Guest guest Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 Namaste, This is a GR8 News for More Devi Bhaktas. My Devotion and Soulful Prayers are with trust founder, > Amritananda Natha Saraswati (N. Prahalada Sastry), > and the > Kanakamahalakshmi Ammavari Devastanam Chairman, > Vankyala Sanyasi. Kindly keep me updated on the same so I will try my Best to Visit the Same when I am in Kerala for my Next Vacation. I always visit Sri Mookambika Devi Temple In Kollur on each and every Vacation. Hopefully I can try to visit the Temple when Devi permits me to . pranam, Babitha Click to join Jatin Prakash <jatinprakash wrote: good news. I hope with the blessings of devi the work will be finished as soon as possible. jatinprakash --- devi_bhakta <devi_bhakta wrote: > VISAKHAPATNAM (July 13 - 22, 2005): A spiritual > resort will be set > up at Devipuram near Sabbavaram by the Sri Vidya > Trust at a cost of > Rs.10 crores. Announcing this here on Tuesday, the > trust founder, > Amritananda Natha Saraswati (N. Prahalada Sastry), > and the > Kanakamahalakshmi Ammavari Devastanam Chairman, > Vankyala Sanyasi > Raju, said that a unique spiritual resort with the > biggest Sri > Chakra would be developed. > > "Devipuram, which has the Sri Chakra temple of > Goddess Rajarajeswari > will be known as Manidweepam -- a Maha Shakti > peetham containing all > the 51 shakthi peethams in the world in the form of > Devi's body in > an area of 2.5 lakh square feet," Prof. Sastry, who > quit as a > scientist in the Tata Institute of Fundamental > Research (TIFR) to > build the temple at Devipuram in 1983, said. > > 'FUNDS NOT A PROBLEM' > > Claiming that he had the vision of the Devi several > times, Prof. > Sastry said that he was directed by the goddess to > consecrate a > temple at Devipuram before quitting a lucrative > career in TIFR. > > "With Her constant guidance, the temple work was > completed in 1994," > he said. > > With devotees all over the world, raising funds for > the spiritual > project would not be a problem. "At present, our > trust has Rs.50 > lakhs and we are confident of mobilising whatever is > required in the > next few years," he said. > > The resort would be completed by 2010. As of now, > the trust had > spent Rs.2 crores to Rs.3 crores to transform > Devipuram into an > island of jewels called Manidweepa. > > CHANDO YAGNAS > > "Once completed, the landscape becomes the physical > body of Devi. > It's life is Sri Chakra and its power manifests in > the people who > visit it," he said. > > Prof. Sastry said that they would perform 54 Chandi > yagnas and > Suvasini puja from July 18 to 21. > > A lecture on Sri Vidya Deeksha will be delivered on > July 18 followed > by a discourse on `What is Sri Chakra?' on July 19, > meditation with > the guruji on July 20 and poornahuti on Gurupoornima > Day on July 21. > > * FOLLOW-UP (JULY 22) > > IMPARTING SPRIRITUALISM WITH SCIENTIFIC TOUCH > > VISAKHAPATNAM: Manidweepam, a spiritual resort > planned at Devipuram, > is also intended to function as a learning centre > bringing science > and philosophy together. It will try to inculcate > respect for women > through Sakthi worship and remove apprehensions over > Saktheyam > (worshipping woman as Sakthi), according to the > founder-chairperson > of Sri Vidya Trust running the Devipuram temples, > Amritanandanadha > Saraswathi A. K. A. N. Prahlada Sastry. > > He told mediapersons that it would contain all the > 51 Matrusakthi > peethams. The spiritual centre would like to attract > the best of > talent to act as think-tank. > > Expressing agony over treatment of women as > commercial object, Dr. > Sastry, a former nuclear physicist with the > Mumbai-based Tata > Institute of Fundamental Research, said woman should > be worshipped > as Mother as per the maxim "Matrudevobhava''. He > wanted people to > visit Devipuram to know its significance and clear > their doubts. He > expressed the wish that because of the sanctity of > the place > (sthalamahatmyam), there should be a transformation > of mind and > heart and people should acquire jnana. Coming up > over an area of 2.5 > lakh sft., the centre is expected to be completed by > 2010. > > GURU PURNIMA > > Marking Guru Purnima, special abhishekams and pujas > were conducted > to Sri Sahasrakshi Rajarajeswari on Thursday and the > four-day Chandi > and Lalitha Yagan concluded with a poornahuthi. > > SOURCE: © Copyright 2000-2005 The Hindu. Devotional > centre to have > biggest Sri Chakra, says trust founder. > > URLS: > http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/13/stories/2005071304010200.htm > http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/22/stories/2005072201900200.htm > > > > Visit your group "" on the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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