Sri MahaVaikuntanatha Sachidhanandhamurthy Guruvayurappan Seva Samithi
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By Lord Sri Guruvayurappan grace and blessings, we have started this samithi to spread the bakthi towards Lord Hari and all the devatas. We will be celebrating various vratas, auspecious jayanthi and important days of Lord Sri MahaVishnu and various devatas. All the satsang events are published here so that devotees worldwide can follow the event details and conduct satsangs at their homes. Devotees can individually chant the slokas at their home and participate in this world wide maha satsang. All adequate and clear information on how to do the satsang at your home will be provided to devotees thru this website. Please invite your friends and families to your home when you do parayanam or singing to glorify Lord Sri MahaVishnu and all the devatas.
Please find below details of each satsang events. This page will be updated periodically every month to include new events occurring in that month.
Samithi Events for January, 2024 :
New Year 2024 - January 1st, 2024 (Monday)
| New Year 2024 | January 1st, 2024 (Monday) | Celebrating New Year 2024. | Tamil | English |
| Happy New Year 2024 !! Dear Devotees, ||Om Namo Narayanaya|| Sri Guruvayurappa Sharanam!! Happy New Year 2024!! January 1st, 2024 (Monday), we will be celebrating New Year 2024!! By Lord Sri Guruvayurappan anugraham, on this auspicious day, we will be doing Sriman Narayaneeyam Parayanam , following Dashakams today!! Sriman Narayaneeyam : Dashakam 1 - Bhagavan Mahima Dashakam 2 - Bhagavat Rupam Dashakam 3 - Bhakthi Swarupam Dashakam 4 - Ashtanga Yogam Dashakam 98- Nishkala Brahma Upasanam Dashakam 99- Veda Swarupam Dashakam 100 - Keasdhi Padha Varnanam We will be chanting - Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam Parayanam and - "NARAYANA NARAYANA" namam for 20 minutes. We will be doing parayanam at 3pm onwards today!! Please join the parayanam. Happy New Year 2023!! Sri Guruvayurappa Sharanam!! Please invite your family members to join the parayanam. Please forward the message to your friends and families. Hari Narayana!! |
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Vaikunta Ekadasi : January 2nd, 2023 (Monday)
| Vaiunta Ekadasi | January 2nd, 2023 | Vaikunta Ekadasi | Tamil | English |
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Dear Devotees, ||Om Namo Narayanaya|| Sri Guruvayruappa sharanam!! Happy Vaikunta Ekadasi !! January 2nd, 2023 is Vaikunta Ekadasi !! Sri Vaikunta Ekadasi is the most auspicious Ekadasi of the year!! There are 24 Ekadasi in a year and Sri Vaikunta Ekadasi is considered the most auspicious of all. Ekadasi day being the 11th day in the lunar cycle calender that comes twice a month. It is a very auspicious day dedicated to Lord Sri MahaVishnu. On this auspicious day, Ekadasi Vrata (Fasting) is observed by taking fruits and milk as in take or just water or nothing at all. On this day, Sthothrams, Sthuthis and holy scriptures that glorify Lord Sri MahaVishnu are recited. Devotees who observe fasting on this day and worship Lord Sri MahaVishnu, their sins are removed and they attain Vaikuntam. Please chant the stothrams and Slokas on Lord Sri MahaVishnu on this day as much as you can. Please go to Sri Ranganathar Temple, Sri Rangam, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India or Sri MahaVishnu Temple on this auspicious day to have darshan of HIM and entire Vaikunta Vaasal or special entrance opened on that day in the Temple. We will be chanting following Slokas from various granthams to observe and worship Lord Sri MahaVishnu. -->Please chant Srimad Bhagavatham -Skandam 11 Adyaayam 1 to 31. By Lord Sri Guruvayurappan anugraham, we will be doing the most referred and auspicious skandamSrimad Bhagavatham Parayanam - Ekadasam - Skandam 11 (Canto 11) and has 31 adayaayams. Skandam 11 called Ekadasam has Adyaayam 1 (Incident leading to Krishna avathram completion) Jayenta Gita (Navayoghi upakyanam to Nimi Charavathy- Adyaayam 2 to 5) and our very dear to heart "Uttava Gita" (Adyaayam 6 to 31)- Lord Sri Krishna imparting spiritual knowledge to Sri Uddhava Swamy. -->Please chant Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam Sthothram. -->Please chant the mula Mantra "Om Namo Narayanaya" - 4 rounds with one round of 108 times chanting the mula mantra. Devotees can start chanting this mantra every day and details are given our group website page http://saranaagathi-margam.org/hari-nama-sankeerthanam.html We will be doing parayanam from 9am onwards till 6pm. Please join the parayanam. Please forward the message to your friends and families. Sri Guruvayurappa Sharanam!! Please recite all of the above slokas or as much as you can from the above slokas. It is said in Hindu holy scriptures that Bhagavan Lord Sri MahaVishnu opens the doors or gates of Sri Vaikuntam, HIS holy abode, to HIS devotees to enter into Vaikuntam and to be with HIM. In Srimad Bhagavatham, it is said that devotees attaining the abode of Lord Sri MahaVishnu and going to Sri Vaikuntam are given 4 different blessings and state of existence in Sri Vaikuntam to be with HIM. 1. Saalokhyam -- to be in Sri Vaikuntam, HIS holy abode. 