Sri Gurubhyo Namaha! Sri Maatre Namaha!
Namaskarams.
We wish each of you a wonderful new year 2024 filled with blessings of every kind.
Exactly one year ago we were all immersed in the divine energy radiated by Devi in the form of more than 1400 suvasinis. As we look back, our hearts overflow with gratitude. Sometimes words are not adequate to fully convey our emotions! The collective effort, dedication and the shraddha of our disciples and other Mandalis, helped us reach the 100,000 Devi Mahatmyam parayanams needed for the Laksha Chandi.
From logistics to registration, food to live coverage to daily events to taking care of our guests, we feel it is the years of Tapas by our Gurus in our Guru Parampara that made this event even possible. We are very fortunate to be reaping the fruits of their labour. Our immense gratitude and blessings to the disciples and their families of BPA who have been with us at every single step. Each of you took this event as your daughter or son’s wedding event - putting all your efforts with full heart and soul in, which made Laksha Chandi and this Samarpanam possible
Our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all the disciples from other Srividya Mandalis and to all the sponsors who have been the backbone of this Lakshachandi Samarpanam. May Devi and the entire Guru Parampara’s benign grace be upon you.
The five day Laksha Chandi Samarpanam event was streamed live and about 46 hours of recording is available to watch in our You Tube channel.
We present below the key moments of the event to relive our memories in a new one-hour highlights video.
The English translation of the talk by Dr. Sudha Seshayyan, Retd. Vice Chancellor, Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University during the event has been added to our Discourses page in our website now. You can find it here.
Through out the year 2023, we have been traveling to cities based on our disciples request to conduct homams and Pujas in their communities. This took us far and wide within the US and to UK. Our heart felt gratitude and blessings to all these disciples who arranged these events with so much Bhakthi and Sincerity.
With the blessings of Guru Mandala and Sāmba Parameshwara, as many of you know, we have taken the Sankalpam to perform Ati Rudra Maha Yagnam and Shata Chandi Homam from March 27 to April 03, 2024 at Kovilur Math, Assi Ghat in Varanasi on the banks of the Holy river, Ganga. Kāshi Punya Kshetram is an important place for our Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram as many Gurus in our parampara lived and attained Siddhi in the river Ganga in Kāshi.
We have received overwhelming response from devotees world wide and we are thankful to all those who have registered. We welcome you whole heartedly and looking forward to experience divine energy of Ati Rudram Maha Yagnam with each one of you. Preparations are going on in full swing. Total 170 priests have been invited and have graciously agreed to participate as Riwiks. A couple of our BPA disciples visited Kashi to kick start the event planning.
Kindly book your accommodation close to the venue as early as possible as they get filled up fast. Please note it is the responsiblity of all guests to book their own travel and hotel accommodation.
The Poorvanga puja will be on Wednesday, March 27th morning and Rudra japam will start on March 28th. Rudra japam will be chanted 22 times every day in the morning for a minimum of 14,641 times and will be completed on Monday, April 1st. Minimum of 1331 Rudra Yagnya will be performed by 121 Ritwiks in 11 Homa Kundas on Tuesday, April 2nd to conclude Ati Rudram. Every evening we will have Devi Mahatmyam and Veda Ghana Parayanam.
On Wednesday, April 3rd we will be completing the event with Shata Chandi Homa. We will be sending out details of Ati Rudram shortly. Please write to us if you have any questions.
We invite you all to attend to receive the blessings of Sāmba Parameswara at the Holy Assi Ghat in Varanasi. We request you to plan your travel and book your hotel stay near the venue ahead of time.
Please register using the link below if you are planning to attend in person to help us plan food arrangements: https://bit.ly/atirudram-2024
As we welcome the new year, we pray for the continued mercy and blessings and the well being of the entire world. May the New Year be filled with joy and contentment. May the blessings of Sri Guru and Devi be with us every moment. May the vibrant power of mantras protect and inspire us. May our minds keep us on the Dharmic path!
सर्वे जना: सुखिनो भवन्तु।
Akhila and Raghu Ranganathan (Kāmeswaryambā sahita Swabhāvānanda Natha)