Thanks to Sri Matam for these photos. Please do not read this like any other news item. We all need to be proud of ourselves that we belong to a Matam, which is the only one Sankara organization that goes… Read More ›
Adi Shankara
Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada by HH Mahaperiyava
(I bought this above vigraham during my Chennai visit recently from Indra metals opposite to Giri. I am sure Giri also carries such small vigrahas…The height is only 3-4 inches, which is ideal for me – easy to do abishekam etc… Read More ›
Adi Sankara drawing by Silpi
Thanks to Sri BN Mama for the FB Share…. GURUPADHUKA STOTRAM. அனந்தஸம்ஸார ஸமுத்ரதார ணௌகாயிதாப்யாம் குருபக்திதாப்யாம் வைராக்ய ஸாம்ராஜ்யத பூஜனாப்யாம். நமோ நமஹ, ஸ்ரீ குரு பாதுகாப்யாம். கவித்வவாராஷி நிஷாகராப்யாம் தௌர்பாக்யதாவாம் புதமாலிகாப்யாம் தூரிக்ருதானம்ர விபத்ததிப்யாம். நமோ நமஹ, ஸ்ரீ குரு பாதுகாப்யாம். நதா யயோ: ஸ்ரீ பதிதாம்… Read More ›
ஏன் சங்கர சரிதத்தை கேட்க வேண்டும்?
Thanks to Sri Ganapathy for a nice 15 mts on this important topic. Must-listen….. இந்த ஸ்லோகத்தை இன்னைக்கு படிக்கும் போது, மஹாபெரியவா இந்த ஸ்லோகத்தை எடுத்துண்டு ரொம்ப அழகா வ்யாக்யானம் பண்ணி இருக்கா. அதுல ஆதிசங்கர பகவத் பாதாளையும் உள்ள கொண்டு வந்துடறா. அது ஞாபகம் வந்தது, சரி இந்த… Read More ›
ஓம் காலட்யாம் சங்கரகீர்த்திஸ்தம்ப நிர்மாண கர்த்ரே நம: – A set of rare photos
Thanks to Sri BN Mama for sending this….Truly rare photos…..Treasure for all of us! Hara Hara Jaya Jaya Sankara Kaaladi Sankara Kamakoti Sankara!
Adi Shankara Jayanthi Special
This shloka was composed by Mahaperiyava on Adi Shankara: குருர் – நாம்நா மஹிம்நா ச சங்கரோ யோ விராஜதே | ததீயாங்க்ரி – கலத் – ரேணு – கணாயாஸ்து நமோ மம || பெயரிலும் சங்கரராக, (‘சம்’ எனும் பேரின்பத்தை விளைவிக்கும் ‘கர்த்தா’ என்பதான) மகிமையிலும் சங்கரராக, எவர் பிரகாசிக்கின்றாரோ,… Read More ›
Sri Adi Shankara Jayanthi Divya Charithram by HH Sri Jayendra Sarasvathi Swamigal
Thanks Sai for forwarding & reminding this.
Sri Adi Shankara Bagavadpatal’s Digvijayam map
Thanks to Kamakoti.org
Anugraha Bhashanam by HH Balaperiyava on “Sri Adi Sankara & National Integration”
Perfect timing! Thanks to kamakoti.org English Translation of speech delivered by His Holiness Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji, at Siri Fort, New Delhi, India, on the occasion of “Symposium on Adi Sankara and National Integration” For the last 3 or… Read More ›
Vasantha Panchami – January 24, 2015
For all sanathana dharma and Adi Acharya devotees, tomorrow is a very important day. On this auspicious day, Adi Acharya received spatika lingams from Lord Shiva from Kailash and established five sankara matams in India. Adi Sankara’s yatra to Kailasa, the… Read More ›
First Adi Sankara Ratha Utsavam on Vasantha Panchami @W.Mambalam on Jan 24th
Shri Panchami Nagarajan is not any new face here in the blog. Once an anti-Mahaperiyava person who transformed his own life after reading dheivathin kural. Today Shri Nagarajan is living his life by the letters of what Periyava had… Read More ›
Adi Shankara Jayanthi with 1008 lotus flowers
Sri Sankara Jayanthi Mahotsavam was celebrated at Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Sri Viswanatha Swamy Devasthanam, Vanjiyur, Karaikal on 4th. Earlier they built a lotus pond within this place and used 1008 lotus flowers to do archana to adi acharya on the… Read More ›
Adi Sankara without saffron and dhandam
Have you ever seen a painting of Adi Sankara with white vasthram and without dhandam? Why? Periyava knows all – Sarvagyan…..Do you know that Mahaperiyava sat in front this painting and got into samadhi state?! Interesting – isn’t it? Read… Read More ›
Kashmir Shankaracharya Hill to be renamed to Throne of Solomon
Shared to me by Shri Shankar – quite shocking and at the same time – quite believable with our political leaders and their hidden agenda. Changing the fact and history is highly condemnable. Hope this doesn’t happen.
The Adi Sankara stamp that never came out
Periyavaa’s devotion for Adi Sankara is purest of the purest and this incident happened in 1983 at Satara where I was also a witness.. Indira Gandhi had a great respect and devotion for Periyavaa and hence for 1983 Sankara Jayanthi,she… Read More ›
Prasonnatara Ratna Malika
Thanks to Shri Hubli Ramaswamy mama for sharing this…1-liner response for so many questions…absolutely a treasure for real seekers…..Even if we don’t necessarily understand, one should read all the questions / answers….simply outstanding…. Here is the download link.
Kalady Sri Adi Shankara Jayanti Rig samhita Homam
Just received from Kalady!
Kamakoti Pratheebam – help needed
I was talking to Dr Radhakrishna Sastrigal, Srirangam, yesterday to enquire about a very authentic book he wrote on Sri Adi Sankara and his timelines etc and requested him a copy of that book. At that time, he mentioned that… Read More ›
Lalgudi Sankara Mutt – Thayumana Mahan
Lalgudi Sankara mutt is uniquely distinction for the first mutt to be installed by Periyava with Adi Shankara Prathishtai after taking sanyasa. Time flies – this mutt just finished 100 years! Till 1995 HH Pudhu Periyava has been personally… Read More ›