prachAram – elchUr kalyANa mandapam, SrIrangam – 03-08-2025

SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:

Date/time – 01 August 2025

Venue – elchUr kalyANa mandapam, SrIrangam

Contact – Smt amirthavalli, Sri Venkatesh swamy

On 3rd August at SrIrangam, our prachAram efforts were carried out at the ElchUr KalyANa Mandapam by Smt. Amirthavalli, her mother, and Venkatesh swamy. There was a very good response.

All are welcome.

Pictures:

adiyOngaL – https://koyil.org

Pronunciation Guide

A is used for “aa” sound – example: emperumAnAr, rAmAnuja

E is used for “yay” sound – example: EkAdhasi

I is used for “ee” sound – example: Iswara

O is used for “Oh” sound – example: Om

U is used for “oo” sound – example: Urdhva pundram

zh is used for very strong “l” sound – example: AzhwAr

L is used for strong “l” sound – example: muL (thorn)

N is used for strong “n” sound – example: nArAyaNa

R is used for strong "r" sound - example: puRappAdu (procession); its also used for "tr" sound in thamizh when there is double "R" - example: uRRAr (utRAr - relative)

d is used strong “d” sound – example: garuda

dh is used for meek “d” sound – example: gOvindha

t is used for strong “t” sound – example: ganta

th is used for meek “t” sound – example: vratham

sa, sha, ksha are typed as it is – examples: samskritham, shashti and kshamA

: is used for ha sound in samskritham words – examples: nama: to be said as namaha

Terminologies listing at Reader's Guide

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