Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangam ofMadurai conducted Hari Anna’s pravachanam from Feb 2nd to 7th at madanagopalaswamy temple. Sri Hari anna rendered lectures on Vishnu Puranam. He made references to Azhagar in every day’s pravachanam. The very first upakyanam of Vishnu Puranam is Amruthamathanam. “Parameshwarar partook poison and became halasyasundarar. Madurai is the abode of Sundareswarar. It is called Sundareswarakshetram. Thirumohur is close to this kshetra. Thirumohur is referred to as Mohanakshetram. Legends say that the Mohini avathram took place at that kshetra” said Hari anna. Sri Sukarin Srimad Bhagavatham says Narada imparted the Dwadashakshari mantra to Dhruva.Sri Parasharar inVishnupuranam quotes that the saptharishis imparted wisdom to Dhruva. “If the lord wishes to liberate a soul he first gives satsangha, which in turn fetches him gurukrupa and finally the feet of the lord. Thus the Lord gave Dhruva satsangha in the form of saptharishis and Narada as his Guru” declared Sri Hari Anna.
It is the responsibility of the Guru to make his disciple steadfast in athmagnana.. This is brought out in Ribu upakyanam. Vishnu puranam concludes with nama mahima. The dharma of krutha yuga is Tapas, the dharma of Thretha yuga is yaga, the dharma of dwaparayuga is pooja and the yuga dharma of kaliyuga is Nama sankeethanam. Simple yet powerful instrument to attain the Lord is nama sankeerthanam. The pravachanam was conducted at the temple precincts hence it was full of sanctity.. the audience was full and listened in great rapture.On Feb 7th there was Unchavruthi, Divyanamam and Radhakalyanam. A memorable event to cherish indeed.
II SRI KRISHNALEELA PRAVACHNAM PALAKKADU
On behalf of Kerala Sabha, Palakkad Sri Hari Anna’s pravachanam was conducted from Feb 17th to 22nd, for 6 days at the premises of Moien’s HigherSecondary school. The event was Krishna leela pravachanam. The school ground was filled with rasikas. In the past years Sri Hari Anna has given lectures on Srimad Ramayanam and Srimad Bhagavatham. On Feb 22nd Sri Hari Anna came to Parali. All the devotees of parali gave a grand reception right from the outskirts of the village. Parali isa small serene village. Here unchavruthi was conducted for almost one and a half hours. It was heart warming to see every devotee at each and every house showering so much of love and affection on Sri Hari Anna.At the end of the unchavruthi there was a pravachanam on Ambarisha Charitram at a Ganesha temple there. Sri Hari Anna said: “ Karou Harermandira marjanadishu- There is always a heavy crowd at the temple of Guruvayur. One should not get tired of seeing such crowds, since we, laymen cannot go to Ksheerabdi, nor can we perceive the Almighty in our heart as yogis do, nor can we visualize in person the deities such as Thyagaraja swami did. Thus Guruvayurappan is our sole refuge.” The
Parali devtees unwillingly showed Hari Anna a farewell. They longed for more.
III SRIMAD BHAGAVATA PRAVACHNAM SINGAPORE
Sri Hari Anna’s Bhagavatha pravachanam was held from Feb 25th to March 2nd at Singapore Waterloo streetKrishna temple. This Bhagavatha pravachana series began in 2003. Every year he dealt the Bhagavatham in detail for seven full years.This was the seventh year ( incidentally Parikshit heard for 7days). This year the series was concluded with Ekadasa skandam and Dwadasa skandam. Howmuchever in detail the lectures are still Singapore audience untiringly listen to them with deep devotion. They are good rasikas. The very first day Sri Hari Anna exclaimed “The earth is strided by the Lord in the past in His Trivikrama Avathar. Thus all regions of the world are touched by the Lotus feet of the Lord. It is sanctified by His divine feet. It is precisely because of this that several temples have been constructed and deities have been worshipped all over the world constantly.” Every day the pravachanam was followed by Dolothsavam. All the devotees were assembled even for the dolothsavam. They sang beautifully in chorus. There was Divyanama sankeerthanam on one day. Suddenly there wasa severe rainfall on one of the days. Even then there was a huge crowd gathered for the lecture. Sri Hari Anna immediately responded this gesture in his pravachanam. He said “ Singapore audience are big competitors toParikshit. It is refreshing for us to speak only if such an appreciative audience lies before us.
click on the below link to watch harianna's upanyasam at singapore
WELCOME TO THE GATEWAY OF A GLORIOUS TRADITION – THE PREMIKA SAMPRADAYA
SRISRIANNA – AN INTRODUCTION
SriKrishnapremi swamigal fondly called as SriAnna was born in Sanganallur, a small village in tamilnadu, India. Right from his early days he was a severe practioner of YogaSadhanas. This saint however wished to prove the world that the easiest way to attain the lotus feet of the Lord is nevertheless the path of Bhakthi. He revered SriBhagavanNama Bodendral as his Mansika Guru. He took to Srimad Bhagavatham as his pramana grantha [Authoritative treatise]. He founded a glorious sampradaya called PremikaSampradaya.[SriAnna is addressed as Premika].
