Shri Srinivasa kalyana and Sri Narasimha jayanthi

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Shri Madhva varada Shri vEda vyAsa abhinna Shri Lakshmi NarasimhO VijayatheShri Madhva Vallabha Shri Lakshmi VenkatEshAya namaHShri Shri rAjendra TheerthO VijayatheShri Shri vidyAmAnya TheerthO Vijayathe

 

Shri

Srinivasa kalyana, Shri VidyAmAnya Theerthara arAdhane, Shri Lakshmeesha Theerthara arAdhane, Sri VedavyAsa,

Sri Narasimha jayanti, Sri Rajendra Theerthara arAdhane.

Dear Sri Vishnu Bhaktas,The

month of VaishAka mAsa, it is very auspicious and it is sarva pApa

hara to hear

/ recite / pArAyana of Shrimadh bhAgavatha in the morning and Sri

SrinivAsa kalyAna in the evening from Akshaya trutEya till Dashami. The

mangaLa kalyAna of our lord Sri VenkatEsha with our mother Sri

padmAvathi dEvi happened on

VaishAka Shuddha Dashami.All dates and times as per USA time zones.05/03/09 Sunday VaishAka Shudda Dashami and Sri SrinivAsa kalyAna Mangala05/04/09 Monday EKADASHI

05/05/09 Tuesday dwAdashi and Sri Veda vyAsa JayantiVaishAka Shudha DwAdashi is the arAdhane of devAmsha sambhootharu Shri Shri 1008 Shri VidyAmAnya Thiirtharu.

Sri VidyAmAnya Thiirtharu, prathah SmaranEyaru, was a great scholar and

a mentor for many Madhva yathis. Sri VidyAmAnya Thiirtharu entered

vrudAvana on VaishAka Shudha Ekadashi day and the arAdhane is

celebrated on DwAdashi (Sri Veda vyAsa Jayanti). The vrudAvana of this

great yathi is in PhalimAru, Udupi and blessing his devotees. It is also arAdhane of Shri Lakshmeesha Theertharu from Shri KundApura vyAsaraja Matha.

Here

is a rare picture of Shri SathyadhyAna theertharu with his vidyA

shishyaru Shri VidyAmAnya theertharu and Shri Lakshmeesha Theertharu.

http://kalebala.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/with-shishyas-1.jpg

Please refer to a beautiful picture of Sri VidyAmAnya Thiirtharu here.

http://www.midcoast.com.au/%7Edasa/palimar1.jpg

 

 

Sri Nrusimha Jayanti. 05/07/09 Thursday, Per PDT / MDT / EDT

For PDT and MDT, there is Chaturdashi thithi and SwAthi Naxatra during pradOsha kAla on 05/07, Thursday

Chaturdashi and swAti during pradOsha kAla (Times per PDT / MDT / EDT).Chaturdashi lasts till 20:25 PM PDT on Thursday 05/07. Sunset 19:59 PDT.For other times zones, please look in to

your local time zone for Shri Narasimha Jayanti mahOthsava acharaNe. For more details please contact: Shri Yogeendra Bhat Uli of Shri

Puttige Matha at : 732 549 6959.

VaishAka shudda Chaturdashi during pradOsha is extremely auspicious. It was on this day our Lord Shri Lakshmi Nrusimha devaru

came out of a pillar (stambArbakAsahana) during evening(pradOsha) hours

in the form of half lion and half man to protect Sri PrahlAda rAjaru.

Sathyam vidhAthum nija bhruthya bhAshitamvyApthim cha bhUtEshu akhilEshu chAthmanaH

1. Perform Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha pUja during pradOsha (just before sun set).2. At Pradosha time i.e. in the evening, Shri Madhva varada Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy is worshipped and Arghya is given.

3. Offer sakkare pAnaka to our Lord Shri Madhva varada Shri Lakshmi Narasimha devaru and it is anantha phala dAyaka.4. Listen / pArAyana of Shri bhAgavatha Sapthama skanda, Shri NarasimhAvatAra.

Please see some beautiful pictures of our Lord Shri Lakshmi Narasimha Devaru:

http://picasaweb.google.com/akshara.bala.18/PhotosSharing

Argya Mantra

|| ParithrANAya sADhUnAm vinAshAya cha dushkrutAm

GruhANARghyam mayA dattam SaLakshmINruharE swayam ||

 

05/08/09 Friday VaishAka Poornima.Sri Rajendra thiirthara Aradhane.mUla Gurugalu of Sri VyAsarAja Matha.Conclusion of Sri vaishAka snAna.

