{"id":2123,"date":"2012-03-23T17:44:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T12:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arunachala-live.com\/wordpress\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2012-03-23T17:44:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T12:14:50","slug":"sri-vidya-havan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.arunachala-live.com\/wordpress\/?p=2123","title":{"rendered":"Sri Vidya Havan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Every year in the month of March, Sri Vidya Havan is conducted in Ramanashram with great devotion and sacred energy. The Sri Chakra inside the Mathra Bhutheswara temple which was installed and consecrated by Sri Bhagavan himself is thus re-consecrated. During the Havan, Saraswathi the goddess of knowledge is invoked and worshipped with rituals and chanting according to ancient vedic doctrines. Towards the culmination, silk saris, gold ornaments, money, coconuts and lotus flowers are offered into the sacrificial fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The fires of the homam then leap up with greater vigour and one can almost see the \"\"<\/a>divine mother dancing out of the flames and blessing all the devotees with her power. There is a tremendous wave of energy which arises around and one is well rewarded for having braved the summer heat and partaken in this hot and firy event. The many kalasams of holy water which are consecrated during the homam are then taken into the shrine through an elaborate procession and later abhishekam is performed on the Sri Chakra and the deities inside the sanctum sanctorum with these waters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This afternoon, during a conversation regarding old Sankara \"\"<\/a>Vijayam, Bhagavan asked one devotee whether it was not a fact amongst all books on the life of Sankara, Sankara Vijayam of Vidyaranya was the best. Bhagavan said with a smile, \u201cYes, his mental powers were very great. He was a great votary of Sri Vidya, you see. He therefore wanted to create a city in the \"\"<\/a>shape of Sri Chakra and started doing it in Hampi but could not complete it. So he said that an emperor in future would rule the country and would be able to build a city in the shape of a Sri Chakra. When I told Nayana about this while i was on the hill, he made a peculiar comment, namely: \u201d <\/em>Sri Chakrariti sona saila vapurusham, sri shodasarnatmakam occurs in Arunachala Ashtaka Stotram written by Sri Sankara. Besides this in Arunachala Purana, it is stated that this hill is reputed to be in the shape of Sri Chakra. Hence without searching for it, we have been lucky in getting this place which is in the shape of Sri Chakra. Bhagavan is the Chakravarthi (Emperor) ! If about ten houses are built around the hill, this itself is a great empire. Sankara must have intended this only \u2026<\/em> – Letters from Ramanasramam<\/em>
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