INTRODUCTION Narayan Govind Chandorkar also called as Nanasaheb Chandorkar, was a sincere devotee of Sai Baba. He was born in a pious Hindu family. His parents used to offer free food to the poor people on a daily basis, and perform Narayana Puja at their home. His father worked in the central government and built a home at Kalyan and still his descendants are living in that home. After completing his graduation, he served as an officer under the British Rule. Due to his good service, he has got promotions, and attained a top position in the British government. He…
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INTRODUCTION Mouna Swamigal (19th century) was a great saint who lived in Kumbakonam, and done lot of goodness to his followers, and according to his name he maintained perfect silence throughout his life. He was born in a pious family at Thirubhuvanam, and studied well and quickly grasped the divine subjects. At his teenage, he left his family and came to Kumbakonam and performed meditation on Lord Shiva. After some time, through the help of his devotees, he constructed a small ashram for himself, and spent his time by performing puja to the Shiva lingam and sitting down in a…
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INTRODUCTION Mookupodi Siddhar also called as Mookupodi Swamigal was born in a village at Salem in the Gounder community and his birth name was Mottaiyan. He worked in a local temple as a priest and served Lord Veerabhadra in a pleasing manner. He used to decorate the deity with beautiful garlands and done puja regularly. At his teenage he got married to a pious girl, and soon gave birth to a male child and named him as Periyasamy. After his son’s birth, he left his home, and visited many holy places and worshipped the gods and goddesses and attained spiritual…
INTRODUCTION Arulmigu Adhiparasakthi Temple is situated at Melmaruvathur, Tamil nadu. In the Melmaruvathur Adiparashakti Siddhar Peetam, the divine mother Adhi para sakthi had given great spiritual powers to Sri Arulthiru Bangaru Adigalar, and through that lot of welfare activities are taking place at this temple. In 1966, people began to worship the Swayambu (self-emanated) form of Adhi Parasakthi, and built a small hut in order to cover the Swayambu Amman and conducted regular Pujas to it. This place is known as Siddhar Peetam. In the year 1977, the idol of Mother Adhi para sakthi was installed and a beautiful temple was constructed in that place. The idol of…
INTRODUCTION Among the several gopurams in the Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, there is a white gopuram which attracts special attention and it is called as the Vellayi Gopuram, and it is located at the entrance of the Srirangam Temple. Srirangam Temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. (ambien) Vellayi was a dancer who wilfully sacrificed her life to protect the idol of the temple. In the year 1323, the army of Sultans invaded Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple and they looted diamond jewels and golden ornaments. But the main idol was hidden from the eyes of the Sultanate forces. Due to that, the Sultan has become…
Upset Hindus are urging Kelowna (British Columbia, Canada) based brand “Set 4 Lyfe Apparel” for immediate withdrawal of pants carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha; calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to adorn one’s legs, buttocks, thighs, groin, genitals and pelvis. Inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or concepts or symbols or icons for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the…
In a remarkable gesture to help fellow Zimbabweans in view of COVID-19, Hindoo Society Harare (HSH) is collecting donations among the community in cash and kind for those who are affected by COVID-19. According to reports, cash thus collected will be used to purchase consumables. Items suggested for donations include bottled water, cordials, cleaning products, medical items, bedding items, utensils and containers, basic food items, etc. These donations will be handed over to appropriate Government authority for further distribution to the affected. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended HSH for stepping forward…
Papa John’s, pizza delivery company headquartered in Louisville (Kentucky), is reportedly “in the process of removing” its Papadias TV Commercial ‘Yoga’ after Hindu protest saying it trivializes Hinduism. On March 26, PizzaMarketplace.com published an email content, stated to be received from a Papa John’s spokeswoman, saying: “We are in the process of removing this commercial from rotation, which will take full effect over the next week”. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who raised this issue, in a statement in Nevada today, thanked Papa John’s for understanding the concerns of Hindu community, which thought that it was highly inappropriate…
INTRODUCTION Sita is the main character and is the most pious and holy woman as per Ramayana. She is considered as the incarnation of the earth goddess, Bhumi Devi and was adopted by King Janaka of Videha and his wife, Queen Sunaina. She has a younger sister, Urmila, and the female cousins Mandavi and Shrutakirti. Sita is well-known for her dedication, wisdom, knowledge, kindness, self-sacrifice, courage and purity. Sita chooses Rama, the prince of Ayodhya as her husband in a swayamvara, where Rama proves his valour and married her. After the swayamvara, she went along with her husband to his kingdom, but later she accompanied her husband Rama, along with her brother-in-law Lakshmana, in his…
