- Guru Dev -
Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
Delhi - December 1952
NB Brahmachari Mahesh (later known as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) to left of photo
Photo Gallery of 'Guru Dev'
Shankaracharya Brahmananda Saraswati
A few 'new' photos of Guru Deva
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Guru Dev -
Shankaracharya
Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
Delhi
- December 1952
NB Brahmachari Mahesh (later known as Maharishi
Mahesh Yogi) to left of photo
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Guru Dev -
Shankaracharya
Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
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Guru Dev -
Shankaracharya
Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
At
meeting with President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad in Delhi, 4th
December 1952
'GURUDEVA
WITH RASHTRAPATHI'
'Dr Rajendra Prasad, the
President of India, enjoying the Divine Effulgence of the BEACON LIGHT
of the HIMALAYAS'
Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
and President of India Dr Rajendra Prasad, Delhi, 4th
December 1952
(Illustration
from 'Beacon Light of the Himalayas')
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Guru Dev -
Shankaracharya
Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
Lakshachandi
Mahayagya, Bombay,
circa 1946
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Guru Dev -
Shankaracharya
Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
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Guru Dev -
Shankaracharya
Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
- Guru
Dev -
Swami
Brahmanand Saraswati
- Guru
Dev -
Swami
Brahmanand Saraswati
- Guru
Dev -
Shankaracharya
Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
- Guru
Dev -
Shankaracharya
Swami Brahmanand Saraswati
Photo taken in July 1948 at Bandha, Jabalpur M.P. India
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Notes on items seen in photographs of Guru Dev
Sun Umbrella
The chhatarii (umbrella) has
twelve panels, displaying six main images interspersed with panels
showing the symbol of the 'OM' or 'AUM'. Five of the
images of deities are of the five deities related to the smarta
worship as favoured by Adi Shankara, the first Shankaracharya. The
deities are Shiva (riding Nandi the bull), Durga
/ Shakti (riding the tiger), Vishnu (standing),
Surya (in chariot pulled by horses). Ganesha
(who is also known also
as Ganapati, son of Shiva and Parvati, who is depicted seated in lotus). The sixth image is probably the first-born son of Shiva called
Murugan (known also as Skanda, Kartikeyan, Kumaran and Subrahmanyana).
Alternatively, this sixth image might be a symbol denoting the
existence of the formless transcendental Being, Paramatma.
Underneath each image of the twelve panels words are
embroidered in
Devanagari script, forming what is probably a variant of the title of
Shankaracharya.
Inscriptions on Wide Sofa Throne
It seems the wide sofa throne is carved with another form of the title
of Shankaracharya Guru Dev:-
Panel to left of
photos - - - - - < - - - - - - - - - - - - - Back Panel - - - -
- -
- - - - - - - - - > - - - - Panel to right of photos
- image of a lotus -
अनन्त
श्री विभूषित - । - जगद्गुरु श्री शङ्कराचार्य -
। - ज्योतिष्पीठाधीश्वर
ananta shrii vibhuushhita - l - jagad.hguru shrii shaN^karaachaarya - l - jyotishhpiiThaadhiishvara
ज्योतिर्मठ
jyotirmaTha
बद्रिकाश्रम
badrikaashrama
Inscription on Lion Throne
ॐ
श्री
symbols of
AUM & shrii
superimposed
It appears that the siNhaasana (lion throne) is
inscribed with a version of Guru Dev's title:-
ज्योतिष्पीठाधीश्वर
जगद्गुरु शङ्कराचार्य जी महाराज बदरिकाश्रम
jyotishhpiiThaadhiishvara jagad.hguru
shaN^karaachaarya jii mahaaraaja badarikaashrama
Full title of Guru Dev Shankaracharya Swami
Brahmanand Saraswati
भगवत्
पूज्यपाद अनन्त श्री विभूषित जगद्गुरु भगवान् शङ्कराचार्य
ज्योतिष्पीठाधीश्वर स्वामी ब्रह्मानन्द सरस्वती जी महाराज बदरिकाश्रम
bhagavat puujyapaada ananta shriii vibhuushhita jagad.hguru bhagavaan
shaN^karaachaarya jyotishhpiiThaadhiishvara svaamii brahmaananda
sarasvatii jii mahaaraaja badarikaashrama
Glossary
अनन्त
ananta = limitless, भगवान् bhagavaan =
Supreme being, bhagavat = divine,
बदरिकाश्रम badarikaashrama = Badrikashram,
ब्रह्मानन्द brahmaananda = Brahmananda
- Absolute Bliss,
जगद्गुरु
jagad.hguru = world guru, जी jii = expression of respect,
ज्योतिष्पीठाधीश्वर jyotishhpiiThaadhiishvara =
restorer of Jyotir Math (monastery),
महाराज
mahaaraaja = great ruler, पूज्यपाद puujyapaada = worthy of worship,
सरस्वती
sarasvatii = Saraswati (goddess of learning),
शङ्कराचार्य shaN^karacharya = Shankaracharya, pontiff, श्री shrii = wealth,
स्वामी
svaamii = Swami, विभूषित vibhuushhita =
adorned
Puja Portrait
Based on a handcoloured portrait photograph of Guru Dev,
the painting is by Bangalore artist M T V Acharya (c. early 1956)
Certain features of the photograph have been altered,
a danda (stick) has been placed leaning on the throne.
The throne is foreshortened too.
There are other aspects of the photograph that have also been tweaked.
卐
The swastik symbol has been added beneath the middle panel of text
(the swastik is of course an ancient symbol of well-being and auspiciousness in India).