There was this day when I was voice chatting with my father at madurai. It was a perfect timing as my mom reached home returning from Puri. I was so excited to talk to her about her most sought anubhavam at puri. She was equally excited and started at a high pitch 'Nanda, nee illama poitiyeda...', but soon I realised she had a severe sour throat. Instead of worrying at her condition, I somehow felt so happy about her state as I know what caused that, of course the Nama Sankeerthanam what anyone would yen for. When I visualize our bhagavatha upanyam, namasankeerthanam and divyanamas that everyone enjoyed at Puri, I know I'm one of the unfortunate souls deprived of such a closer bhagavatha sathsangam. To whoever had that praptam to be with Sri Anna at Puri, my sashtanga namaskarams to all those bhagavathas.
Radhekrishna

Radhe Krishna,
i am in puri. Already hundreds of devotees have arrived. SriSriAnna is coming tomorrow. The excitement is visible everywhere. We are able to see SriSri devotees throughout Puri. .org will load details of the puri program so stay tuned.

The Postings in the blogger site have gradually diminished. I request all devotees to post their srisri news and thoughts as often as possible. This is a great sathsangh giving joy to one and all.

One of the devotees can take the responsiblility of giving one of SriSri's saying every day in the blog site. New ideas are welcome. Let us all make the blog a very busy place.

Premikendra Paadara Vindaki Jai

Radhe Krishna,

Devotees are eagerly waiting for SriSri Anna's Puri Sapthaham. It starts on Nov 10 and ends on Nov 18th. Thousands of devotees have booked their tickets to Puri. There is great excitement in the air. And .org will cover the event from day 1 .

SriSri Anna is presumably in srirangam today and he will be reaching Coimabatore tommorow for his 'Mundram Thituvandhathi' Upanyasam. Coimbatore is the right place for SriSriAnna to give his Divya Prabhanda lectures. The first few days of the program will be loaded in the .org soon. The Paranur Uthsava invitation has also come and we will see it in .org soon.

SriSriAnna's Tirunelveli program was unforgettable. He was Karunai Personified. The unchavrithy he went was one of the best i could remember. He stood before each house and waited for the people to come. They came in hordes to fall at his feet and receive the akshada. Auto Drivers, Shop owners and passerbys all were pullled by his presence. Detailed writeup is expected soon in .org.

SriSriAnna also saw the .org site this time. He was so happy to see it and whenever Kolahalan picture came he would be so joyous. he blessed the site for its development.

Thursday was Ashada Ekadesi in Paranur. Blessed are th few devotees who attended it. We hear that srisri gave one of the best upanyasams ever. waiting for devotees to come from paranur with more news.

It seems this sunday itself srisri is having the AvaniAvittam Punal function.

radhe krishna

devotees who attended the melkote program are still in a trance. it seems the place was very very nice and srisrianna was in full swing. the perumal himself came to listen to srisriannas upanyasam . perumal also had the dolothsavam of srisrianna. srisri was so overwhelmed by perumals karunai that he immediatly wrote 10 songs in kannada language on chellapillai and sung it himself. the songs were so captivating that devotees were all praise for them. we are expecting some good photos from bangalore sadhu sangam with a write up. it will be put in .org soon. kudos to the bangalore sadhu sangam for the impeccable arrangement. it seems melkote was without electricity 20 hours every day and our people provided gensets for the whole day. the food and stay for nearly 500 devotees from all over the country was also incomparable. so melkote is melkote.

srisrianna arrived in tirunelveli on the night of june 30th from kadayanallur. the tirunelveli sapthaham is going on in full swing. more details on tirunelveli will be published soon

SriSriAnna celebrated the Vasanthothsavam with great joy. He himself sang the "Yugala Sathagam" enjoying every minute of it. Subathra gaves discourses on Sri Radhe. On Sunday the Vasanthothsavam ended with the Raasam. A great crowd of devotees had come for the Raasam. SriSriAnna went for a Veedhi bajan along with Kolahalan Purapadu. The NaamaGosham thundered through the skies. SriSri was so happy and was surrounded by devotees throughout the Bajan. Then he completed the last ten songs of Yugala Sathagam. I have no words to describe how he sang, he was not there himself, he took himself and all the devotees to the feet of Krishna and Radhe. The DivyaNaama Sankeerthanam followed. There was also a ladies Divya Naamam Simultaneously led by Sri.Manni. The Mahilas proved they were no less then the Gents when it came to Singing and Dancing in the DivyaNamam. The DivyaNaama was over only at 2:30 A.M. SriSriAnna started the Rasam and can anyone even attempt to describe it. Annas Raasam was Annas Raasam. After Raasam SriSriAnna spayed Holi powder and coloured water on all the devotees. All the devotees were drenched in the holi water and equally drenched in SriSriAnnas ever increasing Grace.
Radhe Krishna

My patti told that Sri Thukaram Ganapathi will be in US doing namasankeethanam all over the country. If anyone knows the details, can you please publish it here so that it will be very helpful for me.
Radhekrishna.

