Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Vardhanti Mahotsava celebrations commence with Sahasra-modaka homam

April 1, 2014

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The 64th Vardhanti mahotsava celebrations commenced with Sahasra Modaka Homam in which 1008 oblations of Modaka were offered to Lord Vighneshwara through sanctified sacrificial fire at the Yagashala in the precincts of the Math.

Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji graces the Purnahuti
ceremony of the Sahasra-Modaka Ganapati Homam performed on April 1, 2014
on the occasion of commencement of the 64th Vardhanti Mahotsava celebrations

Large modakas in the Yagashala.

Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names