SRI VEERABHADRA NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Veerabhadra is an avatar of Lord Shiva. He was created by Lord Shiva in order to teach a lesson for Lord Daksha, who had insulted Lord Shiva and avoided him to invite for an Yagna conducted by him. Sati was the daughter of Daksha. At her younger age, due to the holiness of Lord Shiva, she loved Lord Shiva and decided to marry him. She married Lord Shiva with the displeasure of Lord Daksha. Daksha doesn’t like Lord Shiva due to his strange appearance. His holy appearance was not liked by him, and he ignored him in all kinds of…
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INTRODUCTION India is the land of festivals. Makar Sankranti is one of the important festivals of Hindu religion that they celebrate with great joy and happiness. The festival is celebrated every year on 14 or 15 January depending upon the solar cycle. They celebrate by taking an early morning holy dip in the river and offering prayers to the sun because according to Hindu mythology sun is one of the many God. The festival is also hailed as the ‘festival of kites’ that marks the end of the winter and announces the arrival of spring. It is one of the few ancient…
SRI GANESA NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Sri Ganesa Namavali is considered as very sacred among all other Namavalis of the deities, since Lord Ganesa is considered as the first and foremost god in our Holy Hinduism. As per Puranas, before undertaking a particular task, even the divine deities used to worship Lord Vinayaka by chanting his Namavalis, and then only they would be able to succeed in their tasks. The great Sage Purushundi, Ma Avvaiyar and Vallallan had attained the lotus feet of Lord Vinayaka, after they sincerely chanted Sri Ganesa Namavalis for several millions of times in their lives. The…
SRI SITA NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Sita is the holy mother and she is the most pious and holy woman as per Ramayana. She is considered as the incarnation of the earth goddess, Bhumi Devi and was adopted by King Janaka of Videha and his wife, Queen Sunaina. She has a younger sister, Urmila, and her female cousins were Mandavi and Shrutakirti. Sita is well-known for her dedication, chastity, wisdom, knowledge, kindness, self-sacrifice, courage and purity. Sita chooses Rama, the prince of Ayodhya as her husband in a swayamvara, where Rama proves his valour and married her. After the swayamvara, she went along with her husband to his kingdom, but later she accompanied her husband Rama,…
MA GANGA NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Ganga is the river Ganges and she is considered as a sacred and holy mother goddess. It is believed that bathing in river Ganges would cleanse us removes our sins and would lead to the path of MOKSHA. It is also believed that all tyoes of diseases would be cured by drinking the holy water Ganges. In the bank of river Ganges, several holy temples are situated, which include Kashi temple, Kali temple, Vishnu temple and Hanuman temple, and ancient Rishis were lived in the banks of River Ganges in their Ashrams. Ganga is described as the goddess who gives…
SRI DAKSHINA MURTHY NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Sri Dakshinamurthy is a form of Lord Shiva who is known as the Divine Guru, and he is the one who gives good knowledge to everyone like the holy mother Ma Saraswati, the goddess of education and wisdom. Lord Shiva takes the form of Dakshinamurthy in order to clear the doubts of the sages who approached him for clarifying their doubts. Just by sitting under a tree, with half closed eyes, and even without reciting a single word, he has clarified the doubts of the sages, and also gave them good knowledge, wisdom and spiritual powers.…
SRI VISWAKARMA NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Viswakarma is the deity with abnormal creative powers. According to the Vedas, he is considered as the divine architect of the entire universe. Viswakarma is the creator of the chariots and weapons of the gods. He created the Vajrayudha for Lord Indra. Though Viswakarma is worshiped by all the Hindu people, but mostly he is worshipped by the people belonging to Viswakarma Sect, who involve themselves in the fields of ornament making, Wood Work and Iron work. The Viswakarma Puja is celebrated in some parts of Nepal and India on the month of September of every year. Lord Viswakarma is a powerful god,…
MA SARASWATI NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION The 108 names of Ma Saraswati are the divine names that explain her kind nature and her precious qualities. Ma Saraswati is a Vedic goddess, and she was mentioned in the Rig Veda. She contains equivalent powers similar to Ma Shakti and Ma Lakshmi Devi. She is the beloved consort of Lord Brahma, and serves as a dutiful wife, and she obeys his orders and follows his instructions in a well-versed manner. She is very benevolent towards her devotees, and by worshipping her, even a layman can become a big pundit. Few temples are dedicated to her, and…
MA LAKSHMI NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Ma Lakshmi Devi is the beautiful consort of Lord Vishnu, and she can be seen seated in a big lotus flower in the pictures. She is the one who would shower her immense blessings on those who sincerely worship her by chanting her mantras, songs and by adorning with flowers and flower garlands. Ma Lakshmi Devi temple in Kolhapur is considered as a famous temple, and she is the giver of boons and the fulfiller of our wishes. Ma Lakshmi Devi photos would be affixed in the walls, in most of the offices of the financiers,…
MA DURGA DEVI NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Ma Durga Devi is a form of Shakti Devi, and both are considered as one and the same. Ma Shakti Devi had transformed into Durga Devi, during the time of fighting with the demons like Mahisasura, Shumba, Nishumba, Raktabija and others. Ma Durga is considered as the goddess of victory, bravery, courage and wisdom, and she is our beloved mother. Lot of Mantras and songs are written in praise of Ma Durga, and those who have staunch faith and devotion on Ma Durga Devi, would keep their names like Durgadas, Devidas and Kalidas. Ma Durga…
