Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!
Sri Maatre Namaha!
We are delighted to share our Ashram's 2020 Programs in UAE, UK and USA/Canada with you.
We are very fortunate to have Sri Gnanananda Tirtha Swamigal and Sri Yegnarathnam Deekshidar grace the occassion and lead the Homams and Pujas in North America this year.
Please register here for all events you would like to attend or participate as a Ritwik.
Shri Gurubhyo Namaha!
Shri Maatre Namaha!!
With the blessings of Shree Maha Shodashi and the Gurumandala of Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram (BPA), we are delighted to announce a Sahasrachandi Maha Yagnam for the first time in the Chicagoland area from Thursday the 25th of June to Sunday the 28th of June, 2020 at Sant Nirankari Bhavan, Warrenville, IL.
The conduct of this Mahayagnam is a huge undertaking that involves utmost and constant dedication to complete 1,000 parayanams of Durga Sapthasathi and 10 Lakh Navakshari japams before the start of the yagnam.
This will be the only Sahasrachandi Maha Yagnam for this year by BPA in North America!! The Acharyas for this will be our revered Gurus, Shri Brahmashri Yegnarathnam Deekshidar and Shri. Raghu Ranganathan, who will be conducting this Maha Yagnam in the strictest Sri Vidya tradition. His Holiness Shri Gnanananda Tirtha Swamigal will grace the occassion and it will be a great blessing for everyone to witness his Puja.
We expect BPA disciples from all over North America and other countries to participate in this.
A brief overview of the program:
On Thursday the program will start with the Sahasra Modaka Ganapathi Homam followed by Navagraha, Sri Rudra, Purusha Sooktha, Shri Sooktha, Rashi, and Nakshatra Homams. These will be followed by the highly auspicious and elaborate Sri Vidya Homam.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday Chandi Homams along with Navakshari Moola Mantra homams will be conducted. Each day the Sri Vidya Nava Avarna pooja, Dampathi, Suvasini, Vatu and Kanya poojas will also be performed.
On Friday the 26th evening, we will be conducting the Sri Lalitha Sahasranama Archana as a concluding finale to the year-long 1 Crore Sahasranamavali Archana sankalpam taken by BPA disciples on Guru Poornima day, July 2019. We are grateful to all the Devi bhaktas from around the world for their support in accomplishing this mammoth sankalpam.
On Saturday, besides the Chandi Homams in the morning, the highlight of the event will be the Trishathi Suvasini Pooja in which 300 suvasinis will be worshipped as Devi swaroopam exactly as it is in the Sri Lalitha Trishathi Namavali.
On Sunday the 28th, the Sahasrachandi Mahayagnam will conclude with the Chandi Homams and the Poornahuti. We pray to Devi and our Gurus to bless us in a smooth conduct of this Mahayagnam for LokaKshema.
Kindly register at the earliest using the link below to help the organizers make suitable arrangements.
Ritwick Registration link :
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegarMGLC92Hg3zwo5hi-OGzinotxk-drwzPfSkBPOXF2FhsA/viewform
Looking forward to seeing you all in Chicago!
Sri Gurubhyo namaha!
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha! Sri Maatre Namaha!
Wishing everyone a very happy, healthy and progressive New Year 2020!
With our Gurunathas blessings and all of your support and best wishes, we had a very active and blessed 2019. The year was lined with a set of Chandi homams, Kumbhabhishekams and Classes throughout the year. We started 2019 with the release of the audio recording of the Devi Mahatmyam Parayanam along with the Durga Saptashati Parayana Krama Ebook in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and English. To enable devotees from across the globe to participate in the chanting for Chandi homams, we used technology effectively be it Google Forms, hangouts, Facebook or youtube live.
Under the spiritual guidance of Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal and Sri K.R. Yegnarathnam Deekshitar and Sri Ramesh Kutticad (Sri Atmanandanatha), we conducted the Kumbhabhishekams in Sri Devipuram in Feb 2019 and Sri Subha Siddhi Vinayaka Mandir in New Delhi in March 2019 and recently Shiva Linga Pratishta for Nandalala Mission, Chennai. We are thankful to Sri K.S. Sriram Deekshidar and the core team of Chennai Ashram for coordinating all these events. Many devotees from across the globe joined us to be part of these blissful events.
Toronto Disciples started the Summer 2019 events with Sri Vidya Navavarana Homam and Shata Chandi Yagnam in June 2019 at Sri Bhuvaneswari Amman Temple in Brampton Ontario. The 100 Parayanams were done invoking the Adhyaya Devata with each of the 700 mantras of Devi Mahatmyam and Ahutis to the Adhyaya Devata were offered with every mantra during the Homam.
Our Guru Sri Vimarshananda Nathendra Swamigal insisted on reciting the Lalitha Sahasranama every day as the most effective form of Devi worship. What better day to do this Maha Sankalpam for the Lalitha Sahasranama Koti Archana than the auspicious day of Guru Poornima! In July 2019, on the Guru Purnima, Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram disciples, with Paradevata’s blessings, took the Sankalpam to complete Koti Archana of Lalitha Sahasranamam in Summer 2020. Sri Yegnarathnam Deekshidar conducted the Maha Sankalpam following which the first session of Lalitha Sahasranama Archana was performed. To facilitate everyone to perform this Archana on a daily basis, we published the Lalitha Sahasranamam Namavali book in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and English. Also, audio resources for performing the Puja is published to enable devotees to chant along with the audio recording. We are very happy to say that we have completed almost 70% of the target of 10,000 archanas, and this could not have been possible without the dedication of devotees across the globe.
