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

Sri Sharadamba Rathotsava

Sringeri October 16, 2021

The annual Rathotsava of Goddess Sharadamba during the Sharan-Navaratri festival was celebrated this year today, on October 16, 2021.

Due to the prevailing global pandemic, the Rathotsava of the Goddess was conducted inside the premises of the Sri Matha in the newly constructed Syandana or small Ratha.

Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Sannidhanam graced the Rathotsava which commenced late in the morning at the temple of Goddess Sharadamba and proceeded in a clockwise manner through the precincts of the Sri Matha and concluded at the very place it commenced, the temple of Sri Sharadamba.

The Ratha was followed by the sonorous chanting of Vedic Mantras by the Pandits of the Sri Matha, students of the Sadvidya Sanjeevini Samskrita Mahapathashala, and traditional temple music (Mela-Vadya) by the musicians of the Sri-Matha.

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