Shri Brahmanya Thirtha Aradhana by VMS/SVBM, California

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Shri Haribhakthas,

 

 

Shri Brahmanya Thirtha Aradhana

 

The aradhana function of Suryaamsha sambhutha Shri Brahmanya Thirtha

was celebrated by VMS/SVBM members on Sunday May 20th. On this occasion

Smt Suma & Shri Srihari transformed their residence to a mini temple

for worshipping Shri Hari, Shri Vayu and Shri Guru. Also they

celebrated first birthday their son Chi Ananda Thirtha on this holy day

to get the best blessings of Shri Lord and all haribhakthas. By this

new tradition, we are not only strengthening our culture, at the same

time imparting proper orientation to our younger generation. This is

the third celebration we had in the short span of 3 months and I wish

many others also follow this good tradition.

 

The aradhana function started with Shri Vishnu Sahasra Nama followed

by Shri Hari Vayu stuthi punascharane and Abhishekam to Shri Vayu with

honey. Later devotees offered prayer to Shri Brahmanya Thirtha with the

" Panchaka " composed by Shri Vyasaraja Thirtha. Sthothra parayana

continued with Shri Raghavendra Sthothra and Shri Vijayarayara Kavacha.

Next Shri Krishna Pandurangi gave a discourse on Shri Brahmanya

Thirtha. He touched upon the Guru parampara of the three popular

maThas : Uttaradhi, Shri Vyasaraya and Shri Rayara maTa and explained

the mahima of Shri Brahmanya Thirtha.

 

At noon, mangalarathi was offered to Lord Shri Hari, Shri Vayu and

Shri Guru and the host family celebrated the first birth day of Chi.

Ananda Thirtha. All the haribhakthas blessed the young boy and wished

him a long life with strong health, plenty of wealth and deep devotion

towards Shri Hari. Meanwhile Shri Ramachandra Rao, father of Srihari

distributed two small booklets " Sthothra Mahodadhi " and " Laghu

SthothraNi " containing useful sthothras for daily recitation. These

booklets were published by Madhva Sangha, Shimoga, under the guidance

of Shri Shripadacharya. We are all grateful to Shri Ramachandra Rao for

carrying all these books across the globe, with the sole intention of

supporting our activities and sadhana. This is yet another new

tradition we need to adopt and popularize.

 

Next was the very important part of the program -Thirtha Prasad. It was

a grand feast of Panch bhakxa paramaanna. Smt Sudha, mother of Srihari

had spent all the day preparing huge lump of five sweets - sweet

pongal, Kesari Bath, Hayagreeva, Burfi, and payasam. Each one was so

delicious and the birth day lunch was much more than a marriage lunch.

 

In the post lunch session, Shri Pandurangi continued his discourse and

spoke on Navavidha bhakthi and Nava vidha dwesha. Later we had

taratamya Bhajan. Smt Subha Sheshagiri's wonderful recitation of

" sapnapada " of Shri Vadiraaja Thirtha was the highlight of the day. The

spontaneous start and non stop flow of the " sapnapada " describing Shri

Hari's mahima and Avatharas, is just a small token of Smt Subha's

talent in Bhajans. With the mangalarathi to Lord and to the little

Ananda Thirtha, the day was concluded.

 

Our next function is Shri Shripadaraja Thirtha Aradana. Please mark

your calender and make it convenient to participate in this aradhana

function.

 

 

Shri Krishnarpanamastu

B.Gopalakrishna

 

 

 

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