkAra VimAnam. This once in a life-time opportunity to perform these kaimkaryams to Sri RanganAthan has been blessed by SriMukham from His Holiness Prakrutham Srimad Andavan of PoundarIkapuram Andavan Ashram, Sri Rangam. The handwritten Srimukham in Tamil in two separate pages can be accessed at: http://www.ibiblio.org/sadagopan/gallery/kulasekara_padi/hh1.jpg http://www.ibiblio.org/sadagopan/gallery/kulasekara_padi/hh2.jpg The PDF (typed version) of the same can be accessed at: http://www.ibiblio.org/sadagopan/gallery/kulasekara_padi/poundarikapuram_srimukham.pdf Due to the timely contribution of all aasthikaas and Sri Ranga bhakthaas, the Vasantha Mantapa kaimkaryam, was realised in record time. Now the focus is on the Kulasekhara PaDi kaimkaryam. dAsan, Oppiliappan Koil V.SaThakOpan

3. SrI: செடியாய வல்வினைகள் தீர்க்கும் திருமாலே நெடியானே வேங்கடவா நின்கோயிலின் வாசல் அடியாரும் வானவரும் அரம்பையரும் கிடந்தியங்கும் படியாய் கிடந்து உன் பவள வாய் காண்பேனே ( குலசேகரப்பெருமாள் அருளிய பெருமாள் திருமொழி 4.9) sediyaaya valvinaikaL theerkkum thirumaalE nediyaanE vEngatavaa ninkOyilin vaasal adiyaarum vaanavarum arambaiyarum kidanthiyangum padiyaayk kidanthu un pavaLa vaay kaaNpEnE (Kulasekhara AzhwAr's PerumAL Thirumozhi 4.9) The KulasEkhara AzhwAr Padi in front of the Garbha Gruham under the PraNavAkAra VimAnam at Sri Rangam Periya Koil is so called in tribute to the great AzhwAr SrI Kulasekhara,who sang the verses quoted above pleading with BhagavAn to make the AzhwAr enjoy the dhivya Soundharyam of His ThirumEni. This is the step over which Uthsavar Sri Ranganathan steps out on His myriads of Uthsavam year after year. This must be the step over which AchArya RaamAnuja and KurEsa crossed to be closer to Lord RanganathAn for their MangaLAsAsanams. This must be the step over which ANDAL and ThiruppANar crossed over to join the Param JyOthi, Moolavar Sri RanganathAr. Thus this sacred Padi is very important for us. Over hundreds of years, the current KulasEkara Padi got worn out and shows serious damage (Portions missing and big cracks). The present state of the Padi can be seen in the next few slides. The Srirangam DevasthAnam has given us permission to initiate this Kaimkaryam as Arangan adiyArs. This kaimkaryam is very dear to our revered AchAryAs who represent HIS Will and guide us in the righteous path. We should consider ourselves blessed that, The Lord of Sri Rangam, who gives us our very Life and protects us as HIS beloved children, provided us with this rare opportunity to be of service to HIM.

4. By the blessings of SrI RanganAyaki sametha SrI RanganAtha SwAmi and revered AchAryAs and the generous and timely contribution of many Ranga bhakthaas it pleases adiyEn immensely to announce on this most auspicious UgAdi day, that the Kulasekhara PaDi renovation kaimkaryam has commenced with the purchase of the required silver bullions (15 Kgs). In the following slides adiyEn would like to share the images of the bullions being blessed by the Most Revered AchAryans: HH Srimad ANDavan of Sri PounDarIkapuram ANDAvan Ashram, SrIRangam and HH SrI Ranga NArAyaNa JeeyAr of SrIRangam Periya Koil.

5. The Kulasekhara PaDi Why the Renovation?

6. The Kulasekhara PaDi renovation project Kaimkarya Aarambham

7. HH SrIRangam Periya Koil Jeeyar blessing the Silver bullions before being sent to the jewelers for casting into the new PaDi.

8. HH Srimad ANDavan blessing the Silver bullions before being sent to the jewelers for casting into the new PaDi.

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