KANYA DOSHAM INTRODUCTION Kanya Dosha is a type of dosha which occurs due to insults made to females by the males during their past births. Kanya Dosham also would occur to a person, if he tortured his wife in his past birth, and as a result, his sins would continue even in the present birth. Certain remedial measures are there to get rid from the Kanya Dosham, and it is best to recite the several names of Maa Durga with pure bhakti for several times in a day. They can also visit and worship Ma Kanya Kumari Amman Temple, Kanyaka…
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GURU RAGHAVENDRA WILL FOLLOW US LIKE OUR SHADOW INTRODUCTION Guru Raghavendra is a great saint who would follows us in our lives like our shadow. He is specially been sent by the almighty in order to remove the troubles and turmoil of the people in this difficult Kaliyuga, and he is very much capable of doing that. Guru Raghavendra is worshipped by his devotees for getting good knowledge, courage, boldness, good health and wealth and for attaining kinds of prosperity in their lives. He has been praised by various mantras, and he is worshipped by his devotees in some foreign…
KARI NAYANAR INTRODUCTION Kari Nayanar is one of the 63 nayanar saints, and was a great worshipper of Lord Shiva. He rendered a famous Tamil text named as Karikkovai. Hence he was called as Kari Nayanar. LIFE Kari Nayanar was born in a Brahmin family in Thirukkadaiyur, Near Amritaghateswarar – Abirami Temple and the ancient Thirukkadaiyur Mayanam temple. He was an ardent Shiva devotee and also a learned scholar. He composed devotional songs on Lord Shiva. He spent his wealth for providing food to the devotees of Lord Shiva. He also constructed Shiva temples, and maintained the temples in a proper manner. He also regularly visited and worshipped the…
SIRAPPULI NAYANAR INTRODUCTION Sirappuli Nayanar was a Nayanar saint, and is considered as one among the 63 nayanar saints. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva and lived his life by worshipping him by chanting his names and by serving his devotees. LIFE Sirappuli Nayanar was born in Thiruvakkur, Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu. He was a great devotee of Lord Shiva, and was born in the Brahmin community. He was well versed in chanting the Vedas, and a master in sacred scriptures. The Nayanar saint was well known for his generosity. He invited the devotees of Shiva to his home and offered food and other necessities…
VIRALMINDA NAYANAR INTRODUCTION Viralminda Nayanar is a Nayanar saint, and considered as one among the 63 Nayanars. He was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva and gave good respect to his devotees. LIFE Viralminda Nayanar was born in Kerala, and he belongs to vellalar caste. He honoured the shiva devotees in a proper manner and provided food to them in his home. He visited many shiva temples and reached Thiruvarur, and went to Thyagaraja Temple, temple of Lord Shiva. According to him, shiva devotees must be worshipped before worshipping Lord Shiva in the temples. Once, Sundarar, came to the Thyagaraja shrine and worshipped Lord Shiva without…
YENATHINATHAR NAYANAR INTRODUCTION Yenathinathar was a Nayanar saint and a great shiva bhakta and considered as one among the 63 Nayanars. LIFE Yenathinathar was born in Kumbakonam of Tamil Nadu. He was a brave and a good swordsman and served as an army general in the Chola kingdom. He was a rich person and provided food to the poor and to the devotees of Lord Shiva. Atisuran also a swordsman became jealous of Yenathinathar brilliance in handling weapons and was defeated by Yenathinathar in competition. He took revenge on Yenathinathar and made a plan to kill him. One day morning, Atisuran invited Yenathinathar…
THE ONE AND ONLY LORD GANESHA INTRODUCTION Lord Ganesha is liked by everyone, irrespective of their age factor. Being considered as the first god, it is our main duty to first worship him before doing our daily routine works. Being the leader of the Vedas, he is also called as Veda Ganesa, and since he is a master of dance, he is called as Narthana Ganapathy. The pictures of Ganesha can be drawn very easily, and just by drawing a few lines, we can make a beautiful picture of Ganesha. Lord Ganesha is a very simple god, and that’s why…
AKSHAYA PATRA INTRODUCTION Akshaya Patra also known as Amudha Surabi is a holy vessel, which contains unlimited food in it, and the details about the sacred object were mentioned in Mahabharata. This marvellous vessel was given to Yudhishthira by Lord Surya Bhagavan in order to obtain enough food from the Vessel during the times of hunger. When the Pandavas were in exile in the forest, many big and small people began to meet them, in order to extend their full support to the Pandavas. At that time, Pandavas were very much worried to offer food to the innumerable guests, since in the forest, only limited…
EXPRESSION OF BHAKTI INTRODUCTION We can express our bhakti on god in various ways like singing, dancing, visiting temples, doing meditation, chanting his names and mantras and performing pujas and doing divine discourses. Some housewives would chant the Mantras of the deities while cooking and while doing other household chores like cleaning vessels and washing clothes etc. Whatever type of bhakti we may express on the god must be true, and then only it would be properly acknowledged by the almighty. Some people would never go to temples, and they would never chant any names or mantras of the deities,…
WILL GOD CURSE US? INTRODUCTION Will god curse us? No. He will never curse us, but sometimes out of our unbearable sufferings, we might curse him. God consider all of his creations as his child, and similar to an affectionate mother, he used to console us, affectionately hug us, removes our tears during the times of our sufferings even without our knowledge. All of us think that god is not present before us. But actually, he has appointed innumerable Devas, in order to protect us. They used to watch all of our activities, and would report it to the almighty.…
