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



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Jagadguru offers special puja on Narasimha Jayanti

Sringeri May 14, 2022

On the occasion of Narasimha-Jayanti falling on वैशाख-शुक्ल-चतुर्दशी vaiśākha-śukla-caturdaśī, marking the Avatara of the Lord as Sri Narasimha, in accordance with the hoary tradition of the Peetham, special puja to Lord Lakshmi Narasimha was performed by the Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji.

During the course of the Puja which commenced at around noon, Phala-Panchamruta Abhisheka and a special आम्र-स्वरसः āmra-svarasaḥ Abhisheka was offered to Lord Sri Lakshmi Narasimha as a part of the षोडशोपचार-पूजा ṣoḍaśopacāra-pūjā accompanied by the sonorous chanting of Vedic Mantras by the Veda-Pandits assembled.

The Puja concluded at around 2 PM with the पारायण pārāyaṇa (recitation) of नृसिंहावतर-अध्याय nṛsiṃhāvatara-adhyāya from the Srimad Bhagavad Purana by the Jagadguru.

 
  • The Self (Atma) is never born nor does It ever die; neither does It cease to exist after having once existed nor does the Self come into existence, like the body, having not existed before. Unborn, eternal, It undergoes no change whatsoever and is primeval; It is not destroyed when the body is destroyed. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • A person who hears about the condemnation of another incurs sin. What need be said about the sin incurred by a man who actually engages in nit picking? Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Prabodha Sudhakara
  • If you pray with faith and devotion, the Lord will certainly listen to your earnest prayers. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • Our nation and its culture have a hoary past and we should all be proud of it. Mere aping of the West is not beneficial for us. For example, care of aged parents is something that has come down to us traditionally and we must never neglect this duty by imbibing concepts of some free societies, wherein concern for one’s own parents is at low ebb. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • It is a great blunder not to make proper use of the body and mind that has been given to us by God. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names