Ganga Sahasranama lecture in Coimbatore

[Jahnava Nitai Das]

Ganges - the immortal flow of compassion

 

The Bhaktivedanta Ashram will be conducting a nine day lecture series on Ganga Sahasranama in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, from May 23rd to May 31st, 2002.

 

Time: The program will be held every evening 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, 23rd May - 31st May, 2002

 

Place: N.K. Mahadeva Iyer Arangam (Sidu Sadan Hall), 8/456 Sir C.V. Raman Road, R.S. Puram, Coimbatore

 

The lecture aims at giving the audience a wholesome understanding of the "scientific basis of Ganga consciousness", transporting them to a realm "beyond birth and death".

 

Exposing them to a panoramic vision of the river Ganga's "easy journey to other planets", it will invoke the blessings of mother Ganga on them for attaining the "perfection of yoga", thus enabling all to bathe in the "reservoir of pleasure".

 

The Ganga Sahasranama lecture will be a presentation on one thousand and eight names of the divine river, mother Ganga, which is origionally a discussion between sage Agastya and Lord Subrahmanya. It will highlight the methodology of Sahasranamas of different deities in the Puranas along with a scan of the physical and psychic body of the Ganga Sahasranama. The unique feature will be scientific explanations of the multiple dimensions of time and space deeply implanted within the meanings of this prayer.

 

There will be a visual presentation on the "Descent of the Ganges" in Bharatanatyam dance form by Kumari Narayanai Venkatasubramaniam, disciple of Dr. Padma Subramaniam of Chennai, and Kumari Vijayalakshmi Ramaswami, disciple of Mrs. Padma Mohan of Sri Rangam on 26th, 28th and 30th of May, 2002.

 

The main speaker will be Sri Atmatattva Das, along with the following chief guests:

 

Sri Swami Ganeshvarananda of Shivananda Ashram.

 

Sri Sarvaishvarya Das,

President, ISKCON Coimbatore

 

Mr. Krishna Iyer,

Managing Director, Sri Krishna Sweets