GURU POORNIMA

GURU BRAHMA GURU VISHNU GURU DEVO MAHESHWARAH; GURU SAKHASHAT PARABRAHMA TASMAI SHREE GURAVAE NAMAHA. SHREE MAHA GURUBHIYO NAMAH. SHREE DAKSHINAMURTHAYAE NAMAHA.

THIS FULL MOON DAY IS CALLED "POURNAMI" IN SANSKRIT. THIS POURAMI IS DAY OF GURUS. ON THIS DAY WE SHOULD REMEMBER AND PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THE GURU PARAMBHARA STARTING FROM VEDHA VYASA (WHO WITH THE BLESSINGS AND ANUGRAHAM OF VIGNESWARA COMPILED THE EPIC 'MAHABHARATHA')AND HIS SON SUKHA BRAHMA MAHARISHI (WHO NARRATED " EPIC BHAGAVATHAM" TO PARIKSHITH MAHARAJA),GOVINDA BHAGAVATH PADA, ADHI SHANKARA WHO WILL BLESS US ON THIS SIGNIFICANT DAY WHICH WILL MAKE US TO LEAD HAPPY, HEALTHY LIFE. ADHI SHANKARA INSTALLED JOSHI MUTT(NORTH), DWARAKA MUTT(WEST),SRINGERI MUTT(SOUTH),PURI MATT(EAST) WITH FOUR OF HIS DISCIPLES LEADING THE MUTTS AND AT KANCHIPURAM, HE HIMSELF TOOK CHARGE WITH KAMAKSHI AND CHANDRAMOULISWARA AS DEITIES AND INSTALLED THE MAHA MEHRU CHAKKRAM IN WHICH GODDESS KAMAKSHI ADORNS IN IT. KANCHI MUTT IS CALLED SHRI MUTT. BHODHENDRA SARASWATHI ONCE PONTIFF IN SANKARA MUTT RELINIQUISHED AND AFTER MAKING A SUCCESSOR SETTLED DOWN AT GOVINDAPURAM NEAR THIRUVIDAIMARUDHUR. GOVINDAPURAM IS ALSO CALLED AS RAMA NAMA PURAM WHERE EVERYONE WILL BEGIN TO CHANT RAMA NAMAM WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE REALIZATION FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS. ON THIS DAY, LET US ALL PRAY TO THE GURU PARAMPARA AND LIVE HAPPILY.