Krithika Mandala Veda Parayanam – Sunday December 9, 3 PM at Panchavati, SVS Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL

Posted By: admin November 13, 2018

Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara !!

With the Divine Grace of Shri Veda Maatha, Shri Veda Vyasa and Anugrahams of Shri Kanchi MahaSwamiji and Shri Kanchi Shri Shankaracharyas, Kanchi Kamakoti Seva Foundation (KKSF) is planning to conduct this year’s Krithika Mandala Veda Parayanam on Sunday December 9, at 3 PM (assembly by 245 PM) at Panchavati, SVS Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL. This year’s Veda Parayanam function is being dedicated in memory of Brahmashri Yagneshwara Dikshitar Mama, who passed last away last December. As many of you know, Mama was the main inspiration for this annual program and played a key role in our chapter’s various Vedic programs for past many years.

It is customary for Krithika Mandala Veda Parayanam to be held during the mandalam (45-day period) of months of Karthikai and Margazhi (Krithika and Dhanur maasa). See below for significance of this parayanam, source: www.kamakoti.org:

The Vedas are considered to be most sacred and the breath of the Lord. It is the general belief that contagious diseases will spread during the rainy and winter seasons. The rain season ends with Karthikai and the winter begins with Margazhi month. The Veda Parayana during these two months will relieve the society from infectious diseases.The human year consisting of 365 days is considered to be a day for devas. Dakshinayana (from Tamil month Aadi to the end of Margazhi) is night for the devas and Uttarayana (from Tamil month Thai to the end of Aani) is day time for them. Margazhi (Dhanur maasa) is considered to be the Brahma Muhoortha for Lord Vishnu. The month Karthikai (Krithika maasa) is the period preceding the Brahma Muhoortha which is regarded as most sacred, krithika suddha. Hence we worship the Lord through Veda Parayana during these two months which forms as subrabhata to the Lord.

This year, the mandalam lasts from November 16 through December 30. We are fortunate to have Chicagoland Veda Pandithas lead the parayanam. All are invited to attend and receive the Blessings of Shri Veda Maatha, Shri Veda Vyasa, our Shri Acharyas and Veda Pandithas.

KKSF would like to especially invite those engaged in Veda Adhyapanam (teachers) and Adhyayanam (students) to join us and make the function a huge success. Program details:

245 PM – Assembly

300 PM – Guru Vandanam, Shri MahaGanapathy Puja and MahaRishi Veda Vyasa Puja

315 PM – Upanishad Parayanam led by Veda Pandithas – Taithireeya Upanishad (all 3 prashnaas) and Maha Narayanopanishad (students are welcome to join)

515 PM – Break

530 PM – Veda Parayanam led by Veda pandithas with Chaturveda parayanam – Rig, Krishna Yajur, Shukla Yajur, Sama vedas, including Krama paatha* and Ghana paatha* (students are welcome to join)

700 PM – Mahamangala Harathi

705 PM – Remembering Brahmashri Yagneshwara Dikshitar Mama and his contributions to the Vedic Community

730 PM – Prasada Viniyogam, Dinner

Please mark your calendars, attend and support this function. We request your RSVP to this email address, kksfmidwestrsvp@gmail.com, indicating number of family members attending, to help us with planning.

Note:

For Reference, we have recently updated the below content in our downloads section

Krama paatam – Ganaanaam tva, on pg. 29

Rudra Ghana Paatam – Namah Somaaya Cha (Page 153)

Videos of our past events can be found below

Maharudram 2017

Suryanamaskaram

Krithika Mandala Veda Parayanam 2017

Kanchi Shankara Kamakoti Shankara !!

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