Sandhya Deepam Lights The Lamp Of Television History With Its 1000th Episode

 Sandhya Deepam, Amrita TV’s signature programme that champions our enviable spiritual heritage, is on its way to leaving its permanent autograph in history, as it stands on the threshold of a landmark thousandth episode.

Sandhya Deepam which had been enhancing the devotional mood of the dusk at 6.30pm every evening for the past 3 ½ years, reaches the millennial milestone on Monday, November  14^th .

As the whole family come together for worship and meditation, the programme with its striking visuals of poojas and other religious rites transports us to a mystic plane suited for the sunset hour.  Sanyasins and other experts, well versed in matters spiritual explain the significance of daily rituals, customs and ceremonies through its segments .

Each episode of Sandhya Deepam comprise of 4 segments : Namasankeerthanam consisting of the recitation of timeless Vedic verses and hymns chanted in front of the lighted lamps and burning incense sticks at twilight, extolling the virtues of Gods; Jyothirgamaya, the  interpretation of the Lalitha Sahasranamam by famous tantric scholar L.Gireeshan;

a recital of  Narayaneeyam,  Melpathoor Narayana Bhattathiri’s ancient Sanskrit masterpiece composed in tribute to Guruvayoorappa and Deeparadhana the concluding part  that captures the sacred deeparadhana ritual, on location from historic temples around Kerala.

Sandhya Deepam, the first such show  in the genre, is an answer to  prayers for a devotional programme appropriate for  the eventide; as it crosses the boundary into history, lighting  up the twilight hour with the warm glow of prayers, many  more mileposts await in its path to  lasting glory.

By

Smitha Sivaji