Saturday, January 05, 2008
Sri Padmanabha Teerthara Aradhane
Here is a photo gallery of Sri Padmanabha Teerthara Aradhana celebrated by Ubhaya Sripadangalavaru at Nava Vrindavana.
A Rajata Kavacha (silver mask) to Sri Padmanabha Teertharu has been offered by Sri Swamijis on this occasion.
The photos are submitted by Pavan Achar Hosapete.
Click Here to view Picture Gallery
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Saturday, December 08, 2007
VIJAYA SAMPADA MAGAZINE : Kaartika Masa
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Download here the Vijaya Sampada Kannada Magazine for Haridasa Sahitya: Kartika Masa Issue.
VIJAYA SAMPADA
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Saturday, December 01, 2007
Usefull information about Mrittika Sangraha
Q1. What is meant by Mrittika?
Mrittika means soil.
Q2. Can we call all the soil available on earth as Mrittika?
Why not? The entire soil found on and in the earth is Mrittika only!
Q3. What type of soil is considered very auspicious?
The soil where gopika strees (ladies in lord krishna's devotees troupe) used to walk on is considered to be the first and the ultimate auspicious one. It is popularly called Gopi Chandana. The second place goes to the soil where a Tulsi is planted. This is known as Tulsi Mrittika.
Q4. How this Mrittika is related with Rayara Brindavana?
Well. All of us are aware that Rayaru will come and bless us from where ever we call Him (Karedallige Baruva) right? Mrittika is one of the form to invoke Him for worshiping. A small amount of Mrittika given by the the Peethadhipathi of Rayara Matha in a copper or silver box. Then that box will be placed in th e
Vrindavan and then sealed by rock glue. Thus it becomes Rayar Mrittika
Vrindavana.
Q5. Will Swamiji fetch Mrittika from Rayara Vrindavana at Mantralaya?
No chance. Sri Rayara Moola Vrindavana is also sealed on every side including top. No one can put his hands into Brindavana. Hence Mrittika can never be erected from inner part of the Moola Vrindavana.
Q6. From where does Swamiji give us Mrittika?A separate amount of Mrittika
will always be there on the top of the Vrindavana. For this mrittika there
will be regular poojas according to Vedas like by chanting Mrittika Sooka /
Bhoo Sookta from Vedas, Ashta-Dik-Bandhana pooja as per Tantra Sara agama etc. Swamiji will give a small quantity of the Mrittika from the same.
Q7. Where is the source of this Mrittika? And how will it be brought?
This holy Mrittika will be collected from the Tulasi Vanam located between the
Mutt and the Tungabhadra River. On the Poornima day of Ashadha Masa every year His Holiness Sri Swamiji Himself (or! the main priest in case Swamiji is on tour) will go to the Tulsi Vanam in a procession, and collect the the holy soil from the bottom of a Tulsi plant. The Mrittika will be brought
back and placed on the top of Vrindavana.
Q8. What are the other Mrittikas that devotees use regularly?
Normally many devotees will have any of the following or all Mrittika in their houses
.1) Mrittika of Sri Jitamitra Teertharu
2) Mrittika of Sri Vyasaraja Teertharu
3) Mrittika of Sri Vijayeendra Teertharu
4) Mrittika of Sri Vadiraja Teertharu
At Koppara (Raichur District of Karnataka) also we can see people getting the Holy Mrittika from the famous shrine of Lord Sri Lakshmi Narasimha.
Q9. Will Swamiji take out a Salagrama from the Moola Vrindavana while giving Mrittika?
How is that possible? The top and all the sides of the Brindavana have been sealed by a glue called Ashta Bandha. This Ayurvedic glue is water resistant too.
Seems our doubts have become cleared now.
