Maa Sharda Idol starts journey from Sringeri to Kashmir after hundreds of years
Vijaya Hashia
A dream come true for all Sanatanis and Kashmir Hindus. Maa Sharda the native of Kashmir is on her journey back.
On January 24, 2023, Guur Tritya day, the beautifully carved gold plated Panchaloha idol weighting nearly 300 kilos was received by the members of the save Sharda committee headed by Sh Ravindra Pandita from Jagadguru Shankaracharaya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam And Jagadguru Vidhushekhara Bharati Sannidhanam and the team of administrators in the presence of thousands of devotees
Shr. Arvind Waza and Sh. Vijaya Hashia representing Kashmir Hindu Cultural Welfare Trust Bangalore formed the part of team which received the idol the idol will be consecrated in Tectwal (LOC) Kashmir on 22 march, the Hindu New Year's day (Navrch) .
Driving from Chikmangalore to Sringeri amidst Charmadi Ghats was mesmerizing out of the world heavenly experience. In the dusk, amidst the exquisite beauty, we descended the mutt. We hastened wearing Angvastra and dhoti, and were straight to the Narasimhavan the abode of the Jagadguru, through a calm and serene Narasimha forest, which is accessible by a bridge over the river tunga, where we chanced to get the rarest and the closest glimpse of Jagadguru sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam.
After a certain wait in the corridor, we were taken inside the abode. Some of us sat on the floor, others stood with both hands folded seeking blessings of the Jagadguru. A dazzling gaze stilled us to intrinsic ocean of bliss. While sh. Ravinder Panditaji got engaged in explaining book on Sharda, the tour itinerary and the invitation card, others were meticulously listening to Jagadguru's Hindi conversation. As he flipped pages after pages
Enquiring about pictorial parts of the book, the energy aura in the room drove a telepathic attention to divinity of his grace. On a glance to a pic, the jagadguru laughed at the elucidator that exuded a sense of joy amongst all. For a certain moment, we were internally transformed by a sense of his laughter healing and an overwhelming sense of love that filled us all with something inexplicable to senses.
As i tried to get closer being in the front row to touch his feet, he forbade that i had to stretch myself full in genu- flection as others did. The jagadguru offered an apple prasadam which intuitively hinted to defy the 'maya veil the (newton's apple)-gravity of causality. Cosmic time, attachment, limited knowl- edge and finite creativity in the night, we attended mass gathering of Linga Pooja of the Jagadguru Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam At The Guru Niwas.
In the next morning, the rendezvous With Jagadguru Vidhushekhara Bharati Sannidhanam, at Narasimhavan, the abode of the Jagadguru, where radiance of energy exuded us, was another occupation with the divinity the Jagadguru Vidhushekhara repeated our names with his grace, as ravinderji introduced us to him. After full body stretch pranam, the Jagadguru felicitated us with angvastar over shoulders, an informative pamphlet of Jagadguru sri adi shankaracharya and a calendar he later held a ceremonial pooja of the chariot car in which mata sharda is on way to teetwal through major indian cities.
We entered the Vidyashankara temple, sat there for a while in meditation chanting OM which echoed with the sanctum OM sound continuity this century's old architecture of Nagara Empire has apsidal shape with interior chambers and sanctum set on the square while the spire and outer walls are almost circular in shape. The outer walls have large sculptured panels at right angles to each other and these depict major pictures of gods and goddess of Shaivism, Vaishnavism Shaktism, Surom and Ganapati the sanctum has a lingam beside which is a sandalwood shards deity believed original carried by Adi Shankaracharya from Sharda Temple Kashmir to Srinagar, which new is replaced with gold. The temple has four openings similar to what is accounted by historians in old Sharda Temple Kashmir the Sringeri Temple South side features Brahma-Sarasats, western Vishnu Lakshmi and the northern side Shiva- Parvati the Easter end is one of the entrances through which the sunlight illuminates the zodiac columns.
The self is the abode of bliss, yet we seek happiness from extrinsic a person, place or a thing of today's materialistic joy and pleasure can become diminishing and sorrow for tomorrow the needs are never fulfilled and the joy of material objects is unending and unsatisfying the desire and hankering after alluring objects is ephemeral.
The more we keep our senses controlled. Silent and subtle, the more we experience enduring bliss "joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift," said a. Einstein which in other words mean, gifts of nature are to be comprehended without getting attached to the spiritual practice of going to the tirath, matt or a temple takes one from gross to the subtle. The self is always aware but maya eludes us from the reality. When the attention from the extrinsic diminishes, the consciousness becomes quieter towards intrinsic and a natural bless is experienced.
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Courtesy:- Vijaya Hashia and 2023 February Spade A Spade