Shakti Sadhana Changes

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Dear Friends:

 

I am writing a quick note to bring you up to date on what is

happening at *your* Shakti Sadhana Group:

 

HOMEPAGE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE

 

This is just a note to let you know that the Shakti Sadhana Homepage

(http://www.shaktisadhana.org) will be down the next few days for

routine maintenance. Our forum here in will continue to

operate as usual.

 

We decided to take the homepage down because it was getting sloppy. A

lot of new material was added in recent months and many files were

shifted around, and as a result the site was riddled with dead links,

blank picture files, etc. We simply need to go through systematically

and clean it up.

 

HOMEPAGE ENHANCEMENTS ON THE HORIZON

 

There will be no major changes to the "look" of the site at this

time, but we are aware that the site is becoming too big for its

current design. This fall, we'll be doubling the site's storage

capacity, so that we'll be able to add more pictures, more essays and

presentations, and -- if all goes as planned -- audio files of

carious mantras, pujas and other Shakta materials.

 

By next year, we should be in a position to completely revamp the

site, with a new, sleeker, more-state-of-the-art look; and greatly

enhanced navigability.

 

WELCOME TO SRI AMRITANANDA NATHA SARASWATI!

 

I recently enjoyed the honor of an extended audience with Sri

Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Dr. N. Prahalada Sastry), a truly great

Shakta guru and spiritual leader. Amrita (generally referred to as

Guruji) is the founder of Sri Meru Nilaya, a spectacular Shakta

temple in Devipuram, near Visakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in India.

This temple, just completed in 1994, is built in the shape of the Sri

Chakra, and features idols of all the 108 Devis described in the Devi

Khadgamala Stotra. It is unique in allowing devotees to perform puja

to the Devi themselves, without distinction of caste or creed.

 

After detailed discussions with the moderators of Shakti Sadhana, I

am pleased to announce that Guruji has agreed to formally associate

with our Group and Homepage, an arrangement that we hope will prove

beneficial to all involved. His main concern will be to bring

practical, "how to" advice to the site, to augment the mainly

informational material we've published so far. With Guruji's

involvement and assistance, the quality of discussion in the Group

and the utility of information of the homepage should increase

noticeably. As Guruji is currently traveling, it will probably be

early autumn before the association becomes noticeably visible around

the site.

 

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS

 

Shakti Sadhana's association with Amrita is part of a larger

initiative to expand our Group's presence beyond the Web, and into

the living, breathing community. Amrita (along with our own wonderful

friend and co-moderator Kochu) will provide an extraordinary living

connection to India, and the brick-and-mortar sanctuary of Devipuram.

Nora's magnificent efforts in Malaysia are already well known to

regular friends of the Group.

 

And now I have the honor of announcing our newest "local"

association, Saundarya Lahari, a Shakta satsang based in and around

Southern New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Mr. Krishnajee

Putcha, webmaster of the Group's online home (and designer of an

upcoming Devipuram website for Guruji) and I will be working together

to solidify this connection in the coming months.

 

YOU CAN HELP!!!

 

We encourage members of Shakti Sadhana to use this forum to find

local friends and connections, and arrange real-life meetings -- even

two people can help forge a human connection that could blossom into

a larger resource for people in your area. If you belong to an

existing Shakta-oriented satsang (gathering) anywhere in the world,

please drop us a note with contact information for our database (so

that we can provide information for people in your area who are

interested in getting ivolved, etc.). And feel free to use the Shakta

Sadhana forum as your tool for arranging meetings, discussions and

other Shakta-related events. If you have any questions, please do not

hesitate to contact me.

 

Aum Maatangyai Namahe