|| Shri Maha Sasthru Seva Sangam ||

Sastha Preethi Mahothsavam 2025

Dates: 01 & 02 August 2025 | Venue: Kollur Mookambika

Respected Devotees, Shri Maha Sasthru Seva Sangam feels privileged to write a few lines to everyone of you.

By the divine blessing as the guiding force, we are stepping into eleventh year's pooja celebration - to be conducted at Shri Ayyappan Puja Sangam, Ramnagar, Coimbatore. Pujas of yester years were a Mega success,by the grace of Lord Ayyappa. This became possible ONLY due to your overwhelming response, moral and financial support.

We earnestly request all devotees to attend this auspicious pooja and get the blessings of Lord Sastha. This is not an ordinary undertaking and requires the support of all. The entire program including event arrangements, cost of travel, food, Annadhanam, honorariums etc. Your donations will go a long way in making this initiative a success.

Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa!

With the boundless blessings of Our Baktha Paripala Sri Maha Sastha, and blessings of Ayyappa Bhaktha Ratnam ,Kalpathy Sri C.V. Srinivasa Iyer, we were blessed to conduct many unique events like “Hariharaputhra Brahmana Santarpana Vaibhavam”, "Ashta Sastha Maha Yagam","Vettakkorumakan Paatu", "Sastha Bhuvaneshwara Pattabhishekam", "Kiratha Maha Rudram" "Pratyaksha Chakra Mandala Puja", “Lakshmi Sastha Maha Yagnam”. Last year we recreated Sabarimala as the most memorable unique event of Kovai-yil Sabarimalai .

This year, Shri Mahasasthru Seva Sangam, is stepping into its 17th year and the annual Sastha Preethi Mahotsavam is going to held on August 1st and 2nd 2025. Sasthapreethi is a time tested mode of worshipping Lord Dharmasastha in a very religious way by various samoohams and organizations in and around Kerala, and now in all parts of the country and abroad. The religious pooja is given more importance followed by Annadhanam.

The priest invokes Dharma Sastha and His Parivara Devathas on lamps decorated tastefully. After the detailed puja, the traditional Sastha paattu (Varavu Paattu – inviting Songs) songs are sung. While singing, the traditional upasakas or Sthanakaras of the respective deities gets into a trance and gets the supreme power invoked within them. In General Sastha, Chellapillai, Yakshi and Boothathan are the deities who are invited. These Sthanikas are offered respect by the devotees and upacharas are done to them. They are seated on the wooden plank and are decorated with garland and sandal paste.

They bless the devotees with prasadam and convey the deity's satisfaction in the conduct of the Sasthapreethi. People prostrate before him, get blessed and receive Vibhoothi as prasadam. Very rarely a Puja of this significance and magnitude can be witnessed and the opportunity for the people to actually participate in the worship. So, the Bhakthas who are taking part in this magnificent event can be assured of obtaining the limitless blessings of Sri MahaSastha and getting all their prayers fulfilled. So, the Bhakthas who are taking part in this magnificent event can be assured of obtaining the limitless blessings of Sri MahaSastha and getting all their prayers fulfilled.

May Lord Hariharaputra be with you always, giving you the best of everything........Swamy Sharanam!

-- V.Aravind Subramanyam