Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalaya
Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Kalpavriksha
23 January 2003 | Bhoomi Puja for Beginning Construction at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Kalpavriksha
Shortly after the inauguration of Adi Kailasa, the work toward the construction of the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva commenced. On 23 January 2003, His Divine Holiness conducted the Bhoomi Puja, the ritualistic offering for beginning the construction around the sacred banyan tree, where He would install the deities of Dakshinamurthy and the Swayambhu Nithyanandeshwara Linga.
Sri Dakshinamurthy
The first consecrated deity in the land of Adi Kailasa, energized by and worshipped by His Divine Holiness was the Lord Sri Darkshinamurthy. Sri Dakshinamurthy is the young and graceful form of Paramashiva, as Adi Guru, the primordial Guru, who is surrounded by aged sages underneath the Kalpavriksha Tree. The 4 feet tall stone deity of Sri Dakshinamurthy, who is described as Mauna-Vyaakhyaa Prakattita Para-Brahma-Tattvam Yuvaanam, whose teachings on the Supreme Brahman are absorbed just through silence, was first installed and consecrated by His Divine Holiness on 3 April 2003.
2 April 2003 | Prana Prathishta of the Dakshinamurthy Under the Banyan Tree
31 December 2004 | Prana Prathishta of Sri Dakshinamurthy deity, carved personally by His Divine Holiness
In 2004, His Divine Holiness personally hand-carved a 6 feet form of Dakshinamurthy from a single solid block of pure granite stone. This deity was installed on 31 December 2005. The previously installed 4-foot deity of Dakshinamurthy was later transported across seas to Nithyananda Peetham in San Jose, to be worshipped in the western hemisphere of the world.
This Dakshinamurthy resides until today underneath Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Kalpavriksha, as continued construction is happening to build a beautiful temple surrounding the sacred banyan tree. A number of people have shared their heartfelt connection with the deity of Dakshinamurthy. In 2004, when His Divine Holiness was embarking on Vijayayatra across the world, in socio-spiritual world tours, a number of devotees were witness to the deity of Dakshinamurthy blinking His eyes and interacting playfully with those who deeply connected to their guru through Him.
7 October 2014 | Ongoing Construction Underneath the Sacred Banyan Tree
1 February 2018 | HDH Blesses & Guides the Sthapathis for the Construction around the Kalpavriksha=
Swayambhu Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Linga
Swayambhu is something that the Prakriti, the Earth, or energies of Existence make naturally as an embodiment and representation of Cosmic Energy. The Swayambhu Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Linga is the shiva deity, found naturally formed underneath the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Kalpavriksha, the sacred banyan tree. This linga is worshipped by the living incarnation of Paramashiva, HDH Nithyananda Paramashiva and is thus named Nithyanandeshwara.
Mahadeva or Shiva is always easily pleased by any small offering you make. Offer some milk or water as abhishekam, or sacred bath. Or simply offer a Bilva leaf, and chant Om Namah Shivaya, that is all it takes to get the blessings of Mahadeva. Worship of this Swayambhu Nithyanandeshwara will give one the power to make their dreams into reality and also realize that reality itself is a dream.
Worship of the Swayambhu Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Linga is regularly offered till date, according to the Vedagamas (the sacred Hindu texts) after the grand installation ceremony of the Linga on 31 December 2003.
31 December 2003 | Installation of the Swayambhu Nithyanandeshwara Linga
Garbha Mandir for Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva & Nithyanandeshwari Parashakti
In 2006, His Divine Holiness auspiciously began the construction and consecration of the Garbha Mandir, the sanctum sanctorum, for Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva, Nithyanandeshwari Parashakti and the Swayambhu Linga.
20 April 2006 | Bhoomi Puja to Begin the Construction for the Garbha Mandir
The temple work was entrusted to Sri M.S.Sivaprakasam, Srirangam Rajagopura Sthapati, who is from the family that built the world’s tallest temple tower in the temple of Srirangam in South India. Sthapati is the name given to people who are specialised in the design and construction of Hindu temples. Sri M.S. Sivaprakasam hails from a family that has been in this profession for nine generations.
31 July 2006 | Initiation of the Stone Cutting Work in Rasipuram, Tamil Nadu
On 31 Jul 2006,in Rasipuram, Tamilnadu, HDH Initiated the stone cutting work for the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden temple which was to house Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva and Nithyanandeshwari Parashakti
18 August 2006 | Inspection of the Deity Making of Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva and Nithyanandeshwara Parashakti in Kumbakhonam, Tamil Nadu
His Divine Holiness personally visits the workshop in Kumbhakonam for the making of the deities of Nithyanandeshwara and Nithyanandeshwari, who would be consecrated as the presiding deities of Adi Kailasa Nithyananda Peetham. Simultaneously, His Divine Holiness was planning the presiding deities for the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Hindu Temples which would be established in Los Angeles, USA; Seattle, Washington, USA and other cities in the United States of America.
