Crest Jewel of Yogis

DETAILS OF PHOTOGRAPHS

Tours

  1. Acharyal trekking to Sabarimalai in March, 1980.
  1. At the sacred 18 steps of Sri Ayyappan temple in Sabarimalai.
  1. Acharyal receiving Prasadam.
  1. Return from Sabarimalai.
  1. Arrival at Thottiyam, Tamilnad , in September, 1959.
  1. Witnessing Puja at Thottiyam.
  1. Giving Prasadam to a devotee.
  1. Giving Theertham at Thottiyam in 1959.
  1. Conversing with devotees.
  1. Acharyal at Thottiyam, Tamilnad , in September,1959.
  1. Rama Navami Puja at Thirumanilayur, Tamilnad in 1959.
  1. Waterfalls at Ambasamudram.
  1. Acharyal at the falls.
  1. Proceeding for a bath in 1957 in Tamil Nadu
  1. At Salem in October,1959.
  1. Abhishekam at a devotee's house in Salem in 1959.
  1. "Arati"
  1. At Ganapati shrine in Salem in November,1979.
  1. Acharyal at the Salem Math.
  1. Arrival at Delhi in November,1966.
  1. At reception in Vijnana Bhavan, Delhi, in 1966.
  1. At Gauri Shankar temple, Delhi,in 1977.
  1. With the Raval at Kedarnath.
  1. Blessing the Maharaja of Nepal.
  1. Explaining about an idol to the king of Nepal in 1967.
  1. Beholding the image of the Lord in Nepal.
  1. A view of the Vishnu idol in Nepal.
  1. At the Pasupathinath temple in Nepal.
  1. Playfully ringing a bell in the Pasupatinath temple in Nepal.
  1. Appreciating a river in Nepal.
  1. At Parthasarathi temple in Madras in 1960.
  1. Prayer to Ved Bhagavan at Pravachana Mandiram, Madras on November 12th, 1977.
  1. At ICF colony, Madras, 1977.
  1. Receiving Poornakumbham offered by Gurubhaktamani P.Subramaniam at Calcutta in 1967.
  1. Being reverentially welcomed at Calcutta in 1967.
  1. 37. Sections of the crowd in Calcutta during Acharyal's visit in 1967.
  1. Poornahuti of Chandi Homa at Calcutta in 1967.
  1. Poornakumbham reception at Shankar Math in Bombay in 1967.
  1. At the reception in Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay in 1967.
  1. A section of the crowd at Shanmukhananda Hall during the above visit.
  1. Giving Theertha Prasadam at Tamil Sangam Building in Bombay in 1967.
  1. At Bombay in April,1982.
  1. 45. At Poona in November,1967.
  1. Poornakumbham reception at Guruvayoor.
  1. Beholding Lord Krishna at the Guruvayoor temple.
  1. Acharyal coming for night Puja.
  1. Crowd awaiting Acharyal's arrival at Partgali Jeevottama Math in October 1975.
  1. Unveiling plaque at Triveni Nirjhar Raj Bhavan, Lucknow, in 1977. Governor, Dr.Chenna Reddy, looks on.
  1. A view of the Triveni Nirjhar inaugurated by Acharyal.
  1. At Vijayawada in December 1967.
  1. Gracing a devotee's house in Vijayawada in 1966.

54, 55. At Vijayawada.

  1. Acharyal in front of victory tower, Chithoor in 1967.
  1. At Chithoor.
  1. Sea bath at Gokarnam.
  1. At Kolar in January 1960.
  1. Group photo taken at Kolar in January, 1960.

61, 62. At Guntur in February,1966.

63, 64. At Bangalore in 1962.

  1. Giving Theertham at the Shankara temple in Bangalore in July, 1962.
  1. Laying the foundation stone of a temple in Goa in 1975. Smt.Shashikala Kokodkar looks on.
  1. During reception at Tarakeshwar Math in December,1977.
  1. Acharyal watching a programme at ICF Colony, Madras,in 1977.
  1. Arrival at Madurai.
  1. View of Gopurams of Meenakshi Amman temple Madurai.
  1. Arrival at T.V.S. School in Madurai.
  1. Vimanams of temples in Shankara Math, Madurai
  1. Acharyal consecrating the Shankara idol at Madurai.

74, 75. Atirudram at Kallidaikuruchi.

