kumbabishekam

January 17, 2007

Sri Maha Ganapathe Namah SRI KAMAKSHI MANDIR – AMBAJI RAJAGOPURAM & MAHA KUMBHABISHEKAM "Shakthi" refers to the Goddess

worshipped (invaribly, in this case, a manifestation of Dakshayani/Parvati/Durga), the goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and with the virgin Durga, goddess of strength and valour. “Shakthi" remains as the Main Deity or Kula Devataa of most of the Hindus. For Hindus, even our earth is considered to be manifestation of Goddess and called as Boo Devi. The Shakthi Peethas (places of strength) are places of worship consecrated to the goddess 'Shakthi'. There is a legend behind the birth of Shakthi Peethas. According to legend, at some time in the Satya Yuga, Daksha performed a yagna (named Vrihaspati) with a desire of taking revenge on Lord Shiva. Daksha was angry because his daughter Sati had married the 'yogi'God Shiva against his wishes. Daksha invited all the deities to the yagna except for Shiva and Sati. The fact that she was not invited did not deter Sati from attending the yagna. She had expressed her desire to attend to Shiva who had tried his best to dissuade her from going. Shiva eventually allowed her to go escorted by his ganas (followers). But Sati, being an uninvited guest, was not given any respect. Furthermore, Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati was unable to bear her father's insults towards her husband, so she committed suicide by jumping into the pyre. When Lord Shiva heard about her death he became furious. He went to the place where Daksha was performing his yagna and destroyed the area. Daksha was killed by Shiva's ganas. Lord Shiva then

carried Sati's body all over the world in a state of wild grief. At the request of all other gods, Lord Vishnu severed Sati's body into 51 pieces with his Sudarshan Chakram, so that Lord Shiva could return to his sanity and once again take up his duties. Various parts of

Sati's body fell at different places which became known as Shakthi Peethas. These Shakthi Peethas are spread over not only in India, but also in Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka which were part of our Bharath once. Devotees of Goddess Sakthi undertake pilgrimage tour to visit all these temples in their life time. As

every one cannot visit all these temples, our Paramacharyar Sri Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Swamigal advised to construct a temple with all 51 Devis at one place. “Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Seva Trust” was formed to fulfill the wishes of our Paramacharyar. Accordingly the temple was constructed and Maha Kumbabishekam was performed in 1987 after installing 51 Devis and the Main Deity as Kamakshi at the center of the temple. Create PDF with GO2PDF for free, if you wish to remove this line, click here to buy Virtual PDF Printer This Trust for the 25 years, with the blessing of H.H. acharyas, has been rendering valuable services in various Charitable and Religious activities. As the temple do not have a Rajagopuram so far and also requires maintenance to some extent, the Trust undertook the construction of Rajagopuram and to perform maintenance wherever required at an estimated cost of Rs.60 lakhs. The Trust also plans to start a Vedha Patasala along with this Project. The Trust expects to perform Maha Kumbabishekam after completing all the work by April 2007. All devotees are requested to take part in the auspicious work by contributing their might and to receive the blessing of Sri Kamakshi Devi. Donations by way of cash, cheque, DD, Money Order are gracefully accepted. Cheques / DDs may be drawn in favour of “SHREE KANCHI KAMAKOTI SEVA TRUST, A/C. RAJAGOPURAM” and sent to : Shri V. Ramamurthy, 4/18, Third Main Road, Kasturibai Nagar, Adayar, Chennai 600 020. Phone: (044) 24902344 Mobile: 94441 45922 Or Shri R. Viswam, 7/64, Shraddhadeep Complex,

Ankur Road, Naranpura, Ahmedabad – 380063. Phone: (079) 27474079 Mobile: 98254 57990 -----------N. BALASUBRAMANIAN

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