A TEMPLE FOR BHARATAMATA AT BANGALORE

&

Bharatamata Gurukula Ashram &

Yogi Ramsuratkumar Indological

Research Centre,

SISTER NIVEDITA ACADEMY

e-mail: sadhurangarajan@vsnl.com

Phone: 080-5613716/5610935; Cell: 94482 75935

 Bangalore, June 15, 2004

 Adoration and worship of Bharatamata, our Jamabhoomi. Punyabhoomi, Karmabhoomi, and Mokshabhoomi, is the hallmark of Hindu Dharma. The Vedas and Puranas proclaim the glory and greatness of our Motherland. Sri Rama extols Mother and Motherland as greater than the Heaven—Jananee janmabhoomischa swargaadapi gareeyasi. She is the Mother of all our Gods and Goddesses, saints, seers and holy men and women whom we worship and for whom temples have been erected all over the country and abroad. However, rarely we find a temple dedicated to Bharatamata whom even modern saints and savants like Bankim Chandra, Swami Vivekananda, Mahayogi Sri Aurobindo, Sister Nivedita, Swatantrya Veer Savarkar and Mahakavi Bharati eulogized as the manifestation of Mahashakti and presented before us the concepts of Ananda Math and Bhavani Mandir.

 Sister Nivedita Academy, founded in 1977 with the blessings of stalwarts like Acharya J.B. Kripalani and Swami Chinmayananda, and dedicated to the task of spreading the glory and greatness of Mother Bharat and our most ancient culture and heritage in India and abroad, has been rendering yeoman service to Hindu cause in India and abroad. The official organ of the Academy, TATTVA DARSANA Quarterly, is in the twenty-first year of publication.

Bharatamata Gurukula Ashram & Yogi Ramsuratkumar Indological Research Centre, a wing of the Academy, named after His Holiness Yogi Ramsuratkumar of Tiruvannamalai, the deeksha guru of the founder of the Academy, Sadhu Prof. V. Rangarajan, and set up at Srinivasanagar, Krishnarajapuram, Bangalore, in 1999, is dedicated to train a lay order of missionaries of Mother Bharat to serve Her children all over the world.

 The Academy has now undertaken a very sacred task of setting up a unique SRI BHARATMATA MANDIR in its premises at Srinivasanagar, Krishnarajapuram, Bangalore 560 036. This temple will be a place of congregation of all children of Mother Bharat, irrespective of caste, creed or nationality, to offer worship to the Loka Guru, Bharatamata, and to spread Her message, Vasudaiva kutumbakam—the whole world is one family. The construction work has already been started on Friday, May 21, 2004. The estimated cost for setting up the temple is Rs. 8 lakhs. The Academy expects to receive the patronage and help of the Mother's children in India and abroad and appeals to patrons and well-wishers for generous contributions in the form of materials like brick, cement, iron, wood, etc., and donations by cash or cheques or drafts in favour of SISTER NIVEDITA ACADEMY. The construction is expected to be completed within the next few months. An exquisite idol of Bharatamata is to be consecrated in the temple where Deshamaatrukaa Pooja and Havan will be performed by all devotees directly. For details, contact Sadhu Prof. V. Rangarajan, phone numbers 25610935 and 25613716, Mobile: 94482-75935 and e-mail: sadhurangarajan@vsnl.com

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