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



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Grand Kumbhabhisheka of Rajagopuram at Sringeri today

 

June 8, 2014

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The grand Kumbhabhisheka of the Rajagopuram at the entrance of the Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri will take place today. Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji will perform the Shikhara Kumbhabhisheka after having first performed the Yantra Prathishta and Kumbhabhisheka at the new Sri Thorana Ganapati temple in Sringeri.

The entire event will be telecast live on Sankara TV from 9 am. The public function in the evening will also be telecast from 6 pm onwards.

On Day 7 (Jun 7 2014, Saturday), the Atirudra Mahayaga, Koti Kumkumarchana and the Sahasra Chandika Mahayagas being conducted for the welfare of humanity continued to take place, as part of the Rajagopuram Kumbhabhisheka Celebrations.
In the evening, eminent vocalist Smt. Aruna Sairam was awarded the title of “Sangeeta Sudha Sindhu”. She received the blessings of the Jagadguru and performed at the specially erected dais besides the Goddess Sharadamba temple to a packed audience, comprising of devotees who have arrived in Sringeri from all parts of the country for the grand Kumbhabhisheka.

 
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  • 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
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  • 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