Their Holinesses perform Vyasa Puja, Chaturmasya Vratam Commences

Their Holinesses Pujyasri Jayendra Saraswathi Sankaracharya Swamiji and Pujyasri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Sankaracharaya Swamiji performed Vyasa Puja today at Srimatam, Kanchipuram. Every year, Vyasa Puja is performed on the Full Moon Day of the Aashada Month, considered auspicious and holy for worshipping the spiritual preceptors beginning with Sage Vyasa, the avatara of Lord Vishnu, who has done great service to humanity by classifying the Vedas, writing the eighteen puranas, the great epic Mahabharata and Srimad Bhagvata.

Earlier in the day, the Utsava Vigraha of Sri Adi Sankara was taken out in a procession along the four Raja Streets around Sri Kamakshi Amman Temple.

Devotees from far and wide offered their obeisance to the Acharya Swamijis on the holy occasion of Gurupoornima and received sanctified Mantraakshadas.

With the performance of the Vyasa Puja, the Chaturmasya Vratam commences wherein Pujyasri Acharya Swamijis will be camping at Srimatam, Kanchipuram for two months (upto 23rd September).

The Guruvandana Nadasamarpanam programme, a two-month long music festival to be held in the evenings during the Chaturmasya Vratam, commenced this evening with the flute recital by Sri Prapancham S. Balachandran, accompanied by Sri Madurai S. Balasubramanyam on the Violin, Sri. R. Ramesh on Mridangam and Sri Papanasam S. Sethuraman on the Kanjeera.