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Aradhana of Sri Raghavendra Swamiji in Newzeland
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Ragahvendra swamy devotees, It
give me a great pleasure to share among you all that we are celebrating
fifth year of Sri Ragahvendra Swamigala Aradhana at Auckland
NewZealand, on 8th september 2007 from 8am at Mount Eden War memorial
hall. The function starts from Sr Ganesh Pooja followed with
Abhuisheka to Sri LakmiNarashima, Sri Lahmi Narayana with group of
devotees chanting Vishnu Saharshnamavali, Pranadevara Abhisheka,and Sri
Gurula Abhisheka chanting Sri Raghvendra Swamigala Astothra.. We have Thathmya Bhajans for one hour, and prasadam(Traditional Lunch) at 12.30pm.. The
other greatness of this event is we have invited Padit Sri Raichur
Seshagiridas from India along with his co- artisit, will performing
music concernt in the same evening.Arround five hundread devotees are
expected to be present for the whole day. It
make proud say the blessing of our beloved Guru Raghvendra is spreading
all over the world and we are all blessed with his great power.On
Behalf of all the Devotees in NewZealand I wellcome you for this
function and grace the blessing of the lord. Sree Guru Raghvendraya Namaha. Umesh
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Sunday, October 07, 2007
VISHVAMURTA
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Undersea temple unvieled in Mahabalipuram - 2000 years old
Tsunami Unveiled Mystery of Undersea Temple
by VK Joshi
Tsunami strikes the coast with a great force. It is like a Boeing 707 plane crashing on the coast from offshore at full speed. The ravage of the tsunami was experienced by the peninsular East Indian coast on 26 December, 2004. The tsunami uprooted trees, parked cars were tossed like toys and boats berthed at the harbor were thrown hundreds of metres inland. A question that daunts the geologists is that were there tsunamis on the Indian on the Indian coasts in the past as well? Answer to part of this question we read last week. Now it is time to probe further.
The oceanographers were already concerned about global warming and accelerated sea-level rise and also the impact of cyclones on the coasts. The tsunami of December 2004, which was perhaps one of the worst disasters in the living memory, that took away nearly 2,00,000 lives gave impetus for the scientific community to study the possible evidences of such happenings in the historical past and pre-history as well.
In the course of their researches R. Nigam of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and R. Chaturvedi of National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa found something interesting on the coast of Kutch, off Gujarat. While searching for evidences of past storms in the off shore the drill cores revealed a sequence of sediments and foraminifers (marine organisms) that had finer sediments and smaller foraminifera at the top, report these scientists is a recent publication of the NIO. The normal deposition of the sediments undersea has finer sediments and smaller shells of dead organisms towards the bottom and the layers become gradually coarser upwards.
The sequence of sediments and organisms these scientists chanced upon had another story to tell. These sediments had been ‘scooped’ out from the deeper zones of the ocean and ‘dumped’ at the spot by waves with exceptionally high energy. These sediments confirm an age of around 10,000 to 12,000 years before present (B.P.) Based on the analyses of the sediments, radiometric dating and study of the organisms they conclude that some 8000 and 7000 years B.P. this part of the sea was exposed and the coast witnessed a major storm/tsunami.
Endeavors to find the clues of past tsunami are on in Indian Ocean elsewhere too. Costas Synolakis, Director of the Vitrebi School of Engineering Tsunami Research Center, Sumatra ays that having learnt the lesson from the Tsunami of 2004 they have become proactive to find further clues. It is anticipated that the 700 km long Sumatran coast can experience another big tsunami in coming three decades. What will be the magnitude of such a tsunami is difficult to assess.
The 2004 Tsunami was as a result of the megafault that extends much farther southeastward beneath the India Ocean just off the southwest coast of Sumatra. A rupture in this fault produced two great earthquakes and devastating tsunamis is 1797 and 1833. A repetition of such events can not be ruled out says Synolakis in one of his recent publications. Scary part is that the population of Padang, the worst affected area in past tsunamis was merely a few thousand, now it has about 800, 000 people there. As per the records the might of the 1797 tsunami was such that it tossed a 200-ton vessel in to the town approximately a kilometer upstream.
