KAILASA Library/Anandotsav 2008/Vedic Temple, BidadiSign in
Anandotsav 2008

Vedic Temple, Bidadi

This text was machine-transcribed from the printed book and may contain errors. Select the words and choose “Report a mistake”.

Deities of the temple

The Temple of Sri Anandeshwar at the
Bidadi ashram was inaugurated on 1 Jan
2007 on the occasion of Paramahamsa's
30th Jayanti celebration

At Rasipuram, in the artisan's
workshop, energizing and making
the first mark on the stone with a
chisel and hammer, symoblically
flagging off the forming of the
stone for the temple's sanctum
sanctorum

Artisans at work
Sri M.S.Sivaprakasam

The temple work is entrusted to Sri M.S.Sivaprakasam, Srirangam Rajagopura Sthapathy, who built the world's tallest temple tower in the temple of Srirangam in South India. Sri M.S. Sivaprakasam hails from a family that has been in this profession for nine generations.

Bhoomi Puja

Bhoomi Puja (Obeisance to Mother Earth) to the spot where the temple is to be constructed

Operating the
stone cutting
machine at the
artisan's
workshop

Stone cutting machine
Using the stone cutting machine
Temple flag staff

Temple Flag Staff

The sanctum sanctorum of the upcoming Temple of Sri Anandeshwar. First purification and energizing processes in progress
At the artisan's place in Kumbakonam, inspecting the deities in the making.
Joining ashramites in the temple construction work!
Joining ashramites in the temple construction work!

Below:

Political and spiritual leaders inaugurate the temple during the 30th Jayanti celebrations of Paramahamsa

Paramahamsa offers arati to the inaugurated temple deities

The presiding deities Sri Anandeshwar and Anandeshwari are ready. They are taken in procession in under the banner Kodikkan Ratha Yatra Tamilnadu and Karnataka offering darshan to cores of eyes, before entering the Bangalore ashram for consecration
Political and spiritual leaders inaugurate the temple during the 30th Jayanti celebrations of Paramahamsa
Paramahamsa offers arati to the inaugurated temple deities