Poojya Sri B.S. Ramaseshiah's Birth-day.

Sri Rama Navmi Day. This happens to be the birth-day of Poojya Sri B.S. Ramaseshaiah who did the Ramadasi Bhiksha for more than 50 years, every thursday, for the up-keep of Sri Mandir at Chintamani.
He was a great devotee who did bhajans for hours, with deep devotion. We, at the Mandir, cherish his memory, with humble respects.to him.

Ramadasi Bhiksha by Sri B.S.Ramaseshaiah

Poojya Sri Ramaseshaiah's Ramadasi Bhiksha

Ramadasi Bhiksha

The video of Poojya Sri Ramaseshaiah's Ramadasi Bhiksha is now available in Youtube. Those who are interested can visit "Ramadasi Bhiksha by Sri B.S.Ramaseshaiah" in youtube.

Many thanks to Sri B.C.Prasad for providing the Video.

ಜಿ.ಜಯರಾಂ ರವರ ಕವನ

ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಶೇಷಯ್ಯ ನವರ ನೂರನೇ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬದ ಅಂಗ ವಾಗಿ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ ಸಾಮೂಹಿಕ ರಾಮದಾಸೀ ಭಿಕ್ಷದ ನೆನೆಪಿಗಾಗಿ ಶ್ರೀಜಿ. ಜಯರಾಮ್ ರವರು ರಚಿಸಿದ ಒಂದು ಕವನ.
ರಾಮದಾಸೀ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ.

ರಾಮದಾಸೀ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ ಅಂತಿಂತ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಸ್ವತಃಪರಮಶಿವನು ಬೇಡಿದ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆರಾಮದಾಸರು ಅಂದು ಜೋಳಿಗೆ ಧರಿಸಿರಾಮನಾಮವ ಪಠಿಸಿ ಬೇಡಿದ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ //೧//
ಪರಮ ಪಾವನ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ ಪತಿತಪಾವನ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಅನ್ನಪೂರ್ಣೆಯು ಸ್ವತಹ ಕರುಣಿಸಿದ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಪಾಪವೆಲ್ಲವ ತೊಳೆವ ಪದುಮನಾಭನ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಪಾಮರರಿಗೆ ಇದು ಸ್ವರ್ಗಸುಖದ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ /೨/
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾನಂದ ಮಹಾರಾಜರು ಆಶೀರ್ವದಿಸಿದ ಜೋಳಿಗೆಪೂಜ್ಯ ವೆಂಕಣ್ಣಯ್ಯನವರ ಕೃಪೆಯಿಂಕೂಡಿದ ಜೋಳಿಗೆರಾಮಶೇಷಯ್ಯನವರ ಪಾಲಿಗಿದು ಅಕ್ಷ್ಯದ ಜೋಳಿಗೆಗುರುಶಿಷ್ಯ ಸಂಬಂಧಕೆ ನಾಂದಿಯಾದ ಜೋಳಿಗೆ /೩/
ಪ್ರತಿ ಗುರುವಾರದಂದು ನಗರ ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಹಾಕಿಪೂಜ್ಯ ರಾಮಶೇಷಯ್ಯನವರು ಬೇಡಿದ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆನಗರವಾಸಿ ಜನಕೆ ಶ್ರೀರಾಮ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯ ನೀಡಿಸದ್ಭಕ್ತರನ್ನಾಗಿಸಿದ ಅಕ್ಷಯ ರಾಮದಾಸೀ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ /೪/
ಹೆಗಲಲ್ಲಿ ಜೋಳಿಗೆ ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಝೇಂಕರಿಪ ತಾಳಕಾಲಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ ಘಲು ಘಲು ಎಂಬ ಚಂದ ನಿನಾದಹಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗಂಧ ತಿಲಕ ಮುಖದ ಕಾಂತಿಗೆ ಪ್ರೇರಕವದನದಲಿ ಸಿಹಿನಾಮ ರಘುಪತಿ ರಾಘವ ರಾಜಾರಾಮ /೫/
ಹಗಲಿಂದ ಸಂಜೆಯವರೆಗೆ ಬರಿ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮ ನಾಮಅದ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಅನ್ಯ ಮಾತಿಲ್ಲ ಸಂಸಾರ ಝಂಜಾಟವಿಲ್ಲಬಿಸಿಲಿರಲಿ ಮಳೆಬರಲಿ ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿಯ ಅಬ್ಬರವಿರಲಿನಡೆಸಿದರು ರಾಮದಾಸಿ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ ದಶಕಗಳವರೆಗೆ /೬/
ಮನೆಮನೆಯ ಭಕ್ತರು ದಾರಿಹೋಕರು ಎಲ್ಲಹಾಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು ಧನಧಾನ್ಯವನು ಜೋಳಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿಪಾದವನು ಮುಟ್ಟಿ ಭಕ್ತಿಲಿ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸುತಲಿಧನ್ಯರಾದೆವು ಎಂದು ಸದಾ ಬಾವಿಸುತಲಿ /೭/
ಈ ಮಹನೀಯರ ಜನ್ಮಶತಾಬ್ಧಿಯ ಸವಿ ನೆನಪಿಗಾಗಿಮಾಡುವೆವು ಇಂದು ನಾವುಗಳು ರಾಮದಾಸಿ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಜಗವೆಲ್ಲ ರಾಮ ಮಯವಾಗಿ ಜನರೆಲ್ಲ ರಾಮನಂತಾಗಿಜಗದಿ ಬಾಳಲಿ ಎನುತ ಬೇಡುವನು ಚೈತನ್ಯ ದಾಸ /೮/

Sri Ramotsav& 100th birth-day of a Rama Bhaktha

100th Birth-day of Rama Bhaktha Poojya Sri B.S. Ramasheshaiah (1909 - 1996)was celebrated in a unique manner, here, at Chintamani Mandir.

