INTRODUCTION Aniruddha was the son of Pradyumna and the grandson of Lord Krishna, who lived during the previous dwapara yuga, approximately 5,500 years ago. He is considered as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Aniruddha was a noble and kind person, and looks very handsome similar to that of his grandfather Lord Krishna. Once Aniruddha had an affair with a Demon princess named Usha, who was the daughter of the great Shiva Devotee Sri Banasura, who was the son of Mahabali and the great grandson of Sri Bhakt Prahalad. Banasura ruled Assam in a well-versed manner, which was known as Sonitapura in the previous yuga. Since Banasura disliked Aniruddha’s…
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INTRODUCTION Amshuma Deva is one of the twelve Adityas. He was the son of Mata Aditi and Rishi Kashyapa. He is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Surya. Amshuma does his duties along with the Wind god, Lord Vayu Bhagavan in a proper manner. Amshuman has got a golden chariot driven by seven horses, and they have formed while churning of the divine ocean. Amshuma contains divine powers, and his greatness and importance was mentioned in ancient Puranas, Vedas and other holy texts. His sculpture is found in some ancient Hindu temples. He has to be worshipped for getting good health and good mental…
INTRODUCTION Pisharadi (1550-1621) was born in Trikkandiyur, Kerala, and he was a great writer, reader, astrologer and an ardent devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan. He also helped his student Sri Narayana Bhattathiri towards composing the devotional poem Sri Narayaneeyam. WORKS Pravesaka Karanottama Uparagakriyakrama Sphutanirnaya Chayastaka Uparagavimsati Rasigolasphutaniti Venvarohavyakhya Horasaroccaya Pisharadi played a vital role in bringing up his student Sri Bhattathiri in a good manner, and asked him to worship Lord Guruvayurappan at Guruvayur, in order to gain more knowledge and discipline. Bhattathiri obeyed the orders of his guru, and went to Guruvayur and written the great divine text Narayaneeyam with the guidance of his guru Sri…
INTRODUCTION Swami Turiyananda also called as Hari nath and Hari Maharaj due to his sincere devotion on god Hari, and he was the popular disciple of Ramakrishna. He was a close associate of Swami Vivekananda, and due to his request, he went to foreign countries, and preached the holiness of Hinduism among the people. He established Ashrams in foreign countries, and spread the bhakti spirit among the masses. Turiyananda was born in a pious Bengali Brahmin Orthodox family in Kolkata in the year 1863. He lost his parents at his young age and he was brought up by his brother. He successfully completed…
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 Gopaler Ma (1822 –1906) was a devotee and disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Her birth name was Aghoremani Devi, but she came to be known as Gopaler Ma due to her sincere devotion on Lord Krishna and to her Guru Ramakrishna. She was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna, and Sri Ramakrishna was very much impressed with her with regard to her devotion. She was a close friend of Swami Vivekananda and Sister Nivedita. Aghoremani Devi was born in a Brahmin family in the year 1822 in a village at Kolkata. She got married at her younger age, and became a widow at her…
INTRODUCTION Yogin Ma also known as Yogindra Mohini Biswas was the main disciple of the holy mother Sri Sarada Devi. She and her close associate Golap Ma were served in a remarkable manner to Mata Sarada Devi and also were the spiritual successors of Sarada Devi. Yogin Ma resided with the holy mother in Kolkata, and took keen interest towards spreading the principles of Ramakrishna Mission, and she also done many social welfare activities for the poor people with the guidance of Mata Sarada Devi. Yogin Ma was born in Kolkata in the year 1851. She got married at her younger age, and since her…
INTRODUCTION Markandeya was the son of Rishi Mrikandu, and was born with very good features. Similar to his father, he used to worship Lord Shiva at the Ashram and perform pujas and abhishekhams to the Shiva Lingam. According to legend, when he was nearing to lose his life by Lord Yama, he was safeguarded by Lord Shiva, and he has become a Chiranjeevi in this earth. He appears in the form of a boy, and looks like a full moon, and contains great spiritual powers. He had shared his spiritual knowledge with various rishis and discussed spiritual matters with them.…
INTRODUCTION Dhuruva is a pious boy and due to his sincere meditation on Lord Vishnu, he has become a king after his father, and finally become a great DHRUVA star and controlling the sun, moon, stars and the planets through his great powers. This was made possible only because of his true devotion on Lord Vishnu. According to the legend, his father was Uttanapada and his mother was Suniti. Since his father had shown more attention to his new queen’s son, he was ignored, and he and his mother were not properly treated by his father. Hence due to that,…
INTRODUCTION Bringi is said to be a Shiva Gana, who is living in the Shiva Lok, the Himalayas, along with Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati, and with other divine attendants of Lord Shiva. According to legend, Bringi had obtained the position in the Shiva Loka, due to his severe penance on Lord Shiva in the earth during the first Krita Yuga. He was considered as one of the main attendants of Lord Shiva, similar to Lord Nandhi and Lord Chandikeswara. He greatly respects the divine couple, and considers Shiva-Parvati as his divine father and mother. According to legend, he was…