INTRODUCTION Shivalingavva Akka (20th century) was a great saint and a holy lady. Shivalingavva Akka was born and brought up in the Jat village, New Delhi. Due to her great thirst in spirituality, she has become a saint, and she was the disciple of Sri.Bhausaheb Maharaj. Due to her good qualities, she was appreciated by her Guru and she was considered by him as a divine incarnation of Mata Parvati. She sincerely practised yoga and meditation, and attained spiritual enlightenment. According to her, the purpose of taking the human life is to serve the god and his devotees. Throughout her…
INTRODUCTION Padmavathi also known as Alamelu manga is the consort of Lord Sri Venkateswara and an avatar of Mata Lakshmi Devi. The famous Temple of Padmavathi is situated at Tiruchanur, near Tirupati. According to legend, those who prefer to travel to Tirumala, must first visit and worship the shrine of Mata Padmavathi at Tiruchanur, and to offer their prayers and then only they can proceed to Tirumala Venkateswara Temple. Padmavathi is the mother goddess who showers her grace on her sincere devotees and gives immense benefits to them and bless them with all sorts of prosperities in their life. Several Azhwar saints were praised her beauty and…
INTRODUCTION Narmada River is the holiest river and can be considered equivalent with River Ganga. River Narmada, Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari and Cauvery are the holiest rivers, and they are specially created in this earth for doing goodness to their devotees. They are formed through the grace of the Trimurties, in order to cleanse our sins and to make us to live a sin free life. According to legend, it is believed that Mata Ganga itself takes a holy bath in the great river Narmada in order to make herself, pure and holy. Once while Lord Shiva was meditating for a…
INTRODUCTION Maragatham (19th century) was a pious woman who was born and brought up at a village in Kanchipuram District. At her younger age, she got married with Sri Varadarajan, who was a great scholar and an expert in astrology. He was a nice person, and lived his life, by taking astrology as his main profession. Both of the couples were very good at doing puja to the god, and offering food to the guests. Maragatham treated her husband equivalent to god, and gave him good respect. She would get up early in the morning, fetch up water in the…
INTRODUCTION Manjula was a noble girl who lived in a village near Guruvayur. She got the habit of daily submitting beautiful flower garlands to the Lord in the Guruvayur temple at night. One day night, when she arrived near the temple with her garlands, she found that the temple was closed. She was very much worried and began to weep, and she finally placed the garland near the banyan tree, and consoled herself, that the Lord had accepted her offering, since he is everywhere. Next day morning, the temple Priest found one beautiful garland in the neck of the Lord,…
INTRODUCTION Mandodari was the consort of Lanka king Ravana, and she was very beautiful, pious, and a chaste woman. It is believed that in her previous birth, she was a celestial dancer, and due to a curse, she was born as Mandodari. Mandodari was the daughter of Mayasura, the King of the demons and she was born during the Treta Yuga. Mandodari had two sons: Meghanada and Akshayakumara. Eventhough, she was the wife of Ravana, she was a noble woman who repeatedly argued with her husband Ravana to relieve Sita and to send her to her native place. But Ravana didn’t listens to her advice, and done the…
INTRODUCTION Few hundred years back, there lived a staunch devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan, and his name was Sri Mallisseri Namboodiri, who was the chief cook in the Guruvayur Temple. Once he was supposed to prepare food for 1000 devotees in the next day morning, for which the food items had been provided to him by a devotee. That time, one of his assistant, Sri Krishna was taken sick leave. Namboodiri was no other option except to chant the Lord’s glories during the night. The next day morning, to his great surprise, his assistant was returned to duty, and prepared food…
INTRODUCTION Mahayogi Ayya( 19th century) was born in a village at Kanyakumari, and was very pious and holy at his younger age itself. Due to his spiritual thirst, at his teenage he came to Thiruvannamalai and sat down in a cave and done severe meditation for several years without having proper food and sleep. He was a disciple of Swami Ayya Vaikundar, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, and he followed the footsteps of his guru. Similar to his guru, he also contained great spiritual powers, and healed the diseases of his devotees, and made them to realize their inner soul,…
INTRODUCTION Maha Ananda Siddha was born in Dharmapuri district in the year 1930. Initially he was selling sacred ash, kumkum powder and turmeric powder. After some time, he undertook renovation work in Tamil Nadu Temples with great pleasure. He also fed the poor people with sumptuous meals along with sweets and fruits at Bharadhwajeeswarar temple of Kalahasthi in Andhra Pradesh. He was very good at meditation and yoga. His divine service was pleased by Lord Siva and appeared before him and commanded him to live in the hilly forest and to perform deep penance on him, and then disappeared. Ananda…
INTRODUCTION Lord Chitragupta is a divine accountant who maintains complete records of activities of human beings in the earth and punishes or rewards them according to their Karmas. He is assisting Lord Yama Dharmaraja, and does his duties in a righteousness manner. Chitragupta is the son of Lord Brahma and he is worshipped in India and in Nepal. It is also believed that he was created from the picture drawn by Mata Parvati, and gave life to the picture, and since he was created from the picture, he came to be known as Lord Chitra Gupta. Chitra Gupta is carefully watching our each and every…