ANNADANA PROGRAMME AT MATHA PRAANGANA OF DATTA DEVASTHAN, GAANAGAPUR

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DIGAMBARA DIGAMBARA SREEPADA VALLBHADIGAMBARA

 

 

ANNADANA PROGRAMME TO MORETHAN 1000 DEVOTEES

 

 

 

Ekam Nityam Vimalamachalam Sarvadisakshhibutam

 

bhavatitam Trigunrahitam Sadgurum Tham Namami ||

 

 

 

Nitya Shudham Nirabhasam Nirakaram Niranjanam

 

nitya Bodam Chidanandam Sadgurum Tham Namamyaham||

 

 

 

Dear Members of the Group,

 

 

 

Pranams!

 

 

 

With the blessings of Lord Dattatreya, it has been decided to

perform "ANNADAANA" programme to morethan 1000 devotees at Shree

Nrusimha Saraswathy Swamy (the second incarnation of Lord Dattatreya)

Matha praangana of Gaanagapur on 11th of June, 2006 (Sunday). The day

is Jaishta Sudha Pournami and is termed as "ERUVAKA POURNAMI". The new

water will join in all the rivers from this day. The programme is

under supervision of the Gaangapur temple main preist Shri Nagesh

Achyuth Bhat Pujari.The main "sankalpa" for this programme was created

in mind from the story of BHASKARA BHATTU (Chapter number 38 of Shree

Gurucharitra). So, personally contacted the priests of the temple and

they have accepted to arrange all the arrangements for the programme.

We are personally inviting the residents of the Ganagapur, devotees who

are visiting the temple on that day and other devotees who are willing

to participate in the programme. The annadana programme will be arranged

by placing leaves to every one with full menu of Rice, Curry, Chutney,

Sambar and Sweet.

 

As said in Shree Gurucharitra by Shree Swamy, Lord

Dattatreya will come to Gaanagapur everyday to accept BHIKSHA there. So

it is definite to tell that, swamy will participate in our programme. It

is the blessings of Lord Dattatreya to do such seva at Gaangapur. Here,

I am quoting some text of 38 chapter of Shreegurucharitra for referece.

 

The influx of devotees to Gangapur

<http://www.shreeswami.org/gangapur-sangam.htm/t_blank> for Guru Nath's

Darshan was increasing day by day. They used to offer Bhiksha to Guru

Nath and they also used to do Samaradhana, i.e., feeding a large number

of people of the town.

 

One day a poor Brahmin by name of Bhaskaryya came to Gangapur for Sri

Narasimha Saraswati's Darshan

<http://www.shreeswami.org/about-sri-nrisimha-narasimha-saraswati.htm/t_\

blank> and also with the intention of offering him Bhiksha. Sri

Narasimha Saraswati then told the Brahmin to bring the food he had

cooked and to place it before him. The Brahmin, with great trepidation

and embarrassment, brought the scanty food he had cooked and placed it

in before Sri Guru Nath. Guru Nath covered the vessel containing the

food with his shawl. The Brahmin then offered his worship to Guru Nath.

After worship was over, Guru Nath asked the brahmin to start serving

food to all the assembled , but keeping the vessel containing the food,

covered with the shawl. The Brahmin started serving and the food became

"Akshaya", i.e.,in exhaustible and undiminishing. Besides the Brahmins,

people of all the castes, their families and their children were also

served the food and Guru Nath said that the Brahmin should now take his

food. The Brahmin was asked to remove the shawl that was covering the

food all along. The shawl was removed Lo! whatever food Bhaskaravya had

cooked and what was in the vessel originally, remained. Bhaskaravya

thanked Guru Nath who asked Bhaskaravya to feed dogs, crows etc., for

Bhuta-Trupti and also offer it to the aquatic creatures (fishes, etc) in

the river waters. The little residual food still continued to remain

undiminished. That is the result of the faith keeping on Jagadguru.

 

At the time of Anthardhan Shreeguru told to the people of Ganagapur as::

 

What would be Gangapur without Guru Nath? Guru Nath was it's sole life

and light. Seeing how grief stricken all were, Guru Nath announced that

although they would not be able to see his physical form at Gangapur,

yet he would be abiding there for ever, in His invisible form (in his

grace body). He would continue to answer all prayers, and would continue

to shower His grace on all supplicants. He further said that wherever He

be, he would continue to be visiting Sangam in the mornings everyday for

his bath, and by midday he would be visiting the Math unfailingly,

though He would not be visible to the fleshy, human eyes. He said that

he would be having His Nirguna Padukas in the Math and that they would

be a reservoir and repository of all spiritual power.

 

So, with the blessings of DattaMaharaj, we want to perform

the "Samaradhana" programme on 11th June, 2006 to morethan 1000 devotees

and at the end of the programme the balance will feed to dogs, crows

and further merged in Sangam water for Bhutha trupti. All the members of

the group are requested to participate in the programme and have the

blessings of Lord Dattatreya.

 

If any person wants to contribute anything for the above

programme,or for further details, kindly contact

datta_gururaya <datta_gururaya > or

+91 9440820130 before 25th of May, 2006. Eka aavarthan Rudrabhisheka

will be performed on the names of the contributors at Mathaprangana of

Dattadevasthan, Ganagapur on 12th of June, 2006.

 

:: avadhootha chinthana sree gurudeva datta ::

 

 

 

subrahmanyam.bharathula

 

smarthrugaami-dattavibhavam

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