Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



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Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Entry to Kerala State

 

February 21, 2014


The traditional Venkotta Kuda or Shweta Chatra, an official honour from the Kerala state Government being offered to the Jagadguru by the District Panchayat president in Mulleria, Kasaragod district’

The Kerala government shows their respect to the Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri by providing state guest honours. Once the Jagadguru entered Mulleria in Kasaragod district in the evening of 21st February 2014, the Jagadguru was given a Guard of honour and the police band played out a welcome tune befitting the State Welcome. Then the Jagadguru adorned the decorated stage at Ganesha Kalamandira, Srividya Shikshana Kendra at Mulleria. The district officers Dr. B Ashok IAS, Vice Chancellor, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, and the District Panchayat President were present to receive the Jagadguru. Welcoming the Jagadguru as State Guest, the District Panchayat President offered the traditional Venkotta Kuda / Shweta Chatra (an official honour from the State Government). The children studying in the school sang Prarthana Shlokas devotedly.


Srividya Shikshana Kendra students chanting shlokas filled with devotion in Mulleria

The Jagadguru Mahaswamiji in His Ashirvachanam expressed joy in entering the state of Kerala, wherein at Kalady, Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankarabhagavatpada incarnated twelve centuries back. The Jagadguru also commended the Srividya Shikshana Kendra for teaching our Samskriti to children. The Jagadguru blessed all the children and the devotees assembled to follow the Bharateeya Samskriti and and attain Shreyas.

 
  • The Self (Atma) is never born nor does It ever die; neither does It cease to exist after having once existed nor does the Self come into existence, like the body, having not existed before. Unborn, eternal, It undergoes no change whatsoever and is primeval; It is not destroyed when the body is destroyed. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • A person who hears about the condemnation of another incurs sin. What need be said about the sin incurred by a man who actually engages in nit picking? Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Prabodha Sudhakara
  • If you pray with faith and devotion, the Lord will certainly listen to your earnest prayers. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • Our nation and its culture have a hoary past and we should all be proud of it. Mere aping of the West is not beneficial for us. For example, care of aged parents is something that has come down to us traditionally and we must never neglect this duty by imbibing concepts of some free societies, wherein concern for one’s own parents is at low ebb. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • It is a great blunder not to make proper use of the body and mind that has been given to us by God. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names