SriBhakthaKolahalaKrishna is his Upasana deity. Paranur is a village near Villupuram. SriAnna built a wonderful temple for SriKolahalan in this small village. Thenceforth he started living there. He himself performed all the sevas to SriKolahalan right from Suprabhatham in the morning, the afternoon pooja, the evening rituals till dolothsavam in the night. Like SriThiyagaraja Swamigal who sang Utsava sampradaya keerthanas to his IshtaDaiva Lord Rama, SriAnna composed Uthsava krithis for the seva of SriKolahalan.[Suprabhatham to Dolothsavam]. Those Keerthanas are being sung till date during the pooja of the lord in Paranur. Besides this SriAnna has composed several Shathakas[A Shathaka consists of 100 Krithis] including 1. Raghava Shathakam 2. Radhika Shathakam 3. Yugala Shathakam 4. Govinda Shathakam 5. Ranga Shathakam etc. He has composed more than 1000 Krithis to date. It is definite that SriAnna visits Paranur every Ekadasi.There he follows `the Ekadasi Vratham in a strict manner, fasting, performing Abhishekam to Kolahalan, Pravachanam in the evening and Divyanama Sankeerthanam in the night. Gokulasthtami Utsavam is a grand affair in Paranur with 1000’s of devotees participating, Bhakthi overflowing through the streets. Navarathri Utsavam, Vasanthothsavam, SriRamanavami Utsavam, Keerthanavali utsavam, Thepothsavam are the othert festivals celebrated grandly at Paranur.
SriAnna has also established a VedaPatashala at Paranur. There is also a Goshala beautifully maintained by him. These have been established by a trust founded by him. The trust is named “SriKrishnapremi Swamigal Baghavatha Dharmam trust”. This trust is run exclusively by the efforts of SriAnna.
THE SPREAD OF BHAKTHI THROUGHOUT INDIA:
SriAnna wished to spread awareness about the importance of Bhakthi in the minds of the people of India. Hence he toured throughout the length and breadth of India from Kanyakumari to the Himalayas many times. He gave discourses on several topics in several cities including Srimad Bhagavatham, Srimad Ramayanam, Mahabharatham, Bhakthavijayam, Bhagavath Geetha, Azhwargal vaibhavam, Upanishads etc. He is an ocean of knowledge – a reservoir of wisdom. There is in fact no topic not dealt by him. He also founded and established an association called “Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangham” throughout India in several cities.The objectives of this institution are
Spread the awareness of “ The Greatness of the divine name – NamaPracharam”
To conduct Bhavatham, Ramayana discourses.
Renovation ofDivyaDesa temples etc.
Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangam functions in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Tirunelvelli, Madurai, Pondicherry etc.
OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS: {ASHRAMS}
PREMA MADHURI KUNJAM – BRINDAVANAM, MATHURA, UP
SriAnna holds Brindavanam very close to his hearts. Hence he built an Ashram called PremaMadhuriKunjam in RadhaNivas, Goranagar colony, Brindavanam. Here he built an exquisite temple for SriRadhaVamsidhara Krishna. Here too like paranur the rituals take place according to Premika Sampradaya [ Suprabhatham to Dolothsavam]. The main festivals celebrated here are Radhasthtami, Rasothsavam, Holy, and RadhaKalyanam. Every year SriAnna visits Brindavanam four times for these Uthsavams.
This Ashram is at Alagar kovil, Madurai. This picturesque Ashram captivates the heart of every viewer. The natural beauty of this Ashram with the green mountains behind it and flowers of various hues is the apt place for meditating on the lotus feet of the lord. Every Chithra Pournami Lord Alagar comes to this Ashram to the delight of several devotees. SriAnna conducts a Sapthaham during this time. This Ashram is being goverened by Akhila Bharatha Sadhu Sangam, Madurai.
KRISHNASURI BHAJANASHRAMAM, MELKOTE
Melkote is a kshetram near Mysore, Karnataka. SwamiRamanauja retrieved the deity of this kshetram from the Delhi Badshah, after great efforts. Here again a beautiful ashram has been established. Chellapillai - as the deity is popularly known as, comes to this ashram in every July. This ashram is maintained by Akila Bharatha Sadhusangam Bangalore.
PANDURANGANTEMPLE, THIRUCHANANALLUR
There lived a saint by name Krishnasuri in Thiruchanganallur [Chenganur]. It is he who is called Periyavachanpillai in tamil. He has commented on the entire 4000 Divyaprabhandhams. SriAnna incarnated in his vamsa. Periyavachanpillai had earlier constructed a temple for Lord Srinivasa. SriAnna too has built a small but beautiful temple for Pandurangan in this village. Besides this he has constructed a Mutt for PeriyavachanPillai. Periyavachanpillai too was born on a Avani Rohini incidentally SriAnna too was born on a AvaniRohini[Rohini star – Tamil month of Avani]. Hence on that day there is a procession of Periyavachanpillai to that Mutt built by SriAnna. Also every year it is routine that on January 26th the KalyanaUtsavam of LordSrinivas and Panduranga are conducted.
SRISRIANNA’S WORKS:
SriAnna has written innumerable works in Sanskrit. To my knowledge after Valmiki and Vyasa he is the only person to write 40,000 slokas. Some of the important works are SriVaishnavaSamhita, Divyadesa Vaibhavam, Brindavana Mahatmiyam etc.He also has written works in various languages such as tamil, telgu, marati and the like. He also runs a monthly tamil magazine called BagavathaDharmam.
BRAHMASABHA:
SriAnna established an association called Bramhasabha to spread BagavathaDharmam throughtout the whole world. Bhajans, Parayans, Pravachans etc are being conducted at USA, Dubai etc by Bramhasabha members.
Kalikalochitham Dharmam Naama Sankeerthanathmakam |
Nirnethum Avatheernam tham Premikam Sadgurum Baje ||
I do Pranams at the Lotus feet of Sadguru Sri Krishna Premi Maharaj who Incarnated in this world to show the path of NamaSankeerthan as the only way to attain Hari in the Age of Kali .
AT AASRAMAM
PRAVACHNAM
UNCHAVARTHY
WITH PATASAALA STUDENTS
DIVYANAMAM
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