In August 2019, With the grace of our Guru and Goddess Chandika Mahalakshmi, we successfully completed the first ever Sahasra Chandi Maha Yagna Mahotsava at the Sanatana Dharma Kendra, San Jose, CA in the Western United States with the active support of Sri Kumaraswamy Joshi. Through a span of 10 days, Chandi Avarana puja, Devi Mahatmyam Parayanam, Lalitha Sahasranama and Trishati parayanam were performed on a daily basis. The event also featured Hindustani and Carnatic musical concerts performed by leading Bay Area artistes. We concluded the summer programs with the Shata Chandi Yagnam in Chicago and New Jersey.
Sri Sarada Navaratri is one of the busiest times for Ashram disciples across the globe. Sri. K.R.Yegnarathnam Deekshidar gave daily talks on Devi Mahatmyam during this time. When the disciples volunteered to translate his speech into English, making the discourse reach more people transcending language, country borders, the spirit of Devi and the grace of Gurus was unmistakable.
Smt. Sivashakthi from the Chennai Ashram started the Devi Mahatmyam class in our chennai Ashram premises which was also published live in our Facebook page. The session concluded on Dec 25th with the Anugraha Bhashanam by Sri Yegnarathnam Deekshidar. The class is being received so well by our disciples and the kind of positive impact being created with children learning the classes is very encouraging. Please stay tuned for details on second session of Devi Mahatmyam classes that are going to start in New Year.
The growing number of disciples pondered us to see ways we can make their learning and their path to Sri Vidya more streamlined. So we introduced Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram (BPA) Curriculum in late Sep 2019, which guides the disciples with a reasonable structured approach to learn and practice the content that we have on the website & You Tube. This is a self paced curriculum, where students are advised to complete the classes and most importantly, incorporate comfortably into their daily routine. We have divided the entire learning into multiple levels starting with 101. We have released successfully Level 101 and Level 201 of the curriculum so far. It means a lot when very, very senior disciples of Swamigal decide to enroll in the curriculum.
To help the students, some of our disciples are stepping up to being Teaching Assistants, conducting online classes as well. Starting January 11, 2020, every weekend they will be conducting live sessions for the curriculum registrants to review and practice the contents of the Sri Vidya texts from our curriculum. Please register at shorturl.at/ezRT3 to be part of our study group.
As we are coming to a close on 2019, a big THANK YOU to all of the disciples who participated in all the events this year very enthusiastically. Our heartfelt gratitude to all the volunteers who worked across the globe with tight deadlines to make the learning materials available for everyone. As we look back, while a lot of things could have gone wrong, the fact none did and every event went well beyond our expectations, points to the grace of our Gurunathas and the Parashakti.
As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions to fulfill your aspirations in this divine activity.
We pray to our Guru and Maha Shodasi to bless all of us with a healthy and prosperous New Year 2020!
For Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram
Raghu Y Ranganathan
Dear Devotees and BPA family members,
With the blessings of our Guru Sri Vimarshananda Nathendra Maha Swamigal and Sri Maha Shodasi, we are continuing to make progress in BPA curriculum which provides a structured approach to learning and practice to all our disciples. Below is the latest update on the curriculum content as well as Lalitha Sahasranama Koti Archana & Sahasra Chandi Maha Yagna.
BPA Curriculum :
We are very happy to announce the availability of the BPA Deeksha Curriculum - Level 201 dedicated to the lotus feet of our Gurus.
We have put in a lot of effort around adding new lessons and making them available in various languages. Specifically with this release, we have released the Ganapathi, Bala, Navakshari & Panchadashi mantra related lessons in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and English. We have also attempted to combine the Nyasa, Japa, and Puja sequence of the material learned related to Sri Lalitha Maha Tripurasundari in Level 101 and 201 to perform a simple pooja.
Please be sure to check out https://bhaskaraprakasha.org/ which will give you quick access to the contents of Level 101 and Level 201 curriculum and the registration form.
This initiative is allowing us to get all the BPA disciples into a common umbrella. This will be the last release for this year. We look forward to seeing you soon with more content next year.
Update on June 2020 in Chicago, IL Sahasrachandi Maha Yagnam & Lalita Sahasranama Koti Archana,
BPA disciples took the sankalpam of doing 1000 Devi Mahatmya Parayanams for performing Sahasrachandi Yagnam and to also perform Lalitha Sahasranama Archana 10,000 times to accomplish the Koti Archana next year. With Guru and Devi’s blessings, we are making good progress on the counts and are confident this will be achieved well ahead of time before the actual event in June.
We would like every disciple to offer atleast ONE Devi Mahatmya parayanam (takes approx 2.5hrs) and ONE Lalitha Sahasranama archana (takes exactly 65 mins) every week to Devi so each one of the Ashrama disciple receives the blessings of Chandika Mahalakshmi and Lalitha Mahatripurasundari. If you are proficient in chanting the above, you could even do more number of counts. To be able to offer our Parayanams to Devi will be the greatest blessing for us.
If you have taken the mantra deeksha, this gives you a great opportunity to improvise your chanting while you immerse yourself in the bliss of the sounds of two great texts on Devi.
Please check our webpage on Lalitha Sahasranama Koti Archana and Devi Mahatmyam if you need help with texts or recordings of these chantings.
