SWAMI GYANANANDA INTRODUCTION Swami Gyanananda was born in the year 1957 in Ambala at Haryana, and he is a famous saint and a writer. His books and lectures throw a light for the spiritual aspirants. Gyanananda is very clever from his childhood, and after finishing his post-graduation, Swami Gyanananda has written several devotional books including Bhagavat Gita and Bhagavatham in a simplified manner. Gyanananda dedicated his life in doing service to the mankind and to the god. He performed meditation, conducted divine discourses in the temples, and propagated the philosophies of Hinduism amongst the people. He has been teaching the benefits of doing continuous…
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URCHAVA MOORTHY IDOLS INTRODUCTION Urchava Moorthies are the replica of the main idols of the gods and goddesses in the temples, and they are usually sculpted using silver, bronze and gold metals. When compared with main idols, they usually appear smaller in size, but look very attractive and beautiful. They are used during the times of festivals and processions. The Urchava Moorthy idol is a heavy weight object, and also it is a very valuable item, in terms of sanctity and in terms of monetary value. Urchava Moorthies are usually kept in most of the temples, and similar to the…
MOTHER KRISHNABAI INTRODUCTION Mother Krishnabai (1903-1989) was a saint and contains good nature, and showed kindness and motherly affection on the people. She has changed even the bad minded people into good, through her kind attitude, and by showering her motherly affection on them. She lived like a wish-fulfilling tree and provided comfort and gave shelter for the spiritual seekers. Her good qualities are forgiving others and not finding fault with others, and she was considered as a chaste woman, who lived a saintly life, after the death of her husband. She asked her followers and the people to chant…
SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN INTRODUCTION Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920), was born in Erode in the year 1887, and he was a famous mathematician whose contributions in the field of Mathematics helped lot of mathematicians to solve their problems easily. At his young age itself, he used to study Mathematics related books, and quickly grasped various calculations and theorems. Due to his ability, he was highly praised by the Mathematics professors and by the common people. Apart from studying Mathematics, he was a staunch Vishnu devotee, and he used to frequently visit the Vishnu temples, and offer his prayers. He was married in the year…
RISHI SARABHANGA INTRODUCTION Sarabhanga is an ancient sage, and he lived during the Treta Yuga, and the details about him are mentioned in Ramayana. He lived in the Dandaka forest, at a hermitage, and he lead a holy life by performing meditation on the almighty, and used to eat only simple food like greens, vegetables and fruits. During the time of exile period of Lord Rama, Rama visited Rishi Sarabhanga at the Dandaka forest, at his ashram, along with Lakshmana and Mata Sita. The great sage Sarabhanga welcomed them, and he offered fruits as food items, and made them to take rest for…
SANT GOPAL DAS INTRODUCTION Sant Gopal Das, aged 39, who was born in North India, is a devotee of Mata Ganga Devi, and he has observed fasting to clean the polluted River Ganges for a few days. Later he was admitted in a Hospital at Delhi, and after giving him sufficient treatment he was discharged from the hospital. Various activists and his associates are also fighting along with him to get a clean and purified Ganga, by removing the garbage from the river. Gopal Das is a devotee of Lord Shiva, Ma Parvati and Ma Ganga, and he used to…
SANT KASHIBA MAHARAJ INTRODUCTION Sant Kashiba Maharaj (13th century AD) also known as Gurav Maharaj, was born in a village in Maharashtra in a pious Hindu Brahmin family, and he eagerly served in a Shiva Temple as a Temple Priest, worshipped the god, performed pujas, and also warmly welcomed the villagers to the temple, without seeing their caste, creed and community, and made them to worship Lord Shiva, and asked them to perform Milk Abhishekham to the Shiva Lingam in their own hands. Kashiba Maharaj was against caste discrimination, and he also improved the living standard of the village people, by…
