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Greatest and Largest Yajna ever
16 April 2003 to 27 May 2003
(41 Days)
at Sree Rama Dasa Ashram,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Sahasra Koti Lalitha
Sahasra Nama Archana to establish peace and prosperity across the
world!
1000 Crore Namas and 250 Crore
Homa Mantras offered every day to mother goddess to establish world peace
10,000 Archakas, offering 25
rounds of Archana with 5000 lamps chanting 25 Crore Namas each day.
250 Homa kundas, 5000 Hotas in
two shifts, 6 Crore Homa mantras offered in 12 consecutive hours each
day.
Vishnu Sahasranama, Ramayana
recital, Bhajans, Aradhana and Sree Rama Pattabhishekam
Sanctified by the luminous
manifestation of the Mother Goddess on May 30 ,2000 during Sata Koti
Archana.
To invoke Divine inspiration
and spiritual elevation amongst people and to bestow virtues and well being to
future generations
Special pooja sponsorship
rates:
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Archana for a day (25 crore
Namas) |
$ 10,001.00 |
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Annadanam for a day |
$ 5001.00 |
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Archana Lamps |
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Others* |
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1000 Crore
Namas |
$ 501.00 |
Yantras (with Gold
case) |
$ 501.00 |
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500 Crore
Namas |
$ 301.00 |
Locket (Gold) |
$ 301.00 |
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250
Crore Namas |
$ 201.00 |
Locket (Silver) |
$ 101.00 |
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100
Crore Namas |
$ 101.00 |
Grithams (Brahmi
etc.) |
$
51.00 |
* Items kept at the mandapam for entire
pooja duration of 41 days.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:26
PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Photo proof
positive of Pundit project.
I was going to ask you about that. I remember you
posting notices
about that. Do you have any details on how it came off? How
many
pundits? days?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
"rudra_joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...>
wrote:
> Not to mention the greatest size yajna in history was performed
in
India recently anyway.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: akasha_108
> To:
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 31,
2005 4:27 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Photo proof
positive of Pundit project.
>
>
>
>
Thanks Ben. Yes, I know $10 was low ball, I just wanted to show
that
> even at that very conservative figure, its expensive.
But $100 seems
> high. What is the rate the puja.net pundits
are paid? I thought it was
> a "high" rate, to attract the
best, around $20-30 / day?
>
> Your figure of 300-500
rupees is $6-10 /day. Are ingredients / pundit
> that
expensive?
>
> Also, the various constraints
discussed in this and adjacent posts
> point to the need for
more net pundits, not just utilizing existing
> ones. I know
only Brahmins are allowed to be pundits. Are there
>
sub-castes of Brahmins from which most pundits come? Some
sub-castes
> of Brahmins that cannot become pundits? Also
women cannot be pundits
> can they?
>
> Presumably the caste restrictions have to do with a
genetic propensity
> to chant correctly / optimally. How
valid do you believe
> this is?
>
> Instead of importing pundits, long run it would
seem prudent and more
> efficient to train pundits locally.
In the US start training local
> boys and girls. Not from a
long line of genetic brahmins. What are
> your thoughts on
this?
>
>
>
>
> --- In
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "benjaminccollins"
>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
>
>
> > A decent yagaya will cost a LOT more than
$10/day. A qualified
priest
> > will want to be
paid at least 300-500 rupees per day and will expect
> >
to be transported, housed, and fed. Are they expected to
campout
for
> > 40 days? If not, then where will they be
housed.
> >
> > The yagya itself
will require lots of materials (ghee, fruits,
> >
sandalwood, etc. which are not cheap even in India. But
with
100,000
> > priests then you are talking
(literally) tons of fruits, coconuts,
> > ghee, flowers,
etc. I honestly doubt that the
physical
infrastructure
> > would be there to simply
move all these materials to the site on a
> > daily basis
without major amounts of chaos.
> >
>
> And consider the support staff which will have to be
considerable;
> > cooks, people to manage all the yagya
supplies, etc. Figure
that for
> > every 50
priests you will need another 10-15 people and they
too
will
> > want to be paid, need to be housed and
fed.
> >
> > Bottom line? If
it could be organized...then it would take 125,000
> >
people in total and your total costs per person would be at
least
$100
> > per day. A lot of money for 40
days...
> >
> > As a point of
perspective, I helped organize a 1 week yagya with 108
>
> priests in India for Michael Love's 61st birthday several years
ago.
> > It was a logistical nightmare...we pulled it
off but it took a huge
> > amount of work. As I
recall, we spent about $35,000 which would be
> > close
to $50/day and what we did was very simple.
> >
> > Finally, in India priests are divided into 2
categories; temple
> > priests (bhattars) and "outside"
priests (shastrigal) who perform
> > pujas/yagyas in
people's homes etc. The temple priests would not be
>
> able to participate in the large scale yagya because their
temple
> > duties are very rigid and rather strictly
enforced. Long term
> > absences are not generally
an option.
> >
> > That leaves the
shastri's. How do you contact them? There is
no
> > organization...no database...no master phone
list. And you want to
> > make 100,000 phone
calls..in India?!
> >
> >
The other option is to create priests...get 100,000 people and
teach
> > them a mantra and a simple yagya. But
even then, to be done
properly
> > you would have to
have a real priest supervising and doing the more
> >
complicated mantras that area done for a yagya. Say a ratio of
1
real
> > priest to 25 new priests and you still have to
find 4,000 qualified
> > priests. Even then in the
hands of beginers the mantras will have
> > (relatively
speaking) no power. So what's the point in doing it?
>
>
> > Finally, from recent reports, MMY wants to do
this yagya as a
> > Sudarshana Yagya. Sudarshana is
Vishnu's weapon; a discus of light
> > given to him by
Lord Shiva. The times I have seen a priest who has
>
> mastered the mantra use it are very very impressive. It is not
a
> > gentle peace love and understanding sort of
mantra. So if MMY pulls
> > this off, we can expect
some fireworks in some form.
> >
>
> Ben
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
"benjaminccollins"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
Not that I have heard of. But I will try to find out. I
think
> > > > 100,000 priests is a LOT of
people. The TMO will have to
pay them
> > >
> very well to get good ones to travel north for this. Many
of
them
> > > > will have temple duties that can not
be neglected, so it iwll be
> > > > interesting to
see. Genuine Priests/Pundits are a
pretty
particular
> > > > lot so it iwll be
interesting to see what happens. Not saying
> that
it
> > > > won't or can't happen, but it will take
a lot of money!
> > > >
> >
> > Ben
> > >
> > > If
the costwere $10/day for pundits, materials, food and
facilities
--
> > > probably too low, the cost would be $40
million for 40 days.
> > >
> >
> $25/day would cost $100 million.
>
>
>
>
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