[Vaideekam] can we celebrate 70th birthday, if yes what is the name

March 17, 2009

Bhima rata shanti has been sanctified in vedas as told by Mudhrakartha swamy of Tiruvallur temple if i remember correctly.Sadabishegam & shashtyabthapoorthy as mentioned by swamin NVS is not in any shastras. Kindly clrify if i am wrong. Dasan Pathangi.

On 3/17/09, Dr.S.Ranganathan <tnsrangs wrote:

Dear mamaAdiyen dasan, Trust everything is fine at your end. I would like to know about celebrating 70th birhtday. Like sashtiappthapoorthi (60th birth day), Sathabishekam (80th birthday), Is there is any function at 70th birth day.

I heard this name for BheemaRathaSanthi(70th Birthday), Is it true, if so whether It is celebrated in iyengars. I hope the the 100 th birthday is Kanakabhishekam. Kindly clarify in detail.Thanking you

SincerelyRanga ranga ***Fine!Shasti abdapoorthi means 61 and it should be conducted on the 61stbirthday.Sataabhishegam should be done at 83 years, by which the person mayhave 1000 chandra dharshan (83x12 = 996 in few years there will be 13 chandra dharshans) so, he is eligible for Sataabhishegam.

The function conducted on 70th birth day is " Saptati " .Bhimarata shanti is to be done on 77th year, 7th month 7th dayand which is now conducted on 70th birth day by some smartas and not by iyengars.

" Ugrarata shanti " to be done at the previous year of Shastiabda poortiand " Bhimarata shanti " to be done on the previous year to " Satabhishegam " is in practice.All of the above are not coming under nithy, naimithika karma,

which means not compelled by shastras.nvs