Santhanantha Swamigal

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At the outset, it was a sad news that Sri

Santhananadaji is no more with us. And, it is a shock

too for the Sakthas, as no one has done so much to the

worship of Her thru Havans - a powerful method. He

has researched so much that the havans now famous viz.

Atharvana Bhadrakali, Chandi, Sarabar, various

Ganapathis, were performed by Him some 45 years ago.

 

People might know that when he first did the Sahasra

Chandi havan, he went to Paramacharyal for His

blessings, as it required just Rs 25, 000 (40 years

ago it was a big amount). Till about 15 days before

the fixed date, no money and he was worried.

Meanwhile, Brahmasri Anantharama Dikshidhar of

Sengalipuram went to Kanchi for darshan.

Paramacharyal asked Dikshidhar to perform Navaham

(Srimad Ramayanam) at Pudukkottai. It fetched money

to more than meet the expenses of Sahasra Chandi. Two

things were clear. Paramacharyal's anugraham, and

Santhanandaji's vyragyam in performing gigantic tasks.

That was history, heard from devotees.

 

Bhvaneswari is adishthana devata for Saktha worship --

Sri Vidya slightly differs, where we worship

Parameswara & Parameswari together (Parameswari

occuping the Anga of Parameswara). Here one

interesting doubt. We know that Sri Chakram contains

all the devatas such that when doing Navaavarana pooja

proper, we worship trayattrikumsat koti devatas.

Also, all the modes of worship are included. In some

modes of Srividya (Sri Kulam), Chaturayatana

(Ganapati, Marthanda Bhairava, Vishnu & Samba

Parameswara) worship is left out, whereas it is found

in the Dakshina sampratayas. Some learned explained

that Srikula thinks, it is not necessary to add this

as She is all. But, in Dakshina, Vaideeka takes

prominence. Also, worship of Panchayatanam is quite

common and a must in this part. So, here we have

added Chaturaayatanam to complete. Look forward to

further notes from friends on this.

 

Namaskar to Devi and Her Bakhtas.

 

L Vaidyanathan

Puliyur

 

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