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Report on Ka:rthi:ka Eka:dasi Di:po:tsavam function conducted by HH Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Chinna Srimanna:ra:yana Ra:ma:nuja Jeeyar Swa:miji

Courtesy: Dileep Vakula:bharanam, MVT Chary, Vijaya Ra:ghava

The Ka:rti:ka Eka:dasi deepotsavam was conducted by HH Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Srimanna:ra:yana Ra:ma:nuja Chinna Jeeyar Swa:miji in Hyderabad on November 23, Ka:rthi:ka Eka:dasi. The Blind College students gave a fantastic program. It was an eye opener to the packed ground. It was a function to encourage everyone to come forward and become part of divine service. Over one hundred thousand lamps were lit by devotees to support Service activities of HH especially Blind Junior College.

Messages included the importance of Ka:rtika ma:sam (month), why we have to serve and HH initiated everyone with Sri Lakshmi Ashtottara Sata Namavali and made all devotees offer different colors of Lotus at the divine holy feet of Lakshmi Narayana who were installed in our hearts.

HH Ahobila Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami, HH Vratadhara Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami and Sriman Kandala Ramanujacharya Swami all gave important messages and told that the Light in everyone's life is none other than our A:charya himself. HH Chinna Jeeyar Swami our acharya has lit the lamp of knowledge and service of all as the service of divine in millions of lives all around the universe. Let this lamp shine in glory for ever and change the lives of many many beings for generations to come.
 

HH and all devotees repeated after HH saying "Let this world live in peace; Let everyone live in unison; Let the rulers of the world be good and ..."

HH's acharya, U.Ve.Sriman Gopalacharya Swamiji's, works on Tiruvayamozhi were released on the occasion. HH offered mangalasasanams to Ramanujava:ni's Venkatacharya Swami who worked tireless to get these released and the sponsor Totha Vijay Kumarji brother of Totha Govindarajuji of New York.

Jai Srimannarayana!

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