Pujyashri Jagadguru Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamiji performed the Pran Pratishtha of Sri Venkateshwara Bhagavan at 8:30am on 23 Nov 2023. Mahabhishekam and Harathi was performed. After trikala pujas at Shrimatam camp, Pujya Swamiji blessed a large gathering with Anugraha Bhashan at the lawns of Minto Park residence of Vajyapees. A large Prasadam Bhandara was extended to devotees by Vajpayee family.
The Yatra for Kashi Chaturmasya commenced in Prayagraj on Ashadha Shukla Ekadashi known as Shayana Ekadashi when His Holiness immersed the sand from Dhanushkodi at the Shudha Ganga river on the Dashashwamedha Ghat. The Vyasa Puja at exactly the Triveni Sangam , Chaturmasyam with Adhika Shravan and till Dashami in the holy city of Kashi, Navaratri and Ashvayuja Pournami with Chandra Grahanam at Ramjanmabhoomi Ayodhya, then Sitapur and Naimisharanyam visit followed with a brief stay in UP capital Lucknow, followed by return to Kashi Vishwanatha Dham for Deepavali Deepotsavam and Annapurna Utsav, again coming back to Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Pratishtha on the auspicious Devotthana Ekadashi at Prayagraj for a weeks’ camp, the Ganga Teertha Yatra of His Holiness was a very eventful, divine, blissful and a very memorable one. It was a great opportunity for devotees who had Darshan of His Holiness at various Kshetras and partake in all the events.