Sri Sannidhanam graces Ditte Koppa near Sringeri
Jagadguru Sri Sannidhanam graced the village of Ditte Koppa near Sringeri and inaugurated the Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Sabhaangana in the premises of Sri Lakshmi Venkataramana Swamy temple. Sri Sannidhanam then offered Puja to Sri Lakshmi Venkataramana Swamy temple.
In His Anugraha Bhashanam, Sri Sannidhanam said that Bhagavan is called “Dayanidhi” – दयानिधि dayānidhi – the reservoir of compassion. We must visit a temple and perform Puja with focus on having Darshan of Bhagavan for our welfare, and not for impressing others. Our devotion must pervade our thoughts, words and deeds. This is termed as Bhakti with Trikarana Shuddhi- devotion with purity of three karanas or instruments of action – namely thought, word and deed.
Quoting the example of Arjuna taking refuge in Bhagavan Krishna, Sri Sannidhanam pointed out that we too must take refuge in Bhagavan to secure our welfare.
Sri Sannidhanam also said that His coming to this village is a matter of joy because the village has provided the Math with an invaluable disciple, Sri SN Krishnamurti. It was in this village that Sri Krishnamurti was born and it was in the Lakshmi Venkataramana Swamy temple that his father, Sri Narasimha Bhat had worshipped for 35 years. In accordance to the wishes of the father that the family must continue to serve Sri Venkataramana Swamy, Sri Krishnamurti, his family members led by his elder brother, Sri Sheshagiri along with the villagers had contributed to the renovation of the temple and the construction of the Sabhaangana.
Sringeri Math CEO Sri VR Gowrishankar then felicitated Sri S N Krishnamurti, personal assistant to Jagadguru Sri Mahasannidhanam on the occasion.