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



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Vijaya Yatras of Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamiji

First Tour

Invited by the Maharaja of Mysore, the Jagadguru started in January 1924 on a tour of South India. At Mysore the Maharaja received His Holiness with all tokens of devotion. Jagadguru then entered the plains of Satyamangalam. His further itinerary was on the lines of His predecessor’s, Gobichettipalayam, the agraharas along the course of the Cauvery upto Jambukeshwaram, Srirangam and Tiruchirapalli, and then through Pudukottai State of Chettinad, halting, at Kunnakudi for the Chaturmasya vows. After visiting Ramanathapuram, Rameshwaram and Madurai, He visited the towns and villages on the banks of the Tamaraparani including Papanasam and Banatirtha falls and Tiruchendur, He worshipped the Goddess Kanyakumari and proceeded to Trivandrum where the Maharaja received him in a manner worthy of the eminence of the Acharya and the traditions of his state. The Acharya celebrated Shankara Jayanthi (April 1927) at Kaladi, and inaugurated the course in Vedanta in the Patashala. The Maharaja of Cochin visited the Acharya in Kaladi. Then passing through Cochin State, He visited Palakkad and Coimbatore and at Nanjangud instituted a Patashala. He reached Sringeri towards the end of 1927.

Second Tour

In 1938, the Jagadguru yielded to the prayers of disciples to visit Bangalore and stay there for few months. Facing the shrine of Sri Shankara in the Bangalore Mutt premises, another shrine had been built for Sri Sharada which the Acharya consecrated. From Bangalore Jagadguru went to Coimbatore and then to Kaladi, where He stayed for ten months. The Maharaja of Travancore Sri Chittirai Tirunal, and his distinguished Diwan C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar afforded all facilities during the Acharya’s sojourn.

 
  • 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