2. Saameepyam — to be near HIM. 3. Saarupyam — to have the same form as HIM with four hands and Sankha(conch), chakra(divine wheel), gadha(mace) and padmam(lotus). 4. Saayujyam — to merge with HIM. Devotees, with HIS grace, we have to do Bhakthi to HIM to attain one of the four forms. By Sri Guruvayurappan anugraham (grace and blessings), Please find below details about most auspicious “NARAYANA” Nama mantra. Today being Vaikunta Ekadasi. Please take up this mantra and do parayanam or chant the nama mantra from today and every day. We chant the most auspicious Lord Narayana Mula mantra “OM NAMO NARAYANAYA” and Nama mantra “NARAYANA” in our Samithi or group for the highest spiritual realization or Self realization as Self is verily Lord MahaVishnu. These mantras bless the devotees with long, healthy, happy life, prosperity, protection and moksha or mukthi or go to abode of Sri MahaVishnu - Sri Vaikuntam. Please find below the information. ————————————————-- Sri Guruvayurappa sharanam!! Today being the most auspicious day, with Lord Sri Guruvayurappan grace and blessings and with guru blessings, devotees who may want to take up Lord Sri MahaVishnu Mula mantra for daily chanting, can start chanting from today. Please find below the details. Hari Nama Sankeerthanam is advised by our acharyas, by Bhagavan and in holy scriptures- Srimad Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatham and more, to us as the easiest way to wash away our sins and get liberation or mukthi or attain parama padam or ultimate abode of almighty - Sri Vaikuntam in kaliyuga. By Lord Sri Guruvayurappan blessings anugraham, On this auspicious day, please chant Sri MahaVishnu mula mantra ||Om Namo Narayanaya || This mantra is verily Lord Sri MahaVishnu and is the highest mantra of Lord Sri MahaVishnu. Devotees chanting this mantra daily will attain parama padam or mukthi and go to Sri Vaikuntam. Please find below the details about chanting the mula mantra : Option 1 : please chant you can chant 108 times this mantra as one round in medium speed. In 6 minutes, you can complete one round. In 1 and half hours, you can chant 16 rounds of this auspicious mula mantra. That will be count of 1728. Chanting 16 rounds is a normal practice if you are working or studying as we may not have much time to spend for chanting more. You can chant more rounds if you want. With 16 rounds of chant daily, in one year , your chanting count will come up 630720 times this mantra. In 10 years, it will be total of 6307200 that is 63 lakhs. In 20 years, you can reach 12614400 that is 1.2 crores times this mantra. In 40 years, you can attain 2.4 crores or and so on. It will be a fun filled , beautiful, best and attainable goal if you can chant this mantra 16 rounds daily with one round of 108 times this mantra. If you want to know your count, you can get tulasi Japa mala or spatika mala with 108 beads in it. You can get Japa mala bag also. When you chant the mantra once, you can roll one bead forward thus you will get chanting 108 times with 108 beads. Tulasi mala or spatika mala will be available in Giri Trading agency or any stores selling puja items. You can get it in You can check in https://krishnastore.com/other-items-tulsi-japa-beads-om-69_72.html and https://krishnastore.com/other-items-tulsi-neck-beads-kunti-mala-om-69_73.html or http://www.amazon.com or http://www.amazon.in and it’s world wide stores or you can check in internet stores. Option 2: please Chant as many times as you want and you can and peacefully everyday without counting. Happy chanting!! Please try to attain 1.2 crores in 20 years!! More to reach in further years!! Please take care of physical and mental health to live long, healthy and happily to attain this great goal!! As said in Srimad Bhagavatham -last, great and powerful sloka □ SB-12.13.23 : nāma-saṅkīrtanaṁ yasya sarva-pāpa praṇāśanam praṇāmo duḥkha-śamanas taṁ namāmi hariṁ param Meaning: “I offer my respectful obeisances or namaskarams unto the Supreme Lord, Hari, the congregational chanting of whose holy names destroys all sinful reactions, and the offering of obeisances unto whom relieves all material suffering.” Chanting the glories and name of Lord Hari will purify us, bless us and elevate us to the highest level of self realization in the shortest period of time in kaliyuga!! Few important notes to follow are —we have to follow vegetarian diet —we have should have brushed our teeth and taken shower before chanting this mantra —for women, this mantra should not chanted