Sannyasa Peeth celebrated the 15th year of Sri Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya, this year in honour of our Paramesti Guru Swami Sivananda and our Paramaguru Sri Swami Satyananda.
Since 2011, from 8th September to 12th September, every year Sri Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya is conducted at Sannyasa Peeth! 8th September being Sivananda Janmotsav and 12th September being Sannyas Divas of Sri Swamiji.
Sivananda Janmotsav at SYC
From the year 2005, since we got connected with our Ashram, we observed that Sri Swamiji even in his ripe age, was excited about the celebration of Sivananda Janmotsav. In Rikhiapeet Sri Swamiji had established the tradition of celebrating Sivananda Janmotsav by organising Srimad Bagavad Katha.
We even had the opportunity to participate in Sivananda Janmotsav when Sri Swamiji was living in Rikhiapeeth, his Tapo Bhumi. Inspired by the way Sri Swamiji celebrated Sivananda Janmotsav, Sn Shivrishi has taken a sankalpa to conduct Srimad Baghavata Saptaham for twelve years in honour of our Paramesti Guru Swami Sivananda.
You can read about the twelve years of Srimad Bagavatam at Satyananda Yoga Centre in the link given below
From 2011 till 2020 every year Sivananda Janmotsav has been celebrated at Satyananda Yoga Centre with devotion and with great fervor in honour of Swami Sivananda.
2024 – Sriman Narayana from SYC to Sannyas Peeth
In 2011 Sannyasa Peeth announced the Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya, and since then over the last fifteen years, Sri Lakshmi Narayan Maha Yagnya has been performed under the guidance of Paramahamsa Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati.
During the Celebrations in Satyananda Yoga Centre, a Murti of Sriman Narayana was placed in the Vedi for Aradhana during the Srimad Bagavatam and all the Aradhanas were offered to this murti. After over seven years of Aradhana in Covid time, the Srimad Bagavatam program was discontinued. The Murti of Sriman Narayana was offered to Swami Niranjan, during Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya in 2024. The Murti of Sriman Narayana is now placed in the Satyameshwar Peeth in Sannyasa Peeth Ashram.
Prasad from Shri Puri Jagannath Mandir
Since the commencement of the Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya in 2011, the Temple Flag, Mahaprasad from Jagannath Mandir are brought and offered to Swami Niranjan. In 2013, when Sn Shivarishi was given the opportunity to offer the cooking seva, as he witnessed the beautiful way in which the Mahaprasad was received and was distributed to everyone, a strong sadvritti arose! How lovely it will be if the prasad from Tirupati and Srirangam temples in the coming years.
Prasad from Srirangam and Tirupati
Sn Shivarishi expressed his desire to arrange the prasad from Sri Rangam Ranganatha Temple and Tirupati Sri Venkatachalapathi Temple for Sri Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya. Swamiji gave his consent and blessings to the wish. In 2024 and this year in 2025, the prasad from Sri Ranganatha Temple and Tirupati Sri Venkatachalapathi Temple have been arriving as a blessings from the Lord to the Yagnya. They are offered to Swamiji on the Yagnya Vedi and are received by Swamiji with great reverence and devotion.
In 2024, prasad from Titupati Sri Venkatachalapati temple included the vastrams offered to Perumal and the sandalwood paste impression of Mahalakshmi from the Vakshastahalam of Perumal and garlands., shawls, turban and lots of Ladoos and Vadas from the Madapalli.
From Srirangam temple the Elaichi mala offered to Lord Sriman Narayana were offered to Swamiji
The prasad from Tirupati was distributed to all participants of the Yagnya.
Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya 2025
Prasad from three most important temples of Sriman Narayana arrived at the Yagna Vedi in Sannyasa Peeth during this years Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya.
Paramahamsa Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati was delighted to have visited the Ranganatha Temple in April this year and had a mesmeric darshan of Lord Narayana and the Great Sri Rangam Temple. Arayar Krishnan Swami the descendent of the great Vaishnava Guru Shri Nathamuni Swami guided us all through the shrines of Sri Rangam temple.
Arayar Swami Krishnan carried the Mala offered to Sri Ranganatha and brought the blessings of Sriman Narayana for the Yagnya and even spoke about the great temple and the Sri Vaishnava tradition during the Yagnya.
Prasad from Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam arrived, it was offered to Swamiji by Sannyasi Shivarishi. Every disciple who attended the Yagnaya was given the Laddu prasad from Tirupati Temple.
The disciples of Satyananda Yoga Centre, were blessed to coordinate the prasad from both temples and to invite Arayar Krishnan Swami for the Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya.
If you wish to read full details of Sri Lakshmi Narayan Mahayagnya and see the satsang videos of Swamiji during this years Yagnya, you will find the link below