KANUM PONGAL VIZHA BEING CELEBRATED BY KANCHI SANKARA MATAM
Kanu Pongal Vizha at Kizhambi village
Pujyashri Shankaracharya Swamigal visited Kilambi village on
17/1/2021 to bless Kanu Pongal Vizha organised by local villagers. His Holiness
first visited Adhishthanam of 60th Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Sri
Advaitatmaprakashendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal. The Adhishthanam is
located in midst of agricultural fields. Walking through the fields His
Holiness reached the Adhishthanam & performed Puja & Harathi. Several
centuries ago, in the 13th Century, the village was given as a gift to the then
Shankaracharya of Sri Kanchi Math. Details of copper plate inscriptions from
‘The Copper Plate Inscriptons of Sri Sankaracharya Swami of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti
Peetam’ by Sri Gopinath Rao is given for reference.
नारिकेलाम्रपनसतालवृन्तादिशोभितम्।
अम्बिकापुरनामानं ग्रामचिन्तामणिं ददौ॥
The copper plates mention this gift of this village known as
“Ambikapuram” by King Vijayaganda Chola. The village is described as Grama
“Chintamani”, as a beautiful place endowed with coconut, Mango, Jack Fruit,
Palm and other trees.
Many decades back, a Veda Pathashala was being run in the
village with blessings of His Holiness. Kanchi Acharyas Sri Chandrasekharendra
Saraswathi Swamigal, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal & Sri Sankara
Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal had camped in the village in 1984 on their way
to Kanchi from Kurnool. The Math still hold few agricultural lands and small
tracts of land in the Agrahara. Pujas in the Ambikapatishwara Temple is being
performed with support of the Math. Pujas at the Adhishthanam is being done by
Veda Pandit from Kanchi Math.
His Holiness graced the Pongal Vizha held in the rice mill
area of a devotee and blessed the participants. In the Anugraha Bhashanam His
Holiness stressed the need for entertainment based on our native culture which
helps to develop a strong mind & body and promotes social harmony &
oneness.
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