during the monthly mentural time period. From first day to until it stops, please refrain from chanting this mantra. -- we shouldn't chant this mantra in unclean and inauspicious places - bathroom and restroom. --we should avoid impure and inauspicious thoughts and deeds to chant this mantra as this is the purest and highest or mula mantra of Lord Sri MahaVishnu. Please don’t feel stressed when you chant, just relax your mind and calmly chant this mantra!! please chant in mild voice which you can hear and in moderate and steady speed!! or you can chant in your mind quietly. For kali yuga, due to the fact that people can't follow rules and regulations in life such as purity in thoughts and deeds, nama mantra which devotees can take up and chant regularly throughout the day and every day. The nama mantra is "NARAYANA". This mantra is suddha -pure- Lord Sri Narayana Mantra and namam. When we take this mantra or chant this mantra, we call Lord Narayana or Lord MahaVishnu in heart, mind and body togather. It is verily Lord Narayana. This mantra will purify the devotee, blesses the devotee with Bhagavan's grace and long, healthy life, prosperity, protection and moksha or mukshi or liberation to go to Sri Parama Padam or Sri Vaikuntam. This mantra can be chanted continuously in mind or audibly throughout the day. When we chant this mantra once "NARAYANA", it takes one second. In one hour, or 60 minutes, this mantra can be chanted 3600 times. In one day, if we chant quietly in our mind or audibly for 5 hours a day, it comes to 18000 times. If we chant the mantra for 12 hours a day, it comes to 43200 times a day. In one year, it comes to 15768000 or 1.57 crores times the mantra. In 20 years, it comes to 315360000 or 31 crores times mantra. In 40 years, it comes to 630720000 or 63 crores times this mantra. This mantra has no rules and regulations to follow. Since the mantras mentioned above is suddha (very pure) nama and mantra of Lord Sri Narayana, following rules given below will keep ourselves very pure to chant the mantra. No gambling, No drinking alcohol, No prostitution , No animal slaugter (killing and eating animals), No falsity, No intoxication, No lust, No envy, No enmity and No bad mind or Buddha or No bad mentality. All the above said misconduct, misbehaviour should be completely avoided and given up as prescribed in Srimad Bhagavatham and other holy scriptures to proceed swiftly in spiritual path and attain our goal of attaining Lord MahaVishnu and to go to Sri Vaikuntam. It is purely by Bhagawan anugraham (grace and blessings), please find below the audio recording of this nama mantra for you to download, listen and chant along with the recording. Please click on Narayana - Nama mantra chanting for audio recording. Lord MahaVishnu Namas or names are the greatest and chanting HIS names and mantras everyday will purify us and take us to HIS highest abode Sri Vaikuntam!! I have updated the above mentioned information in our Samithi - group website page - “Hari Nama Sankeerthanam”. Please view the page with link given below: Hari Nama Sankeerthanam. Please forward the message your friends and families!! Our Samithi - group website: http://www.saranaagathi-margam.org Hari Narayana!! |
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Makara Sankranthi - Pongal : January 14th, 2023 (USA, North America and SouthAmerica, Europe) and January 15th, 2023 (India, Asia, MiddleEast Australia)
| Makara Sankrathi - Pongal | January 14th, 2023 (USA, North America and SouthAmerica, Europe) and January 15th, 2023 (India, Asia, MiddleEast Australia) | Makara Sankrathi is celebrated to signify starting of Uttharayana that the period Lord Sri Surya or God Sun travels in the northern celestial sphere. | Tamil | English |
| Happy Makara Sankranthi - Pongal !! January 14th, 2023 (USA, North America and SouthAmerica, Europe) and January 15th, 2023 (India, Asia, MiddleEast Australia) is Makara Sankrathi - Pongal !! Makara Sankranthi is celebrated to signify starting of Uttharayana that the period Lord Sri Surya Narayana or God Sun travels in the northern celestial sphere. This auspicious day is the beginning of HIM travelling in the northern celestial sphere. During Uttarayana -next six months,the day light will gradually grow to be longer and we will have sun light for longer hours of the day. January 14th thru July 15th is the six months period of Uttarayana. In South India, this auspicious day is celebrated as great harvest festival called Pongal. We will celebrating Makara Sankranthi - Pongal by chanting the stothrams and Slokas from various granthams to observe and worship Lord Sri Surya Narayana who an incarnation of our beloved Lord Sri MahaVishnu as follows. -->Please chant given in Srimad Bhagavatham -Skandam 12 Adyaayam 11 Slokas 29 to 50. The slokas are called "Surya Gathi" - praise and description of