Sata-koti-nama-yajna
Information – Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada established the Rudradvipa Gaudiya Math at this place in 1936. The deity of Gauranga Mahaprabhu that Srila Prabhupada served while performing the hundred crores (sata-koti) nama yajna, is present here. On 7th March, 1936, during the Navadvipa Parikrama, Srila Prabhupada installed the deities of Gaura-Radha Madhava.
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āDuring 1905, at age thirty-one, Sri Siddhanta Sarasvati took a vow to chant daily at least three lakh holy names, and monthly at least ten million, until he had chanted one billion names. He chanted on a japa-mala given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, who had himself used them to fulfill a vow of chanting a billion holy names. Sri Siddhanta Sarasvatiās sata-koti-nama-yajna, which he performed before a deity of Lord Caitanya, lasted just over nine years and four months and was punctuated by much struggle, and several colorful incidents, including attempts to oust him from Mayapur. Yet he was determined to continue service there, no matter what.ā
(āSri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhavaā Volume One by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami, Chapter āPre-Sannyasa Periodā, Page 38-39)
ÅrÄ«la BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ« GosvÄmÄ« PrabhupÄda chose the most secluded spot in the house of ÅrÄ« Chandrashekhara ÄcÄrya (Sri Chaitanya Math) in ÅrÄ«dhÄma MÄyÄpur to fulfill his vow of chanting Åata-koį¹i harinÄma. In accordance with his vow, he chanted three lakhs of nÄma daily. In 1914, Srila Prabhupada completed his vow of chanting one billion holy names (sata-koti-nama-yajna).
Authorsā note ā This note provides a rough estimate concerning the monumental Sata-Koti-NÄma-YajƱa (100 Crores ~ 1 Billion Nama Yajna) undertaken by ÅrÄ« BhaktisiddhÄnta SarasvatÄ«.
1 Crore | 1,00,00,000 |
100 crores Nama Yajna | 1,00,00,00,000 |
Mahamantra ā 16 Nama | 16 |
Total Mahamantra | 6,25,00,000 |
Number of Rounds (108 Mahamantra) | 5,78,704 |
Daily rounds (approx.) | 174 |
Daily Holy names (3 lacs daily) | 3,00,672 |
Time hours (5 mins/round) | 14.50 |
Number of days (Approx.) | 3,326 |
Number of years | 9.11 |
Number of days : 1905 ā 1914 (9 years 4 months) | 3405 |