Brahmatheertham is a divine facility that is been instituted by the community in coimbatore to perform the final rites for the deceased from the day 1. The infrastructure is built and maintained by the community people to facilitiate the bereaved to perform abhara kriya and ensure the rituals are performed by everyone who should, on
Established in the year 1897, the Coimbatore Brahmana Mahasabha has been rendering a yeoman service to the Brahmin community, inspiring them to uphold our great culture, heritage and value system and to perform samskaras of different kinds, as prescribed in our shastras.
Among the various activities that they have been associated with and the facilities they have created, Maha Santhi and Brahma Theertham stand tall as the most significant.
With a deep sense of gratitude, we salute our predecessors who have contributed to the community.
We salute those illustrious souls because of whose endeavour, these important facilities are functional today.
“Vaikuntam” the crematorium was established in the year 1905. It was thoroughly re-built to make it suitable for performing the funeral rites according to Vedic injunctions in a modern way in 2011, when various new facilities were added such as:
‘Vaikuntam” was revamped as Maha Santhi, a Vedic Crematorium, and was dedicated to the public on April 3, 2011 by Sri S. (Kris) Gopalakrishnan, CEO and MD, Infosys Technologies Limited and Sri A.M.Rajagopalan, Kumudham Jothidam. His Holiness Sri Sri Bharathi Theertha Swamigal of Sringeri Mutt has blessed this project.
A Mortuary is also proposed and as soon as the prospective donor(s) is/are identified who would come forward to sponsor a deep freezer, this facility will also be established.
Sri M. Krishnan was the Chairman of this project when Sri N.V. Nagasubramaniam was the President and Sri C.G. Venkataramanan the Project Advisor.
Today, Mahasanthi, the Vedic Crematorium, stands out as a model crematorium, scientifically designed and environmental friendly. This has been made possible by large hearted donors.
Mahasanthi is being run purely on contributions.
In current day scenario, for reasons known and unknown performing the 13 day Apara Kriya (Paithrumethiga Karma / 13 day ritual done post the demise of any individual by the survivor / Kartha) in many individual's living place has not been much comfortable or affordable. Also, when even the living places are comfortable, there are various difficulties in adhering to the standards and practices as prescribed by the vedic scriptures.
Brahmatheertham is a novel project catering to patch such a need; a divine and serene place, to perfom the Apara Kriya rituals post cremation and Sanchayanam.
This was established in the year . The land for this was donated by Sri Samakulam Viswanatha Iyer.
Under the Presidentship of Sri N.V. Nagasubramaniam, Sri M. Krishnan has been appointed as the Project Chairman and Sri P.P. Subramanian as the Co-ordinator to re-furbish the facility. The Bhumi Pooja was done on _______________.
This facility has been re-organized in a massive way, for performing the post-cremation rituals as prescribed in Vedic scriptures in a serene ambience, hygienic environ and privacy for the performer.
The renovated all new infrastructure is a divine place with serene ambience facilitating the Kartha or the performer of the rituals to do the rituals as prescribed and with a satisfying conscience. The project is conceived and created with utmost care to abide by the scriptures to the maximum possibility consulting experts in the field of vedic realm. Much attention is also given to the operability and maintenance for a longer period in an efficient manner.
Dasaha Mandapam ( Dasaham Block )
Rituals for the first 10 days. Block contains rooms A, B, C and D. Each room has two grihadwara kundams, one each for the two sessions.
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Ekothishta Mandapam ( Ekothistam Block)
Rituals for the 11th day. Block contains four rooms, E, F, G and H.
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Vasurudra Aditya Mandapam (Vasurudraadithya Block)
Rituals for the 12th day. Block contains four rooms, J, K, M and N. Room ‘L” will be allotted to Madhwa and Telugu Brahmins exclusively on priority.
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Vruksha Moola Kundam (Nadhi Theera Kundam)
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Thadagam
General Infra:
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Dining Halls
Shubha Mandapam
Vrushotsarjanam
Go Dhanam
The renovation project of Brahmatheertham was meticulously planned and tirelesly executed by the Project team.
Project Chairman : M.Krishnan
Project Coordinator: P.P.Subramaniyan
Under the Presidentship of Sri N.V. Nagasubramaniam
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