With the onset of the New Vedic calendar, Tirtha Yatra turned 4 on the auspicious day of Sri Ramanavami 2019, April 14, 2019. The grand celebrations took place in the presence of 800 devotees in Sri Venugopala Krishna Temple, Malleswaram, Bengaluru.
Sri Ramanavami is the day when Tirtha Yatra began its operations in 2015. From a humble beginning of 10 tours in a year to 108 tours in a year, Tirtha Yatra has soared heights in just 4 years taking 3000+ yatris to their dream pilgrimage.
As part of its 4th year anniversary celebrations, Tirtha Yatra organized Sri Sita Rama Kalyanotsava – the divine marriage of Lord Rama and Sita Devi on the auspicious day of Sri Ramanavami. The festival began with the pallaki utsava with a welcome to Lord Ramachandra to the marriage arena, followed by the pravachana on Sri Rama-lila by Bharath Bhattar, Kalyanotsava, Guest Felicitation and Anna Dana to every devotee.
Sita Rama Kalyanotsava
A grand Sita Rama Kalyanotsava was conducted to celebrate the event. Sankalpa and archana was performed for every devotee who visited to attend the celestial wedding. As the Kalyanotsava progressed, a simple commentary on every ritual was narrated to make devotees understand the significance of the rituals. At the end of the Kalyanotsava devotees were served Tirtha and shatari.
Launching new Yatras
During the event, Sri Sadagopan Sampath, the GPA of Ahobilam Mutt along with Sri Babu Bhattar and Sri Pattabi Bhattar – the chief priests of Venugopala Swamy Temple and Narasimha Temple in Malleswaram, Bengaluru, launched two new yatras – Namami Gange and 70+ Yatras and Vraja Mandala Guidebook.
Namami Gange Tour is an experiential tour trailing the journey of Mother Ganga from Gangotri to Ganga Sagar. It is first of its kind tour in India giving you an enthralling experience of the lifeline of India.
70+ Yatras is a tour for the elder citizens of our society above the age of 70 years. Launched for the first time in India, it concentrates on giving an unforgettable experience to the Yatris of their dream holy destination in India.
Vraja Mandala Parikrama Guidebook is a comprehensive guide book documenting the places of Krishna’s lila. For the first time such massive attempt has been made to document each and every place related to Krishna’s Vraja lila in the Vraja Mandala.
Annadana Seva
Sumptuous meal prasadam was served to every devotee comprising of bisi bele bath, sweet pongal, curd rice and puliyogre. Around 800 devotees honoured the prasadam of the Lord. A great thanks to the Annadana sponsors who came forward to donate for this noble purpose of serving prasadam to the devotees.
List of Annadana Sponsors (in alphabetical order):
Anjana Talya
Arun M V
Ashok Raghav Krishna
Bhagavan A S
Bhims Acharya
C S Padmashree
C S Phaneendra Kashyap
Dr S Sriram
Ganesh
Gaya Iyer
Gopal Rao
Gopala bhattar and Komalavalli
Gopala Karumari
Harihara Lakshminarayan
Haripeja Jyosyula
Janaki Sridhar
Jaya Prakash
K V Anantha
Krishnaswamy Ramarathnam
Krsnaram
Lakshminarasu
Lalitha Rajmohan Shetty
M A Rajalakshmi
Manjula Jois
Meera Muralidhar
Nagesh Balakrishna
Nanjundamurthy
Naveen Kumar
Neelakandan
NR Srinivas
Parimala Nagaraj
Poovesh Rajendra Babu
Pranesh S R
Prasanna Kumar
Pritish
Radha Arun
Radha Bilahari
Radha Bilahari
Raghupathy
Ramakrishnan Sundaram
Raman Kathalanka
Ramani
Ramesh VZM
Ramya
Ravi M
Ravi Ramesh
Roopa Kadambi
S Rajagopalan
Sai Sharanya. K
Selvam
Seshadri
Shantha Krishnan
Sheshadri
Smandyam
Srinivasan Radhakrishnan
Sriram
Sriram
Sujay Raghu
Suma Parakala
Sunitha
Suresh
Swarna
Syamala Mudium
Tareesh and Reeta Kamanth
Usha Gopalakrishnan
V R Shetty
V Kishan Kumar
Vaidehi Sheshadri
Vani
Varsha Ramanna
Venkat
Venkata Subbramanian
Vijay Parthasarthy
Vishalakshi C R
Vishnupriya
VMR Sheki
Following are the glimpses of the event.
Their Lordships, Sri Ramachandra, Sita Devi, Lakshmana and Hanuman being carried in a flower bedecked palanquin before the Kalyanotsava
Devotees chanting the Vishnu Sahasranama while Their Lordships were enjoying the pallaki utsava
Their Lordships receiving chamara seva from the devotees and melodious Nada-Swaram
Devotees showering flower petals to welcome Their Lordships for the grand Kalyanotsava after the Pallaki Utsava
Bharat Bhattar narrating a spiritual discourse while the preparations are being carried out for the Kalyanotsava
Sri Agrani Krishna Dasa, Founder-CEO addressing the gathered devotees
Kalyanotsava was carried out in a detailed manner.
Devotees witnessing the grand Kalyanotsava of Sri Sita Rama
Devotees witnessing the grand Kalyanotsava of Sri Sita Rama
Arati being offered to Sri Sita Rama
The flower garlands being exchanged during the Kalyanotsava ceremony
Namami Gange and 70+ Yatras being launched
Vraja Mandala Parikrama Guidebook being released
Devotees receiving the Maha Mangal Arati after the Kalyanotsava ceremony
4 Comments On Tirtha Yatra turns 4
It is heartning to note How Tirtha Yatra has grown in leaps and bounds in a short span of Four years. Praying to Lord Laxmi Narasimhan to bestow all that is needed for you to achieve great heights in and serve the humanity to achieve the goals for which this janma is taken.
Every one has to compliment Tirtha Yatra for their meticulous planning and high lighting the importance of each place we visit.
All the Best for their Endeavours
Dasan Sampath
Many thanks for your encouraging words and well wishes. With the well wishers like yourself and with the blessings of the Supreme Lord, we are confident that we would be able to reach out to many people touching their spiritual lives.
KASTURI Ramesh
Just amazing
Thank you.