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Parashakthi Temple is home to five experienced Hindu
priests who can perform various types of Hindu rituals
and Pujas at the Home of the devotee or in the Temple.
These include: Seemantham ( Pregnancy), Namakaranam
(Naming), Annaprasanam (First-meal), Akshrabhyasa,
Upanayanam (Thread ceremony), Vidyabhasa Poorthy
(Graduation), Nischitartham (Engagement), Vivaham
(Wedding), Shashtiabdapoorthy (60th Birthday),
Sadabhishekam (80th Birthday), Bhumi Puja, Graha
Pravesham (House warming), Rishi Panchami, Sathyanarana
pooja, Vahana puja and all types of Homa and Nithya puja.
Our priests will also handle funeral services, shraadda
(ancestor Worship puja) and other aparakramas. A brief
description of our priests is given below.
Shri. Siddhintha Gurukkal
Shri. Siddhintha Gurukkal joined our temple as a priest
in January 2006. Shri Gurukkal was born in Nachiarkoil,
Tamil Nadu and received his training in the Agama
tradition of Nithya, Nimithya and Prathishta puja from
the Veda Sivagama Patashala, Dharmapuram, and Tamil Nadu.
He is an expert in Agama Shastra, and recital of
Thevaram, Thirumurai and Divya Prabhandam (Dravida Vedam).
He has served as a priest in Kudavasal and Sri
Kalikambal Temple, Chennai and as chief priest in the
Uttara SwamiMalai Murugan Temple, New Delhi. In
addition, he has worked as a priest in Sivan Koil,
Singapore, Siva Subramania Swami Kalikambal Temple, St.
Dennis, Reunion Islands and in Mahalakshmi Temple,
Boston. On several occasions, he has been an invited
priest for conducting Kumbhabhishekams in various
temples in England, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Sri
Lanka and the USA. He is also very knowledgeable in
Carnatic Music, Indian Astrology and numerology and
speaks Tamil and Hindi very fluently and is proficient
in Sanskrit. He is very mystical and communicates with
the Divine Mother. In addition to Temple Pujas, Shri
Gurukkal is well versed in conducting various pujas and
rituals at home. We are indeed very happy to have Shri
Gurukkal amongst us.
Sri Krishnaswamy Bhatta
Shri krishnaswamy Bhatta joined our temple in the summer
of 2008. He comes from a family of hereditary priests of
the Kote Sri Prasanna Venkataramana Swamy Temple,
Bangaluru. He received diplomas in Pancharathra Agama,
Pravara and Praveena from Mysore S. M. Sanskrit College
and Vishishtadwaitha Vedanta Madhyama training from
Karnataka University. Before joining our temple, he
worked as an Agamik priest in Kote Sri Anjaneyaswamy
Temple and Karekal Sri Anjaneyaswamy Temple, Bangaluru.
He is well trained in Bhagadaradhana Nityotsava,
Brahmotsava, Pavitrotsava, Kalyanotsava,
MahaKumbhabhishekam, Prana Prathishtapanam, Sudrarhana
Homam, Griha Pravesam, Nama Karanam and all Poorva
Prayogams. He speaks and can converse in Kannada, Tamil,
Telugu, English and Hindi. Shri Krishnaswamy belongs to
the Vaishnavite sampradayam.
Priest Madhavan Bhattar
Priest Nandhagopal Rajagopal Bhattar also known
popularly as Madhavan Bhattar hails from Srirangam the
abode of lord Ranganatha. He comes from a parampara of
sri Vaishnava priests from the Srirangam temple. He
studied Krishna Yajur Veda from Sri Ranganatha paduka
vidyalaya and got further training in pancharathra agama
from the late Sri Rangaraja Bhattar Swamigal and his son
Muralidhara Bhattar. Sri Madhavan Bhattar is very
familiar with all temple rituals such as abhisheka for
deities, Archana, aradhana,paarayanam and homa including
those pertaining to Shaivite worship. He is an expert on
Vaishnava sampradayam. He can perform various rituals
such as Ganapathi Homam, Bhusuktha Homam, Navagraha
Homam, Varahi Homam, Ayush Homam, Mrithyunjaya Homam,
Vivaham, varalakshmi vritham, Sathyanarayana puja etc at
the homes of devotees. Devotees may contact him for
details of puja that can be performed by him. Sri
Madhavan Bhattar is an excellent Astrologer also. He has
performed Samprokshana ceremonies in Thailand, Singapore
and Malaysia apart fro participating in various
religious events conducted by temples in India.
Priest Narayanaswamy Kumar
Priest Narayanaswamy Kumar is a priest of the Smartha
tradition and has qualified in Krishna Yajur Veda at the
Veda Vedanta Padasalai in Pazuvhur, Trichy, and Tamil
Nadu. He is familiar with Arunam, Kaatakam, Upanishad,
Shaka Samhitha and Kramam. He also learnt various poorva
rituals like Punyakavachanam, Namakaranam, Annaprasanam,
Chowlam, Upanayanam, Vivaham, Seemantham, Ayushhomam,
Shastiabda poorthy and apara Kramas like Pretha Karma,
Nithya Vidhi, Subhasweekaram, Tharpanam, Shraddham etc.
His training in Alabama puja includes Death Gayathri,
Shakhabhishekam, Annabhishekam, Alankaram, and Archana.
He chants various slokas and Paarayanas with clarity. He
has worked in Singapore as a rites priest and is
available for all types of Graha Pujas.
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