SRI MANJUNATHA TEMPLE INTRODUCTION Sri Manjunatha Temple is located in Dharmasthala, a town which is situated on the banks of the Nethravathi River in Karnataka. Manjunatha Temple contains the Shrine of Lord Shiva, who is called as Lord Manjunatha, along with Mata Shakti Devi, Lord Chandra Bhagavan and also contains Village gods and goddesses such as Kalarahu, Kalarkayi, Kumaraswamy and Kanyakumari. The temple is run by a Jain administrator and pujas are conducted by the Hindu priests. Lakshadeepa, the festival of lights, is the yearly festival of Dharmasthala which would be performed during the months of November–December. Every day free food is served to about 10,000 devotees in a pleasing manner, and…
UDUPI SRI KRISHNA TEMPLE INTRODUCTION Udupi Sri Krishna Temple is a popular Temple which is dedicated to Lord Krishna, who appears in the form of Child Krishna, also called as Balakrishna, and it is located in Udupi in Karnataka. Udupi is a sacred place, since it contains the Holy temple of Lord Krishna, as well as the other Holy temples such as the Udupi Anantheshwara Temple and Chandramouleeswara Temple. The Udupi Krishna Mutt was founded by the Dvaita Saint, Shri Madhwacharya in the 13th century AD. Madhwacharya, was an incarnation of Lord Vayu Deva, and he was a highly knowledgeable person, and he was efficient in reading and discussing about…
BALAMURALIKRISHNA INTRODUCTION Balamuralikrishna (1930–2016) was a famous singer, music composer, and also a talented actor in the film Industry. He was the Sangeetha Kalanidhi awardee, and also given Padma Vibhushan award for his great contribution in the field of music. Balamuralikrishna started his music journey at his young age itself. He gave many musical concerts throughout the world. He sang beautiful songs on the Hindu deities, and he has been gifted a divine voice, which stole the hearts of the Music lovers. In his life long career, he sang thousands of songs in all the south Indian languages. Balamuralikrishna was born in the present day…
GREATNESS OF MATA SHAKTI DEVI Mata Shakti Devi also called as Parvati Devi, is our universal mother, who controls the entire universe through her supreme powers. She only controls the entire activities of the universe, and along with the help of the Trimurties, she is doing the creation, protection and destruction of the earth. Various temples are there for the divine mother all around the world. She is called by many names, and she took the avatars of Kali, Durga, Chamunda etc. In this kali yuga, she acts as our affectionate mother, who removes our sins, and gives her immense…
GODDESS URMILA – WIFE OF LORD YAMA INTRODUCTION Lord Yama is the god of death, and his consort is Goddess Urmila. Mata Urmila is mentioned in Vedas, Puranas and in the Mahabharata. Urmila was specially created by Lord Brahma, in order to marry her with Lord Yama. Similar to Lord Yama, Urmila contains great powers, and she is considered as a demi goddess, and lives in the Yama Loka, along with Lord Yama, and her children, Katila and Shobhavati. By worshipping Mata Urmila, we would not get wounded by the attendants of Lord Yama. Urmila contains golden coloured body, and…
KAVI BHUSHAN INTRODUCTION Kavi Bhushan (1613–1712) was a famous poet, who served in the court of the Maratha king Shivaji. He was a talented Sanskrit poet. Bhushan was born in a village in the present-day Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. His brothers are also popular poets, and they served in the courts of various Indian Kings. Kavi Bhushan also served in the court of King Rudra Pratap of Chitrakoot, and he was considered as a “Precious Diamond” among the poets during his period. Bhushan was well supported by Shivaji Maharaj, and due to that, Bhushan moved from Varanasi to Maratha Kingdom and joined in the court of King Shivaji. Bhushan was awarded costliest prizes, during…
GOVINDADASA INTRODUCTION Govindadasa (1535–1613) was a Bengali poet who was well known for his popular devotional songs on Lord Krishna. He composed songs on the true divine love between Radha and Krishna, and he is also known as Govinda Das Kaviraja. It is believed that he was the incarnation of one of the cowherd friends of Lord Krishna during the Dwaparaka Yuga. Govindadasa hailed from Baidya family, and he was born in a village in Bardhaman district in West Bengal in the year 1535, and his brother was also a poet. After the death of his father, Govinda lived in a village in Murshidabad district in West Bengal, along with…
