shri meru nilayam in devipuram!

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I have had the good fortune to interact with this great man and he was kind

enough to grace my house and do Sri Chakra Puja in my house a few years back.

He is very knowledgable and gentle.

 

Kochu

adi_shakthi16 <adi_shakthi16 wrote: Sri Amritananda Natha

Saraswathi (Dr.N. Prahalada Sastry) was born in

Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, the first child of Sri Narasimha Rao

and Srimati Lakshminarasamma. Guruji, as he is fondly referred to,

started his spiritual quest at a very young age. Blessed with divine

experiences early in his childhood,his young mind was teeming with

questions, searching for the truth. The stage was set for his

spiritual inclination that was to intensify later in life.

 

In the course of time, his interest turned to science. He graduated

from the Andhra University with a masters in Nuclear physics and

received his doctorate from the University of Bombay, while working

at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Guruji spent 23 years

at TIFR, involved in research. In the final years there, he was

working on a defense project for the air defense. But his spiritually

inclined conscience was not comfortable with the destructive nature

of his research.

 

In the meantime, in 1977, Guruji visited the Balaji temple in

Hydarabad. He went in and prostrated before the Lord. He felt an

extreme thrill pass through his body; and Guruji had his first

intitiation from Balaji, that is Balatripurasundari. This proved to

be the turning point in his life. After deep thought, he decided to

look into the spiritual aspects a little deeper and devote time to

work for the upliftment of soceity. He received SriVidya Poorna

Dhiksha from Sri Swaprakashananda Natha Thirtha Avadhutha of

Anakapalli. And he was showered with the Grace of Devi Saraswathi and

given the dhiksha name of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswathi.

 

Involved in defense research at TIFR, his mind was in search of the

truth within himself. It was at this juncture that he was offered a

position of Professor of Physics at the Lusaka University in Zambia.

Realising that this was an opportunity to take a fresh look at one's

self, he accepted a two year contract to work in Zambia. It was there

that Guruji met his "spiritual son", Sri Wijayaharan and accepted him

as his disciple, in SriVidya upasana.

 

Guruji returned to India in 1981. He resigned from TIFR and settled

down in Vishakapatnam, into SriVidya upasana and worship of the Devi.

He slowly started working on means to help improve the standard of

living of his fellow men.

 

In 1983, during Devi yagna, Guruji was approached by the brothers of

the Putrevu family, with a request to build a temple for the divine

Mother. In addition to the three acres of land that they had donated,

Guruji bought the adjoining ten acres and it was registered as land

for the Devi temple. Having acquired the land, Guruji was looking for

divine guidance, a sign of approval to commence construction of the

temple.

 

In the vicinity of the donated land, there was a small hillock where

Guruji would often spend time in meditation. On the slopes of the

hillock, he noticed a formation very similar to that of the Kamakhya

Peetam in Assam. One day, while in meditation he experienced himself

lying on the Peetam, while four others were performing a homam with

the flames emanating from his body. And during purnahuthi, he felt a

heavy object being placed on his heart. Awakening from his meditative

state, Guruji was prompted to dig that site. Unearthed from that very

spot, he found a Sri Chakra MahaMeru made of panchauloha. It was

later discovered that a huge yaaga had been performed in that area

more than 250 years ago.

 

Guruji had visions of the Devi as a sixteen year old girl. With Her

Blessing's, he built the Kamakhya Peetam on the hillock and a Siva

temple on the peak, in 1984. Construction of the Sri Meru Nilaya in

Devipuram was started in 1985. Built covering an area of 108 square

feet, the temple has 3 levels and stands 54 feet tall. The temple has

the idols of all the Devis described in the Devi Khadgamala Stotra.

The temple construction was completed in 1994 and the kumbhabhishekam

celebrated with great pomp and piety. This temple is unique in

allowing the devotees to perform puja to the Devi themselves, without

distinction of caste or creed.

 

With numerous loving disciples all over the world, Guruji and his

wife, Srimati Annapurnamba (lovingly known as Guruji Amma) have

dedicated their lives to the service of the people. They have

established the Sri Vidya Trust for this purpose.

 

 

www.srividya.org

 

enjoy!!!

 

 

 

shakti_sadhnaa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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