SriSri Anna is in Brindavan for the Radhe Kanyana Uthsavam. Usually the climate used to be very hot but this time it seems Brindavan climate is very pleasent and it is even cool in the night. The function is going on in full splendour. SriSriAnna is giving Bagavatha Upanyasam and devotees say he is pouring out Bagavatham. Let us all just remember SriSri in Brindavan and rejoice.

The other day when we had gone to Chenganaoor a interesting thing happenned. SriSri Anna was in T.C Annas house, sitting in a ease chair comfortably, his eyes closed , talking to devotees. Some devotees from Nagapattinam brought Perumal Prasadam and Garlands for SriSri. They garlanded SriSri and T.C. Anna remarked "Acho Oruvar Azhagiyava ". It was a very apt remark and everyone rejoiced. There was one more garland, SriSri took it immediatly and put it on T.C.Anna and said "Acho Eruvar Azhagiyava" and everyone laughed and enjoyed the scene of SriSriAnna and T.C Anna together.

Akshayatrithiya is a very auspicious day. SriSri Anna was at chenganoor. He also went to Kumbakonam to see the 12 Garuda seva. The chenganoor temple is going for renovation and Kumbabishegam. The Paalalayam was also performed that day. More details with some photos expected to come in .org

it was nice to hear about Haiji's Program at Singapore from Rajashree Subramanian. One can understand how the devotees at singapore would have felt, like rain in a desert.
SriSriAnna has completed his madurai program and is at srirangam, Veda parayanam in going on at SriSri's house at srirangam and SriSriAnna is eagerly waiting for Sri Ranganathars Chithirai Car Function.
Madurai program is to be published in .org soon.

SriSri Anna has completed the Prathishta of 100 crores of Rama Nama In gokulam Ashram at Madurai yesterday. The Rama Nama Bank had collected 100 crores of Rama Naama and were wondering were to keep them. SriSri Anna told them to bring the Naamas to Gokulam. Nearly 200 devotees came along with the Naama and SriSriAnna Installed them with great celebration and joy. We are expecting more news about the same with photos in .org soon.

SriSriAnna went to river Vaigai to see Azhagar getting inside the river. The crowd was more than 5 lakhs. SriSri Anna cried like a child seeing the crowd's Bakthi. He said " I have heard that lots of devotees come to see Azhagar getting into the river but I never imagined that millions of people will throng like this to have just a glimpse of him" . How fortunate we are to have SriSri Anna and hear about his various Bhavas often.

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There is some unconfirmed news about SriSri Anna going to Melkottai but we have too wait for sometime for it to materialize. It is good to see many entries being made in the blogg site. I request all the members to contribute frequently.

Welcome Nandakumar Muthukrishnan our new member. He has aptly said "pattrudai adiyavargalukku eliyavan" about kitta anna, i have a different view though. Perumal can be called as "pattrudai adiyavargalukku eliyavan" but Srisrianna is "Pattrilla Pabikalukkum eliyavan" !! He is more compassionate.

Radhekrishna,
When I was going thru' the pictures with the script filled with bhavam, I was literally in Paranur by by mind. The website is no less than paranur in giving all kind of premika sangam, except for the kainkaryam part, especially for ungifted people like me, with no praptam for frequent darsanam of Sri Anna and bhagavatas. Of course, we all understand that Anna's kadaksham is always with us, sometimes I feel arrogant when I see myself as one of the very small percentage of people in this world with Bhagavata "sakavasam" :)
Santanam has written that Sri Anna was wishing "RadheKrishna" to everyone before giving theertam. As I visualize that situation when Prabhu coming down so much for bhaktas, what else can I do other than crying!! When Nammalvar saw Yashoda tieing kitta to the pillar, he fainted for six months wondering the Soulabhyam being shown by our kitta. In the same way, "pattrudai adiyavargalukku eliyavan" our kitta anna.
"satgurum charanam vraja"

Radhe Radhe

SriSri Anna is visiting Madurai for a Sapthaham tomorow. Kazhazhagar comes to our Ashram Gokulam on 14/3/2003. It will be a great event with Anna Meeting Azhagar.

The Paranur Kumbabishegam has been uploaded today. I request devotees to give their comments on it.

