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Highlights of Sri Tallapaka
Annamacharya 601st
Jayanthi Festival
Sri Venkateswara
Annamacharya Society of America commemorated the 601st
Jayanthi of Sri Tallapaka
Annamacharya on
9th
May 2009
at SVASA premises and at
Laxmiharayan Mandir, 9292 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA,
USA.
The commemoration festival started 9 May at 6Am in the SVASA premises Riverside with Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatham followed by Sri Venkateswara Namocharana, Gurudeva Prardhana (SreeMathvadeeya), and Guru Sthuthi Sankeerthanam (Hariyavathaarameethadu, Appani Varaprasadi, Hariyavathaarame Aathandithadu, and Sarananti Maathani). The morning services concluded at 7:30am with Harathi. In the afternoon the devotees took the "Uregimpu" procession to the Laxminarayan Mandir at 4pm.
Uregimpu
Pictures
Sankeerthana
Recital Pictures
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The evening services began with the introduction of Annamcharya, his life and works by
Sri Satya Duvvuri. The Sankeerthana recital commenced with
the Gurudeva Prardhana (Sreemathvadeeya) by Smt. Annapurna Duvvuri followed by
SVASA core singers reciting Sankeerthanas of Annamcharya including Saranu Saranu
Surendra Sannutha, Dolayanchala, Vanday Vasudevam, Mooday Maatalu, Thaanay
Kakevveru Maaku, Bhavayami Gopala Balam etc. The core singers included
Annapurna Duvvuri, USha & Sahithi Rani, Sudha & Sravya Kotha, Sridevi
Eranki, Sudha Kasichainula, Madhavi Chemuturi, Devi Mantha, Sunitha Anna, Srisha
Karra, Murali P. Vasudevan, and Apparao Duvvuri. Other local vocalists that rendered
the Sankeerthanas were Vasantha Batchu with her students, Vaidehi Gollakota with
her students, Sesha M. Bandakavi, Ramarao Vaarigonda, and youngsters Swtha &
Mridula visiting from India.
Vaidehi Gollakota, once an AIR artist teaming with Late Mallik, brought back
memories of 70s by reciting rare compositions tuned by Late Mallik like
Shoghaname Shobhaname, Rammanave Maani Rachanalu, and Paluku Thenela Thalli in
Madhyamavathi. The Sankeerthana recital continued for four hours
till 8:30pm. The concluding Sankeerthanas "Harinamamu Kadu Anandakaramu'
and "Mangalamu Govindunaku" were rendered by the core group of SVASA
and the other singers joined the chorus. "Mangala
Harathi" was offered at 8:45pm. Prasdam was served to the devotees
after the conclusion of the events.
Murali P. Vasudevan provided the violin accopmaniment, Vasantha Batch and
students provided the Veena support, and Satya Duvvuri, president of SVASA,
provided the commentary that was hailed by the attending devotees. SVASA distributed the "Annamacharya Sankirtana Panchashathi" book,
the "Annamacharya Sankirtana Sanjeevani" and "Annamayya
Padamritham" audio CDs, DVDs of "Annamayya Harikatha", the 6th
Centennial live program, and some other SVASA programs to the interested devotees.
Namo Venkatesaya
Contact:
1526 Jameson, Riverside, CA-92507, USA Email:
sankeerthana@svasa.org
Acknowledgements:
Annamacharya Project, TTD, Tirupati, India
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