9-day ‘Mahayagam’ at Puttur from September 14 for ‘Viksit Bharat’
A nine-day 'Mahayagam' ritual is set to begin in Puttur to pray for India's development and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a 'Viksit Bharat'. The event is organized by a local BJP leader and features Vedic scholars performing rituals for national prosperity.
Why it matters
The event highlights the intersection of religious ritual, political ideology, and national development goals in contemporary Indian public life.
The sprawling campus of the Siddhartha educational group in Puttur town of Tirupati district has been spruced up for the ‘Bharatha Vishwaguru Sankalpa Siddhi Mahayagam’, a nine-day ritual scheduled to begin on September 14.
The event, commencing on the auspicious occasion of Vinayaka Chaturthi, will conclude on September 23. A team of 225 Vedic and Agamic scholars will conduct the rituals.
The scholarly contingent will be led by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) senior priest Sriman Parankusam Seetharamacharya, who holds the titles ‘Agama Vidya Vachaspati’ and ‘Bhagawat Kainkarya Shiromani’.
The Mahayagam is intended to invoke divine blessings for India to become a developed nation, or ‘Viksit Bharat’, and emerge as a global knowledge superpower, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of India as ‘Vishwaguru’.
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