Kanchi Mahaswami's life history is being narrated in a lively manner by Sri.Ganesa Sarma as a series of discourses lasting 7 days like the Bhagavata Saptaaham. Please click on the links below for further details.

• Venue and Timings
  
  
• How the idea of a Saptaaham was conceived
  
  
• About Sri Ganesha Sarma
  
  
• What it contains - A brief outline of the Saptaaham
  
  





























Schedule of upcoming Saptaahams





Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri ChandraSekharendra Saraswathi Mahaswami DIVYA CHARITRA UPANYASAM by S.Ganesha Sharma




Venue

• 1 August 2004 to 7 August 2004 6.30pm to 8.30pm
  
  

  Sri Rama Mandir, East Park Road, Malleswaram
  Bangalore
  






• 30 July 2004 to 31 July 2004 1.30pm to 3.30pm
  
  

  Mahaganapati Kalyanamantapam, Palghat
  
  




• Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Dhyana Mandap
  Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Shankara Mutt.
  Skanda Giri
  Secunderabad
  




Date	Time	Details
24 Jan '03 Friday	6.30pm-8.30pm	Avathara and Vijaya Yatra Kandam
25 Jan '03 Saturday	6.30pm-8.30pm	Arputha, Upadesa and Anugraha Kandam
26 Jan '03 Sunday	11.00am-1.00pm	Sarvagna and Smarana Kandam





Lunch to all devotees on Sunday after the discourse is completed.
ALL ARE WELCOME
Secunderabad Reception Committee.




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How the idea of a Saptaaham was conceived



MahaPeriyava Divya Charitram took shape as Saptaham-a seven day discourse like the Bhagavata Saptaham-without any of those involved in it i.e. members of the SSSMM TRUST or the Upanyasaka himself being conscious of it,so to say! One afternoon, a Trustee was asking Sri Ganesa Sarma whether he could devote himself to writing an authentic, factual account of every fact that went into the birth of the SSSMM Trust and the subsequent events to that day that account for the slow but steady progress of the Satabdhi ManiMantapam in Orirukkai by His Grace so that it can be compiled as a Sthala Purana for record. As one in the know of things and also a devotee of Pradosham Mama, he is eminently suited to do it - he also readily agreed to carry it out.

Another Trustee who is devoting all his attention to plans for the preservation of our Vedic heritage joined Sri Ganesa Sarma enthusiastically to help him in the task but when both of them got to work together, most unexpectedly the idea of these Saptaham discourses came to them. In hindsight, the whole thing looks like entirely Divinely inspired and nothing less! The visible impact Sri Ganesa Sarma makes on his listeners is testimony enough to the Divine inspiration of these Saptaham Discourses.



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TAFE Sri Ganesha Sarma





Sri Ganesha Sarma (45) B.A., M.B.A from Madras University has about 21 years of Service in the accounts department of Tractors and Farm Equipments of India Ltd(TAFE).

A native of Kumbakonam, he was inducted into the actvities of the Kanchi Mutt by his father. Since then he has been an ardent devotee of our MahaPeriyava. He is a Sri Vidya Upasaka who can also render many Sanskrit and Tamil hymns combining melody with meaning.

These Saptaham discourses have earned him the hearty blessings of both Their Holinesses Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal and Sri Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal who do not conceal their admiration for the manner in which he narrates the true story of Sri Kanchi MahaSwami.




Sri Ganesha Sarma was fully trained by Sri Pradosam Mama. Late Venkatrama Iyer popularly known as PRADOSAM MAMA, himself soaked in Bakthi of Sri Mahaswami was instrumental in inducting many good souls in the path of Bakthi. His vision of constructing a Mani Mandapam for Sri Mahaswami and propogating Veda resulted in the formation of the SSSMM Trust.



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A brief outline of the Saptaaham





The discourse lasts 7 days and contains 7 Kandams.


• Avathara Kandam  tells the story of MahaPeriyava's early years from the moment of Jayanti.



• Vijaya Yatra Kandam is an engaging travelogue of the decades of His pilgrimage on foot across the Bharat Varsha



• Arpudha Kandam is a narration of true stories which qualify themseves to be called miracles but which MahaPeriyava would never own as such



• Upadesa Kandam  - Not a single day has gone without MahaPeriyava discoursing on some topic or other (as Ra.Ganapati's 7 volumes of Deivathin Kural reveal)-Upadesa Kandam dwells a little on it.



• Anugraha Kandam  - Countless are the devotees in India and abroad, who have been benefitted by His Grace to this day. Anugraha Kandam gives a glimpse of that marvel to us.



• Sarvagna Kandam  - Sarvagna Peetam was the name for the sacred Kamakoti Peetam when Adi Sankara Bhagavadpada ascended that Peetam in Kancheepuram as its very first Acharya. Omniscience is what is conveyed by it-how many have experienced it - Sarvagna Kandam gives a brief profile of Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal as a Sarvagnya.



• Smarana Kandam  is meant to explain why we we should adore our MahaPeriyava day in and day out and, incidentally one of the ways to keep that sacred memory alive and glowing in our hearts is to participate in the making of the Manimantapam in Orirukkai. Sri Ganesha Sarma concludes the Saptaham memorably with this Smarana Kandam.



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