Researchers from Centre of Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram and their co-workers from the Archaeological Survey Of India and Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun joined hands to explore the past tsunamis and found evidences similar to those uncovered by other Indian scientists engaged in collecting information on past tsunamis. C.P. Rajendran from the Center of Earth Sciences in one of his recent papers reports remains of ancient temples point towards probable tsunamis of the past. The high energy waves of the 26 December, 2004 tsunami exposed a 2000 year old brick temple on the beachfront near Saluvankuppam, just north of a famous World Heritage site at Mahabalipuram. Early sea-farers referred Mahabalipuram as a town of the seven pagodas. Except the ancient temple built on hard rock and protected by a shore protection wall that escaped the wrath of the present tsunami the others are completely submerged today. Till a few centuries ago their tops were visible, that is why the name, seven pagodas!
The tsunami waves riding three to six metre above sea level invaded the beach and scoured circular depressions along the Mahabalipuram coast in 2004. These depressions are now filled with tidal water, say C.P. Rajendran and his co-workers. They suspect such scouring could have taken place in the past too. The wave action this time exposed the buried rock sculptures and temple basements. Huge stone constructions dating to 8th century AD at a depth of 6-15 m underwater at about 600 m distance from the present shore temple came to their notice. Shoreline in this region is a receding one and Rajendran and his team estimate that the buried temples were about 800 m onshore around 1000 years ago. This team reports two levels of temples. Foundations and rock inscriptions of a brick temple that dates back to more than 2000 years are seen overlain by a 9th century temple made of granite.
What is interesting is the presence of sea shells and assorted debris over the brick foundation. Such accumulations are possible only when the shells and debris are scooped from depths and dumped by the giant waves. The evidences indicate that the temple was destroyed by a giant tsunami. The granite temple which came up on this site too was destroyed by yet another tsunami confirmed by the presence of sediments of the deeper sea.
The secrets of the buried temples were unveiled by the recent tsunami. There could be many more secrets pf the past under the vast oceans. May be they are uncovered before another tsunami strikes!
January 21, 2007
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Bhagavad Gita - National Dharma Shastra
Monday, September 10, 2007
Madhvacharya movie clip found on YT
Dear Friends here is a awesome video clip of Sri Madhvacharya Movie, i was searching for this for the past 8 years. got it today. thanks to Sri Sudarshan H.S
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-3eKsTCYg0
Raghunandana
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Sunday, September 09, 2007
ಶ್ರೀರಾಘವೇಂದ್ರ ತೀರ್ಥಾವಲೋಕನ - ಭಾಗ ೧
ಮಾಧ್ವ ವಾಙ್ಮಯದ ಹೆಸರಾಂತ ಲೇಖಕರೂ ಹಾಗೂ ನೇರನಡೆನುಡಿಯ ಪ್ರವಚನಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆಸರಾದ ವಿದ್ವಾನ್ ಶ್ರೀಪುಷ್ಕರಪ್ರಸಾದಾಚಾರ್ಯರು ಶ್ರೀಮಠದ ಬ್ಲಾಗಿಗೆ ಬರೆದು ಕೊಟ್ಟಿರುವ ವಿಶೇಷ ಲೇಖನವಿದು. ಹಂತ ಹಂತವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು.
