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



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Lalita Panchami and Ratha Saptami

 

February 14, 2016

Lalita Panchami was celebrated on 13th February 2016. Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Sannidhanam offered special worship to Goddess Sharadamba on the occasion. Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam also arrived at the temple and had Darshan as Sri Sannidhanam was offering the Puja. Sri Sannidhanam performed the Mahamangalarati at around 2 pm.

Ratha Saptami was observed on 14th February 2016. A special Puja to Lord Suryanarayanaswamy seated on a sandalwood chariot was performed in the morning at Sri Narasimha Bharati Yagashala in the presence of the Ubhaya Jagadgurus. Earlier, a Surya Homa was also performed. Sri Sannidhanam then proceeded to the temple of Sri Suryanarayanaswamy at Elmagge, near Narasimha Vanam. Sri Sannidhanam offered worship to the deity at the temple, set in a sylvan ambience at the banks of the river Tunga. Panchamrita Abhisheka was performed amidst chants of Vedic hymns to Lord Suryanarayanaswamy. The hymns included the Soura Suktam from the Rig Veda.

 
  • 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