Shri Shripadaraja Thirtha Aradhana by SVBM / VMS East Coast, CA

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Shri Shripadaraja Thirtha Aradhana by SVBM (http://www.svbm.org)

 

With the blessing of Shri Hari, Shri Vayu and Shri Guru, the volunteers

of SVBM / VMS (West Coast Chapter) celebrated aradhana of Shri

Dhruvamsha sambhutha Shri Shripadaraja Thirtha on Sunday June 3rd. As

the saying goes, just by praying Shripadaraja in the morning, one

would get sumptuous lunch and so what could be missing in his Aradhana

function!!!!. It was a day long feast for all the devotees and here is

another opportunity for me to pray HIM by narrating the day's events.

 

The program was held at Smt Parimala and Shri Sathyanarayana's

residence which is more popular as Bay Area Madhva MaTha. The house

had gained additional spiritual flavor due to Shri Sathyanaraya's

total dedication and deep devotion for the celebration. The dais for

the pooja was so well decorated with flowers, lights, the photos of all

great saint, their Vrandavans and other pooja items, that my words are

no way nearer to that. To start with, Shri Sathya announced the

message from Shri Mulubhagilu maTha and distributed the brochures sent

from them. This year (2001-2002), being the 6th centenary year, the

devotees at Mulabhagilu are planning to celebrate the aradhana everyday

throughout the year. People are requested to participate in this great

event by visiting Mulabhagalu any time during whole year. More

details can be seen at

http://www.madhva.net/srIpAdarAjamatha/events.asp

 

The program started with Shri Venkatesha sthothra and all devotees

performed Honey Abhishekam to Shri Lord Hari and Shri Vayu during Shri

Hari Vayu punaschanane as per Shri Vyasaraja Thirtha tradition. The

sthothra parayana continued with ShriPadaraja Pancharatna Malika, Shri

Raghavendra Sthothra, Shri Vijaya Rayara Kavacha etc. Then it was the

time to listen to Shri Balu about Shri Dhruva Raja, the mUla roopa of

Shri Shripadarajaru. Shri Balu explained Shri Dhruva's intense devotion

towards Lord in detail and narrated how the youngest devotee at the age

of five, performed tapas, pleased Shri Hari, got his best blessing and

obtained the highest position of " Dhruva Loka " .

 

Next Shri Krishna Pandurangi took over to continue on Shri

Shripadaraja Thirtha. As the name itself indicates, he was king of all

saints with a big crown of achievements and mahima. In the pre-lunch

session, Shri Krishna Pandurangi briefly mentioned about Shri

Shripadaraja Thirtha's predecessors and childhood of Shri Shripadaraja

Thirtha. It was Shri Shripadaraja Thirtha who popularised the

haridasa movement with his songs, bhajans dance and what else would

be more appropriate than bhajans to please his. Star of the musical

noon was Shri Sathish Jamakhandi who with his melodious voice and

devotional tune, the audience forget the running clock. Smt Sudha, Shri

Rajiv, Smt Subha Sheshagiri and many other devotees continued the

bhajan and it was really getting late !!!!. Later Shri Krishna

Pandurangi performed mahamangalarathi to Shri Lord, Shri Vayu and Shri

Shripadaraja followed by traditional feast, no need to mention the list

of rich dishes.

 

In the post lunch session Smt Subha Sheshagiri continued with Shri

Shripadaraja's devotional songs. We are very proud to have this great

singer with us who is blessed with best voice and talent, more over

well supported by her partner who himself is not less than any good

singer. Late Shri Krishna Pandurangi described in detail the life and

mahima of Shri Shripadaraja. It is beyond my capacity to pen down here

those mahimas and we are really blessed to listen to Shri Pandurangi,

who hails from a great scholarly family. Though it was already 8:30 pm,

devotees are still eager to continue with the regular taratamya bhajans

for some more time. After the mangalarathi, followed by shobhane and

lali , the aradhana ended with sarva samarpana to Shri Lord Hari.

 

We are very happy to see many senior devotees participating in the

aradhana functions and many volunteers are coming forward to offer

help. SVBM/VMS sincerely acknowledges all the help and service by many

families and volunteers.

 

For outstation people: Please contact VMS volunteers, whenever you are

around this place and join us during Aradhana function.

 

Our next programs are

1) Shri Vijayendra Thirtha Aradhana

2) Prathama Ekadashi

3) Shri Jaya Thirtha Aradhana

 

Shri Krishnarpanamastu.

 

For SVBM

http://www.svbm.org

 

 

 

 

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