INTRODUCTION Once there lived in Trichy a pious devotee of Guru Raghavendra whose name was Ramanathan, and he was a businessman, and he belonged to Hindu Mudaliar Community. Regularly during thursday’s he used to visit the Raghavendra Mutt at Srirangam, and worship Raghavendra Swamigal and Lord Sriranganathar at the Srirangam temple. He got married and had two sons, and the entire family were the believers of Sri Swamigal. He was doing export business, exporting of food stuffs to other foreign countries. Once he had exported cardamom to Singapore through ship, and he stayed in a hotel at Singapore for a…
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INTRODUCTION Ram Chandra Datta (1851-1899) was a disciple of Ramakrishna and a well-versed writer of spiritual books. Datta was a close friend of Swami Vivekananda. Datta was born in the year 1851 in Kolkata. His parents were ardent devotees of Lord Krishna, and his mother has died at his childhood, and hence he was brought up by Mata Bhubaneshwari Devi, who was a relative, and the mother of Swami Vivekananda, and she took care of him in a kind manner, and treated him as her own child. Young Datta become a devotee of Lord Krishna, and used to visit the Krishna temples and perform meditation…
INTRODUCTION Sri Purushotamma Teertha was a great madhwa saint who lived during the 15th century. His guru was Sri Jayadhwaja Teertha and his disciple was Sri Brahmanya Teertha. It is believed that during the year 1460, he entered alive in a cave near Abbur, Karnataka, similar to his guru Sri Madhwacharya who was disappeared inside the flowers, and settled down at Bhadrikashram and still serving Guru Sri Vyasa Bhagavan in a wonderful manner. He was a great saint and a sincere devotee of Lord Srirama and Srikrishna. He used to perform puja to the deities in a proper manner, and…
INTRODUCTION According to Mahabharata, Uttar was the crowned prince of Matsya Kingdom and the son of King Virata. Pandavas spent one year in their kingdom during their exile. His sister Uttara was got married to Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna. When Duryodhana tried to attack the Matsya Kingdom, Uttar takes the help of his sister’s dancing teacher, Brihannala, who was actually Arjuna, who took the form of a dancer, in order to spend his exile period, without disclosing his original identity. He served as the Charioteer of Uttar and then he had shown his true identity in order to disclose his power to Uttar, and fought on behalf of him and succeeded in the…
INTRODUCTION We are the human beings born in this earth, and everyone is suffering from some kind of problems, and some may suffer from big problems, other may suffer from small problems. No human beings are entirely living happily in this world. Is there is any solution for that? Yes! Solution is there and it is within our reach only! But we are not realising the cause of problems and the reason for our sufferings, and we are scolding on god for our sufferings. Actually that is not the way for getting solution to our problems. Daily we are spending…
INTRODUCTION Tarpanam is a type of Vedic practice and it is an offering made to the divine deities by chanting divine mantras. Tilatarpanam means offering made by a person to his deceased father / mother and to the Pitrus (Departed souls of our ancestors) using water and sesame seeds during the annual death ceremony or on Amavasya and other related days. Tilatarpanam can be done in auspicious temples like Rameswaran, Srisailam, Kasi and Triyambakeshwar Temple, in order to remove our Pitru Doshams. Tilatarpanam is made in favour of gods, demi gods, rishis, and to our fore fathers. The main reason for doing Tilatarpanam is to relieve…
INTRODUCTION Parjanya is a deity of rain, thunder, lightning and he also fertilizes the earth. He is controlled by Lord Indra, and discharges his duties along with him, since Lord Indra is also considered as the rain god. He suitably rewards the writers and poets and he is an enemy for those who eat non vegetarian food. His name is mentioned in various Hindu sacred texts, and he is considered as one among the Adityas. His parents are Aditi and Kashyapa. We can make continuous prayers to Lord Indra, Lord Varuna, Mata Bhudevi and Parjanya in order to get sufficient rain, and…
INTRODUCTION Pancika is a yaksha and his consort is Hariti, and they had hundreds of children. According to the legend, Pancika was the army general of Lord Kubera, the god of wealth, and enjoys great powers by controlling the Yaksha army. He fought with several powerful warriors and won in the battles. Pancika appears along with his consort Hariti by keeping a bag of jewels in his hand. They were mentioned in Buddhist texts. (advvisioncenters) He appears similar to his master Lord Kubera, and he is also believed to be the god of wealth. It is suggested to worship Lord Pancika and Mata Hariti while worshipping Kubera and…
INTRODUCTION Before hundred years, there lived a pious Brahmin scholar in a village at Tamilnadu whose name was Palani, and he worked as an assistant priest in the nearby Murugan Temple. He used to assist the chief priest in discharging his day to day duties. He will used to do Abhishekham and Puja to Lord Muruga and used to lit Agarbathies and champhor and would distribute the temple Prasad to the devotees after the completion of the puja. The Chief priest used to offer bananas to Lord Muruga in large numbers during Thaipoosam festival day. One Thaipoosam day, he found…
INTRODUCTION Nidhivan Temple in Vrindavan, is situated near Mathura, and it believed that even today, in this temple, daily night Lord Krishna is visiting here, and dancing with Mata Radha and with other Gopikas, who are in the form of trees, would be changed into Gopikas, once Lord Krishna arrives at this place. And they would be again changed into trees during the next day morning. No people are allowed to visit this temple after 5 pm. According to the belief of the local villagers, those who try to visit this holy place after 5 pm either would become mad…
