With Blessings from Param Pujya Gurudev and Pujya Guruji, Chinmaya Upasana Inauguration was planned on the 5th April 2014-Saturday .
Construction work at Chinmaya Upasana site was completed by third week of March 2014.The main diety of Shri Omkara Mahavishnu arrived on 12th March 2014 along with Shri Ganapathi & Shri Anjaneyar.Activities to support inauguration work started by first week of March 2014.
From 19th to 28th of March,Jaladhivasam,Dhanyadhivasam and shayanadhivasam was performed for Shri. Omkara Mahavishnu,Shri.Ganapati,Shri.Anjaneyar. Then Chinmaya Upasana Inauguration started with Sahala Devatha Pooja on the 30th March 2014 at 10:00 A.M. Along with Sahala Devatha Puja Maha Ganapathi Pooja , Sankalpa , Paduka Pooja , Ganapathi Navagraha Homa and Yanthra Pooja were performed on the same day .
From 31st March to 2nd April 2014 Yanthra Pooja , Dattadevetha Homam , Moolamantra Japa Parayanam were performed on a daily basis starting at 10:00 AM in the morning . Annadhanam was distributed near Upasana site from 30th April 2014 till 5th night
On 3rd April 2014,the morning First Kala Yaga pooja was started,in total there were five Kala Yaga Pooja’s performed till the morning of 5th April 2014.Sevaks and office bearers of our mission from Salem arrived on the 3rd April 2014 to support the inauguration activities
From 2nd April to the 5th April 2014 we had Swamins and Brahmacharins of different mission centers visting Upasana and blessing the place.
The dawn of 5th April 2014 was with an air of expectation and happiness for mission members of Hosur .
Our Mission president Shri.PadmanabhanJi along with our Swamiji and Shri. Srinivasan Raghavan were there at Bangalore airport to receive Pujya Guruji.
Guruji’s flight arrived 15 minutes earlier and when the message of Guruji’s landing reached Hosur the required pooja’s were getting completed and things getting ready for inauguration .
The crowd waiting for Pujya Guruji ( around 900 people) were shown a short video clip on Chinmaya Mission and activities that we perform , along with video clips on Gurudev’s life history . Small talks by Gurudev and Pujya Guruji were shared with the crowd. The crowd was enjoying the talks and we had Pujya Guruji’s vehicle reaching Upasana approximately at 11:50 A.M .Pujya Guruji was received with Poorna Kumbam and with lots of love and respect. Swami Krishnathmanandaji walked with Pujya Guruji to reach the stage .
The following dignitaries were invited to the stage along with Pujya Guruji and our Swamiji
• Shri .P.R.Thiyagarajan and Smt. Vasanthi Thiyagarajan
• Shri. Srinivasan Raghavan
• Shri.Sivaramanji Seceretary , Chinmaya Seva Trust , Salem
• Shri.Padmanabhanji , President , Chinmaya Mission , Hosur
After the traditional lighting of the lamp and Welcome address came the time for inauguration. After lighting the lamp near the Yagna Sala Pujya Guruji inaugurated Chinmaya Upasana by 12:30 A.M on the 5th April 2014 .
The inauguration was telecasted live to the gathering , while Pujya Guruji inaugurated Upasana by lighting a lamp in front of main deity shri Omkara Mahavishnu and unveiling the Gratitude portrait a beautiful lotus engraved glass.Also lamps were lit in all rooms of Upasana by mission members who played active role in getting Chinmaya Upasana to the level where it was that day .
After declaring Chinmaya Upasana Open, Pujya Guruji proceeded towards Yagna Sala for KalasaUdvasanam . On Guruji’s arrival at Yagna Sala Poorna Aahuti was performed and Kalasaudvasanam done along with 36 Kalasa’s, 9 Devatha Kalasa’s were carried to perform Kalasabhishekam.
Pujya Guruji carried the Kalasam to main Vimanam of Chinmaya Upasana and Kalasabhishekam was performed to Shri Ganapathi,Shri Anjaneyar and Shri Omkara Mahavishnu 9.5 feet height
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The event was a treat to watch for the people present there. After performing Kalasabhishekam Pujya Guruji was back to the dias along with Swamiji and members.
Swami Krishnathmananda took the lead in calling out the names of people who were to be recognized and Pujya guruji presented the mementos to sevaks. During this time Guruji also released a Tamizh translation book-Mana Nirvagam of Swami Swaroopananda’s Mind Management.
It was time for Pujya Gurji’s blessings , in his blessings Pujya Guruji confirmed to the crowd that the name of the deity would be Shri Omkara Mahavishnu and the happiness was clearly visible in Gurji’s face.
Inspite of soaring temperature Pujya Guruji blessed the crowd and complimented our Swami Krishnathmananda’s commitment and sincerity and announced him as the “Man of the Match” in bringing Chinmaya Upasana to completion.
After this vote of thanks was delivered, Gurji proceeded to his bhiksha. Entire crowd had annadhanam and then had a glimpse of Lord Omkara Mahavishnu .
By 4:30 P.M in the evening Pujya Guruji’s Satsang was organized in Chinmaya Upasana, In his satsang speech Pujya Guruji outlined the mission of Chinmaya Upasana , his guidance was to serve the needy in terms of Annadhanam ,Medical seva, serve thro knowledge to seekers by regular classes and serve the community by having regular sessions on Value Based Education Programmes to younger generation .
At 5:30 P.M in the evening Guruji left for Bangalore to proceed towards Mumbai.