Jagadguru Sri Mahasannidhanam dedicates sculptures near Guru Nivas, Narasimha Vanam
On Krodhi Kartika Krishna Dashami and Somavara, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam dedicated two sets of sculptures just outside the Guru Nivas hall in Narasimha Vanam.
The first sculpture depicts the event of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya receiving the sacred Chandramoulishwara Linga and Ratnagarbha Ganapati vigrahas from Sri Parvati Sameta Bhagavan Parameshwara in Kailasa. When the Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham was established at Sringeri by Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya, these vigrahas were handed to His direct disciple, Sri Sureshwaracharya, who was anointed as the first Peethadhipati at Sringeri. Ever since, Bhagavan Sri Chandramoulishwara and Sri Ratnagarbha Ganapati have remained the Nitya Aaradhya devatas of the Sringeri Shankaracharyas. Devotees to this day behold the divine sight of the Sringeri Jagadguru performing the Chandramoulishwara Puja every night at Sringeri.
The second sculpture is that of Maharshi Rishyashringa, whose Tapobhoomi is Sringeri. The very name Sringeri is derived from the word “Rishyashringagiri” that became “Shringagiri” and eventually “Sringeri”. It is well known that the Valmiki Ramayana describes Maharshi Rishyashringa as being instrumental in the advent of Bhagavan Sri Rama’s Avatara, as it was the Maharshi who officiated in the Putrakameshti Yaga performed by Raja Dasharatha. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya noted the sanctity of Sringeri as the Tapobhoomi of Maharshi Rishyashringa and chose Sringeri to consecrate Sri Sharadamba and establish the first and foremost of the four Amnaya Peethams, namely the Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham here.
On the occasion of dedicating the sculptures, Jagadguru Sri Mahasannidhanam blessed the sculptor Sri VK Munuswamy, a Padmashri Awardee, with a vigraha of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya.
