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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  • 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