Be sure to login your count at:
Sahasra Chandi Parayanam: http://bit.ly/2020SahasraChandiLog
Lalita Sahasranama Koti Archana: https://bit.ly/2LaO2B4
May the Devi inspire and guide each one of us
With the blessings of our Guru Sri Vimarshananda Nathendra Maha Swamigal and Sri Maha Shodasi, we are delighted to announce “BPA curriculum”. As you all know, we have numerous Srividya, Devi Mahatmyam and Veda content available for everyone to download from our website along with many hours of You Tube class videos available to everyone for free. For the benefit of all disciples who are initiated by the Guru Parampara of Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram, we want to provide a curriculum which will guide the disciples in a reasonable structured approach to learn and practice the content that we have on the website & You Tube. This is a self paced curriculum, where students are advised to complete the classes and most importantly, incorporate comfortably into their daily routine. Please be mindful that our Gurus always insist on proper pronunciation of the mantras and this is the hallmark of our Ashram disciples. It is advised to give yourself enough time to learn and practice each lesson without any compromise before taking up new levels.
We have divided the entire learning into multiple levels starting with 101 contents as listed below:
Basic understanding of Guru Parampara
Mantra japam audio class and texts (based on individual mantra deeksha)
Lalitha Sahasranamam, Devi Vaibhava Ascharya Ashtottram, and Lalitha Trishati.
Pradakshina, Namaskara, Prarthana slokams, Aparaadha Kshama Prarthana, Sri Mata Bhajan
We also included some talks by Sri Yegnaratnam Deeskhidar to enlighten you with few topics of Sri Vidya.
As we delve deeper, based on the mantra deeksha received by each student they will be taught different Nyasams for Maha Ganapathi, Chandika Mahalakshmi, and Lalitha Maha Tripura Sundari. These also include the Srividya and Devi Mahatmyam Parayanams. As the students get comfortable practicing these Nyasams, they will be exposed to Puja vidhis for Maha Ganapathi, Bala, Maha Tripurasundari along with Sri Vidya and Chandi Havana Prakaranams.
To get access to this curriculum starting from Level 101, please click here to to submit Google form.
Our sincere pranams to the entire Guru mandala and Maha Shodasi, may They bless us all in abundance as we embark on this learning.
As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions to fulfill your aspirations in this divine activity.
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!
Dear Devotees and BPA family members,
With our Gurunathas blessings and all of your support and best wishes, we had a very active and blessed Summer programs this year with Sahasrachandi Maha Yagna in San Jose, California and Shata Chandi Homam in Toronto, Chicago and New Jersey. It was overwhelming to see all the disciples from different locations come together and involve themselves in these homams with great affection and enthusiasm. We offer our sincere pranams to Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamiji for his blessings and Sri Yegnarathna Deekshidar for being with us and guiding us during these events. We thank all the volunteers and supporters from the bottom of our hearts for their support and active participation, may blessings of our Gurus and Maha Tripura Sundari be always with you.
2020 EVENTS
1) Sahasrachandi Maha Yagnam - June 25 to June 28, 2020 in Chicago, IL
With the blessings of our Gurus and Sri Chandika Mahalakshmi, after the Poornahuti of the Satha Chandi Maha Yegna in Chicago on August 11, 2019, Sri Yegnarathnam Deekshitar, Head of Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram, Chennai announced the Maha Sankalpam to perform Sahasrachandi Maha Yagnam in Chicago in June 2020. BPA families in Chicago have started the planning process and Devi Mahatmyam Parayanam already.
Devotees from all countries are participating in this Sahasrachandi Yagnam by performing the Devi Mahatmyam Parayanam. To facilitate devotees, we have given a complete audio recording of the Parayanam as well as its procedure and text publications in different languages. The Devi Mahatmya Parayana Krama Ebook which will be a companion to the audio publication. is available in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and English on our website.
Those who wish to participate in the Parayanam sessions, either live or through interactive video conferencing may submit their Parayanam counts by clicking the Log form: http://bit.ly/2020SahasraChandiLog
2) Lalita Sahasranama Koti Archana - Texts and Audio with Puja Vidhi and Namavali now available
With the blessings of our Gurus Sri Vimarshananda Nathendra Saraswati Swamiji, Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamiji, Sri Yegnarathnam Deekshitar and Sri Ramakrishna Deekshitar, we have commenced the Lalita Sahasranama Koti Archana to invoke the blessings of the joyful Lalita Maha Tripura Sundari to bestow every enjoyment one can get in this world.
Each Lalitha Sahasranamam Archana consists of 1000 names of Goddess Lalita Maha Tripura Sundari and when this one set of 1000 names is chanted 10,000 times we can complete the Koti Archana.
Our Guru Sri Vimarshananda Swamiji always insisted on performing Lalitha Sahasranama Parayanam on a frequent basis and toured all over India to teach devotees to chant Lalitha Sahasranamam for more than 50 years. As our humble offering to our Guru, we wish that devotees from all parts of the world join us by performing the Lalitha Sahasranamam Archana.
To facilitate everyone to perform this Archana on a daily basis, we have published the Lalitha Sahasranamam Namavali book in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and English. Please click on the languages to be directed to respective texts.
This book also contains simple method for performing the Puja before starting the Archana and the concluding steps.
Also, audio resources for performing the Puja is published to enable devotees to chant along with the audio recording. Please click here to find the audio.
