Visit to Sri Sankara Matam, West Mambalam, Chennai
Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam's branch is located in Easwaran Koil Street.
The Sankara Matam acts as a hub of spiritual and dharmic activities.
A few years back, with the Blessings of Their Holinesses
Jagadguru Pujyasri Jayendra Saraswati Shankaracharya Swamiji and Pujyasri
Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji, the deity of Devi
Kamakshi was installed in Srimatam. Regular pujas are offered to Devi Kamakshi.
During auspicious occasions like Navaratri, special pujas are performed.
There are close to 100+ cows and this is one of its kind
shelters and also is a spiritual abode to people who want to worship Kamadhenu.
Gho pooja is performed every Friday between
6.30 pm – 8. pm and the token amount is Rs.50 and you can take athi leaves and
untied flowers for the pooja. Every
week, the priest gives anecdotes from Hindu religion, gives us news and events
details and also the communal ushering of Omkara and ends with the prasadam
distribution. You will for sure leave
the place with quite serene vibrations of calmness and peace.
Significance
of Gho Pooja
Worship
Goddess Kamadhenu on Fridays and Goddess Lakshmi will bless you with Abundance.
In India,
cows have been treated as sacred and as a personification of Goddess Kamadhenu.
Vedas say that Goddess Kamadhenu is a cosmos where all the Gods, Goddess, Devas
including the Trinity (Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma along with their Consorts) reside.
It is also stated in the myths that offering prayers to Goddess Kamadhenu is
equivalent to worshipping our ancestors and hence it is considered to be
auspicious to feed the cows on a New Moon Day. The cow is worshipped every day
and has a very major significance in family rituals. The cow is called as
Kamadhenu, the wish-fulfilling sacred cow.
Gho
Pooja means worshipping Goddess Kamadhenu. Puranas say that Mother Kamadhenu ("Gho
Matha") emanated from the milky ocean while the Devas and Asuras were
churning the ocean and she was taken into possession by Devas. As Kamadhenu
fulfilled the wishes of all, the Devas flourished with her divine grace.
To
perform this Gho Pooja and Lakshmi Homa on a Friday is more auspicious because
Venus rules Friday and the Overlord of Venus is Goddess Lakshmi. Worshipping
Goddess Lakshmi on a Friday also helps you in gaining the blessings of Venus
who bestows you with pleasures and comforts in life.
The
performance of Gho pooja is significantly important as many benefits are
accrued through this ritual. This ritual helps you in gaining the blessings and
grace of Goddess Lakshmi. Worshipping mother Kamadhenu helps in alleviating the
sins committed by our Ancestors and also in wiping out the ancestral curse. Losses
in business can be overcome by the performance of this worship. Debts can be
easily resolved. Problems created by enemies would easily vanish.
Our
visit details
Members
of Inner Wheel Club of South and co-president from Chennai President decided to
visit the place and offer our prayers and also food to the cows and render our
devotion on the auspicious Friday of the Dasara festival season. Friday, 26 Sep 2014 blessed us with the
opportunity to have this experience and also feel the blessings to our entire
Inner Wheel family.
