Aiya is a renowned Sri Vidya Upasaka and belongs to the Dattatreya Sampradaya. He comes from a family that has been performing Sri Chakra puja and practicing Sri Vidya for six generations before him and he continues the tradition into the seventh generation. Over the years, thousands of devotees have taken advantage of the teaching component of the temple and it is not uncommon to see daily pujas being performed by the young and the old of both sexes, which makes Sri Vidya Temple, truly a place of worship for all.Īiya hails from Jaffna (Srilanka) graduated from famous Jaffna College and worked as an architect for the Government of Zambia in Lusaka. Find 1 RK, 2+ 1 BHK, 48+ 2 BHK, 18+ 3 BHK Independent Floors for Sale. A very unique feature of this temple is the opportunity for devotees to touch the idols as part of their worship as well as personally perform pujas and abhishekams to the deities. Explore 2+ Builder Floor Near Sri Raja Rajeswari Temple, Kukatpally Housing Board Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad on. Aiya’s temple in Rochester primarily functions as a teaching temple. His love for Tamil literature, Carnatic Music and Vedic incantations flows out through the unique style of worship that he has developed. He also conducts monthly classes in Toronto, Canada for children to gain knowledge and appreciation of the spiritual values, religion & culture. He regularly conducts workshops, lectures on various topics related to science and spirituality as well as pujas and homas in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Germany.
He shares the knowledge with all those interested, regardless of caste, creed or national origin. Aiya is an expert in the rituals of Sanatana Dharma as per the Sri Vidya and other Vedic traditions. Sri Chaitanyananda Natha Saraswathi (or Haran Aiya, as he is dearly known) is the founder and peetathipathi of the Sri Vidya Temple (Sri Rajarajeshwari Peetam) in Rochester, NY, USA ( ).