We sincerely pray that we can complete this divine endeavour by June 2020 so that we can have the conclusion of this Koti Archana in various cities of USA and Canada during Summer 2020.
To enable us to plan better, we invite devotees across the globe to pledge a number of Archanas they would like to perform towards the Koti Archana. Please click on the link if you would like to pledge: http://bit.ly/KotiArchanaPledge
To facilitate this divine event and to encourage many devotees to participate, group chanting sessions are planned in various places in USA and Canada. Individuals can also perform at their houses and log the Archana counts using this link http://bit.ly/KotiArchana
Our heart felt thanks and gratitude to our Publications team for their hard and commendable work in bringing out the publications of the Namavali.
As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions to fulfill your aspirations in this divine activity.
May you all have a divine, spiritually charged Sharad Navaratri 2019.
Raghu Y Ranganathan
President
Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!
On the auspicious Guru Purnima day this year, Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram disciples took a Maha Sankalpam of performing KOTI (10 Million) times archana to Devi reciting Lalitha Sahasranama. There was an overwhelming response from devotees across the globe as soon as we announced about this sankalpam and we are confident that with everyone’s support and Sri Gurunathar’s blessings we will be able to accomplish this sankalpam.
We are now giving procedure to be followed to perform the Lalitha Sahasranama Archana and the Log form to enter the number of archanas you perform through the year.
Please click the link https://bit.ly/2YWqK6W to get further details on how you can take part in the KOTI archana sankalpam.
Sri gurubhyO namaha
With the grace of our Guru and Goddess Chandika Mahalakshmi, we are poised to successfully complete the first ever sahasrachandi yagna mahOtsava in the western United States.
We are pleased to recognize the efforts of our disciples across North America and Canada who have helped us complete 1000+ parayanams of Devi Mahatmyam, 1,000,000 Navakshari mula mantra japam, and 100 + homams.
The event started off with a full set of Purvanga pujas followed by Ghatasthapanam, Chandi Avarana Puja, Gurupaduka Abhishekam and Chaturavarthi Tarpanam.
This was followed by Ganapathi Homam, Navagraha Homam, Vaastu Homam, Shanti Homam, Nakshatra Homam, Raashi Homam, Sri Rudra Homam and Sundari Garbhita Purusha Suktham and Sri Suktham Homam, and 100,000 Navakshari Mula Mantra homam on first two days of this event.
Through out this span of 9 days, Chandi Avarana puja, Devi Mahatmyam Parayanam, Lalitha Sahasranama and Trishati parayanam were performed on a daily basis. On Tuesday July 30, a special Rajopacharam was performed to Devi with Ashtaavadhana Sevas.
You can get a glimpse of this event below:
https://www.facebook.com/bhaskaraprakasha/videos/2125075137621425/
On Wednesday July 31st, Naama Parayanam followed by Lalitha Sahasranama Parayana and Trishati was offered to the lotus feet of the Devi. In addition, Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram disciples, with Paradevata’s blessings and with support of local devotees, performed a special puja to a specially constructed hand drawn large Sri Yantra with all the Khadgadi Panchadasha mala followed by Laksharchana to Sri Lalitha Mahatripura Sundari on the auspicious day ADi VeLLikkizhamai/AshADha ShukravAram .
https://www.facebook.com/bhaskaraprakasha/videos/333676434182018/
The event also featured a set of Hindustani and Carnatic musical concerts performed by leading Bay Area artistes. These musical events were been specially curated to showcase the storyline and esoteric significance of the Devi Mahatmyam.
Please join us today at 5:30 AM Pacific time for the concluding Homams and Pujas of this Sahasra Chandi Maha Yagna at Sanatana Dharma Kendra in San Jose. Poornahuti will be around 10:30 AM Pacific Time.
We are truly blessed to be able to participate in such a divine event. It is truly a beautiful culmination of the hard work, dedication and devotion of our entire community over the last few month
Sri MAtrE namaha.
“The deity named ChaNDI is the highest Brahman, the queen through whom the crown is inherited.” -- ShrI BhAskararAyA (in the Guptavatī)
The dēvi mahātmyam — also referred to as ChaṇdI or durgā saptasatī is the world’s most widely used hymn to propitiate the Goddess as energy or ShaktI. It comprises 700 verses on the Goddess as Divine Mother. The ChaṇdI is a powerful, boundary-less, living representation of the Goddess as Energy. It combines and bridges vēda, āgama (tantrā) and mantrā in an unparalleled fashion and is the cornerstone of India’s shāktā traditions. It is a fully advaitic (non-dual) scripture: it contains within itself the keys to radically change our perspective and ultimately experience ourselves as “ONE” with the universe around us.
By the grace of our illustrious and unbroken Guru Mandala hailing from Sri Bhāskararāya, we, the disciples of Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram are poised to perform, the first ever Sahasra Chandi Maha Yagna on the West coast of North America. The sankalpā for this Yagna was incepted almost one year ago — immediately following the 2018 Satachandi mahā Yagna. The Yagna is performed for the welfare and prosperity of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area and the West Coast of the United States.
Disciples from our Ashram have already completed 1000 pārayanams along with 1,000,000 navākshari mūla mantra japam.
During the event that spans 9 days from July 26th to August 4th, 2019, we will be completing 100 Chandi Homams and 100,000 navākshari mūla mantra homams.
For further details about timing, please see flyer here.
The event will also feature a set of Hindustani and Carnatic musical concerts performed by leading Bay Area artistes. These musical events have been specially curated to showcase the storyline and esoteric significance of the Devi Māhātmyam.
