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



Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

130th Varshikotsava of the Sri Sadvidya Sanjeevini Samskrita Mahapathashala


The 130th Varshikotsava of the Sri Sadvidya Sanjeevini Samskrita Mahapathashala at Sringeri was celebrated on Krodhi Samvatsara Shravana Shukla Shashthi (August 10, 2024). Jagadguru Sri Sannidhanam graced the event which began with a Sabha organised at Guru Nivas. The Sabha began with Guru Vandanam, Vedic chantings and a prayer. Vidwan M Vinayaka Udupa, the Principal of the Pathashala, along with teachers and students performed Phala-Pushpa-Samarpanam to the Jagadguru. The Principal presented the annual report of the Pathashala. An Abhinandana Patra in praise of Sri Meenakshi Sundara Ghanapaathi, who recently retired after having served the Pathashala as the Krishna Yajurveda Adhyapaka for more than four decades was read and submitted to the scholar by the Adhyapakas of the Pathashala. Sringeri Math CEO Guru Seva Nirata Sri PA Murali felicitated Sri Meenakshi Sundara Ghanapathi in the divine presence of Jagadguru Sri Sannidhanam.

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CEO Sri PA Murali distributed prizes to the students who took part in various competitions held by the Pathashala. Students who won the Sanskrit and Kannada oratorical competitions spoke in front of the Jagadguru and received blessings. Various endowments established by devotees were awarded to the senior faculty and students of the Pathashala.

Sri Sannidhanam then released the 19th edition of “Sadvidya”, the annual souvenir of the Pathashala containing articles in Sanskrit and Kannada penned by scholars, students and alumni of the Pathashala. Sri Sannidhanam also released a book titled “Dasharatha Nandana Charitam” penned in Sanskrit verses by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore, Sri Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar in the 19th century.

Sri Sannidhanam in His Anugraha Bhashanam highlighted the importance of the study of the Vedas and Shastras in accordance with Sampradaya and blessed the gathering.130th Varshikotsava of the Sri Sadvidya Sanjeevini Samskrita Mahapathashala

 
  • 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