Surya or Sun and HIS magnanimous energy. -->Please chant Sri Surya Ashtothranamavali (108 divine names of Lord Sri Surya) -->Please chant Aadhithya Hrudhayam - in Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam - Yuddha Kandam (Canto 6) - Sargam 107 called AadhithyaHrudhayam, this is sthuthi on Lord Sri Surya Narayana blessed to Lord Sri Rama by Sage Agasthya. -->Please chant Purusha Sooktham, Narayana Sooktham and Vishnu Sooktham. -->Please draw Rangoli or Kolam of Ratham (or Ther) in your courtyard and entrance. -->Please tie Maavilai Thoranam on the door at the house entrance. Please see the picture -->Please tie koorai poo on the door at the house entrance.Please see the picture -->Please make Sweet Pongal or Akkaravadisal in heavy vessal. Just before you remove the vessal from stove, turmeric plant or turmeric should be tied on the neck of the vessal and then vessal should be removed from the stove. Please see the picture. --Please offer Sugar Cane uncut (long sugar cane) to Lord Sri Surya Narayana. -->Please draw a small Rangoli and then keep the Pongal vessal on top of it. In a clean plate, offer beetal leaves, beetal nuts, banana, unbroken coconut, raw turmetic, flowers to Lord Sri Surya Narayana. -->Please offer Sweet Pongal to Lord Sri Surya Narayana. Happy Makara Sankranthi !! Happy Pongal!! Hari Narayana!! |
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Sampoorna Sriman Narayaneeyam Parayanam - January 16th, 2023 (Monday)
| Sampoorna Sriman Narayaneeyam Parayanam!! | January 16th, 2023 (Monday) | Complete Recital of Sriman Narayaneeyam. | Tamil | English |
Sriman Narayaneeyam was composed by Sri Narayana Battatri as early as 27th November 1586 AD. It is condensed version of Srimad Bhagavatham describing all the avatharams and lilas of Lord Sri MahaVishnu and spiritual knowledge from veda and vedhanta. It consists of 100 dashakams with each dashakam having 10 slokas or slightly more and total of 1036 slokas. It is considered as highly revered, beautiful and complex sanskrit literature and poem. He composed one dashakam a day and he composed 100 dashakams in 100 days. He was cured of vaata rogam or rheumatism. It is celebrated very grandly in Sri Guruvayurappan Temple, Guruvayur. We will be doing Sampoorna Sriman Narayaneeyam Parayanam (Complete recital of all 100 darhakams) on a single day on January 16th, 2023(Monday). Mahara Sankranthi (Pongal festival) is celebrated in Guruvayur, India on January 15th, 2023. We will be celebrating it and to celebrate New Year 2023, with Sampoorna Sriman Narayaneeyam Paarayanam on January 16th, 2023. We will be doing Sampoorna Sriman Narayaneeyam parayanam from 8:30am onwards till 7pm on January 16th, 2023. Hari Narayana!! |
Vasantha Panchami - January 25th, 2023
| Vasantha Panchami | January 25th, 2023 | Vasantha Panchami is celebrated to glorify Goddress Mother Sri Saraswathy. | Tamil | English |
| Happy Vasantha Panchami!! Dear Devotees, ||Om Namo Narayanaya|| Sri Guruvayurappa Sharanam!! January 25th, 2023(Wednesday) is vasantha panchami, very auspicious day for Goddess Mother Sri Saraswathy. Please follow the following procedure to do aradhana to HER at home. —Please chant “Om Sri Maha Saraswathyai Namaha” for each step given below. —Please keep Sri Guruvayurappan picture and Mother Sri Saraswathy’s picture or idol. —Please offer sandal paste and kumkum. —please offer flowers or mala (garland) to HER. —please offer new white color vasthram (cloth) to HER. —with folded hands: —please chant Sri Saraswathy ashothrasatanamavali —please offer doopam —please offer deepam —please offer boiled milk mixed with 2 spoons of sugar and cardamom powder. Please offer Mahanaivedhyam (cooked rice with a scoop of cooked toor daal and a spoon of ghee) and other naivedhyams to offer. —please offer karpoora arathi to HER. Tomorrow is meant for Goddess Mother Sri Saraswathy and SHE really likes this day and accept worship done for HER with great love. SHE will bless the devotees with great knowledge both spiritual (Jyanam) and material. Please note that Auspicious time to perform the above said puja and aradhana comes between tomorrow 8am to 12:30pm. Please perform the puja at this time. In Vasant’s Panchami, puja and aradhana is usually done between morning hours to mid day. Tomorrow is an auspicious day to learning new sthothrams or granthams or materially new lessons. We will learn new slokas tomorrow. We will learn Dashavathra Sthothram tomorrow. Happy Vasantha Panchami!! Hari Narayana!! |
Rata Sapthami - Worshiping Lord Surya Narayana (God Sun) -
January 27th, 2023 (Friday)
January 27th, 2023 (Friday)
| Ratha sapthami or Surya Jayanthi | January 27th, 2023 (Friday) | Ratha sapthami or Surya Jayanthi is celebrated to signify birth of Lord Surya Narayana and riding on chariot on 7 horses. | Tamil | English |
| Happy Ratha Sapthami or Surya Jayanthi !!