24 September 2006 | Kodikan Ratha Yatra Starts in Tiruvannamalai
Upon the finalization of the perfect forms of Nithyanandeshwara and Nithyanandeshwari, the deities went on a procession to give darshan to a crores of eyes (Kodikan) prior to their installation in Adi Kailasa. The flagging off ceremony on 24 Sep 2006 at Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. While His Divine Holiness was in Tiruvannamalai for the flagging off ceremony of the Kodikann Ratha Yatra, He was invited by the Tiruvannamalai temple authorities for the Pandal Kal ceremony - installation of the staff marking the start of the preparation for the temple’s flagship festival Kartikai Deepam Brahmotsavam.
The following video is the footage of the ceremonious start for the procession of Nithyanandeshwara and Nithyanandeshwari.
9 October 2006 | Kodikan Ratha Yatra in Coimbatore
12 October 2006 | Kodikan Ratha Yatra in Erode
15 October 2006 | Kodikan Ratha Yatra in Pondicherry
20 October 2006 | Kodikan Ratha Yatra in Manaparai
23 October 2006 | Kodikan Ratha Yatra in Madurai
20 November 2006 | Homa & Rituals Conducted for the Purification and Construction
Purifying and Energizing the sanctum sanctorum spot of temple of Sri Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva and Nithyanandeshwari Parashakthi at Adhi Kailasa, Bengaluru Aadheenam
11 December 2006 | Historic Prana Prathishta of the Garbha Mandir
11 - 12 Dec 2006 marked a historic event in the history of Dhyanapeetam and the world. HDH consecrated the garbha (literally means embryo) in the garbha griha – sanctum sanctorum of the upcoming temple of Sri Nithyanandeshwar . After several days of intense energizing, the garbha was consecrated amidst a small and fortunate group of ashramites and devotees, between 11:15pm and 1:30am , running into the wee hours of the morning of the 12 th .
An enlightened Master is Existence in form, the ultimate human form fit to perform a garbha consecration. The garbha that was consecrated, comprised a Shiva Meru (a 3-dimensional structure representing the Cosmos) and a yantra (a 2-dimensional flat representation of the Cosmos) both of which represent the Shiva or masculine manifestation of the Cosmic energy or in other words the body given to the Master by His Father, pieces of clothing belonging to the Master that represent himself, his own biological body given to Him by his Mother, and energized mercury along with it.
Of all metals, liquid mercury is said to have the property of retaining and radiating the Existential energy for many thousands of years, virtually unaffected by chemical reactions.
He explained, ‘For an enlightened Master, the powers or energies of expression are inexhaustible through any means. For example, for an ordinary human being, the grief emotion or joy emotion exhausts when expressed through tears; the pitha (fire element) of the body exhausts through anger; the lust energy exhausts through the sexual act , the power of speech exhausts in his very saliva he moment they are uttered. An enlightened Master's energy of expression, cannot be exhausted through any of these means, because he is Existence, the inexhaustible source of Energy in human form. Purely by virtue of this, Masters can continue to do the things they do normally, even without being manifested in their body. And the garbha energized by them and consecrated, will cause things to function just like they do, radiating inexhaustible energy to nurture every being that seeks it. Only a Master who can function without the help of his body is capable of creating a true garbha , one that will materialize things exactly like the way he does.'
14 December 2006| Kodikan Ratha Arrives in Adi Kailasa
19 December 2006 | Completion of the Kodikan Ratha Yatra and Erection of the Garbha Mandir=
1 January 2007 | Grand Inauguration of Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva and Nithyanandeshwari Parashakti Golden temple
With the blessings and presence of various spiritual leaders of different ancient mathas and other prominent leaders from various parts of India including: Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Balagangadharanatha Maha Swamiji, Srimad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sachidanda Pranava Swaroopa Sadguru Sri Sri Sri Sivapuri Maha Swamiji, Srimad Swami Ragaveshanandaji Maharaj of Sri Ramakrishna Mutt, Belgaum and Srimad Swami Veethabhayanandaji Maharaj of Sri Ramakrishna Mutt, Bangalore, Swamiji, Sri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, India, Sri T.N. Chaturvedi, Honourable Governor of Karnataka, Sri B.S.Yediyurappa, Honourable Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri Katta Subramanya Naidu, Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries, Karnataka