For further details Sangeeta Seva please see the flyer here.
In addition, Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram disciples, with Paradevata’s blessings, are planning to complete KOTI Archana of Lalitha Sahasranaamam in Summer 2020. As part of this Maha Sankalpam, BPA Bay Area disciples with support of local devotees, are planning for Laksharchana throughout the year. First of this series will be on Friday, August 2nd, 2019 at 5.30PM. All are welcome to join.
Please click here for registering for this event here.
The Maha Poornahuti of Sahasra Chandi Maha Yagnam will be on Sunday August 04, 2019.
Please join us for this once in a lifetime event, as we invoke the mother of the universe to grace our families, communities, and country and bless us with vitality, prosperity and the supreme knowledge that grants ultimate liberation!
श्री विमर्शानन्दनाथम् सत्याम्बा सहितम् गुरुं | हृद् पद्म कर्णिकामध्ये भावयेत् सर्व सिद्धये ||
श्री प्रकाशानन्दनाथं विमर्शाम्बायुतम् गुरुं | हृद् पद्म कर्णिकामध्ये भावयेत् सर्व सिद्धये ||
श्री रामानन्दनाथं रामाम्बासहितम् गुरुं | हृद् पद्म कर्णिकामध्ये भावयेत् सर्व सिद्धये ||
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!
Guru Purnima Greetings!
Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram disciples, with Paradevata’s blessings, are planning to complete KOTI Archana of Lalitha Sahasranamam in Summer 2020.
By doing Archana to Devi reciting the entire 1,000 naamaas in Lalitha Sahasranama Naamavali 10,000 times, we are able to accomplish doing Devi Archana 1 crore (Koti or 10 Million) times. With Devi and Guru’s blessings and with pure devotion and sincere efforts, we are confident we can complete successfully this mammoth task.
Our Guru Sri Vimarshananda Nathendra Swamigal insisted on reciting the Lalitha Sahasranama every day as the most effective form of Devi worship. What better day to do this Maha Sankalpam for the KOTI Archana than the auspicious day of Guru Poornima!
Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram disciples will do the Paada Puja to His Holiness’ Paaduka in Toronto on Guru Poornima seeking His blessings for this endeavour and Sri Yegnarathnam Deekshidar will conduct the Maha Sankalpam for the KOTI Archana following which the first session of Lalitha Sahasranama Archana will be performed.
For the first Archana, we will follow the Namavali recording by Sri Swamigal available at
https://bhaskaraprakasha.org/publications-1/lalitha-sahasranamam-namavali-archana
We will be webcasting the Guru Poornima Puja on You Tube, please click below link if you would like to join in.
https://youtu.be/JiM91y8Azd4
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!
We are very happy to welcome you to the Sri Vidya Navavarana Homam and Shata Chandi Yagnam to be performed this weekend on June 29 & 30 at Sri Bhuvaneswari Amman Temple in Brampton Ontario.
A few months ago, BPA disciples in Toronto took a sankalpam of reciting Devi Mahatmyam 100 times in a unique way. Chandika Mahalakshmi manifests Herself with a Naama (Name) and Roopa (Form) for every Adhyaya (Chapter) of Devi Mahatmyam bringing out the essence of that Adhyaya. This manifestation is known as the Adhyaya Devata or the presiding deity for that chapter.
.The 100 Parayanams were done invoking the Adhyaya Devata with each of the 700 mantras of Devi Mahatmyam so as to perform the SHATA Chandi Homam this year. Ahutis to the Adhyaya Devata will be offered with every mantra during the Homam.
The Maha Sankalpam with the first Devi Mahatmyam Parayanam was performed on the auspicious Krishnaashtami day on April 27, 2019. With Guru mandala’s blessings the disciples have now completed the required 100 Devi Mahatmya parayanams along with 100,000 Navakshari Japams.
The remaining 10,000 Navakshari Moola mantra Homam along with 10 Chandi Homams will be performed this Sunday, June 30 with Gurunatha’s blessings.
We invite you all to come and be part of this auspicious Shata Chandi Homam to receive Chandika Mahalakshmi’s blessings. We will also be performing Sri Vidya Navavarana Homam and other important and auspicious homams on Saturday, June 29. Please see the flyer below for further details.
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!
With the blessings of Goddess Chandika Mahalakshmi and our Guru Sri Vimarshananda Nathendra Saraswathi Swamigal, Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram will be conducting Shata Chandi and Sahasra Chandi Maha Yagnams in USA and Canada. Our sincere pranams to Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal as we move forward with these events. We are blessed to have Sri K.R. Yegnarathnam Dikshithar from India to lead these Yagnams as the Chandi Homam Acharya.
Devi Mahatmyam from the Markandeya Purana consists of thirteen chapters or Adhyayas and has in total 700 mantras. Each Adhyaya or chapter of Devi Mahatmyam has a presiding deity or Devata. Normally, in a Devi Mahatmyam Parayanam or Chandi Homam, this presiding deity called Adhyaya Devata is invoked and hailed once at the end of a chapter.
This year, BPA disciples in Toronto took a sankalpam of reciting Devi Mahatmyam 100 times invoking the Adhyaya Devata with every mantra of Devi Mahatmyam so as to perform the SHATA Chandi Homam also by offering Ahutis to the Adhyaya Devata with each of the 700 mantras.
