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cadambi • September 26, 2002 


Sri
SrimathE nigamAntha mahadesikaya namaha

Dear U.Ve.Sadagopan Iyengar Mama,

This post of your was a very moving one. Recently, Dr.Balamurali Krishna
was in town for a concert. His rendition of paluke bangarAmayana was a very
very moving one. The concept of sharnAgathi expressed by Bhadrachala ramdas
who belonged to the same vamsam of Kidambi Acchan is a very moving one.

SaraNAgatatrANa birudAnkituDavu gAda
SaraNAgatatrANa birudAnkituDavu gAda
karuNiMcu bhadrAcala vara rAmadAsa pOsha
palukE baMgAramAyenA
karuNiMcu bhadrAcala vara rAmadAsa pOsha
palukE baMgAramAyenA kOdaMDapANi
palukE baMgAramAyenA

>Another of the Lord's devotees (whose story is too well known to bear
>recounting) to suffer incarceration is Sri BhadrAchala Ramadas, who too
>diverted Government funds for the construction of the Lord's temple.

An interesting part of the story is that the muslim nawan does not sponsor
the temple, even though the tax-payers of that region want the temple
built. Bhadrachala Ramdas undertakes the sponsorship of this temple through
state funds. 

The Enraged Nawad arrests Bhadrachala Ramdas. Ramdas's kiiritanams sung
when he was inside the prison pleads to lord to accept him as a prappanan.

Two strangers come to the court of the Nawad and pay the amount that was
used by Bhadrachala Ramdas. Later the nawad realises that the strangers
were none other than Rama and Lakshmana.

The Nawad immediately releases Ramdas and the nawad becomes one of the
foremost dharmadarshees of the temple. The mUrti is a swayambhu mUrthi
(self manifested). It was believed to be first discovered by Dhamakka who
was from the same clan as Sabari.

Thank you very very much for this article! I too am in prison (in this
sense, the classroom :-)

My daily prayers to Lord Hayagriiva for a release for this "prison"!!!

-Regards,

Malolan Cadambi


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