  1. Pratishta of Shankara idol at Hyderabad.
  1. Consecration of Ambal idol at the Hyderabad Math.
  1. Consecration of Sharada shrine at Bangalore Shankar Math.
  1. Pratishta of Shankara idol.
  1. Abhishekam to Kalasam.
  1. Feeding after Kumbhabhishekam of shrines in Bangalore Shankar Math.
  1. Consecration of Lingam at Shankara Vidya Kendra, Delhi.
  1. Ascending the Vimanam with Swami Swaroopananda.
  1. Kumbhabhishekam of Vimanam over Shiva Shrine.
  1. Kumbhabhishekam of a Dharma Shasta temple on March 7, 1977.
  1. Worship of Lord Ganapathy at Sarasbagh, Poona in 1967.
  1. Acharyal performing Arati at Mahalakshmi temple in Bombay in 1967.
  1. Kumbhabhishekam of Pravachana Mandiram in Madras.
  1. Pratishta of Ganapathy idol.
  1. Consecration of Bhagavatpadal's image
  1. Arati to the Ambal idol during Pratishta.
  1. Acharyal giving Prasadam to Dharmatma Dr.Vaidyasubramanya Iyer after the Pratishta at Pravachana Mandiram at Madras.
  1. Acharyal at Abhinava Shankaralaya, Mysore, at Parameshti Acharyal's Sannidhi in March,1968.
  1. Acharyal making the Chaturmasya Sankalpam at Bombay in 1967.
  1. Closeup of Acharyal during Chaturmasya Sankalpam in 1967.
  1. Acharyal observing the proceedings of the Vidwat Sadas at Madras in 1982.
  1. Section of the Pandits who participated in the Vidwat Sadas.
  1. Front view of the procession on the occasion of the inauguration at the new Math at West Mambalam, Madras.
  1. Acharyal in the procession.
  1. Acharyal performing Ramanathaswami temple Kumbhabhishekam at Rameswaram in 1975.
  1. Acharyal performing Ayyappa Swami temple Kumbhabhishekam at Madras in January,1982.
  1. Acharyal performing Sharada temple Kumbhabhishekam at Coimbatore in 1980.

Acharyal in Himalayas

  1. Tranquil mind and turbulent waters - Acharyal on the banks of the Ganges at Haridwar (20.5.1967).
  1. Purification of the purifying river - Bath at Haridwar.
  1. Ganga Puja at Haridwar.
  1. The King of Rishis at Rishikesh - Bath in the Ganges (22.5. 1967).
  1. The crest jewel of Yogis atop the crest jewel of mountains - Anushtanam at Rudraprayag (23.5.1967).
  1. At Rudraprayag.

7,8. At Gaurikund (25.5.1967 ).

  1. With Upadhyaya on the way to Kedarnath .
  1. Bath at Kedarnath (27.8.1967).
  1. At Kedarnath at the end of Puja.
  1. At Kedarnath with Sanyasis on 27.5. 67.
  1. The pathway to beauty - Badrinath.
  1. The Crest Jewel of mountains - The Himalayas.
  1. The Himalayas - Another view.
  1. At Badrinath (31-5-67).
  1. Amidst the ardent devotees at Badrinath.
  1. In a cave above Badrinath.
  1. At Badrinath (1-6-1967).
  1. Shankaracharya at Shankaracharya hill, Srinagar.
  1. One and the same - Acharyal at Lord Jyeshteswara shrine, Srinagar (11-6-67).
  1. At Jyeshteswara temple atop Shankaracharya hill.
  1. At Martanda (12-6-67).

Interviews

  1. Sri S.K. Ramaswamy Avadhanigal
  1. Sri Shankaranarayana Jois
  1. Sri Seetharama Holla
  1. Sri Ramappiah
  1. Sri Mallikarjuna Bhatta
  1. Sri Katte Srikantaiah
  1. Sri Sri Chandrasekhara Hande
  1. Sri Srinarasimha Bhatta
  1. Sri Sitarama Bhatta Khiledhar
  1. Sri Ganeshiah
  1. Sri Mahabala Bayar
  1. Sri O. Ramaswamy
  1. Sri Ganesh Bhatta
  1. Sri Shankara Adiga
  1. Sri Ramachandra Rao
  1. Sri Malnad Venkatesha
  1. Sri A. Subramania Sastry
  1. Sri Chella Annapoorna Prasad

The group which worked to bring out these two volumes

Sitting (L-R) 'Prof.' P. N. Neelakantan, K. Srinivasan, R. Krishnan (Publication Manager), H. N. Shankar (Trustee), K. Suresh, G. Ramasubramanian, E. R. Ravikumar.

Standing (1st row) B. R. Viswanath, V. M. Swaminathan, R. Sekaran, L. Narayanan, R. Sivaramakrishnan, K. N. Venkatasubramanian

(2nd row) R. Sriraman, S. Venkateswaran, J. Sairaman, V. Suresh, R. Subramanian, B. R. Vidyashankar, K. Vidyashankar.

(3rd row) V. Mohan, S. Viswanathan, S. Sriram, R. Kasinath, S. Murali, K. Venkatramanan

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