We invite you all to come and be part of this special and exclusive Chandi Homam to receive Chandika Mahalakshmi’s blessings. We will also be performing Sri Vidya Navavarana Homam and other important and auspicious homams during the event.
Program details: https://bhaskaraprakasha.org/2019-programs
Registration: Please join the Toronto events WhatsApp group using this link.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/LVdHr2Je58l10biV1MdTlN
Please contact Anant Ven (anantven@yahoo.com) for further details about this event.
We are happy to invite you for the first Sahasra Chandi Maha Yagnam being performed in the West coast of the United States of America. This landmark event is planned to be performed at Sanatana Dharma Kendra, San Jose, California from July 26 to August 04, 2019.
Sahasrachandi Maha Yagnam requires performance of minimum of 1000 Durga Saptasathi (Devi Mahatmyam) Paarayanams, 100 Durga Saptasathi Homam, 1,000,000 Navakshari Japam, 100,000 Ahutis of Navakshari Mula Mantra, and detailed performance of many rituals. Let us join together to invoke Goddess Chandika Mahalakshmi and seek Her blessings for the well being of entire community.
Registration: https://bhaskaraprakasha.org/sahasrachandi-2019-registration
Program Details: https://bhaskaraprakasha.org/san-jose-california
Saturday, the 10th of August (3PM-8:30 PM) The program begins with the Poorvanga poojas and a recitation of Devi Mahatmyam followed by Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam and Sri Lalitha Trishati Stotra parayanam.
On Sunday the 11th of August, (6:30 AM-1:00PM) our Acharyas will perform the Ganapathy Homam, Navagraha Homam, Rashi, Nakshatra, Purusha Sookta, Sri Sooktha, and Chandi Homams (Chandi Homam starts around 8:30 AM).
Program details: https://bhaskaraprakasha.org/chicago
To facilitate devotees, we have given a complete audio recording of the Parayanam as well as its procedure and text publications in different languages. The Devi Mahatmya Parayana Krama Ebook which will be a companion to the audio publication. is now available in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and English on our website. Please check our Publications page for new text publications as we update it periodically. Our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to our Publications team for their hard and commendable work. As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions to fulfill your aspirations in this divine activity.
या श्री: स्वयं सुकृतिनां भवनेष्व लक्ष्मी: पापात्मना कृतधियाँ हृदयेषु बुद्धि:।
श्रद्धा सतां कुलजन प्रभवस्य लज्जा तां त्वां नता: स्म परिपालय देविविश्वम॥
“Ya shri swayam sukritinam Bhavaneshu lakshmi
Papatmanam Kritidhiyam Hridayeshu Buddhi
Shraddha satam kulajan prabhvasya lajja.
Tam twam natasmah paripalaya devi vishwam”
She is the Goddess of true wealth in the homes of virtuous souls and is the misery of those who perform evil. She is Intelligence in the hearts of pure minded, Faith to the Truthful and Humility to the truly noble. To that Divine Goddess we bow in reverence. Devi, please protect the entire Universe (Durga Saptashati - 4.5)
We welcome all devotees to participate in all of the events above and seek blessings of Chandika Mahalakshmi.
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!
Dear Devotees and BPA family members,
Wishing everyone a very happy, bright and prosperous New Year 2019!
With our Gurunathas blessings and all of your support and best wishes, we had a very active and blessed 2018, with Shata Chandi Homam, Sri Chakra Navavarana Pujas and Homams and Nava Chandi Homams in Toronto, Chicago, New Jersey, Jacksonville, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, Denver, Atlanta and San Jose and many other places in North America. We offer our sincere pranams to Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamiji and Sri Yegnarathna Deekshidar for being with us and guiding us during these events. We thank all the volunteers and supporters from the bottom of our hearts for their support and active participation, may blessings of our Gurus and Maha Tripura Sundari be always with you.
We are in the process of finalizing the 2019 programs. BPA families in Bay Area California, New Jersey and Chicago have started the planning process already.
We are happy to announce that Sahasrachandi Maha Yagnam is planned to be performed in Sanatana Dharma Kendra, San Jose, California from 1st August 2019 to 4th August 2019, with the divine blessings of our Gurumandala. We started the Devi Mahatmya Parayanam and Navakshari Japam for the Sahasrachandi Homam on 9th December 2018 at the Sanatana Dharma Kendra. For an auspicious start, to invoke the blessings of Maha Ganapathi and Chandika Mahalakshmi, we performed Maha Ganapathy Abhishekam and Homam, Maha Sankalpam, Navavarana Puja, followed by Devi Mahatmyam Parayanam by close to 100 devotees.
This Sahasrachandi Homam is unique as devotees from all countries are participating and we are having many devotees performing the Devi Mahatmyam Parayanam via interactive video conferencing.
Those who wish to participate in the Parayanam sessions, either live or through interactive video conferencing may submit their requests through below Google forms:
Individual Parayanam or Japam completion Form: http://bit.ly/IChantedToday
Pledge Number of Parayanams and Navakshari Japams at: http://bit.ly/HereisMyPledge
Once you submit your requests to join the Parayanam session, you will be added to the Sahasrachandi 2019 Google Group and you will be given further information about participating through video conferencing.
To facilitate devotees, we have given a complete audio recording of the Parayanam as well as its procedure and text publications in different languages. The Devi Mahatmya Parayana Krama Ebook which will be a companion to the audio publication. is now available in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and English on our website. Please check our Publications page for new text publications as we update it periodically. Our heart felt thanks and gratitude to our Publications team for their hard and commendable work.