Some felt that the descriptions were far too much and it is sufficient to give crisp information. I request devotees who feel the same way to send me a mail.

The Kumbakonam upanyasam of srisrianna has been released as Kshethra Mahthmyam. It is so nice to hear the stories of lord shiva from SriSri. Today i heard this interesting point " it is not that because i give lectures the devotees get Bakthi, but because the devotees have Bakthi they come to hear me speak. Bakthi grows by itself in leaps and bounds !"

The Kumbabishegam was wonderful. The way srisri anna performed the various rituals was simply delighful. full details with class photos will be loaded in .org soon. meanwhile as Ramas requested i request devotees to share their experiences of kumbabishegam.

SriSri Anna is in Chenganoor celebrating Rama navami. One of my friends has gone there and i will share his experiences with you all as soon as he returns.

Anna visits Madurai "Gokulam" for a sapthaham on April 14th. Alagar come to our ashram on that day.

The Brahma Sabhai Book Release program went very well in RR Sabha. I request Chennai devotees to write what happenned that day. I heard that nearly 700 Vaideegas attended the function.

The PandariPuram Program of SriSri Anna has been published in .org. The Kolahalan Temple and Perumal Temple Kumbabishegam Invitation is also loaded. All the devotees can come to Paranur on April 6th and have the blessings of SriSri Anna and Sri BakthaKolahalan and Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal !!

The Kumbabishegam of Baktha Kolahalan Temple starts on April4th and completes on April 6th. The invitation will be loaded soon in .org.

srisrianna has left for delhi after completing brindavan holi uthsavam. the devotees had a great time. many are returning in a day or two and we here are eager to hear all the stories.the paranur kolahalan temple kumbabishegam is to be held for three days starting from april fourth. i wish to remind devotees that it is a rare event in ones life time and not to miss it. it is going to be a gala celebration with kolahalan. of course srisrianna.org has planned to cover all the three days. let srisri bless us, so that we all meet in the kumbabishegam.

i met my brother yesterday and he had a nice thing to tell. he was taking srisri in his car to thiruthangaal a divya desam near sivakasi. the temple car uthsavam was on that day. just as they reached the temple, the car was ready to start. the people were delighted to see srisri and invited him to do the pooja. the timing of srisri's arrival was so perfect that my brother and others were ecstatic. srisri also climbed the makeshift wooden steps to have darshan of perumal. after the darshan he came back. as he was half way down the steps my brother thought "if only i could help srisri coming down it will be a bagyam" the very next moment srisri caught hold of his hands and with his help came down two steps, then let go off his hands and walked down the rest of the steps on his own. my brother was shocked and delighted to his roots. is there a quicker and better way to satisfy a devotee.

flash news from brindavan says srisri anna had a great holi with the devotees. srisrianna enjoyed spraying holi powder and water on all the devotees. this time jaganmohan went in a small boat around in a small tank of water celebrating what we call here "theppothsavam". rasam also went very well. we will hear more news soon.

yesterday i was going on a distant trip in my car along with my mother. we were hearing srisri annas "nachiar thirumozhi" we both were enjoying the discourse and the travel was so pleasurable. at one point srisrianna was saying about a friend of Nachiar. this friend used to be very near to nachiar, she was her confident and nachiar would say all about her love only to her, the two were insepareable... so on , srisri continued keeping in suspense the identity of the friend. at that time we could hear the sweet sound of some birds in the background . after seconds srisri in his discourse said "her friend was the beautifull Parrot". myself and mom looked at each other and said at the same time "hey we heard the sound of a parrot even before srisri said it in upanyasam" we both were thrilled. the sound of the bird in the bakground was there for some time !!

on the way back we continued hearing the cassette. srisri was talking about nachiar's dream of marrying perumal. we were so absorbed in the discourse. at one point nachiar describes how she was holding perumals hand and they both put pori or puffed rice in the homam . the smoke that came out filled the place... at this point a dense cloud of smoke descended the car and we could not even see the road. though the car came out of it in seconds it took a long time for our heart to beat normal.

received a call from brindavan. srisrianna and the devotees are having a great time there. two bagavatha sapthahams are being conducted at the same time. holi is celebrated tommorow at premamadhuri kunj. it is joyous to even think about holi. let us pray srisri that we are all blessed to see the photos soon.
So HAPPY HOLI
Brindavana Lal Ki Jai

Archana Ravindrans message sent shivers in me. All we can say is Guru Krupa. All we can do is Guru Smaranam and Guru Krupa Smaranam. Our prayers also to the unfortunate few.

my family has gone to Brindavan with srisri. Today being ekadesi four of us friends thought we will have a small bajan. The songs that were randomly picked were ultimate ones and the bajan was so nice. 'Suhayathi Me Hrudhayam sukumaraha' took us all to Brindavan. Gurunatha you have given our heart so much joy. We are not able bear the joy. You are in Brindavan and when we think of you and sing your songs you pour your love from that land of love to us. 'Suhayathi me hruthaayam' We could proceed no longer after this song. Premikendra Sathgurunatha Maharaj Ki jai.

