CHINMAYA SANDEEPANY CHINMAYA MISSION SAN JOSE 10160 Clayton Road, San Jose Ca 95127 Kambaramayanam - Discourse conducted in English by Swami Ramakrishnananda Chinmaya Sandeepany October 21-27, 2015 8:00 - 9:15 p.m. Kamba Ramayanam In the 12th century a great Tamil poet, Kamban, Pujya Gurudev from Tiruvaluntur, Tanjore district, South India – was the Swami Chinmayanandaji author of the Ramavataram, popularly known as Kamba created a great movement Ramayanam, the Tamil version of the Valmiki Ramayana in his home country - India, written in Sanskrit with 24,000 verses. and around the world to help mankind re-discover Kamba Ramayanam of Kamban is an epic of who we are so that we can find about 11,000 stanzes. It is not a translation of the epic by our way back to the Source. Valmiki, but a re-telling of the story of Lord Rama in Tamil. Kamba Ramayanam occupies a unique place in Swami the Tamil literature. Kamban was a master of the poetic Tejomayananda, form and his ability to weave magic with word is evident one of the foremost in many places in the epic. Kamban’s poetry is disciples, who leads the unparalleled, in the opinions of Tamil poets. Mission and followed by more than 200 such Kamba Ramayanam was first delivered in Sri Disciples to continue the Raganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, at the court hall Kambar Arangetra Mandapam) nearThaayar sannithi. great task of spreading the message which Kamban read it in front of the Narasimha Swami Pujya Gurudev in Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple. initiated to serve mankind The Swami applauded by laughing out aloud from his throughout the world, Sanctum Sanctoram (Mettu Narasimhar Sannidhi), more than 50 years ago. and this was taken as proof of approval. All Disciples and Devotees of the Mission work alongside Pujya Guruji, serving Vision in the same pace and dedication to the Mission. “Program details on Web-Site: www.cmsj.org”. Swami Ramakrishnananda is one of the many disciples who was inspired to join this path and serve mankind. Swamiji is an Acharya at Chinmaya International Foundation, CIF, in Cochin Kerala, India Swamiji will conduct a Yajna on Kamba Ramayanam .