KRISHNADASA KAVIRAJA INTRODUCTION Krishna Dasa Kaviraja Goswami was born in the year 1496 and he has written the text known as: Chaitanya Charitamrita, the life history of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, an incarnation of Lord Krishna. He was born in the village of West Bengal. He got the bhakti spirit on Lord Krishna. It is also believed that during the previous dwapara yuga, he was the friend of Lord Krishna. He left Bengal and travelled to Vrindavana and he took sainthood from Raghunatha Dasa Goswami, a follower of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He also wrote Sri Govinda Lilamrita and Saranga rangada kangada tika. He was well appreciated by the…
BHARATENDU HARISHCHANDRA INTRODUCTION Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885) is considered as the father of Hindi literature, and he was one of the well-known Hindi writers during his period. He was the author of several divine songs, published divine books and he was a kind hearted man. Apart from spiritual works, Harishchandra wrote texts on the sufferings of the poor people, country’s poverty, natural disasters, storms, women’s empowerment, and he was against caste discrimination. He was a staunch devotee of Lord Vishnu, and composed and sung many songs on him. Harishchandra was born in Banaras, and his father was a poet. He went to the Jagannath temple in…
RAMANA MAHARISHI INTRODUCTION Ramana Maharishi (1879 –1950) was a great saint from Tamil Nadu. His original name was Venkataraman, but he is popularly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi. BIRTH He was born in Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu. At the age of 16, he realized Lord Shiva, and after some time, he went to Tiruvannamalai, where he became a sanyasi, and remained there for the rest of his life. He was soon attracted by the devotees who regarded him as an avatar. Ramana Maharshi recommended bhakti and self-realization for his devotees. Life After arriving in Tiruvannamalai, Maharishi went to the temple of Arunachaleswara and deeply meditated…
SESHADRI SWAMIGAL INTRODUCTION Seshadri Swamigal was born on January 22, 1870 at Kanchipuram. Even as a child, he has done miracles. Once Seshadri wants to purchase an idol of Lord Krishna from a shop, and asked his mother to buy it. The trader gave the idol to the child for free of cost. Then the next day the trader approached Seshadri and his mother, and told them that, since seshadri has touched his statues, all the 1,000 statues had been sold in one day. All the people praised the boy and gave him the name as “Thanga Kai” (Golden Hand)…
MEYKANDAR INTRODUCTION Meykandar (13th century AD) also known as Meykanda Devar, was a great shaiva saint and scholar. He had rendered a famous devotional work called as Siva Jnana Bodham which tells the importance of the shaivism sect and features the greatness of Lord Shiva. His birth name was Swethavana Perumal. LIFE Meykandar was born in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu. He was born after his parent’s deep penance on Lord Shiva at Thiruvenkadu Siva Temple. He was brought up by his uncle at Thiruvennainallur. He learnt the basic education and the hindu scriptures. At his childhood itself, he was very much attracted in spirituality and became an ardent devotee…
SUDAMA PANDAY INTRODUCTION Sudama Panday (1936–1975), was a famous Hindi poet from Varanasi, who is well-known for his good writing style, and wrote devotional poems. He also wrote various articles on social issues, and he was very much worried about the caste discrimination which was very much prevailed during his period. Sudama Panday was born in the year 1936 in a village in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. He completed I.T.I in Varanasi, and worked as an instructor in the Electrical Department. He died in the year 1975. FAMOUS WORKS Mochiram Ghar Main Wapsi The Tree of Tongues Sudama was very much worried about the status…