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



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Karthika Somavara Puja and Ksheerabdhi Dwadashi

 

November 21, 2011


Jagadguru performs Kartika Somavara Puja

Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji performed Kartika Somavara Puja on October 31st, November 7th, 14th and 21st 2011 with an elaborate worship of Sri Chandramoulishwara Sphatika Linga in the afternoon.

On 7th November, Ksheerabdhi Dwadashi was celebrated with a special Puja to Lord Lakshminarasimha in Narasimhapura Agraha in Sringeri. Dhatri Homa and Tulasi Kalyanam were also performed at the temple. The same evening, the Jagadguru visited the Agrahara and Deepotsava was celebrated at the shrine of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami. Earlier, the Jagadguru also graced deepotsavas also took place in the temples of Sri Vidyaranya in Vidyaranyapura and Sri Venkateshwara in Narasimhapura. Residents of Shanti Niketan, a home for elderly citizens in Narasimhapura, were also blessed by the Jagadguru. Later that night, Deepotsava took place around the shrine of Tulasi facing the temple of Sri Janardana Swami near Sri Vidyashankara Temple.

 
  • The Self (Atma) is never born nor does It ever die; neither does It cease to exist after having once existed nor does the Self come into existence, like the body, having not existed before. Unborn, eternal, It undergoes no change whatsoever and is primeval; It is not destroyed when the body is destroyed. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • A person who hears about the condemnation of another incurs sin. What need be said about the sin incurred by a man who actually engages in nit picking? Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Prabodha Sudhakara
  • If you pray with faith and devotion, the Lord will certainly listen to your earnest prayers. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • Our nation and its culture have a hoary past and we should all be proud of it. Mere aping of the West is not beneficial for us. For example, care of aged parents is something that has come down to us traditionally and we must never neglect this duty by imbibing concepts of some free societies, wherein concern for one’s own parents is at low ebb. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • It is a great blunder not to make proper use of the body and mind that has been given to us by God. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names