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Sankaracharya statue at unveiled SIES Nerul

MUMBAI, FEB 19: Amidst chanting of Vedic mantras by over 80 priests from all over India, a statue of Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathy, th...

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MUMBAI, FEB 19: Amidst chanting of Vedic mantras by over 80 priests from all over India, a statue of Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathy, the 68th Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, was unveiled at the education complex of South Indian Education Society SIES at Nerul, Navi Mumbai, this morning.

The four-and-a-half feet statue is made out of a single black granite stone by sculptors from Kanchipuram and Orissa who worked on it for nearly a year at the SIES Management Institute. The statue shows the Sankaracharya in a state of meditation and is the only second one in India to be exhibited at a public place, the first one being at Kanchipuram.

The Sankaracharya, better known as Maha Periyaval, propagated compassion and goodwill throughout the world before he passed away on January 8, 1994. The education complex of the SIES at Nerul has been named after him.

The rituals of installation started at around 7.30 am with vedic scholars and priests from Varanasi, Kanchi, Hyderabad and Chennai chantingmantras and pouring waters of Ganga, Godavari, Yamuna and Cauvery from 55 kalashas pots over the statue for the mahabhisheka. The unveiling took place two hours later.

Today8217;s installation was culmination of a three-day Maha Rudra Mahayagnam. The yagya was performed by priests on behalf of the SIES for prorogation of peace and communal harmony in the country. 8220;It is in keeping with the SIES tradition of using innovative methods to promote peace and harmony,8221; said K A Vishwanathan, a trustee of the society.

 

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