SHRINGERI SHARADAMBA TEMPLE:
Shringeri Sharadamba Temple is located in Shringeri town,in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka.
The temple was established by Sri Shankaracharya when he established the Sharada Peetham Matha here.It is a beautiful temple,set in the Malnad region.Shringeri is located on the banks of the river Tunga.It is a famous pilgrimage center,and very important for the followers of Shankaracharya.There is a beautiful traditional account of how he came to choose this spot for a Matha.
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It is believed that Lord Shiva gifted the crystal chandramouleeshwara Linga to Sri Adi Shankaracharya .The Linga can still be visited and the Chandramouleeshwara pooja is performed for the Linga every night at 8.30 PM. It is believed that goddess sharadambika is the incarnation of goddess Saraswati, who came to Earth as Upaya Bharathi.It is a common belief that by worshipping her one can receive blessing of Shiva, vishnu, and Bramah along with Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. The ritual of Aksharabhyasa performed is considered to be sacred and fulfilling .The parents of kids in the age 2-5 are giving slate and chalk or alternatively , a plate of rice on which they pray to goddess Saraswati and Guru to impart good knowledge and education to their children.
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The Shringeri Sharada Suprabhatha was adopted by the Shringeri matha in the late 1970s by his holiness Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha swamiji. The very famous Sree Sharada Suprabhata Stotram was composed by Veda Brahma. Turuvekere Subrahmanya Vishweshwara Dikshith (also known as Sri. T. S. Vishweshwara Dikshith) for the divine Shringeri Sharada maata (God Mother).
ReplyDeleteVeda. Brahma. T. S. Vishweshwara Dikshith was born in Turuvekere, a small town in Tumkur district, and was the Sanskrit professor in Maharaja College in the Royal Kingdom of Mysore and resided at Mysore. He was the Aasthana Vidwan of Alankaara Shasthra of King Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur. Dikshith was a learned Sanskrit scholar in several Vedas (Yajur Veda in particular) and specialised in Ghana Krama — the essence of the Vedas. He composed the Sree Srikanteshwara Suprabhata and Sree Chandramoulishwara Suprabhata of Lord Srikanteshwara of Nanjangud and Sri Chandramoulishwara temple in V. V. Mohalla, Mysore respectively. He was a Ghana Pati and had mastered several shastras such as Alankara Shastra, Jyothishya Shastra (astrology), Tarka, and Vyakarana (grammar) to name a few. He received several awards and accolades from the Maharaja of Mysore and their holiness the pointiffs of Sringeri Sharada Peetham and Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam respectively for his contributions to Sanskrit literature.
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Navaratri festival is celebrated on a grand scale every year for 11 days with Shathachandi Homa Poornahuti performed on the Mahanavami day. On the Chaitra Shukla Poornima day, special Puja is performed in Sri Sharada Shrine. On Vaisaka Krishna Prathipath Mahabhishekam and special pooja is done for Sri Sharadambal. On Karthika Poornima day Deepotsava is conducted in Sri Sharada Shrine. On the Magha Shukla Panchami, Lalitha Panchami is celebrated with special Puja performed to Sri Sharadamba by the Jagadguru. On the Magha Krishna Dwithiya special Puja to Sri Sharadamba is performed by the Jagadguru. On the Magha Trithiya Sri Sharadamba Rathotsava is celebrated.-deepa
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