INTRODUCTION Aryamba(8th century AD) was the holy mother of Sri Adisankara, and she was born in a Brahmin family, and at her younger age she got married with a pious Brahmin scholar Shivaguru, and had one son, who was later famously known as Jagadguru Sri Adisankaracharya. Sankara’s father was died at his childhood, and he was brought up by his mother in a proper manner. At his younger age itself, he has performed miracles like changing the course of the river for the sake of his mother, and removing the illness of a Shiva Devotee, and making the impure persons…
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INTRODUCTION Swarnalata Devi (19th century AD) was the holy mother of Sri Aurobindo. She was born in a Hindu Bengali family at Kolkata, West Bengal, and her father was Sri Rajnarayan Bose, who was a participant in the Brahmo Samaj, and she was very clever from her younger age itself. She got married at her teenage to a famous doctor Sri Krishna Dhun ghose, and they had five children, and among them, Sri Aurobindo had become a great saint and social reformer. She served as a dutiful wife to her husband and an affectionate mother to her children. She got…
INTRODUCTION Swami Virajananda (1873–1951) was a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. He was born in Kolkata in a pious Hindu family, and in the year 1897, he has attained sainthood under Swami Vivekananda. Apart from basic education, he got good knowledge in Hindu sacred texts, and familiar in regional languages. Through his friend Sri Vimalananda, he got interested to work with Swami Vivekananda and joined as a disciple under him, and he is considered as a true disciple of Swami Vivekananda. Virajananda published a monthly magazine known as Prabuddha Bharata. He also actively published the important Works of Swami Vivekananda. He served as the president of the Advaita…
INTRODUCTION Sri Venkaiah Swamy was a contemporary of Shirdi Sai Baba. He lived in the 20th century AD. He is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya similar to Shirdi Sai Baba. Sri Swamy was born in a small village near Nellore, in the family of farmers, and he was interested in spiritual activities from his childhood itself, and performed many miracles at his childhood, similar to Lord Krishna. Once, he relieved a poor person’s disease, by touching him in his little hands, when he was a child. And at his younger age itself, he safeguarded the devotees from…
INTRODUCTION Sri Sai Narayan Baba was born in the year 1936 to a pious Hindu family, and his father was Sri Param Pujya Swami Karunananda, who has become his spiritual Guru. He followed the foot-steps of his father, who was an expert in Hindu Philosophy, and a writer of large number of spiritual books. Sadguru Shri Sai Narayan Baba had finished his studies and for some time, he worked in the Government service, but afterwards changed his career path. At his younger age, he has become the disciple of the great saint ‘Sri Saraswati Amma’ of Andheri, Mumbai, and he joined…
INTRODUCTION Abdul baba served to Sai Baba for several years and came to Shirdi at his teenage. Due to poverty, his parents were sent him to serve a muslim saint. Due to the request of Shirdi Baba, the saint has sent him to Shirdi. As soon as Abdul entered the room of Baba, he cheerfully greeted him and said that his crow has arrived. Abdul Baba was a sincere worker, and used to clean the mosque, and made the lamps to burn and washed Baba’s clothes and collected water. He would eat only a little food, and used to sleep…
INTRODUCTION Yashoda is the foster-mother of Lord Krishna and the wife of Nandagopal. She is mentioned in ancient Hindu texts. According to Bhagavata Purana, Krishna was born to Devaki, but he was brought by his father Vasudeva to Gokulam, due to the evil act of Kamsa, and raised by Yashoda and Nandagopal. Yashoda is a kind hearted woman who has brought up Lord Krishna in a good manner. She also treated her neighbour’s children as her own children, and showed love and affection on each and every one. She got the opportunity to see the childhood plays and miracles of Lord Krishna, and got mesmerised through his playful acts.…
INTRODUCTION The great King Vallala (14th century) ruled over the Thiruvannamalai region. He had two wives, but he did not have a child. Due to that he has offered food to lakhs of people on a daily basis. He renovated the temple of Lord Arunachaleswara and built a huge tower in Arunachaleswarar Temple called Vallala Maharaja Gopuram. Even now we can find this Gopuram in the Arunachaleswarar Temple. In order to prove his holiness to the world, Lord Shiva decided to test him, and transformed himself in the form of a Shaivite saint and went to the king’s palace, and asked…
INTRODUCTION Vaishnava Charan Das Babaji (19th century) was a great saint and the author of “Srimad Bhagavad Sastra”. He was a great disciple of Ram Das Babaji and served him in a proper manner at Pathabari Ashram in Baranagar, Kolkata. Sri Vaishnava Charan Das Babaji was well versed in Vedanta, Sanskrit and contains great knowledge in Hindu Scriptures. He has done lot of spiritual service at the Pathabari Ashram by conducting religious discourses on Bhagavatham, Bhagavat Gita and Ramayan. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna, and invoked the spirit of chanting Krishna’s names in the minds of the…
INTRODUCTION Once there lived a holy priest and served in the Guruvayur Temple to Lord Guruvayurappan. His name was Nenmini. He was very pious and a kind hearted person. He had one young son whose name was Unni, and he used to help his father in his puja activities. Once, since the priest wants to go somewhere urgently, he asked his son to do puja and to offer Prasad to the Lord. The young boy agreed, and done puja in a wonderful manner and decorated the idol of the Lord with various flowers and flower garlands and burnt the agarbathies…