INTRODUCTION Kesari was the brave Vanara king of a small region. He was the foster father of Lord Hanuman and the consort of Anjana. Kesari was a great person, who involves in deep meditation in the jungles, and an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. He prayed to Lord Shiva for a holy child, and after hearing his prayers, Lord Shiva blessed him with a divine son Lord Hanuman. Lord Hanuman is an AMSA of Lord Shiva, and contains his features. Once, he fought and killed a powerful demon, Shambasadana, in order to safeguard the holy sages. Kesari was one among the army generals of Sugriva’s…
INTRODUCTION Sri Sadasiva Shastri also fondly called as Sivan SAR was born on October 3rd 1904 as the younger brother of Sri MahaPeriyava. His birth name was Sadasiva Sastri. Sri SAR attained Siddhi on March 7th 1996. Sri Sivan SAR, also called as Sri Siva Periyava. Similar to his elder brother Sri Chandra sekara saraswathi swamigal, he also performed lot of miracles in the life of his devotees. He lived a humble and noble life, and got great courage, wisdom and knowledge in all the subjects. He got great bhakti on Lord Shiva and used to worship him in the…
INTRODUCTION Thadhimugan was a great Vanara, who contains noble characteristics, and considered as a GEM among the Vanaras, similar to Lord Hanuman. He was mentioned in the great epic Ramayana as the uncle of Sukriva and also guards his beautiful garden with his monkey army. Similar to other Vanaras, he is considered to be an incarnation of a celestial Gandharva, and was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. He came to know about Lord Rama from Sugriva, and from then onwards, he become a sincere devotee of Lord Rama, and he considered Lord Rama as the supreme avatar of Lord…
INTRODUCTION Bhagat Kanwar Ram was a Sindhi singer and poet. He was a disciple of Satram Das Sahib. He was born in the year 1885 at a village in Uttar Pradesh. He was very religious oriented and considered as a saint and guru among the Sindhis. He was an ardent devotee of Guru Jhulelal Maharaj, an incarnation of Lord Varuna Bhagawan, and sung lot of songs in praise of him. He was very much respected by the Sindhi people, for his good qualities, and he used to spend his time by writing poems, composing music and singing songs, and his poems were written in…
INTRODUCTION Sri Narasimha Swamiji, was born in the year 1874 in a Brahmin family at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. His birth name was Narasimha. Sri Narasimha Swamiji was an intelligent child, and quickly grasped the subjects, and become a leading boy in the school. After completing his law degree, he became a noble lawyer and handled cases of poor people, and also done many social service activities like providing food packets and giving new dresses to the roadside beggars etc. Once, in his dream, Sri Shirdi Baba had invited him to Shirdi to have his darshan. He went to Shirdi and…
INTRODUCTION Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji was born in a village in Trichy in a pious Brahmin – Iyer family during the year 1906. Since from his childhood days, he developed bhakti on god and used to do meditation and puja, and at his younger age, he also met many saints and visited temples throughout Trichy. The Kanchi Swamigal was attracted with the young boy, and made him to stay along with him for some days. He also meditated in the caves and got the divine appearance of Lord Dattatreya. He was an ardent devotee of Guru Raghavendra, Sadashiva Brahmendra, Shirdi Sai…
INTRODUCTION Narasimha Josiar(19th century AD) was the younger brother of Sri Seshadri Swamigal, and he was very affectionate with his elder brother Sri Swamigal. He was very intelligent and mischievous at his childhood, and he was born in Kancheepuram District into a pious Brahmin family, to the holy couple Maragatham and Sri Varadarajar. He was interested in spiritual aspects from his younger age itself, and used to visit the Shiva and Vishnu Temples, and perform meditation. At his teenage, after his parent’s death, he went to his uncle’s house along with Seshadri Swamigal. His uncle was a famous astrologer, and…
INTRODUCTION Venkatamba(16th century AD) was the affectionate sister of Venkatanatha, who was known as Guru Raghavendra after becoming a saint, and she and her husband Sri Lakshminarasimhacharya played a vital role towards upbringing Venkatanatha in a proper manner at his younger age. After the death of her father Sri Timmanacharya and mother Smt.Gopikamba, she invited her brother Venkatanatha to Madurai and took care of him properly, and her husband Lakshminarasimha, a great scholar, had taught all the divine subjects to Venkatanatha. Venkatamba used to take Venkatanatha to the nearby temples, and invoked the bhakti spirit to her brother. She used…
INTRODUCTION Vedavati was the holy mother of the great Madhwacharya, whose birth name was Vasudeva, and her consort name was Naddantillaya. The couples were lived at a village in Karnataka. She was a noble woman and got great attachment on her son Vasudeva. The parents were performed Upanayana to Vasudeva at his younger age itself, and he had become a great saint at his teenage. Sri Vasudeva was an avatar of Lord Vayu Deva and after he attained sainthood, his parents gave birth to another son Subhaktiman, who was known as Vishnu Tirtha at a later stage, and they also…
INTRODUCTION Kantimathi (11th century AD) was the holy mother of Sri Ramanuja, and at her teenage, she got married to Sri Kesava Somayaji, a pious Brahmin scholar, and lived in Srperumbudur, and had one noble son, who was the great Vaishnative saint Sri Ramanuja and his birth name was Ilaya Perumal. Due to her past births good karmic deeds, she gave birth to Sri Ramanuja, who was considered as the divine avatar of Adisesha, the divine serpent bed of Lord Vishnu. She was a good house wife and properly looked after her family, and attended the pujas and homams in the…