Anusham and Tamil New Year pictures --- April 14 2017!

Colorful and beautiful alankarams made by the kids of Portland in Oregon, US!

Portland children doing Anusham Pooja!

Here is an exquisite treat of Kanchi Mahaperiyava's Anusham star and Tamil New year Pooja, both of which fell on April 14th, 2017. These alankarams have been done by Mahaswamigal devotees in Sage of Kanchi Sok group in Facebook, all over the world.

From Dubai to Canada to Delhi!

Very sorry if I missed out anybody's pictures by mistake. And sorry again for not mentioning the devotee's names here as there are too many photos. But Portland children's poojas have been mentioned in the caption of the two pictures.

Hope you all like this Treat like I did!

New painting and poem from Shri Narayanan Bala!

பெரியவா  பாடல்   

(14—04—2017)

கண்கண்ட  தெய்வம்  நீயே !

கலியுக  வரதனும்  நீயே !

பொன்மலர்ப்  பாதம்  காணவே

என் மனம் துடிக்கு  தையே!

வேண்டுவது  ஒன்ற்மில்லை---ஜன்மமிதைத்

தாண்டுவது  ஒன்றொழிய !

மீண்டுமோர்  ஜன்மம் வேண்டிலேன் ஐயனே

கண்கண்ட  தெய்வமே !  தந்தருள்வாய்  வரமிதனை !

காஞ்சிவாழ்  ஆதிசங்கரன்  நீயே !

கயிலைவாழ்  ஆதிகுருவும்  நீயே !

நெஞ்சிலுறைத்  தெய்வமும்  நீயே !

அஞ்சே லென்றருள்  புரிவாயே !

Non Tamil readers, please excuse me that his poem is in Tamil. Shri Bala's painting and poem are on the occasion of Hevilambi Tamil New Year day April 14th, 2017! How beautiful the painting is. And the poem from his heart. Shankara.

Maithreem Bhajata by Roopa Shastry in Hong Kong!

Smt Roopa M Shastry is a Carnatic Classical Vocalist, B high grade AIR Madras , disciple of Smt. Suguna Varadachari and a devotee of Kanchi Mahaperiyava. This is her rendition of Mahaperiyava's composition, Maithreem Bhajatha on March 26th, 2017 in her concert in Hong Kong.


How beautiful it is.

Your singing made Me break My Vow of Silence!

My Guru Maharajapuram Santhanam was a great devotee of Kanchi Mahaperiyava. He has composed a thillana and three other songs on His Holiness which he rendered in almost all concerts as also in cassette recordings.

I had the opportunity of singing with my Guru as vocal support since Aug 87 till 23rd June 92 (his last concert in manjakkudi village). I had the wonderful chance of accompanying my Guru to have darshan of Mahaswamigal and also sing along with my Guru and get the prasadam from His Holiness. many times. My Guru had lot of cherishable experiences with the Saint - out of the many one experience my Guru narrated very often is given below:

When Shri Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer was residing at Nungambakkam and Mahaperiyaval was camping at a place adjacent to his house and was in mounavratha. One evening when Shri MV Iyer was singing at his house "Vinayakuni" and singing neraval at "anadharakshaki Sri Kamakshi".

Suddenly Mahaperiyava got up from His seat walked and reached Shri MV Iyer's house and entered. An agitated Sri MV Iyer then performed namaskaram and Periyaval said:

"Your singing made me come into your house! and of course out of the mouna vratham also!"

That time Sri MV Iyer had a desire in his mind. He wanted Mahaperiyava to gift the rudraksha combined spatika mala that Periyava used to wear. But he did not get this in his life time.

Later when my Guru visited Sri Periyava at Satara one evening, Periyava asked him to sing Mohanam in detail. Then when my guru asked if he could leave, but the Saint asked him to stay that night. Early in the morning when my guru heard some sound in the adjacent room, and when he opened the window, he was surprised to see Periyava cleaning His staying place on His own!

Periyava on seeing my guru through the window asked him to come and sing mohanam ragam "evaruru ninuvina" again. My guru sang and Periyava gave prasadam and permitted him to leave.

My guru left with heavy heart as he was expecting that gift that his father wanted to receive. My guru would have waked some 100 feet. Suddenly the mutt staff asked him to come back to Periyava as instructed by HIS HOLINESS. My guru rushed back to the Saint.

The smiling Saint removed the rudraksha cum spatika mala and presented it to my Guru. My Guru was in tears. May be this was the beginning of the honours that my Guru received which even his father did not!

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Narrated by Dr Radhakrishnan Ganesh about his esteemed Guru Shri Maharajapuram Santhanam. In the first picture is Carnatic Vocal Maestro Shri Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer and in the second are a young Dr Ganesh and his Guru Maharajapuram Santhanam

She felt a 'Fernweh' to visit Thenambakkam!

I have never had Darshan of Kanchi Mahaperiyava's padhukas and we were wondering how to get to know Pradosham Mama's residence address in Kanchipuram where they said a Padhuka is kept. I believe Paramacharya heard my request I guess and made that darshan available to us at Thenambakkam. 

Here are Swamigal's Padhukas in a beautiful Golden case. He had used these padhukas when He used to stay at Thenambakkam and left them there. We have never seen it on our earlier visits here. It must have been under lock and key. Even a subtle thought, wish is answered by Paramacharya. Reason enough for all our thoughts and prayers to be Noble. Is it not?

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How beautiful.

Narrated by a good friend who dashes to Thenambakkam (it is about 10 kms from Kanchi) at the drop of her hat! She always likes to be Anonymous. She says, "Even before I went there for the first time, I felt a 'Fernweh'. It is a German word and it means a longing to go to a place where we have never been. A magnetic force attracting us. So true of Thenambakkam for me personally. Very apt for anything to do with Paramacharya."

Here are some beautiful pictures she had clicked there.