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



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Deepa Puja at Pune Sringeri Shankara Math

 

February 5, 2012

Most of the festivals and all six rutus (change of season) are based on the orbit of the moon (chandramana panchang), but the six month period of dakshinayana and uttarayana is calculated based on direction of sun’s rays according to the sun entering the kark raasi and makara raasi of sauramana panchanga. There will be variations of  events in ones life  in each of this six month period.

Uttarayana beginning on Makara sankaranthi from middle of January lasting till middle of July brings in auspices occasions on all lives. Therefore, in any one of the Fridays in the month of makara (middle of January to middle of February), Divine mother is worshipped through the deepam by suvasinis for saumangalya praapthi.

This year Deepa Puja was performed at Pune Sringeri Shankara Math on the 27th of January. Around 100 suvasinis participated in the event. After the puja, Mahaprasadam was offered to all who had gathered at the temple.

Some photographs taken during the event are as follows.

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  • To that which is born, death is indeed certain; and to that which is dead, birth is certain. Therefore, knowing this, you ought not to grieve over (this) inevitable. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • Daylight and darkness, dusk and dawn, winter and springtime come and go. Time plays and life ebbs away. But the current of desire never leaves. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
  • Once you begin to feel the presence of God, a joy unknown to you ever before will begin to be felt. The thought of his ever- living presence with you will be a great solace to you. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • Tendencies develop, regardless of the characteristic of the action performed. Hence, he who wishes to lead a proper life will do well to avoid evil deeds and to repeatedly perform virtuous deeds. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • To err is human. Accepting one’s error and correcting oneself is a mark of nobility. Humility is the primary path to achieving nobility. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names