ಪೀಠಿಕೆ:
೧) ಹುಟ್ಟು-ಸಾವುಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯದ ಜೀವಿ ಬದುಕು ಸುಸಂಸ್ಕೃತವಾಗಿ ಸಮೃದ್ಧಧವಾಗಿರಬೇಕು. ಜೀವನದ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸುಸಂಸ್ಕೃತವಾದರೆ, ಜೀವನವೇ ಒಂದು ಯಜ್ಞಮಯವಾಗುವುದು. ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಬದುಕು ಉನ್ನತ ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಆಧಾರವಾಗಿರಬೇಕು. ಹಾಗಿಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ಅದೇ ಬದುಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ದುಷ್ಟಪರಿಣಾಮ ಉಂಟಾಗಿ ಅಧಃ ಪತನವಾಗುವುದು. "ವೇದ ಏವ ದ್ವಿಜಾತೀನಾಂ ನಿಶ್ರೇಯಸ್ಕರಃ ಪರಃ" ಎಂಬಂತೆ ವೇದೋಕ್ತ ಧರ್ಮ ಕರ್ಮಾಚರಣೆಗಳು ಮುಖ್ಯ ತಳಹದಿಯಾಗಬೇಕು. ಈ ವಿಧ ವಿಹಿತ ವೇದೋಕ್ತ ವರ್ಣಾಶ್ರಮ ಸರ್ವಕಾರ್ಯಗಳೂ ಜೀವಿಯ ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. "ವೇದಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಾತ್ಪರಂ ನಾಸ್ತಿ ನ ದೇವೋ ಕೇಶವಾತ್ಪರಃ " ಜಗತ್ತಿಗೆ ಹಿತವನ್ನು ಬೋಧಿಸುವ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವೇದಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಿಗಿಂತಲೂ ಉತ್ಕೃಷ್ಟವಾದವು ಬೇರೆ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಚರಾಚರಾತ್ಮಕವಾದ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಾಲಗಳ - ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿಚಾರಗಳನ್ನೂ ಸ್ಫುಟವಾಗಿ ನಿರೂಪಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಈ ಭಾವದಿಂದಲೇ ಮನುಗಳು "ಭೂತಂ ಭವ್ಯಂ ಭವಿಷ್ಯಂ ಚ ಸರ್ವಂ ವೇದಾತ್ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ್ಯತಿ" ಎಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
೨) ಮತ, ಪಂಥ, ಧರ್ಮ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳು ಬಹು ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಕಾಲದಿಂದಲೂ ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಂಥವುಗಳು. ಕಾಲಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಅವುಗಳಾ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅರ್ಥವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸಗಳು ಕಂಡುಬಂದು, ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಮತವೆಂತಲೂ, ಮತವನ್ನು ಧರ್ಮವೆಂತಲೂ ಹೇಳುವ ಪರಿಪಾಠ ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ವಿಚಾರವಂತರಿಗೆ ಧರ್ಮವೆಂಬುದು ಸಾರ್ವಕಾಲಿಕ ನಿತ್ಯಸತ್ಯದ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಎಂದು ಕಂಡುಬರುತ್ತದೆ. ವೇದಗಳಾದರೋ ಈ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತನಾದ ಪರಬ್ರಹ್ಮನನ್ನು ಧರ್ಮನೆಂದೇ ಕರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತ ಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವುದರಿಂದಲೂ ಅವನು ಧರ್ಮನೆನಿಸುವನು. ಅದೇ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠೆಗೆ ಕಾರಣ. ಇದನ್ನೇ ವೇದವು "ಧರ್ಮೋ ಹಿ ಜಗತಃ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾ" ಎಂದಿದೆ. ಧರ್ಮವು ಸಕಲಕ್ಕೂ ಆಧಾರವಾಗಿದೆ. "ಸರ್ವಂ ಧರ್ಮೇ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಟಿತಂ" ಹಾಗೂ "ವೇದಾದ್ಧರ್ಮೋ ಹಿ ನಿರ್ಬಭೌ" ಈ ಧರ್ಮವೂ ವೇದದಿಂದಲೇ ಆವಿರ್ಭವಿಸಿರುವುದು. "ಧರ್ಮ ಜಿಜ್ಞಾಸಮಾನಾನಾಂ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಂ ಪರಮಂ ಶ್ರುತಿಃ" ಈ ಧರ್ಮ ಸ್ವರೂಪವನ್ನು ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಯಲೂ ಸಹ ವೇದವೇ ಆಧಾರವಾಗಿದೆ. ಹೀಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಚಾರ-ವಿಚಾರ-ವ್ಯವಹಾರ-ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತ ಎಂಬ ವಿಧಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಧರ್ಮವು ರೂಪಗೊಂಡು, ಧರ್ಮಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗ್ರಂಥಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಮೃತಿರೂಪಾಗಿ ಕಂಡು ಬರುವುದು. ಆಚಾರವು ವೈಯುಕ್ತಿಕವಾದದ್ದು. ವ್ಯವಹಾರವು ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕವಾದದ್ದು. ವಿಚಾರವು ನಿತ್ಯಸತ್ಯವಾದ ಧರ್ಮ. ಇವುಗಳ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಲೋಪ ಬಂದರೆ ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತವೆಂಬುದು ಉಕ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಆಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಾಗಿ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಒಂದು ವಿಚಾರವಿರುವುದು. ಈ ವಿಚಾರಗಳ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯೇ ಶೃತಿಗಳು. ಶ್ರುತಿ-ಸ್ಮೃತಿ-ಸದಾಚಾರ-ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತಾದಿ ವಿಚಾರಸರಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಳೆದು ಬಂದ ನಿತ್ಯಸತ್ಯವಾದ ಧರ್ಮಗಳೇ ವೈದಿಕಧರ್ಮಗಳೆನಿಸಿವೆ. ಈ ವಿಧ ಸರಣಿ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಧರ್ಮಗಳು ಅವೈದಿಕ ಧರ್ಮಗಳು.
