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



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Royal Scion of Travancore at Sringeri

 

October 22, 2008


Jagadguru blessing the Royal Scion of Travancore

It is well-known that a number of pre-independence royal dynasties have revered the Jagadgurus of the Sharada Peetham at Sringeri. The kingdom of Travancore in present-day Kerala was no exception. The crowning moment in the relationship between Travancore and the Sharada Peetham occurred during the time of the 33rd Jagadguru (1879-1912 AD) of the Peetham, Jagadguru Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati Mahaswamiji. At the Mahaswamiji’s direction, the ancient agrahara of Kalady, the birth place of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya was discovered. The exact spot of the Samadhi of Sri Adi Shankaracharya’s mother, Sri Aryamba had been identified by the Mahaswamiji Himself through divine revelation. At this juncture, the then Maharaja of Travancore, Sri Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma was instrumental in securing for the Peetham the lands connected with Sri Adi Shankaracharya’s life.The Maharaja also offered assistance in building the shrines for Sri Adi Shankara and Goddess Sharada as well as the Samadhi shrine for Sri Aryamba that are housed today in the Sringeri Math at Kalady.

On October 15th 2008, the royal scion of Travancore Sri Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma came to Sringeri and had Darshan of Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji. Sri Uthradom Thirunal had brought the deities of his personal Puja to Sringeri and received them reverentially from the Divine hands of the Jagadguru

 
  • 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