Shankaracharya birthday fest in BBSR tomorrow

| | BHUBANESWAR | in Bhubaneswar

The Aditya Bahinee, the youth wing of Puri’s Govardhan Mutt, is all set to celebrate Jagadguru Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati’s 75th birth anniversary here on July 11.

Guruji’s birthday is also celebrated worldwide as the Sanatan Gaurav Diwas, said Aditya Bahinee’s Maha Sachiv (general secretary) Pandit Matruprasad Mishra.

Aditya Bahinee’s Bhubaneswar chapter is gearing up for the State-level birth anniversary celebration at the Palli Unnayan Seba Samiti (PUSS), a children shelter home at Naharakanta, Bhubaneswar.

In the morning at 7 am, a Rudrabhishek ritual would be performed at the Parshurameswar Temple near the Kedargouri Temple in Old Town. The detailed programme agenda was discussed and finalised on Monday in presence of Aditya Bahinee members of Bhubaneswar Chapter here.

Aditya Bahinee’s Bhubaneswar secretary Subhendu Das said famous musicians like Prem Anand, Diptirekha, Ashutosh, Sricharan Mohanty and team will form devotional music programme followed by a public meeting. Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Shiv Chidanand Saraswati, Swami Jagannathanand Saraswati, Swami Udayanand Parbat, Gour Shyamanand Das Ji, Niranjan Rath, Dr Abhay Nayak, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Sarat Kumar Dash, Ajay Bahadur Singh, Arun Panda, Dr Badrinath Patnaik, Aryakumar Jnanendra, Prafulla Rath, Dr Amiya Mohapatra, Er Prasant Acharya, Dr Prabhu Charan Mohanty, Manoj Palo, Manoj Rath, Subhendu Swain, Pt Dibakar Mishra, Manoj Lenka, Biswanath Mohanty, Manoranjan Patnaik and eminent persons from different walks of life would join the celebration as guests.