The full-fledged Sringeri Shanker Mutt overseas branch will be opened at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in America on July 14 on 35 acres of land. The Mutt temple constructed by the Sringeri Vidya Bharathi Foundation Inc. will have the Sringeri main deity Sharadamba, Adi Shankaracharya, Chandramouleshwara and Ganapathi temples.
The prathistapana of all these idols will be done with Koti Kumkumarchana, Ati Rudra mahayana, Shathachadi homa. These will be considered the biggest Hindu rituals held abroad with 175 Vedic scholars from India accompanying the Golden Chariot. The chariot was created with 15kgs. of gold and has been beautifully carved by sculptors, from Tamil Nadu especially for this temple.
All the required 'samiths' to perform the 'homa' along with the Golden Chariot will be sent aboard a ship bound for the US. According to Mutt tradition, the Sringeri Shankaracharyas will not cross the seas and they are carrying his blessings to devotees abroad.
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