In the seva of Sri Hari vAyu and Gurugalu,Bala Krishna

More details on Shri RajEndra Thiirtharu by Shri Harish Rao ...

Some important information about Sri Rajendra Theertharu:

 

As we all know Sri Rajendra Theertharu was one of the first

progenitor of the Poorvadi Matha which came to be named after our great

Sri Vyasaraja. He was the Prashishya of Teekacharyaru and the Shishya

of Sri Vidyadhirajaru. Sri Rajendra Theertharu spent a lot of his time

in North India and his visit is recorded in the annals and lineage of

Bengal Vaishnavism. He is believed to have visited Kashi, Mithila and

other centers of scholarship in his time and acquired a large number

of followers. He was also followed by his Shishya Sri Jayadhvaja, who

firmed up his north Indian base further, (he is called Jayadharma in

Chaithanya school). There are many references to great devotees like

Meerabai, Surdas etc of the North, who owe their Bhakthi pantha to

these great sages.

 

Though nothing is known about Sri Rajendra's compositions, it is

known that he was the Vidyaguru of two great scholars in his time - Sri

Vibhudendra Theertharu, who was the Guru of Sri Sripadarajaru and Sri

Vishnudasacharya, who wrote "Vadarathnavali", a great work on

dialectics, which was a precursor to Nyayamrutha of Sri Vyasaraja

Theertharu.

His lineage subsequently has become known for profound scholars

apart from Sri Vyasaraja himself such as Sri Kambaluru Ramachandra

tirtharu, Sheshachandrikacharyaru, Bhashyadipikacharyaru etc, which is

unmatched by any other lineage in Madhva scholarship. It is also well

known that both Sri Vadiraja and Sri Vijayindra were themselves

disciples of Sri Vyasarajaru. It is not impossible that his

compositions have been lost in the mists of time.

Some canards have been spread about the reason as to why the junior

ponitff Sri Kavindra Theertharu was selected by the Guru for continuing

the worship of Moola Rama etc. It has been stated that Sri Rajendra

Theertharu was not accepted as he was deficient in some aspects of

worship of the deities of the Matha and did not change even when asked

by his Guru to do so. These seem to the creations of people with small

minds who judge the actions of great souls by their own puny standards

as an after thought. In fact, the very cascade of great scholars with

divine personalities who followed Sri Rajendra Theertharu effectively

answers these stupid stories.

Infact Dr. BNK Sharma says that after Sri Madhwacharya, the first

ones to cross beyond Vindhya Mountains were Sri Vidyadhirajaru and Sri

Rajendra Theertharu. Its believed that Sri Jayatheertharu gave

ashrama to Sri Vidyadhirajaru at Triveni Sangama (refer: Anu

Jayatheertha Vijaya) and was more focussed towards propogation of

Madhwa Siddhantha in the northern part of India. And the other 3

desciples of Sri Jayatheertharu went on to start Mutts at Sri Rangam,

Majjige Halli and Koodli. Likewise Sri Vidyadhirajaru instructed Sri

Rajendra Theertharu to propogate Madhwa Siddhantha in the Eastern and

Northern parts of India.

 

During the last few days of his Ashrama, Sri Vidyadhirajaru gave

ashrama to Sri Kaveendra Theertharu, (which later came to be split and

known as Raghavendra and Uttaradi Mathas)however Sri Rajendra Theertha

is known to be the 'Jyeshta' of the Ashram. Also its been quoted by

the charama shloka of Sri Kaveendra Theertharu as,

|| vindrarooDa padAsakthaM Rajendra muni sEvithaM |

Sri Kaveendra munim vandE bhajatham chandra sannibhaM ||

(The reference to Sri Rajendra offering his obeiseance to Sri Kavindra is incongruous, to say the least).

 

 

Sri Rajendra Theertharu is thus a great scholar with a very wide

following in all parts of the country and whose contributions to Madhva

school is still to be properly studied. He brought forth a very rich

sustained tradition of scholars, who have done yeoman service to

Ttavavada..

 

Now lets recite the Dhyana shloka of Sri Rajendra Theertharu ---

viBhudendrAdi shishyadheen navakrutha sudhaMbudhihi |

aPaTayath sa Rajendra TheerthO Bhoodabhishtadah ||

Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanamasthu |

 

Regards

Harish