KUMBABHISHEKHAM Kumbabishekham Sakthi Peetam

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KUMBABHISHEKHAM

 

" Shakthi " refers to the Goddess worshipped (invaribly, in this case,

a manifestation of Dakshayani/Parvati/Durga), the goddess of marital

felicity and longevity, and with the virgin Durga, goddess of

strength and valour.

 

Shakthi " remains as the Main Deity or Kula Devataa of most of the

Hindus. For Hindus, even our earth is considered to be manifestation

of Goddess and called as Boo Devi.

 

The Shakthi Peethas (places of strength) are places of worship

consecrated to the goddess 'Shakthi'. There is a legend behind the

birth of Shakthi Peethas.

According to legend, at some time in the Satya Yuga, Daksha performed

a yagna (named Vrihaspati) with a desire of taking revenge on Lord

Shiva. Daksha was angry because his daughter Sati had married

the 'yogi'God Shiva against his wishes. Daksha invited all the

deities to the yagna except for Shiva and Sati. The fact that she was

not invited did not deter Sati from attending the yagna. She had

expressed her desire to attend to Shiva who had tried his best to

dissuade her from going. Shiva eventually allowed her to go escorted

by his ganas (followers).

 

But Sati, being an uninvited guest, was not given any respect.

Furthermore, Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati was unable to bear her

father's insults towards her husband, so she committed suicide by

jumping into the pyre.

 

When Lord Shiva heard about her death he became furious. He went to

the place where Daksha was performing his yagna and destroyed the

area. Daksha was killed by Shiva's ganas.

Lord Shiva then carried Sati's body all over the world in a state of

wild grief. At the request of all other gods, Lord Vishnu severed

Sati's body into 51 pieces with his Sudarshan Chakram, so that Lord

Shiva could return to his sanity and once again take up his duties.

Various parts of Sati's body fell at different places which became

known as Shakthi Peethas.

 

These Shakthi Peethas are spread over not only in India, but also in

Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka which were part of our Bharath

once.

 

Devotees of Goddess Sakthi undertake pilgrimage tour to visit all

these temples in their life time. As every one cannot visit all these

temples, our Paramacharyar Sri Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi

Swamigal advised to construct a temple with all 51 Devis at one

place. " Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Seva Trust " was formed to fulfill the

wishes of our Paramacharyar. Accordingly the temple was constructed

and Maha Kumbabishekam was performed in 1987 by Kanchi Kamkoti

Peetathipathi Shri Jeyendra Saraswathi Swamigal after installing 51

Devis and the Main Deity as Kamakshi at the center of the temple.

 

This Trust for the 25 years, with the blessing of H.H. acharyas, has

been rendering valuable services in various Charitable and Religious

activities. As the temple do not have a Rajagopuram so far and also

requires maintenance to some extent, the Trust undertook the

construction of Rajagopuram and to perform maintenance wherever

required at an estimated cost of Rs.60 lakhs. The Trust also plans to

start a Vedha Patasala along with this Project. The Trust expects to

perform Maha Kumbabishekam after completing all the work by November

2007.

 

 

All devotees are requested to take part in the auspicious work by

contributing their might and to receive the blessing of Sri Kamakshi

Devi. Donations by way of cash, cheque, DD, Money Order are

gracefully accepted. Cheques / DDs may be drawn in favour of

" SHREE KANCHI KAMAKOTI SEVA TRUST, A/C. RAJAGOPURAM " payable at any

bank in INDIA and sent to :

 

Shri V. Ramamurthy, 4/18, Third Main Road, Kasturibai Nagar, Adayar,

Chennai 600 020. Phone: (044) 24902344 Mobile: 94441 45922

Or

Shri R. Viswam, 7/64, Shraddhadeep Complex, Ankur Road, Naranpura,

Ahmedabad ? 380063. Phone: (079) 27474079 Mobile: 98254 57990

 

SARVAM SAKTHI MAYAM

 

N. BALASUBRAMANIAN