As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions to fulfill your aspirations in this divine activity.
May you all have a divine, spiritually charged, healthy and prosperous New Year 2019!
Dear devotees,
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!
We are very happy to welcome you to SriVidya Guru Sri Vimarshanandanathendra Sarawathi Swamigal Aradhana at His Holy Adhishtanam in Chennai and Navaratri Mahotsavam at different locations. Disciples of the Ashram across the globe are getting together to celebrate the auspicious Navaratri.
Read MoreWe welcome you all to join us for the Shata Chandi Maha Yagnam at San Jose this weekend. The highlights of this year's Shata Chandi Homam includes the Lalitha Sahasranama & Mahayaga Krama Puja on a specially hand drawn Sri Chakram. A musical Naradeeya Keertan in the tradition of Sant Gnanadeva along with Purusha Suktam and Sri Suktam combined with Panchadashi Mantra will be offered to Lord Vittala and Goddess Rukmaayi.
Sri Matre Namaha!! Sri Gurubhyo Namaha!!
The much anticipated Chicagoland Shatha Chandi Mahayagnam that was conducted over a three day period by disciples of Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram from Friday, June 29th to Sunday, July 1st was a bliss-filled experience for all of us. The rare presence of Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal and Sri Yegnarathnam mama was a delight for all devotees, and so were the loving presence of our gurus Smt. Akhila manni and Sri Raghu anna.
On Friday, the evening’s program started off with a soulful performance of Sri. Muthuswami Dikshitar’s navavarna krithis by the local artists. Their beautiful renditions created the perfect ambiance for the Sri Lalitha Sahasranama Kumkuma Laksharchana by 108 Suvasinis. The highly sacred Navavarna poojai by Sri Swamigal on all the days was an added treat to all who thronged the place.
On Saturday morning, the day’s program started off with the recitation of the Vedas, Upanishads and Rudrabishekam , and these were followed by one round of the Devi Mahatmiyam parayanam. While this was going on, the Navavarna poojai was conducted by Sri Swamigal . The highlight of the event- the 108 Suvasini Poojai - was a rare sight to behold. Each Suvasini was ascribed a naamaah from the Devi Vaibhava Ascharya Ashtothra Shatha Namavali and, she was treated as a Goddess Herself with the upachara poojas being offered after Avaahanam. Everyone who attended this poojai was moved and felt the palpable presence of the Goddess Herself. This was followed by the highly auspicious and rare Thithi Nithya poojai celebrating the Goddess within each Suvasini. The concluding prayers for that session were Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam, Sri Vaibhava Ashcharya Ashtottha Stotram and The Sri Lalitha Trishathi Stotra parayanam.
The evening program began with the well-known Abhirami Andadi and Abhirami Pathigams in praise of Ambal by Abhirami Bhattar, a true devotee of Ambal. Yegnarathnam mama gave us a bhakthi filled and highly moving speech on the karuna aspect of the Devi and the proper method of worshipping Her as it is laid down in Sri Tripura Sthavaraja.
Sunday morning was replete with all the special homams that one could imagine. Since it was Sankatahara Chaturthi, special prayers were offered to Lord Ganapathy with the Chathuravartti Tarpanam by Sri. Sridhar Sivaraman mama. After a recitation of the Upanishads, Ganapathy Homam, Rasi Graha Nakshatara Yogini Homam, Rudra homam , Sundari Garbhita Purusha and Sri Suktha homam, , Navakshari Moola Mantra homam, Chandi homam, and the Sri Vidya Navavarana homam were conducted by our gurus in strict accordance with the procedures and rules laid down in the shastras.
While these homams were taking place, the Navavarna poojai was being performed by Sri Swamigal to the Kalashas and the Sri Chakram. Simultaneously, the Kanya poojai(11 of them) and Vatuka Poojai (10 of them) and Sumangali Poojai were offered. The Dampathi poojais were offered to our Gurus as we sought their blessings. The concluding prayers and mantras of the Chandi Homam were a sight to behold.
At the volunteer appreciation meet, Sri Yegnarathnam mama’s parting words of advice inspired us all, and the most stunning aspect was that his speech was followed immediately by a rejuvenating shower of rain. Mama later told us that The Devi was extremely happy with the effort of Her children and this was Her way of manifesting it. We were thrilled and humbled.
On the concluding day, all of us, devotee-volunteers felt that we were a part of a huge family all with the focused purpose of Loka kalyanam. What better way of spending a weekend than celebrating the glory of Shri Mahashodashi!!
We thank Sri VijayaGanesh for these amazing photos from the Shata Chandi Maha Yagnam
May we all come together again very soon for lokakshema !! Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu!
The Chicago ShathaChandi Yagnam starting this weekend with Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam Laksharchanai on Friday the 29th of June 2018 (tomorrow) and ending with Sri Chandi Yagnam on Sunday the 1st of July has been off to an incredibly auspicious start with the beautiful Pournami poojai and Navavarna poojai yesterday by Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal and Sri Yegnarathnam mama. A highlight within the highlight was Sri Yagnarathnam mama’s explanation on the importance of chanting Sri Lalitha Sahasranama.
Here is the link to the video.
The past few months of getting ready for a yagna of this magnitude- the first of its kind in the Chicagoland area- has brought together scores of devotees many of who are volunteers in a united and common purpose of serving the conduct of this yagna. We had weekly Devi Mahathmyam Paarayanams and one special Navavarana puja and Devi Mahatmyam Paarayanam on the Mother's Day on May 13, 2018 performed by our Gurus Sri & Smt Raghu Ranganathan with a Maha Sankalpam for the Shata Chandi Homam.
