MAHARUDRAM AT BOSTON ON SEPTEMBER 21, 22 AND 23, 2007

Received the folloiwng email from Vishwanthan Krishnamoorthy
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara

Namaste,

With the kind guidance of the Acharyals at Kanchi and anugrahams of Paramacharyal, we in Boston have received the good fortune of conducting a Maharudram. This event is to commemorate the 100th year of Peetharohanam of the great Pontiff and will be the concluding event of the year long celebrations both here as well as in India.

Bhaktas in the New England area in conjunction with the Kanchi Kamakoti Seva Foundation (KKSF) have been working diligently to accomplish this massive undertaking. It will be a grand affair with 25 priests from all over the US supported by around 100 trained ritwiks over three days the 21,22, and 23 of September, more information at www.maharudram.org, We have received the Sri Mukham and anugrahams of Acharyals. The padukas of Paramacharyal will be brought to the event.

The event will start with a Ganapathi Homam and Paduka Puja on Friday morning and in the evening followed by a Lalita Sahasranama Deepa Puja, were we would like to have around 200 ladies participating in the Deepa puja, we plan to have 108 deepams.

On Saturday we will start the Maharudram with 121 kalshas concluding with the dashamsa homam , vasordhara and purnahuti on Sunday afternoon.

On Saturay evening we plan to have a veda sadhas with Rudra karma archanai and Ghana parayanam. This will be followed by avadharikas of various arts such as gaanam, nrityam, vadhyam and branches of learning. With so many learned Vaideekas and artists in one place we hope to transform the area into Kailasam albeit for a brief time!

We have also interspersed the three days with religious discourses from eminent persona's and Swami's We are striving to conduct this Yegnam in strictest conformance to the Sastras including performing Go Puja, Dhampati Puja, vatuka Puja, Kanya puja, Sumangali puja, providing deeksha vastram and pancha patrams to the Acharyas and Ritwiks etc as laid down.

On all three days we plan to provide annadhanam to all and pankthi bhojanam for the priests and ritwiks as no yagnya is complete without it.

This is turning out to be a national level event with ritwiks arriving from Washington, Seattle, California, Chicago etc.. with around 3000 people visiting the function over 3 days.

We have made arrangements for accommodations at the Radisson at discount rates, if you need to avail of it please contact Mouli: gc_mouli@yahoo.com (774-688-1029)

People interested in volunteering please contact Arun Rajhesh - arun_rajhesh@yahoo.com (425-301-7010).

For Rithwik opportunities please contact R. Ananth Krishnan: krishnanra@agvasoft.com (508-801-8792). There are guidelines to be able to participate as a ritwik and names should be provided by the 12th at the latest.

To participate in the deepa/valakku puja please contact padmajab@yahoo.com Personal andCorporate Tax-Deductible sponsorship opportunities to sponsor the event or place an ad in the event brochure Souvenir are available. Interested parties can please contact Balaji Rajamani over email at balajiraj@hotmail.com or over phone at (617) 791-9768.

If you are not able to reach any of the above, I can be reached at krishvishy@yahoo.com (781) 354 9315.

An event of this nature requires massive logistics and contributions, more importantly we urge all of you to attend this event, participate and make it a grand success.

We strongly believe that we could not have reached this far without the kind blessings of Paramacharyal.

for ever at his lotus feet

Vishwam