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



logo www.sringeri.net
Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Varuna Japam and Homam conducted Mumbai Sringeri Shankara Math

 

September 24, 2012

With the Benign Blessings of Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri Varuna Japam and  Homam was performed on Sunday, the 12th August 2012 praying Parjanya and Varuna Devataas for bountiful rain this year also not only in Mumbai but also throughout Bharata desam.

From 8.30 am Japam was commenced by learned pandits of all the Four Vedas, Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharvana after invoking   Prajanya and Varuna devataas  in 8 kalasams.  After the Japam, abhishekam was performed on a Shiva Lingam. Thereafter Homam was performed  by reciting all the four vedas.  Around 12 Noon after Maha Mangala Aaarathi, pooja was performed in a pushkarani (specially built tank in the compound of the temple) and the the holy water from the Kalasams was added to the water in the Pushkarani.  After reciting the specific prayers, all the devotees present were requested to pray simultaneously  Varuna Bhagavan for more rain.

Photos taken during this Varuna Japam and Homam are below.

Gallery

(Click to Enlarge)

 
  • 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