INTRODUCTION The details about Sri Gajendra, the holy elephant were mentioned in Bhagavata Purana. This story tells us that how the great Lord Sri Vishnu Bhagavan is coming down to the earth from Vaikunta to safeguard his sincere devotees during their difficult times. According to Bhagavatam, Lord Vishnu come down to earth and protected Gajendra, the elephant, and saved it from the clutches of the Crocodile, and through the blessings of the Lord, Gajendra had attained MOKSHA. Then, Lord Vishnu also gave Moksha to the crocodile also. This story was told by Sri Suka to king Parikshit. It is believed that the incident was happened…
INTRODUCTION Tatya Kote Patil plays an important role in the life of Sai Baba. Tatya maintained good relationship with Baba and was being protected by baba from his childhood. He was a favourite child of Sai. Tatya Kote Patil was born in a farmer’s family. His mother was Bayajabai, and was considered as an affectionate sister of Sai. And Baba himself has told, that Bayajabai was related to him, from several past births. He was treated as a family member by the Bayajabai’s family, and they would affectionately serve food to him, and took utmost care on him. Tatya fondly…
INTRODUCTION Tansen (1500–1586), also known as Ramtanu, was an important person in Hindustani classical music. He used to burn the temple lamps automatically, by singing melodious songs using Deepak raga, and also he brought rain after singing the glories of the rain gods, Lord Varuna and Lord Indra. He was born in a Hindu family, and he learned various subjects in the present day Madhya Pradesh. He was the musician in the court of the Hindu king Sri Raja Ramchandra Singh and he used to mesmerize the court with his great musical talents. After some time, due to his name and fame, he has joined…
INTRODUCTION Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) was a Saint, and the main disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. He has introduced our Hindu Philosophies to the Western country people and also conducted spiritual lectures in foreign countries. Lot of foreign people were admired and praised for his good speech. He was the one who used the words “BROTHERS AND SISTERS” before beginning his speech. Lot of people were got attracted through his holistic and simplistic approach. His birth name was Narendranath. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He was born into an orthodox Bengali family of Kolkata, and he was moved towards spirituality from his younger age itself. He was properly…
INTRODUCTION Swami Sundaranand was born in the year 1926 at a village in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. He is a great Yogi and a multifaceted personality who gave various spiritual lectures in India. Swami Sundaranand was a disciple of the great yogi Sri Swami Tapovan Maharaj and learned yoga and Hindu Scriptures from him. He has become a saint and lived with his guru in the Gangotri in a small Ashram and performed severe penance on Lord Shiva, and due to that, he has got great spiritual powers. He got large number of followers, and they worshipped him as their spiritual guru. He is a sincere…
INTRODUCTION Swami Samaiya was born in the year 1892 at Coimbatore. Though he got married and got an employment in a private firm, he left his job and his family and become a disciple of Swami Sivananda Paramahamsar. He used to meditate on Lord Shiva and got spiritual enlightenment. Once he was teased by the British soldiers, and immediately through his powers, he made them to stand like statues for some time, and then regained them to their normal state. After realising their mistake the British general apologised to him. He also removed the sufferings of the people and asked…
INTRODUCTION Subhadra is an important character in Mahabharata and she is considered as an incarnation of Mata Parvati. She is the sister of Krishna and Balarama, wife of Arjuna, mother of Abhimanyu, and she is the daughter of Vasudeva and Devaki. Subhadra is well-known for her kindness, holiness, chastity and purity. Once, Arjuna travelled to Dwarka and met Krishna, and expressed his wish to marry Subhadra, and Lord Krishna has agreed. But Lord Balarama was interested in marrying her with Duryodana. Due to that, Arjuna kidnapped Subhadra and bravely fought with Balarama and his army and defeated them. Finally, Krishna pacified Balarama and gets his consent and conducted the marriage of Subhadra with Arjuna…
INTRODUCTION Vedanta Swami was born in the year 1892 in a village in Pondicherry. His birth name was Thandavarayan. He has studied well in his younger age, learned the basics of Hindu Scriptures, and also learnt the regional languages. For some time, he worked in a private job and afterwards, he has lost interest in doing the monotonous work, and left his job and also his house. For some time, he wandered in the streets by taking alms, and then, he undertook a long pilgrimage to south Indian temples and worshipped the divine deities and due to that, he has…
INTRODUCTION Tholaikadhu Siddhar was a great siddhar who lived in Pondicherry before 300 years, and he stayed in the Manakkula Vinayaka Temple and performed meditation on Lord Vinayaka and got great powers. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Vinayaka who would regularly pluck flowers in the early morning from the nearby flower garden and perform puja to Lord Vinayaka. He used to eat only fruits and milk which was offered to him by the devotees of Lord Vinayaka. During his period, he has removed the sufferings of the people, and removed the mental worries and physical diseases and made…