Sathabhishekham
Sathabhishekam Ceremony
of
Prof C.G. Raghavan and Dr. Mrs. Jayalakshmi Raghavan
on
Sunday 27th March, 2016
In this journey of life, the destination is the journey itself.
And, it has indeed been a very fulfilling journey for my parents, Prof C.G. Raghavan and Dr. Mrs. Jayalakshmi Raghavan. Their entire life has been a saga of teaching, learning, simplicity, devotion and love. I am delighted and privileged to host the Sathabhishekam ceremony of my Parents to celebrate their journey of life.
I solicit your gracious presence and would like to cordially invite you to the function.
Nithyannadaatha, Tharunaagnihothree, Maasopavaasee cha Pathivrathaa cha ||
Vedanthavith ChandraSahasrajeevi Shatjvandaneeyaa Mamajeevaloke' ||
While all in this universe worships Bhagawan Lord Krishna, Bhagawan himself worships the following six classes of individuals -
- One who does annadaanam daily
- One who has performed Soma Yaagam at a young age and continuing with Agnihothram daily
- Maasopavaasam is a Prayaschitta Karma and who has performed this
- A woman selflessly serving her husband without minding the hardship
- One who has studied Vedas and Upanishads with meaning and follows what is said in that
- One who has seen 1000 full moon.
A person having completed the age of 80 years, 8 months and 8 days would have passed through 1000 full moons and reaches the stage to aspire for Mumukshatwa.
Sathabhishekham is a shanthi Karma to ward off the impediments of health and other factors of ageing. Poojas, and japa homas to following devathas are offered:
1) Brahma in his five appearances -namely Prajapathy; Hiranyagarbha; Parameshtee; Chathurmukha and Brahma. He is worshipped using Khumbha-brahmam or 5 Kalashas.
After Japa, homas and puja the holy water from the Kumbham is used for performing the abhishekam of the individual .
Daanam, Nireekshitha Aajya daanam etc are part of the rituals. (Everyone irrespective of age does the abhishekam as the couple are equivalent to Rudradevata and Brahmamaitreya combined at that time!)
2) Shiva, (mruthyunjaya rudra)
3) Vishnu (laksmy narayana)
4) Navagraha
5) Seven 'chiranjevies' (immortal souls)
6) Aayur devathas i.e. Gods of the life
7) 8 dik palakas i.e. Gods for directions.
Ekadasa Rudra japam (Rudra Ekadasinee) with Mahanyasa Rudrabhishekam kramarchana is also performed on the previous day of Sathabhishekam. It is a maha prayashchitham to rid off all the sins and to invoke the blessings of Lord Shiva