SRI AYYAPPA NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Lord Ayyappa is a celebrity god, and he is worshipped mostly by the people in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, though during the annual Mandala Puja Festival, devotees from all parts of India would throng to the Sabarimala temple to have the glimpse of the beautiful Ayyappa. Lord Ayyappa is a form of Lord Dharma Shasta, who contains the features of both Lord Shiva and Vishnu. Similar to our Tirupati Balaji, who had incarnated in this Kali Yuga, exclusively for fulfilling the wishes of his devotees, Lord Ayyappa also fulfils the wishes of his devotees, and invokes…
SRI SUBRAMANYA NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Lord Muruga is considered as a popular deity in Hinduism, though he is mostly worshipped by the Tamil devotees, and by the Tamil people living in abroad. Lord Muruga contains attractive features like holding the divine spear on his hand, his handsome face and his attractive outlook, and his beautiful vehicle peacock. Lord Krishna in his Bhagavat Gita discourse tells, among the gods, I am Lord Muruga. While peacock feathers, decorates the head of Lord Krishna, Lord Muruga is having the peacock as his own vehicle. Lord Muruga is praised in the ancient Tamil Texts, and…
KOTHANDA RAMASWAMY TEMPLE, RAMESWARAM INTRODUCTION The Kothandaramaswamy Temple is located at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, is a sacred temple dedicated to Lord Rama. The temple contains deities such as Rama, Lakshmana, Sita, Hanuman and also Vibhishana. The temple attracts large number of tourists especially during the Rama Navami Festival day, and the area is surrounded by sea. The temple is believed to have been built before 1000 years ago, and in this temple, the deity Rama appears with a bow (Kothandam), and hence the temple was named as Kothandaramaswamy Temple. At the present place of this temple, during the Treta Yuga, Vibhishana, the younger brother of Ravana, had sought refuge to Lord Rama. At…
SIGNIFICANCE OF BREAKING COCONUTS TO LORD VINAYAKA INTRODUCTION Whenever, before we begin a new task, coconuts would be broken to the deities in the temples, and especially to Lord Vinayaka. Lord Vinayaka being considered as the first god, it is our main duty to offer our first respect to him, and hence by the way of offering coconuts to him, we are rendering great divine service to the beautiful elephant god Vinayaka. As per ancient legend, once when Lord Shiva decides to grant boons to his demon devotee, Bhasmasura, he didn’t offer his first prayers to his son, Vinayaka. As…
TEMPLES ARE THE MOST SACRED PLACES IN THE EARTH INTRODUCTION Certain places in the earth are mentioned as sacred, only based on the temples situated in those places. Varanasi is considered as a most sacred place, since the temple of Lord Kashi Viswanathar is situated there. Likewise Shirdi and Mantralayam are become very famous, since the temples of Saibaba and Guru Raghavendra Swamy are situated there. The place Thiruvannamalai has attained a good status, since the holy Temple of Lord Arunachaleswarar is situated there. It is also believed that even the divine devas from the heaven used to visit the…
SHANI NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Lord Saneeswara is the god of justice, and he is keenly observing all of our activities, good and bad, and based on that, he is giving rewards or punishments to us. Though Lord Saneeswara is considered as a god who contain anger, generally, he is a soft and a gentle god, and if we read about his details, we could knew more about him. Daily he used to spend few hours on meditating Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu, since he considers both of them as one and the same. Similarly to a holy sage, sometimes…
SAI NAMAVALI INTRODUCTION Sri Saibaba of Shirdi acts as a lovely god to his devotees. Devotees of Sai, consider him as their own parents and offers their regular prayers to him. Most of the devotees would be having the habit of reading the wonderful book, Sri Sai Satcharitra, which contains the life history of Sainath, and the miracles performed by him. There are also lot of small and big books which contains the details of Shirdi Saibaba. The great Saibaba is anywhere and everywhere, and whoever places a picture at their puja room and performs prayers to him, would be…
LET US PURIFY OUR MIND BY WORSHIPPING THE ALMIGHTY INTRODUCTION Let us cherish the first god Vinayaka by the way of sanctifying him by singing his bhakti songs, performing puja and chanting of Mantras. At this present situation, most of us are not able to control our mind, and sometimes we are doing bad acts also. Mind control is a must, and it can be attained only through the way of doing peaceful meditation and by worshipping the great almighty. Without thinking about god, if we simply sit for meditation, then again some useless thoughts would enter into our mind.…
For the first time since its incorporation in 1977, Cedar Hills City Council (Utah) will start its meeting on January four with Hindu prayers, containing hymns from world’s oldest extant scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures remotely before Cedar Hills City Council. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages. Zed, who is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism, will recite from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the world still in…
NITHYA KALYANA PERUMAL TEMPLE, THIRUVIDANTHAI INTRODUCTION Nithyakalayana Perumal temple is a temple situated in Thiruvidanthai, in Kanchipuram District of Tamil Nadu, and it is dedicated to Lord Varaha, the famous boar avatar of Lord Vishnu. The temple is very good in art and architecture, and the significance of this temple was sung by the great Alwar saints. It is also one of the Divyadesam Temples, and here Lord Vishnu in the form of Lord Varaha is worshipped as Nithyakalayana Perumal and his beloved and beautiful consort Ma Lakshmi is worshipped as Komalavalli Thayar. It is believed that this temple was built by the Pallavas during the 7th century AD and later it was renovated…