YONI AND LINGAM ARE THE SYMBOLS OF LORD SHIVA AND MA SHAKTI INTRODUCTION Yoni and Lingam represents the forms of Lord Shiva and Ma Shakti. Yoni and Lingam are the sexual organs of the females and males respectively, and there is no need to feel bad to talk about it, since only with these organs, the creation work is still going and going and humans are also helping Lord Brahma in his creation work by the way of producing good children in the world. Several pious Bhagavathas, saints and sages like Prahalada, Dhruva, Markandeya, Narada, Tumburu, Vyasa and Guru Raghavendra…
FINANCIAL STATUS INTRODUCTION In general, a person is being respected in this society based on his financial status only. If a person is poor, then he is considered as a person from a low status, and he is being disrespected and insulted by others, whereas, if a person is rich, then he is being considered as a person from a high status, and he is being properly treated by others. This is all being done due to the existence of Kali Purusha in this Kali Yuga. Status alone would not determine the efficiency of a person. A person may be…
LISTENING TO GOOD MUSIC WOULD REMOVE OUR MENTAL STRESS AND WOULD PROVIDE GREAT FEAST TO OUR EARS INTRODUCTION Yes. It is really true, that listening to good music, especially spiritually oriented music, would remove our mental stress and strain, and also would provide great feast to our ears. Lord Krishna through his flute music, had mesmerised the Gopikas, and made them as his permanent slaves to his music. Apart from his divine beauty, his wonderful flute music had attracted not only the Gopikas, but also the entire people of Vrindavan, and also the birds, animals and even the small insects…
KOMALEESWARAR TEMPLE, PUDUPET, CHENNAI INTRODUCTION Sri Komalambigai Sametha Komaleeswarar Temple is situated in Pudupet, a few kilometres away from Egmore Railway Station. The temple is a medieval temple, and as per legend, once a cow was seen worshipping an anthill by pouring its milk on it. By seeing this wonderful scene, the local villagers went to that place, and there they saw a beautiful Shivalinga which was located near the anthill. The villagers informed about this wonderful incident to their then ruler, and the king had happily agreed, and built an excellent Temple for Lord Shiva, and he had…
THAILABISHEKHAM INTRODUCTION Thailabhishekham means performing oil bath to the deities, also called as oil Abhishekham. Similar to performing milk, curd, fruit, ghee, honey, tender coconut water Abhishekham, performing oil Abhishekham is also considered as a sacred activity and it is mostly done in order to get rid from our health related ailments. After doing oil Abhishekham to the deities with the help of the priests, we can ask them to give some portion of oil to us in order to apply it in our body, since by doing so, our mind would become purified, as well as our various diseases…
THE SACRED PUNUGU PERFUME INTRODUCTION The Punugu Perfume is a Special Scent Used in Tirumala Temple, and this scent is derived from the Punugu Cat. Tirumala Tirupati temple is one of the popular and richest temples in the world, and it is also famous for performing different kinds of rituals with much interest and enthusiasm. Usually in different Vishnu temples while conducting pujas, aromatic substances like Javadhu, Kasthuri, Akhtar and punugu would be used in order to make the deity to look more beautiful and attractive. Similar to that, in Tirumala temple also the best perfume Punugu is used in…
CAMPHOR AND INCENSE STICKS INTRODUCTION Camphor (Karpoor) and incense Sticks (Agarbathies) are used while performing puja to the deities. Camphor and Agarbathies gives good smell and it occupies as a part and parcel in the lives of the Hindu devotees. Since Camphor is considered to create environment pollution, in most of the temples, Camphor is not lighted, and their usage in pujas in the temples is almost stopped, and instead of that, Oil and Ghee lamps are being lighted in most of the temples. Though oil and ghee lamps are preferred as safety materials, but still in most of the Hindu…
SRI KARPAGA VINAYAKA TEMPLE, PILLAIYARPATTI INTRODUCTION Karpaka Vinayaka Temple is an ancient temple dedicated for Lord Vinayaka, and it is situated in Pillayarpatti village in Tamil Nadu. In this wonderful temple, we can find beautiful sculptures of Lord Shiva and Arthanareeswara, and this temple was built by an ancient king, in whose dream Lord Vinayaka had appeared and ordered him to build a temple for him. Since Lord Vinayaka grants various boons and fulfils the wishes of his devotees similar to the Kalpavriksha Tree, Lord Vinayaka in this temple is also called as Kalpavriksha Vinayaka. This temple contains stone inscriptions depicting…
DIVINE SONGS ON LORD VINAYAKA BY SAGE PURUSHUNDI INTRODUCTION Lord Vinayaka contains lot of devotees since several millions of years. Even the great Bhagavathas and the Vishnu devotees like Narada, Tumburu and Prahalada were worshipped Lord Vinayaka even before millions and millions of years ago. The existence of Lord Vinayaka was found in ancient texts of Hinduism, and he has become the first god, due to the boons given to him by the Divine deities. In the Vinayaka Purana, Lord Vinayaka is mentioned as the supreme god, and he is worshipped even by his parents, Shiva and Shakti, and he…
SRI MAAPILLAI VINAYAKA INTRODUCTION Lord Vinayaka is fondly called as Maapillai Vinayaka and few temples are also dedicated to him in that name. In these temples, similar to the newly wedded bridegroom, Lord Vinayaka appears very beautifully and neatly dressed with costly garments, and his body is decorated with precious golden ornaments. He can be seen along with his consorts Ma Riddhi and Ma Siddhi. Maapillai is a Tamil word and it means Bridegroom. The word Maapillai would be very often shared in between friends especially in Tamil Nadu, in order to express their strong bondage, love and affection on…