The New Satyadhyana Vidyapeetha with Lord Venkatesha's idol--A Divine Project

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The New Satyadhyana Vidyapeetha with Lord Venkatesha's idol –A Divine Project.

 

A common grievance of the Lord Venkatesha's devotees in Mumbai is the

absence of His temple in its near suburbs. Many devotees living in

these suburban areas consider themselves unfortunate for being denied

darshana of their Lord with the resulting experience of mental

quietude. A large number of devotees visiting the Vrindavana at the

Satyadhyana Vidyapeetha have expressed their wish that the complex

should have an idol of Lord Venkatesha. Their wish assumes higher

decibels during Navaratri, when the complex wears a different look

with its main hall decorated with flowers, performance of special

pooja and discourses on Shrinivas Kalyan in the evenings for all the

ten days. Lord Venkatesha's idol would add ethereal dimension to the

serenity of the atmosphere, they have often been heard saying.

 

True, the idol of the Lord of the Seven Hills has a unique soothing

effect on the beholder. Kulapati Vidyasimhacharya, who had been

conveyed this wish of the devotees, time and again, did appreciate the

sentiments of the devotees, but was helpless, because installation of

the Lord's idol according to the laid-down procedure was an

impossibility in the prevailing conditions, without drastically

altering the internal set-up of the complex. The " vox populi "

continued to force him to contemplate for long on ways to help fulfill

the devotees' intense desire. He was waiting for an opportunity and

the opportunity knocked on his door in an unexpected form; in the form

of a prematurely weakened structure of the complex building that

warranted demolition. He could now install the Lord's idol in full

glory along with the vrindavana and idols of other deities in newly

built complex.

 

He decided to leave no stone unturned in fulfilling the aspirations of

the devotees. As a first step in the direction, he travelled south to

select a flawless granite rock to be used for carving out the idol

and, after performing the required pooja, he arranged to deliver it to

the sculptors engaged for generations in the sculpturing of life-like

deities for installation in temples. He also assigned the work of

building stone sanctum-sanctorum for the idol. He further chalked out

plans to transport the idol to Mumbai amidst chanting of Vedic hymns

by Brahmins all along the road journey from Kanchi to Tirumlai to

Mulund, Mumbai, a distance of more than 1000 Kms.

 

Back in Mulund, he performed special pooja in the place chosen for

building the sanctum- sanctorum in addition to the regular pooja of

the complex. With a view to further sanctifying the area of the

proposed sanctum-sanctorum of the Lord, he managed to get the waters

from all the holy rivers of the country and sprinkled these at the

very commencement of the work; at the foundation level and he

performed all the rituals observing auspicious times according to the

planetary positions. A full size idol of Lord Venkatesha, thus

installed in His full glory and in traditional surroundings will soon

adorn the New SDVP complex and will offer the devotees much needed

tranquility and solace they have been long aspiring for.

 

The new SDVP Complex with the idol of Lord Venkatesha, Shri.

Raghavendra Swamiji's Vrindavana and the idols of other important

deities will be a unique monument in many respects. The architect, Dr

Ajay. Yeri, with a deep insight into aesthetics has integrated many of

the traditional architectural characteristics into the modern building

concepts. While it will look like a renovated building constructed in

the earlier part of the last century, the architect has made provision

for modern facilities like spacious Audio- Visual Room, Medical

Centre, a very large library of more than one lakh books consisting of

ancient works on palm leaves and modern books including complete set

of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Meditation and Yoga Centre etc. The

architect has provided for the fusion of traditional and modern

architecture.

 

A brochure giving the details of the complex is sent herewith for the

information of readers. The brochure also contains an appeal for

donations to help the Governing Council of the Vidyapeetha to help

fulfill the aspirations of the devotees, in tune with the changing

times.

 

The Satyadhyana Vidyapeetha has been spreading the Vedic lore and true

knowledge to the people for decades and it will continue to do so. Its

reconstruction is the need of the hour. It is a Divine Project, which

needs help from all of us to complete.

Therefore, on behalf of the Vidyapeetha, once again I earnestly appeal

to all readers to donate generously for the divine project.

 

With kind regards,

 

Ramchandra.Tammannacharya.Gutti.

 

Encl. One brochure.

 

 

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