Jayantis of Acharyas
The Jayantis of the 34th Acharya of the Peetham, Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati
Mahaswamiji was celebrated on October 15, 2017.
On the Jayanti day, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam and Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Sannidhanam offered homage at the Adhishthanam shrine in Narasimha Vanam at noon and were present for the Arati of Shatarudra Abhisheka Puja. Sri Sannidhanam also performed a special Puja with Rudra Krama Archana at the shrines at night. Sri Mahasannidhanam was present for the Mahamangalarati. Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Navaratnamalika (penned by Sri Mahasannidhanam) was chanted at the end of the Puja.
Earlier, in the morning, Vidyarthis and Pandits of the Sri Sadvidya Sanjeevini Samskrita
Mahapathashala assembled at the Adhisthana Mandapa for a Sabha. The Sabha began with
Veda Parayana and salutations to the Jagadgurus of Sringeri. This was followed by a couple of Vidyarthis recounting the life of the Jagadguru. The Sabha was presided over by Vidwan BL Ganapati Bhat who spoke in Sanskrit on the life of the Mahaswamiji. Vedabrahmasri T Dakshinamurthy spoke in Kannada narrating incidents from the life of the Jagadguru.
The Jayanti of the 32nd Acharya of the Peetham, Jagadguru Sri Vriddha Nrisimha Bharati
Mahaswamiji was observed on November 3, 2017.