Day before yesterday i started on a sudden trip to chennai by train. The compartment was not crowded and in my bay there was no one. I was writing about Paranur and Bakthakolahalan. By the grace of srisri it was getting very interesting and i felt as if i was in sathsangh. One by one whatever i know about Paranur and Kolahalan came to my mind. there was no one to disturb me and no one to even ask me to switch off the light. I went on writing late into the night and felt as if i was in Paranur itself. Gurunatha you give sathsangh even if we are alone, you alone can do that.....

SriSriAnna we heard, completed the Pandari program and on 3rd march night started to pune. He stayed there in a devotees house for two days. On 5th Mar he started from Pune and reached Brindavan at night. He is now at Brindavan and enjoying the few days that are left before the holi uthsavam which starts on 10th March.
I am expecting my friend who had gone to pandari to call, so that i can put some photos of pandari on .org

The sunday has started very nicely. SriSri is in pandari for the third day. He is leaving for delhi and Brindavan after that. Yesterday after india won the match against pakistan i had the urge to run to srisri and shout "anna india has won". I know i am mad but what i felt is true. how would anna react to that!
The Sunday started well with prabhodhanam. The Prabhodhanam songs of SriSri again and again reminds one of SriSri and Paranur. Maybe oneday i will try to write what thought each line of the prabhodhanam evokes. I also heard SriSri's Bagavatha Parayanam through cassette. The flow of words is like the flow of yamuna. Gurunatha thanks for giving a great sunday.

this being the night of shivarathri i thought i will log in and add something. SriSri Anna will be doing Abishekam to Pandarinathan and it is nice to sit here and visualize it. We were sitting and singing songs on Shiva including those written by srisri in my mother in laws house. My wife who entered the pooja room suddenly shouted "come here come here ", i ran inside and she showed me a picture of srisri doing abishekam. he was doing abishegam for a small pandarinathan and rukumayi. we were all thrilled and our hearts flew directly to pandari. the photo is there for a long time but only today we realised that the abishegam was for pandarinathan and not for krishnan as earlier assumed. Pandari Kshthra ki jai. Premikendra Sathgurunath maharaj ki Jai !!!!!

thanks to siva subramanian for that info. SriSri anna is in Pandari and it seems there will be a abishegam on shivarathri. Blessed are those who have gone to pandari with srisri. One of my friends has taken his camera to pandari and has promised me a lot of pics. We will put it in .org.

Radhe krishna
Dear Premika bhaktas
On Telegu new years day
SriSri is releasing the Brahma sabha malar at Raski ranjani sabha,Chennai.
Discussion with Vadikas & Discorse on paduranga leela in the evening
Radhe krishna

It is Not that there is no Upanyasam as I am not Feeling Well. It is that I am not Feeling Well as there is no Upanyasam !
- SriSri in Naradha Bakthi Suthram

SriSri Explaining Bakthi So Sweetly in Naaradha Bakthi Sutram
-- The love towards ones lover is - Kaadal
-- The love towards ones child is - Vaathsalyam
-- The love towards God is - Bakthi

SriSri Anna Says - When an Ordinary Man commits a misdeed it is called Sin Or Paapam. There are ways that these Sins can be cleared. But when a Baktha or devotee Commits a Misdeed it is called as Abacharam. A sin can be washed but a Abacharam cannot be. So in the guise of devotees we should not commit Misdeeds for it will eventually turn out to be Abacharam on our Guru
----From SriSri's Naradha Bakthi Sutram Discourse

Happy New Year to one and all. SriSri Anna is at Paranur now. The Margazhi uthsavam starts on 5th January. SriSri anna sings the Keerthanavalli and Divyaprabhandan. It is a uthsavam filled with "bhavam" . I met Srisri at paranur on dec30th morning. It was ekadesi. since it is the margali month the prabhodhanam starts early at 5:00 am. there were very few devotees and it was wonderful to see the saligram abishegam and kolahalan archana. i could not stay for the abishegam and discourse and left paranur int the morning itself. but my heart was so full of srisri and i came back drenched in krupa. paranur,ekadesi,kolahalan,srisri what a combination.