With the divine blessings of the Ubhaya Jagadgurus of the Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Veena-Naada-Samarpanam was inaugurated today at the Sri Sharadamba temple in the divine presence of Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Sannidhanam.
Veena-Naada-Samarpanam is a musical Samarpanam to Sri Sharadamba on the auspicious occasion of Sri Sharada Sharan Navaratrotsava. It is a sacred offering of pristine Naada resonating from Sri Sharadamba's own divine Vaadya, the Veena, independent of Saahitya & Artha (lyrics & lyrical meaning) and unaccompanied by percussion, voice or other instruments.
The Samarpanam is inspired by the purport of the Shlokas composed by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati Mahaswamiji, the 33rd Acharya of the Peetham. The Acharya extols Sri Sharadamba in all Her glory, as She adorns varied Alankaras during the sacred Navarati period.
The underlying Rasa and Bhaava of each Alankara have been brought to life through a series of ten musical offerings, gracefully set to melody by Vidwan Sri Ramana Balachandran. The Sringeri Math is thankful to the Vidwan for weaving together these soulful renditions, through thoughtfully chosen Raagas that embody the essence of each Alankara. This Samarpanam is a free-flow of Manodharma (creative expression), based primarily on the framework of Thaanam (rhythmic improvisation) in the Carnatic music system. Thaanam is the very heartbeat of the Veena, where the Veena finds its richest expression, and is therefore the principal component of this musical Samarpanam at the Most Holy Lotus Feet of the Veena-dhaarini Sri Sharadamba.
At the Sri Sharadamba temple today, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam performed Sri Sharada Pratishtha Puja and then worshiped Sri Sharadamba adorned in the Hamsavahana Alankara. Thereafter, Jagadguru Sri Sri Sannidhanam, after His worship to Sri Sharadamba adorned in the Hamsavahana Alankara, blessed the silver Veena made as a symbolic offering of the Samarpanam by Guru-Seva Nirata Sri PA Murali, CEO & Administrator of the Sringeri Math. The Veena rendition corresponding to the Hamsavahana Alankara then started resounding in the Sri Sharadamba temple as the Jagadguru distributed Prasada to the Navaratri Seva-kartas.
Extracts of the audio track are uploaded on the Math’s Youtube channel every evening of Navaratri, accompanied by divine visuals of Jagadguru Sri Sri Mahasannidhanam’s worship of Sri Sharadamba in each of the ten Alankaras.
