OMKAR PANCHAMI

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JAI GURU

This year. Omkar Panchami is on 20th February. The cards of various ashrams are being circulated ... devotees are making their final arrangements to celebrate the auspicious occassion of the divine moment of Thakur Sitaramdas Omkarnath's appearance! Plans are being chalked out in every home for a special initiative of greeting my Sitaram~

Here is the card of Mahamilan Math, where a grand celebration will be hosted on 20th, 21st and 22nd February... The Tithi is on 20th... Let us glance back at the History of this Divine Tithi~

The year was 1968.. Thakur Sitaramdas Omkarnath's JanmaTithi was being celebrated at Mahamilan Math. In the evening, Pundits paid their homage again on the stage.
KalipadaMahamahopadhay Tarkacharya ,the great pundit, announced respectfully-
‘Lord comes on this to dispel Adharma, in various ages and eras. The Holy moment of His arrival should be contemplated by everyone.
Just as Janmastami means the divine Birth Anniversary of Lord Krishna,
Let THAKUR’s Birth Anniversary be labeled as OmkarPanchami.’
Everone supported this proposal with the utterance of ‘JaiGuru’ and ‘SadhuSadhu’...
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It has been narrated in 'Sri Sri LeelaChinta'~
'Sondhyakale sobhsthole pondit mondoli,
Punoray nibedon kore shrodhhanjoli.
Kalipodo Tarakacharjya mohan pondit,
Ghosilen uchyokonthe shrodhyar sohit-
“odhormer glaani dur koribar torey,
Juge juge Bhogoban asey dhora porey.
Tnar sei subhokor Abirbhaab khon,
Shrodhyavore nityo smore mortobasigon.
Jonmastomi bolilei bujhay jemon—
SriKrishner jonmotithi, porom logon.
Thakurer jonmotithi houk temon~~
‘OmkarPanchami’ rupe chihnito koron.”
Keho ‘Jaiguru’ keu ‘Sadhu Sadhu’ robe,
Okunthito chitte kore somorthon sobe…'

~JAI GURU~

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The auspicious day has come again… Omkar Panchami. Just as the day denotes the advent of Omkarnathdev, it denotes a special opportunity for devotees to celebrate the occasion of His descent. The 3 day long celebration has begun in Mahamilan Math, Kolkata. Today, Rev Gopal Panditmosai started Gurupuja at 8.01am [the moment of Thakur’s Birth]. Shyamsundar Shyamrani, Ma Annapurna and other Deities had put on their most gorgeous attires to celebrate the divine day. Numerous devotees offered Puspanjali in GuruMandir. Nagarkirtan started from Mahamilan Math, traversed the roads, and came back to continue akhanda Nam in the Asram. ThakurKatha started thereafter, and many important topics were discussed, let me glance through few interesting points covered by the speakers--
# once Thakur was in Gujrat during Omkar Panchami. He had told His sevak—‘now its not the time for holding Sudarsan Chakra or DhanurBan, I will conquer everything only by the weapon of Naam.’
# Nam and Prema are the most important aspects of Thakur’s leela. Once, in Gurupurnima, many devotees had gathered. A military doctor has seen in the Ladies line [he was talking to his wife]. Thakur expressed fury from the stage, and the doctor felt insulted and refused to go to Thakur. But Thakur called Him and garlanded him and said—‘’if an old father rebukes his son to ensure discipline, why will u get angry?” But the man was reluctant and wasn’t apologetic. That night, he sent to bed, and whenever he fell asleep, he saw Thakur pampering him with loving words. Next morning, he came running to Thakur’s asram to beg for Diksha.
# Thakur’s emphasis on Varnasram, AharSuddhi, Shastra Bidhis is indeed a part of His ‘dharma santhapan leela’. We should try to revere the Sanatan ideals in order to sanctify our lives.
# Paramhasadev used to say- ‘when Ram came, only the 12 Rishis recognized Him, others called Him Dasarath’s son.’… Its indeed difficult to recognize His Identity. When Sitaram came, indeed the Rishis had recognized Him. Dasarathidev [Sitaram’s Guru] had recognized Him, and had asked for Viswarup darsan. Later also, numerous preachers, prophets, gurus, sadhaks had humbly came to Thakur to offer pranam, and many had recognized Him as Lord Incarnate.
# once Sri Madhav Swamiji [Thakur’s Nitya sevak and Leela parsad] was asked- ‘please state some supernatural incident of Thakur , that you have seen .’ Swamiji had said—‘ Everything is divine/ supernatural in Baba’s leela. Nothing in Baba’s lila is worldly/natural!’
# Nam is the primary Message of Sri Sri Thakur. Nam is the easiest path amidst all yogas of bhakti, karma, gyan kriya etc. Nam is the spiritual remedy for one and all, irrespective of caste, gender, religion or nationality…
After Thakur Katha, the book ‘Our Master’ was formally innaugurated by Kinkar Vithhal Ramanuj [President of Akhil Bharat Jaiguru Sampraday], and ‘Sitaram Mahasindhu teere’ was innaugurated by Kinkar Samananda [VicePresident of Akhil Bharat Jaiguru Sampraday]. The programme was followed by Prasad distribution…
Besides Mahamilan Math, Thakur’s Janmostav has been celebrated in numerous asrams and homes all across the country. At JaiGuruMath [Bhadreswar], there was special puja, Namkirtan, Prasad, Nagarparikrama. Last year on OmkarPanchami, Thakur and MadhavSwamiji’s Vigrahas were enshrined in Bhadreswar, and thus a quick afternoon visit to Bhadreswar made the day more blissful.

In the evening, at Mahamilan Math, the Dharmasabha was graced by the presence of Kinkar Vithhal ramanuj, Kinkar Samananda, Sri Bandhu Gauravji [of Jagatbandhu Sundar’s asram], Sri Binod Krishna Goswami [heir of Nityananda Prabhu], other saints and delegates. The Sabha was to be followed by musical recital of Srikumar Chattopadhyay.
The ended with the message of His eternal abirvab… I remember what Sri Madhav swamiji had written— [translated]- ‘Wherever Thakur’s Sri-bigraha exists, the Kundalini-awakening power is intensely scattred there in all directions—so just by His darsan, a person’s Param-kalyan is sure to occur….
Those who are unfortunately deprived of His darsan, they need not be depressed. Thakur’s holy-feet is all-pervasive, His graceful vision is very vast—the heart of anyone who contemplates Him will surely be filled with His blessing – there’s no doubt about this fact…'