First Chaturmasya observed by the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (SPH) arranged by Mataji Vibhutananda Puri
In accordance to the plan executed by Brahma Yogini, on 2nd January 1978, as the most compassionate answer to the prayers of billions on Planet Earth, the Paramashiva, supreme consciousness, descended into the human form as the second child of the second son of Anusuyammmal, Sri Arunachalam, and the daughter of Raju Mudaliar, Ma Lokanayaki.
Not even a year into the Supreme Manifestation of Paramashiva, Kuppammal conducted the first test of the divinity expressing through the divine young child who was named Rajashekaran. She put a rudraksha mala into a box of jewels owned by Dhankotti Ammal and showed the box to test which ornament the newborn incarnation will choose. Without even a moment of lapse, the young Avatar pulled on the rudraksha mala and chose the rudraksha mala, the favorite of Shiva, as His first possession. (Read more: https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/1979_-_Rudraksha_Mala_Chosen_by_SPH_at_age_2)
On 17 July 1981, after the divine manifestation of the lovable and joyful Lord Ganesha (Read More: https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/1981_-_Ganesha) through the young Avatar at the age of three, according to the guidance of Kanchi Paramacharya and the 230th Gurumahasanmidhanam of Thondaimandala Samrajyam Mataji Vibhutananda Puri, along with Yogiraj Yogananda Puri and the help of others, for the initiation of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism into Balasanyas and the observation of His first Chaturmasya. Taking the three year old Incarnation onto their lap, His Gurus completed the rituals on His behalf.
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(Read more on Chaturmasya: https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/1981-_First_Chathurmasya_Photograph)
With this auspicious initiation, the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism began the shaastra adhyayanam when He received the Atma Puranam, the first four Upanishad and began the study with both Kuppammal and Isakki Swamigal. He also received in this time the first Olai Chevudi, the palm leaf scripture, which contained the Sri Rudram, Chamakam and Namakam to study.
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