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Shankara Jayanthi – Special Lord Shiva Abhishekam at 6.30 p.m., Mon, April 24

Sri Shankara Jayanthi    

  • Abishekam to Sri Sahasralingeswara Swamy at 6:30 pm
  • Stotra parayanam, archana & teertha prasadam at 7:00 pm

Adi Sankara Bagavathpada’s Jayanthi is observed every year on Vaisakha Sukla Panchami. We will celebrate this with Abishekam to Sahasralinga Swamy, recite hymns, stotras authored by Acharya.

There are three accepted branches of Indian philosophy preached over the years — Advaitha, Vishishta-Advaitha and Dvaitha. Acharya Sankara Bagawathpada re-energised the Advaitha philosophy, propagated and converted many during His travels all-over present-day India. He established the philosophy through the Prastana Trayam – His Bashyam (commentaries) on The Bagavath Gita, Upanishads and Brahma Sutras.

Sankara had attained Self Realisation at a very early age through His Guru, Govinda Bagawatpada.

Shodashe Kruthavan Bhashyam Dwatrishe Guru Rashakath

Govinda Deshikam upasya Sthiraya Bhaktya tasmin sthite

Videha Muktya advaita Shastram upakalpya Dhisho Vigityai

Kanchipure stitiuvapa sri Shankaracharyaha

He has authored numerous stotras on various deities, Shiva, Ambal, Narayana, Lakshmi, Rama, Karthikeya and many more, bearing the advaitha philosophy in all. Through this he sought to show that bhakti (devotion) would lead to Gnana and eventually Self Realisation, the ability to see One Existence in all.

His has authored many literary works, stotras, hymns, works on Vedanta, commentaries and two philosophical works – the Viveka Chudamani and Upadesa Sahasri, ingraining the advaitha philosophy. He established Mutts on the four corners of present day India.

His acheivements in the short span of 32 years are many and cannot be extolled in completeness. Scholars who have studied and traced the growth of the religion, agree that Adi Sankaracharya was instrumental in the revival of the Hindu philosophy.

Lord Dakshinamurthy, in Hindu tradition is worshipped as the embodiment of knowledge and destroyer of ignorance; as the God of wisdom, rewarding meditation. Sankaracharya is considered to be His form and is referred to as ‘mounam vittu vandu marai oodiya mamuni’, meaning, ‘A great saint, who came out of the His Silence and sang hymns (exposition on shastras)’.

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