Sri Ramayanam by Sri U Ve Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy

Yesteray(23-Mar-08) I got chance to listen to Sri U VeVelukkudi Krishnan Swamy lecture on Ramayanam. The lecture on Ramayanam is for 9 consecutive days inVani Mahal T.Nagar.
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First time when I listened to his lecture on upanishad, it was bouncers to me. Sri U Ve VelukkudiKrishnan Swamy is CA gold medalist and have held several high postions before he plunged into spirtuality. The amount of knowledge he possess is quite staggering. Today some people say Ramayanam,Mahabharatam is myth but Sri U Ve Velukkudi KrishnanSwamy lecture is a fitting answer to those.
Some of facts, he talked on yesterday session partfrom the slogams.
1) Ramayanam took place nearly 16 lakh years back
2) We are in Kali Yuga approx. 5300 Years is completedin this, still 5,27,000 years is yet to be completedin Kali Yuga.
3) Ramayana has around 24,000 slogams. Mahabharatamhas around 2 lakh slogams.
4) Valmiki wrote Ramayana based on the inputs fromNarathar & Brahma.
5) Ithikasam like Ramayanam & Mahabharatam are writtenduring the period the event has occured . Purams like Vishnu puranam etc are written after theoccurance of the event.
6) Sri Ramar went to Vana vasam at the age of 25 andat the age of 40, he back came and ruled Ayodha for14,000 years.
7) At the end of 14,000 years Ramar reached paramapadam.
8) Sita reached parama padam when Lava & kucha was 6years old.
9) Valmiki started writing Ramayana when Sri Ramar wasaround 40 yrs old. Lava & Kucha was born after 10,000years after that only Valmiki did complete the SriRamayanam.
10) The main lessons from Ramayana is to treat ourparents well and Sri Ramar showed how a
person shouldbe, while Sri Krishnar gave lecture in gita based onRamayanam.

Note: The exact years mentioned above may not match asI remember only a few.

Adiyan Ramanuja Dasan

Upanishathil kadaigal by Sri Velukuddi Krishnan Swamy

Yesterday I got the opportunity to listen to the lecture by Sri Velukuddi Krishnan Swamy on Upanishathil kadaigal. Yesterday was the last day for his lecture and this was held in Astika samajam - venus colony Alwarpet for 9 continous days from 6.30 PM.

He came around 6.40 PM and he finished the lecture around 9.00 PM really stunning lecture for more than 2 hours with out break and with out a stutter, I was moved, impressed and got his blessings by falling on his feet.

Most of the concepts are way above my head and I felt atleast I got the chance to listen to this.

Condolence on my Uncle Death

My Uncle Rajappa(my mother's elder brother) passed away on friday(14-Mar-2008), my sincere condolence to my mother & Rajappa uncle family. He was not well for the past 2 months. Sad that I couldn't see his face for the last time. He used to affectionately call me "ThairVadai Desikan". May his soul rest in peace.

Thankyou Cognizant

I would like to thank Cognizant for sending the Annual Gift(Philips Speaker Set with woofer) promptly. I will this remember this gift forever and also the time I have associated with Cognizant.