Sri Ramasheshaih was a devotee who did Bhajans continuously for hours. He performed Ramadasi Bhiksha, every Thursday. He  used to start his Bhajans at 7-00 am and  with a Big Ramadasi Bag on his shoulder, went round the town collecting the food grains and coins put voluntarily by philanthropists in to his bag. The grains and coins thus collected were used for the up-keep of the Mandir. He did this with a total surrender and a strong dedication.

His Son, Sri B.C. Prasad, Chairman of Chaithanya Projects, a real estate developers and builders, with his children and a large number of relatives and friends went round the streets with Bhajans and did carry out Ramadasi Bhiksha, in memory of his father. It was highly emotional and devotional. The day long celebration was packed with programmes like lectures by Aralu Mallige Parthasarathy, Swami Namadevanada swamiji, and Bhajans by Vinay Bhagavathar and party.

ವೈ.ಜಿ.ಗಿರಿಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ ರವರ ರಾಮದಾಸೀ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ

ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮ ಸಮರ್ಥ

ರಾಮದಾಸೀ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ

ರಾಮ ದಾಸೀ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ - ನಿರುಪಮ //ಪ//ನೇಮದಿ ಗೈದೊಡೆ ದಿಟವು ರಾಮರಕ್ಷೆ //ಅ.ಪ//
ಬನ್ನಿ ಭಕುತರೇ, ಚಿನ್ಮಯ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯ ನನ್ನಿಯಿಂದ ನಾವ್ ನುತಿಸಿ ಕೊಂಡಾಡುವ //೧//
ಪತಿತ ಪಾವನನ ದಶರಥ ತನಯನಸತತ ನೆನೆಯಲಿದು ಅನುಪಮ ಸಾಧನ //೨//
ಹೆಗಲಲಿ ಜೋಳಿಗೆ ಕರದಲಿ ತಾಳವುಭಗವಂತನ ಕೃಪೆ ಲಭಿಸುವ ಪರಿಕರ//೩//
ಪರಮ ಭಕ್ತಾಗ್ರಣಿ ರಾಮಶೇಷಾರ್ಯರು ಗುರುವಾರದ ದಿನ ನಡೆಸಿದ ಕಾಯಕ //೪//
ಪುಣ್ಯ ದೊರಕಿಸುವ ಪಾಪವ ಕಳೆಯುವ ಧನ್ಯತೆ ನೀಡುವ ನಿರ್ಮಲ ಸೇವೆಯ //೫//
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚೈತನ್ಯ ಸದ್ಗುರುವನು ಸ್ಮರಿಸುತ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾನಂದ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಕರುಣಿಸುವ //೬// -----ವೈ.ಜಿ. ಗಿರಿಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ.

Poojya Sri Ramasheshaiah's 100th Birth-day

The Divine Grace
Poojya Bhaktha Sri Ramasheshaiah’s Birth-date happens to be 30-3-1909. As per Hindu calendar, it is on Sri Rama Navami day
on which Sri Ramaseshaiah’s birth day is usually celebrated.
So, on this day, let us pay our humble tributes to him by reading a little about his life:
It was Sri Maharaj’s Grace that befell on Sri Ramasheshaiah when he first met Sri G. Venkannaiah. Sri Ramasheshaiah was a civil contractor doing P.W.D. works and Sri Venkannaiah visited his place as a P.W.D. Sub-Overseer. The meeting turned out to be a turning point in the life of Sri Ramasheshaiah. It also dawned an era of a life-long devotion, friendship and dedication. Ramasheshaiah who was a materialistic person active in accumulating wealth, dedicated himself to the cause of the Mandir. He became a staunch devotee of Sri Maharaj and Sri Ram,
Sri Ramasheshaiah shifted his residence to Chintamani in order to be near the Mandir. He built a house for that purpose.
When Tatya Saheb Ketkar Maharaj visited Chintamani during 1945, he had a chance to serve him by massaging and giving him an oil bath during which, it seems, that too many emotions he had hither to, began to cool down. Later, Sri Ketkar Maharaj visited his house and gave a discourse, during which Sri Ramasheshaiah expressed his worry for not having a son. By Sri Maharaj’s Grace, a son was born to him and was named Brahmachaithanya Prasad (B.C. Prasad). For the maintenance of the Mandir and to do annadaan, Sri Maharaj suggested Ramadasi Bhiksha. Sri Venkannaiah, who knew of Sri Ramasheshaiah’s capacity, asked him to undertake this service.
Sri Ramasheshaiah was a person of strong will and determination. He took up this service with a single-minded devotion. On every Thursday, his bhajan of ‘Raghu Pathi Raghava Raja Ram, Pathitha Pavana Seetha Ram’ started at 7 a.m. He carried a big Ramadasi bag on his shoulders, and went round the town. He returned to the Mandir after 2 p.m. when he would stop chanting the Bhajan. The rice and coins thus collected were deposited in the Mandir for its use. He did this irrespective of the weather; the scorching Sun or the pouring Rain. Up-to his 85th year, every Thursday was a day of penance to him. Whatever personal work he had, was shoved aside. He had lands in his village. Bettahalli, about 30 miles from Chintamani. After attending to his works there, at any cost, he used to be at the Mandir on Thursday morning, for the Ramadasi Bhiksha.
He left his mortal coil on 24th June 1996, at the age of 87, having a son and a daughter, and many grand children.
His service to the Mandir is unique, and his chanting of Rama Bhajan is still lingering in our ears.