Ilayathangudi Periyava Aradhana pooja!

Lord Nandikeshwara watching the Vibhuti Holy Ash Abhishekam for Ilayathangudi Periyava during His Aradhana function yesterday March 27th, 2017, to sounds of Holy Rudram in the background!

Ilayathangudi Periyava is the 65th Shankaracharya of Kanchi HH Mahadevendra Saraswati Swamigal.

Thanks to Kicha Kasi for this lovely video.

Anusham and Aradhana on the Same Day!

Meicheri Pattu Sastrigal once went to Kanchi for Swamigal's Darshan. He had performed Anusham pooja at home and carried the Prasdam to offer it to Him. Swamigal partook the Prasadam.

He asked Mama , "Are you doing Well? '

"Periyava, with your Grace, Mercy, Pitchai, I am doing well!"

"May all of you be well. Nanna Kshmema irungo", said He, raising His Both Hands.

"I want Periyava's Pada Darshanam", said Mama.

Vedapuri Mama who was present nearby removed the cloth that was on Swamigal's leg. His Lotus Feet were now visible!

Periyava then lifted His Legs for Mama! Mama patted his cheeks and went out Crying.

And a few hours later that same day Swamigal attained Mukthi.

Yes, that day was January 8th 1994! And it was an Anusham day! Like it was yesterday January 6th, 2016, Swamigal's Anusham and Aradhana! And today January 8th, 2016 is His Mukthi 22 years back per the English Calendar.

Even on the last Day of His illustrious 100 years He lived for us. Until the last Nanosecond.

A flood of Tears is welling up inside me.

Shankara.

Sivan Sir's Aradhana pooja 2014

 Thanks a bunch to Shri Umesh Sadasivam for this lovely painting!

Sivan Sir, poorvashrama brother of Kanchi Swamigal, His Aradhana pooja will be conducted on Tuesday March  18th at T Nagar Madras. Please see details below.

Posting this at the request of Shivaraman Sir. Please try to attend and be blessed.

66th Shankaracharya's Aradhana

HH Pudhu Periyava doing Pooja on Feb 22, 2014 at Kalavai as seen below, thanks a ton to Shri Vanjari Shankar:

The Aradhana of the 66th Acharya of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham His Holiness Pujyasri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati VI Shankaracharya Swamiji is on the Magha Krishna Ashtami day.

The Acharya was born in Udayambakkam Village in Chengelpet District in Tamilnadu. He established the Advaita Sabha for the preservation and encouragement of the studies of Advaita Vedanta Shastra.

He was the son of Shri Sitarama Sastri. This Acharya's poorvasrama name was Swaminatha. He was a native of Udayambakkam. He attained mukti at Kalavai in the year 1907 on Krishna Ashtami in the month of Magha of the cyclic year Parabhava (1907 AD).

Mahaswamigal had darshan of this Acharya in 1906 when the Latter was in His Chaturmasya Vratham. It seems that at that time itself the 66th Acharya did a Sankalpam in His mind that Mahaperiyava would be the future Peetadhipathi of Kanchi Matam!



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Thanks a ton Shri Suri Rajah Iyer for the picture with blue board mentioning His Adhistanam at Kalavai. The other pictures are from the Internet.