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Friday, September 07, 2007
Pravachana by Sri Bannanje Govindacharya at New Delhi
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Dear Friends,
Vidya Vachaspati Sri Bannanje Goivndachaya will render Pravachana on Bhagavadgeeta at Mantralayam Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, New Delhi.
If any one is there in this group from New Delhi or if any one is visiting here during these dates don't miss this opportunity.
Date: From 18 Sept to 21 Sept 2007
Time: 7.00 PM to 8.30 PM
Address:
Mantralayam Sri Ragahvendra Swamy Mutt
Rao Tularam Marg, Sector 12, RK Puram, New Delhi 22
Ph: 011-26172892
Email: delhi@srsmutt.org
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
deshakaala sankeertane
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Hare Shrinivaasa.
Namaskara. Its very amazing website to know more about Dvaita philosophy and greatness of Shri Rayaru. It would be more effetcive if scholars could interact with users in solving their doubts regarding daily rituals, inter alia. I live in Basel, Switzerland. When I reached here before three years and started Sandhyavandane next morning, a doubt entered my mind about deshakaala sankeertane. How should I do sankalpa for sandhyavandane and other daily rituals? Should I pronounce Bharatakhande...Godavari dakshine teere or Euorpe Khande..Rhine nadi teere? This doubt might have made anxious to many of us who live abroad. I would be glad if scholars involved in website would interact in this kind of problems which whould make more meaningful and effective.
Thanks and best regards
Manjunath B Joshi
Hare Shrinivaasa!
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Image of Vishwothamma Theertha Swamiji of Sode Vadiraja Matha
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Picture Courtesy of Sameer
Posted by: webmaster @ gururaghavendra.org
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Sodhe seer no more - Article from Deccan Herald
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Udupi Sri Sodhe Vadiraj Mutt seer Vishwothama Teertha Shripada Swami (74) died of heart attack at 1.45 pm on Saturday.
Sodhe Vadiraj mutt is one of the astha mutts of Udupi. The seer was observing Chaturmasya in Vadiraj mutt from August 2. On Saturday morning, he had delivered a lecture on the occasion of Guru Govinda Vitthaladas Aradhana. When he was offering mantrakshata to a devotee, he is said to have collapsed.
He had offered sanyasa to his successor Vishwa Vallabha Teertha Swami, 14 months back. Minister for Medical Education, V S Acharya and CM's Parliamentary secretary Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri visited the mutt.
Born in 1934, the seer had taken sanyas when he was 10. He had received Vedic education from Shri Vidyasamudra Teertha Swami of Udupi Kaniyoor mutt. He had performed four paryayas of Udupi Krishna Mutt. |
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