Kanchi Kamakoti Seva Foundation – Midwest Chapter

76th Jayanathi of HH Sri Jayendra Swamigal falls on July 28th – More details to follow…..

Respected devotees,

Right under the supervision of His Holiness Sri Mettur Swamigal’s ever devoted and watchful eyes, the prathishtai of a brand new Temple for Sri Maha Periyava, surrounded by all the sixty six of His Gurus of Sri Kanchi Guru Parampara, is planned for June 24, 2010. This Temple is coming up in Govindapuram, the place which was gifted by Sri Govinda Dheekshitar (Sri Maha Periyava’s mother comes from this great Dheekshitar’s family; the Kumbakonam Raja Patasalai was originally set up by this great Mahaan; Sri Mangalambal sametha Sri Kumbeswar Temple in Kumbakonam has got several inscriptions and details about this great Mahaan) as nandavanam for Sree Mahalingaswamy of Thiruvidaimaruthur and an athishtanam for one of the Gurus also exists in this village.

Please circulate and this message to all your friends and relatives. This Temple is different from the one (the manimandapam) that is coming up on the banks of paalaar near Kanchipuram in a place called Orirukkai.

Thank you all and with best regards,

Jaya Jaya Shankara! Hara Hara Shankara!

Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara !!

On this auspicious Sri MahaSwamigal’s Jayanthi day, KKSF Midwest Chapter is pleased to report successful completion of first-ever Shankara Jayanthi celebrations under its auspices, held last Saturday 5/22 at Chinmaya Mission. The day-long function was very well-attended, with devotees from India, Canada and Chicagoland area.   

 A 3-volume DVD set covering Sri MahaRudram’2009 was released and first copy for Sri Periyavaa and Sri Matam was presented to Prof Sridhar who will be visiting Sri Matam in June. Copies were presented to Sri Chandrasekhara Gurukkul, Sri Yagneswhara Dikshitar and Sri Krishna Sastri, who traveled all the way from Toronto to participate in the function. We are thankful to the team  for their help with video and photo coverage, painful editing, review and publication of content to its present DVD form. Without their commitment and dedication, this project would not have been possible. DVD copies are available for a nominal donation, please contact Sri Cuddalore Kumar or V.Sethuraman. 

Nrithya and Sangeetham offerings by Shobana Gopalakrishnan, Janani Ganesh, followed by short speeches on life and contributions of Sri Adi Shankara by Sri Gurukkul and Sri Dikshitar, were presented during the morning part of the program, ending with Harathi and Prasada Viniyogam

Following a traditional but delicious lunch fully prepared by our Kitchen Volunteers Team, we re-grouped to hear Shloka recitation by children who were presented with various copies of books on Hinduism and Sri MahaPeriyavaa’s teachings, followed by short speeches in conversational Sanskrit on Sri Adi Shankara by Sri Viswabharathy, Smt Maragatham Mani and Sri Gurukkul. We were then treated to a dance performance by Sow Vidya Viswabharathy and a music performance by Sow Janani Ganesh. Following Siva Sahasranama chanting, a wonderful decked “pallaki”, fully hand-crafted by Sri Bala and containing the picture of Sri Adi Shankara was carried around the complex to accompaniment of Vedic chanting. The function ended with singing of Maithreem Bhajatha and Maha Mangala Harathi and prasada distribution.  

We are thankful to our priests, various participants, devotees and volunteers for their support and making this function possible. We are grateful to Chinmaya Mission for allowing us to use their facilities, to members of the Kitchen Team for all the prasadam arrangements and delicious food serverd during the function. We would like to thank the various volunteers who helped with hall preparation and cleanup.

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