Sunday, 22 September 2013

VISIT OF PUJYASRI SWAMI OMKARANANDA SARASWATI

On 22nd September 2013 Pujyasri Swami Omkarananda Saraswati blessed us with his visit and short stay at Thapovanam.

We were very happy to receive him and enjoy his satsang.

Pujya Swami Omkarananda is an outstanding Teacher of Vedanta known for his eloquence in Tamil and Sanskrit. His ability to present the most intricate topics of Vedanta in and easily understandable manner has won him a large following. 

Sri Swamiji is an authority on Tirukkural, a great admirer of Manickavacagar, Saint Tayumananavar and Mahakavi Sri Subramanya Bharati. A unique feature of Sri Swamiji’s classes is the spontaneous flow of quotations from the Vedas as well as Tamil texts like Tirumandiram and Kaivalya Navaneetam.

Swami Omkarananda is the head of Sri Swami Chidbhavananda Ashram at Theni. At present he also is the Peethadipathi of Sadguru Santananda Swamigal of Sri Bhuvaneshwari Avadhuta Vidya Peetham, Pudukkottai.

After his visit to Niketan Swamiji proceeded to Chennai were he is to conduct a series of lectures from 25th Septemer to 8th October.