With the blessings of our Guru Parampara and Sri Mahashodashi, we have come to realize that our miniscule role in this cause is probably the result of the yearnings of several janmas. The presence of our gurus and their loving support and guidance have filled us with endless faith, joy, and enthusiasm that the LokaKshema for which this Yagna is intended will be blessed by Ambal.
Please see the details of program here. Individual Sankalpams for the Shata Chandi Yagnam will be done during the event.
- Meera Kannan, Volunteer, BPA Chicago
||SRI GURUBHYO NAMAHA||SRI MAATRE NAMAHA||
Simultaneously Upanishads Parayanam, Rudrabhishekam, Guru Paada Puja, Devi Khadgamala & Lalitha Trisathi Archana, Tripura Stavarajam, Ascharya Ashtottaram and Lalitha Sahasranamam will be recited.
We invite ALL devotees to participate in the Devi Khadgamala and Trisathi Archana.
A Sri Chakra blessed by Sri Swamigal will be given to every participant (one per family) to perform the Archana.
Other Pooja Items will be provided at the venue. At the end of the Pooja, devotees can take the Sri Chakra as Prasadam.
Khadgamala Text in Sanskrit and Tamil are available in the Publications Tab of our website. Following pages from the texts will be used for Archana:
Sanskrit - Pages 12-15, 32-35 and 54-59
Tamil - Pages 14-19, 43-48 and 75-83
With the blessings of Guru and Chandika Mahalakshmi, disciples of Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram, Toronto will get together to perform Shata Chandi Maha Yagnam in the presence of Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal. Sri Swamigal will perform Sri Chakra Navavarana Puja and Chandi Aavarana Puja during the Homam.
Devi Mahatmyam Texts are available in Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu
Please see flyer for detailed program schedule and register here as early as early as possible to book your spot for performing the Archana to Sri Chakra on June 09.
We invite all devotees to participate in the divine events to seek Sri Swamigal's blessings and Devi's Anugraha.
Dear devotees,
We are pleased to announce that Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal of Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram will be with us to bless us during the two day Pujas and Homams in Mississauga and Brampton on June 9 & 10. Please see details below.
June 9 - Sri Chakra Navavarana Puja performed by Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal at Hindu Heritage Centre, Mississauga, Canada
Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal was born as the illustrious second son and also a very competent disciple of rare talent of our Guru Sri Vimarshananda Nathendra Saraswati Maha Swamigal.
Having born in the family with rich heritage of Vedic scholarship & Sri Vidya Upasana, Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal (in his Poorvashrama called fondly as Sundara Chittappa) followed the prescribed ordainments and was initiated into the Srividya upasana by his Poorvashrama grand father and Guru Sri Prakashananda Natha.
Later, under the tutelage of his Poorvashrama father he learnt the nuances of Sri Devi Puja. To put it in a nutshell, he is a practicing Sri Vidyopasaka par excellence and no field or practices in the Great Ocean of Sri Vidya worship is untouched or unvisited by him.
As a Sri Vidya Upasaka he attained the consummate status and got devout disciples. By the will of Sri Parameshwara and by steadfastly following the path laid by the forefathers, he vowed to transcend into the Fourth Phase of Sanyasam on January 1st, 2017.
It is indeed a great blessing for all of us that he consented to travel to North America to perform Sri Vidya Navavarana pujas this year. Devotees will be performing the archana to Sri Yantras with Sri Devi Khadgamala and Lalita Trisati in his presence and we encourage every devotee to register here as early as possible to reserve your seats.
The Devi Khadgamala is a very important Mantra for a Srividya Upasaka. The origins of this Vidya may be traced to Puranas and Tantras. The Khadgamala mantras are regularly chanted by those who are duly initiated into Srividya and those who perform Nitya Japa of Devi. It is said that mere recitation of Khadgamala confers not only the Pooja Phala of complete Navavarana worship, but also of every other form of worship.
June 10 - Sri Shata Chandi Maha Yagnam at Sri Bhuvaneswari Temple, Brampton, Canada
With the blessings of Goddess Chandika Mahalakshmi and our Guru Parampara, disciples of Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram will be conducting a Shata Chandi Maha Yagnam in the divine presence of Sri Gnanananda Teertha Swamigal.
Program details are below.
Sanatana Dharma Kendra and Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram invite you to participate and receive Devi’s blessings for the Maha Yaga Krama and Nava Chandi Homam on the auspicious occasion of Vasantha Navaratri this Friday, Mar 23rd and Saturday, Mar 24th at Sanatana Dharma Kendra, 3102 Landess Ave, San Jose, CA - 95132.
Friday 23 March 2018 - SANGITA SAHASRANAAMA
5 PM: Srichakra Puja performed in 64 Square feet Srichakram
6.30 PM: Lalitha Sahasranamam Archana composed in 10 Ragas by Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram
9 PM. Mangala Harathi and Maha Prasadam.
All devotees can perform archana to the large Srichakra mandala specially drawn for this puja.
Saturday 24 March 2018
9:00 AM - NAVA CHANDI HOMAM
12.30 Maha Poornahuti and Vasordhara
1 PM. Mangala Harathi and Maha Prasadam
DETAILS ARE IN THE FLYERS BELOW