INTRODUCTION Nagas are mentioned in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism texts and they are considered as divine deities and reside in the Patala Loka. They contain great powers, and can take any form at any time. They are also related with gods and goddess like Nagathamman, Nagalingeswarar and Ananta Padmanabha swamy etc. Among the Nagas, Adisesha had become a divine serpent bed of Lord Vishnu, and Vasuki had become the ornament and was adorned by Lord Shiva in his neck, and Lord Vinayaka also used to wear a divine naga as an ornament in his stomach. Mata Manasa Devi, the Snake goddess and the healer of…
INTRODUCTION Nagamani Adigalar(19th century AD) was born in Mylapore. From his younger age itself, he was deeply involved in spirituality. He was expert in all the regional languages, and he worked in different professions such as doctor, teacher and scholar, and preached various holy texts among the people like the life history of the 63 Nayanmar saints, Thirumurugadru Padai and Devaram. He used to give free medicines as well as the sacred ash of Lord Shiva, and cured the diseases of the devotees, and asked them to provide free food to a minimum of 100 poor people on a monthly…
INTRODUCTION Muthu Sattanathar is a form of Lord Shiva and he is the incarnation of Sri Kalabhairava. His famous temple is situated in Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu. And apart from the shrine of Sri Sattanathar, Lord Shiva is worshipped as Thoniappar and Mata Parvati is worshipped as Periyanayaki in this temple. Six daily rituals are observed in this temple, and Thiruvadhirai and Shivarathiri are the most important festivals celebrated in this temple. Thevaram was sung in this temple by the Shaivite saints, and it is one of the most ancient temples in tamil nadu. During his childhood, Sambandar was fed with the divine…
INTRODUCTION Chidananda Saraswati, (1916–2008) was the President of the Divine Life Society, Rishikesh, India. He was a great saint and spiritual personality. He was born in Mangalore into a pious Hindu family in the year 1916. During his young age itself, he used to study Hindu Puranas, Bhagavatham, Ramayana and Mahabharata and got great spiritual knowledge. He was the successor of Swami Sivananda Sraswati. His birth name was Sridhar Rao. After finishing his studies, he has joined in Sivananda Ashram under Swamy Sivananda Saraswati in Rishikesh in the year 1943. He has attained Sainthood in the year 1949. And from then onwards he was…
INTRODUCTION According to Vinayaka Purana, Mukkala Munivar is an ancient sage who lived during the Treta Yuga. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Vinayaka, and lived in an Ashram at the banks of the Holy River Ganges. During his period, there lived a king in Varanasi whose name was Sukrasena. He was a noble king and treated his region’s people as his own relatives, and provided all sorts of benefits to them. His queen was Swarnambika, and she was a pious and a chaste woman. They had one child and his name was Rajasena. The child was born without…
INTRODUCTION Mitra is a chief deity who was mentioned in the Rigveda, and he is considered as the god of faithfulness, honesty, friendship, contracts and meetings. He is considered as one among the Adityas, and he is the son of Rishi Kashyapa and Aditi. He also gets his share of oblation from the fire sacrifices similar to other Adityas. He acts as a witness during marriages, business contracts and confidential meetings. Those who try to cheat others would be severally punished by Lord Mitra, since he is present anywhere and everywhere. Those who start new business, those who do contract business,…
INTRODUCTION Viswanathan (20th century) was born in a poor Brahmin family in Bangalore, Karnataka. By birth itself, he was not mentally stable, and used to depend on others for doing his regular activities. His father had worked as a priest in a nearby Hanuman temple, and got only meagre income. With the small earnings, he took care of his wife and his son Viswanathan. His father provided proper treatment to him by borrowing money from others, but nothing had made him to become perfect. One day, a friend of Viswanathan’s father visited their house, and learned about his history, and…
INTRODUCTION Matanga Maharishi was born in the Treta Yuga, and he was mentioned in Ramayana. Lord Rama and Mata Sita visited the ashram of Matanga Maharishi near the Mountain Rishyamukha. He was the sincere devotee of Shiva and Parvati, and due to that Mata Parvati had taken birth in the earth as his daughter and she was called as Matangi. He also got great boons from Lord Shiva, and he wishes the prosperity of the people in the earth. He got many disciples and taught them Vedas and divine scriptures and through his guidance, his disciples were become great sages.…
INTRODUCTION Manomohan Mittra (1851–1903) is one of the famous disciples of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Manomohan was born in the year 1851 at a village in West Bengal. His father was a doctor, and an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and his mother was also a disciplined and a calm housewife and got sincere devotion on Shiva-Sakti, and used to spend her free time in the temples. He followed the foot-steps of his parents, and developed the bhakti spirit and worshipped the deities in the temples. Once he had a nice dream, and in that dream, a holy saint appeared before him, and chanted…
INTRODUCTION According to Hindu Legend, Several thousands of years back, there lived a pious person in Varanasi whose name was Mankana, and he was a barber by profession, and he was a great devotee of Lord Ganesa. Once, Kasi was ruled by the King Divodasa. Since the king Divodasa doesn’t worship Lord Shiva, and since he disliked the Brahmins performing the Vedic rituals, Lord Shiva got angry with him and wanted to destroy the city of Kasi with the help of his son Lord Ganesa. Lord Ganesa came to Kasi and gave his divine darshan to his ardent devotee Sri…