January 27th, 2023 (Friday) is Ratha Sapthami or Surya Jayanthi!! It is on this day Lord Surya Narayana rides on HIS chariot with 7 horses towards northern celestial sphere marking the season changes to spring and warm weather. Harvest season starts from today in South India and in that region. The symbolic significance of the ratha and the seven horses reigned to it is that it represents the seven colours of the rainbow. The seven horses are also said to represent the seven days of a week starting with Sunday, the day of Sun god Surya. The chariot has 12 wheels, which represents the 12 signs (each of 30 degrees) of the Zodiac (360 degrees) and constituting a full year, named Samvatsara. The Sun’s own house is Leo (Simha) and he moves from one house to the next every month and the total cycle takes 365 days to complete. The Ratha Saptami festival seeks the benevolent cosmic spread of energy and light from the Sun God. It marks the birth of Lord Sri Surya Narayana and called Surya Jayanthi!! It is on this day that Surya rided the chariot to kill Mandeha named Daithya.It is on this day that Vishwakarma prepared the Chariot for Rudradevaru to kill TripurasuraThe Sun Chariot has one wheel, seven horses, Aruna will be the sarathi, and on this Surya – tadantargatha Suryanarayana will be riding.It was on Vaivaswatha Manvantara Maghamasa Saptami that Surya rided the chariot. Lord Surya Narayana or the sun god is the Arogya devada (Deity who blesses good health) – Arogyam bhaaskaraadichchEt. On Magha shudda saptami, on this day surya’s rays which are roga nivaraka (removal of dieases) will fall on arka patra (leaves). We have to keep seven arka patraas one each on our head, both arms, two knees, two foots. We should not use soap to clean the body but with these leaves only on this day. That is why those who does the shower (head to toe) snaana on this day will have disease free body. Further the sins done in 7 births of sapta janma also will be washed away by just doing head shower (snaana) of arka patre (leaves) or erukam ilai. On this day we have to sketch the figure of Chariot with 7 horses in front of our Tulasi Vrundavana or in the puja room and do puja of Lord Sri Surya Naaryaana. We will celebrating Ratha Sapthami by chanting the stothrams and Slokas from various granthams to observe and worship Lord Sri Surya Narayana who an incarnation of our beloved Lord Sri MahaVishnu as follows. -->Please chant Sri Adhithya Gadhyam given in Srimad Bhagavatham -Skandam 12 Adyaayam 6 Slokas 67 to 72. The slokas are called "Adhithya Gadhyam" - description of Surya Gayathri Mantra and praise of Lord Sri Surya Narayana. -->Please chant given in Srimad Bhagavatham -Skandam 12 Adyaayam 11 Slokas 29 to 50. The slokas are called "Surya Gathi" - praise and description of Surya or Sun and HIS magnanimous energy. -->Please chant Sri Surya Ashtothranamavali (108 divine names of Lord Sri Surya) -->Please chant Aadhithya Hrudhayam - in Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam - Yuddha Kandam (Canto 6) - Sargam 107 called AadhithyaHrudhayam, this is sthuthi on Lord Sri Surya Narayana blessed to Lord Sri Rama by Sage Agasthya. -->Please chant Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam. Happy Ratha Sapthami !! Hari Narayana!! |
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