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Devotee of Sri Kanchi Matam and Mahaperiyava and a strong believer in advaita and guru parampara. We all are blessed to live in the time period of Maha Periyavaa. Let His grace be on us at all times to guide us and elevate us to next level.

• Sthree Dharmam – Free 1-day camp in Chennai – May 1, 2022

  By Mahesh on January 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Thanks to Sri Sarma Sastrigal for organizing this. Please mark your calendar and contact the numbers provided for more details. Periyava Sharanam

• Swami Vivekananda’s anger on excuse for not doing sandhyavandhanam

  By Mahesh on January 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Thanks to Sri Chandrasekar, who is sending me beautiful quotes and interesting articles via email….I will find time to post them. Here is one!

• Attention – US Donors

  By Mahesh on January 13, 2022 • ( 3 )

  

  This post is specific to US donors only. Earlier in 2021, we requested you to mark the memo field “General” for a reason. Thanks to all complying to our request. Starting 2022, please go back to how you used to… Read More ›

• Happy Pongal! பொங்கலோ பொங்கல்!

  By Mahesh on January 13, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

    I wish all the readers and their families a very happy pongal. As the saying goes “தை பிறந்தால் வழி பிறக்கும்”, let us pray Lord Surya to bless us with health, wealth and prosperity. Our namaskaram to our acharyas on… Read More ›

• Thirumazhapadi Yajur Veda Parayanam – Feb 8-17

  By Mahesh on January 6, 2022 • ( 6 )

  

  Thanks to Sri Venugopal for sharing this invite. The sthala puranam is very amazing. Besides, the tradition of conducting veda parayanam has been going on 170 years as per the material I received. Without divine blessing this is not possible…. Read More ›

• New Deivathin Kural Book Reading Session – Join now!

  By Mahesh on January 5, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Thanks to Smt Meenakshi Ramamoorthi, Sacramento for initiating this wonderful session. 30 mts weekly is not too much to spare and learn great matters from Sri Mahaswami’s words. Take advantage of this. Periyava Sharanam!   She is starting a Deivathin… Read More ›

• Makara Sankaranthi Clarification from Sri Matam

  By Mahesh on January 5, 2022 • ( 9 )

  

  Thanks to Auditor Sri Chandramouli for sharing this.

• Smile@Amazon

  By Mahesh on January 4, 2022 • ( 6 )

  

  Dear North American readers, As you may be aware,  Amazon contributes a small % of all our shoppings to the charity of our choice. In 2021, I made a conscious effort to do this and surprisingly I was able to… Read More ›

• Grand alankaram in adishtanam

  By Mahesh on December 31, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  We have seen lots of different kinds of alankarams in Sri Matam – to me, this one looked very nicely decorated – very grand.  

• Seshadri Swamigal Vigraham in Kanchi Matam

  By Mahesh on December 30, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Thanks to mami for the share. Sri Periyava did His offerings to Mahan Sri Seshadri Swamigal’s vigraham and blessed the team. Here are some beautiful photos! Sri Seshadri Swamigal Thiruvadi Sharanam!

• Photos from Jata Parayanam at Tiruvaiyaru

  By Mahesh on December 30, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  I am pleased to share some photos from the jata parayanam on this auspicious day in Tiruvaiyaru. Thanks to Ambi for photo share.  

• Mahaperiyava drawing by Mahathi

  By Mahesh on December 30, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Thanks to Smt Lakshmi Subramanian of PERIYAVA RADIO team for sending this beautiful work of Mahathi on this auspicious day! Brilliant work! Mahaperiyava Padham Sharanam.

• Watch Aradhana Live from Kanchi Matam at Sankara TV

  By Mahesh on December 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Click the below link to watch live. https://kamakoti.tv Periyava Sharanam

• Sankaranandham by Sri Lakshmikanthan Sankaran on Aradhana day

  By Mahesh on December 29, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  On behalf of Sri Thenupureeswaran Sankaran, I have the pleasure to share his 17th issue on Mahaperiyava ghanams composed by him. Beautiful lyrics – lots of songs. These will be useful for different occasions on Mahaperiyava. Enjoy!

• Happy Mahaperiyava 28th Aradhana!

  By Mahesh on December 29, 2021 • ( 5 )

  

  Dear devotees, Today is a very auspicious day for all of us – Mahaperiyava’s aradhana day. Let us pray to Pratyaksha Pramaeswaran to bless us with health, wealth, knowledge and wisdom to progress on our spiritual journey. Stay safe. Don’t… Read More ›

• 2022 – Acharyas’ Nakshatra calendar

  By Mahesh on December 28, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

    Thanks to Bharatwaj Srinivasan for compiling this. This calendar is very handy for me personally – I refer to this all the time for dates. Hope you all are finding this useful. Periyava Sharanam  

• 51 Akshara Sakthi Peetams

  By Mahesh on December 28, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  Since Sri Raghavan is writing about sakthi Peetam, I thought of sharing the index of akshara sakthi peetams collected by Sri Jabalpur Nagarajan mama long back. Sakthi Peetam list often a debatable one – in some list you will see… Read More ›

• Kuchela Day

  By Mahesh on December 22, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  In the entire Bagavatham, Vamana Avataram and Kuchela Charithram are my most favorite ones. I can listen to them 1000 times – never gets bored. Sudhama is the real name – “Kuchela” is a derived name. The poverty of Sudhama… Read More ›

• Bagawad Gita Class of 2022 starting Dec 29th

  By Mahesh on December 19, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  On behalf of Brahmavidya group, I am pleased to announce the starting of 2022 Bagawad Gita class organized by KKSF USA – KBK – USA and blessed by Jagadguru Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal. All the other details in the flyer… Read More ›

• Invitation to Jata Parayanam in Tiruvaiyaru from Dec 25th to Jan 7th

  By Mahesh on December 11, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Thanks to Smt Saraswathi Thyagarajan mami for sharing this invitation. On behalf of Sri Saranagatham Trust, I am happy to share this with you. This Krishna Yarjur veda jata and Brahmana parayanam is being conducted in Ammal Agraharam near Tiruvaiyaru… Read More ›