To mark Sri Swamiji’s 77th birthday, 20th Brahmotsava of Sri Datta Venkateshwara Kshetra and 21st Anniversary of Nada Mantapa

Mysuru, May 18- Sri Avadhoota Datta Peetha, Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, Dattanagar, Mysuru, has organised the following events from May 19 to May 26 as part of the 77th birthday celebrations of Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, 20th Brahmotsava of Sri Datta Venkateshwara Kshetra and 21st Anniversary of Nada Mantapa at the Ashrama premises. Daily at 8 am, there will be Srichakra Puja and Maha Ganapathi Homa

May 19 (Sunday) 6 pm – Inauguration of Brahmotsava festivities; 7pm – Release of Music Album of Sri Swamiji’s compositions; Karnatak violin concert by Nada Nidhi Dr. L. Subramaniam and Vidu. Mahati Subramaniam.

May 20 (Monday) 9 am – Brahmotsava festivities at Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple; 6.30 pm – Laya Lahari: Musical Ensemble on Compositions of Pujya Sri Swamiji led  by Vid. H.L. Shiva Shankar Swamy & troupe.

May 21 (Tuesday) 9 am – Brahmotsava festivities at Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple; 6.30 pm – Hindustani Classical & Bhajans, Vocal concert by Vidu. Anjali Gaikwad & Vidu. Nandini Gaikwad.

May 22 (Wednesday) 9 am- Brahmotsava festivities at Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple; 6.30 pm – Karnatak Classical and Bhajans on Indonesian Instrument Angklung by Dr. Anasuya Kulkarni & troupe.

May 23 (Thursday) 9am – Brahmotsava festivities at Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple; 6.30 pm – Teppotsava of Sri Datta Venkateshwara Swamy in Saptarshi Sarovara.

May 24 (Friday) 9 am- Brahmotsava Abhisheka to Sri Datta Venkateshwara Swamy; 6.30 pm – Layatharanga,  Percussion Ensemble by Vid. Ravichandra Kulur – Flute, Vid. Karthik – Violin, Vid. Giridhar Udupa – Ghata, Vid. Arun Kumar – Drums, Vid. Pramath Kiran – Afro & Latin Persussions, Vid. Siddhartha Belmannu – Vocal,  Vid. Bruthuva Caleb – Bass, Vid. Vivek Santosh & Vid.Varun Pradeep – Keyboards, Vid. Anirudha Bhat – Mridangam, Vid. Karthik Krishna & Vid.Roopak Kallurkar – Tabla.

May 25 (Saturday) 10 am – Annual Gnana Bodha Sabha and DYC Conference; 5 pm – Distribution of charities; 6 pm  – Chaitanya Archana : Conferring of Datta Peetha Titles — Veda Nidhi – Gullapalli Seetharamachandra Ghanapathi, Rajahmundry;   Shastra Nidhi – Dr. Devadatta Patil, Goa; Nada Nidhi – Vid. Karaikudi R. Mani, Chennai; Asthana Vidwan – Dr. Sanat Kumara Sharma, Matturu; Asthana Vidwan – Vid. Abhishek Raghuram, Chennai; Asthana Vidwan – Pt. Yogesh Samshi, Mumbai; Asthana Vidwan – Vid. Giridhar Udupa, Bengaluru; Datta Peetha Bandhu – Kalyan Das, Hyderabad; Datta Peetha Bandhu – Burra Bhaskara Dutt, Hyderabad; Jayalakshmi Puraskar – Pushpa Iyengar, Mysuru; Vishwa Hindu – Narendra Chowdary, Hyderabad; Praani Bandhu – Dr. H. Subhash, Mysuru; Sasya Bandhu – Jyoti N. Parekh, Mumbai.

May 26 (Sunday)- 77th Birthday Celebrations of Pujya Sri Swamiji; 7  am – Mrutyunjaya and Ayushya Homa; 9  am – Pratyaksha Pada Puja to Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji; 10.30 am –  Samarpana by devotees; 6 pm – Piano recital by Jens Meru Keller from Denmark.

For details contact Ashrama Office on Ph: 2486486 or Temple Office on Ph: 2483200.