Once there lived Sri Govinda Rao in a small village near Tirumala Tirupati Temple. He and his family were ardent devotees of Lord Venkateswara. His main profession was making paintings on Lord Venkateswara, and selling it to the nearby merchants at a cheaper price, since he is doing the work as a service to the Lord Venkateswara. All of his family members were used to do puja to the Lord and offer neivedyam(Holy Prasad) to the god, and after the performance of the puja, they will distribute it to the participants of the puja, and to the neighbours. They will…
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Idumban is a great devotee of Lord Muruga and an obedient disciple of sage Agastya as mentioned in Hindu Puranas. Idumban is the guardian of Murugan temples in Tamil Nadu. During ThaiPoosam celebrations in tamil nadu Murugan temples, people used to worship Idumban and then only they will worship Lord Muruga. Due to the command given by Sage Agastya, idumban carried the two hills – Sivagiri and Sakthigiri in his shoulders, in the form of a kavadi one on either side in order to keep it in the place of Sage Agastya. By seeing Idumba, Lord Muruga decided to test him. When Idumban took rest for some time in Palani…
According to Hindu religion, Kali is the god of the Kali Yuga who gives lot of sufferings to the people. After the end of Kaliyuga, he will be destroyed by Lord Kalki Bhagawan, the divine avatar of Lord Vishnu. As per puranas, Kaliyuga will come to an end only after 4,26,000 plus years. Till such time, we have to suffer from the clutches of “KALI PURUSHA”. As per the Kalki Purana, he is described as a powerful demon and he is the main source of all the evil things happening in our life. Through his evil influence, the great king Nala placed dice game with…
Neem Karoli Baba (1900-1973) was a Hindu guru, and a devotee of Lord Hanuman. His famous disciples are Ram Dass, Bhagavan Das and Krishna Das. His ashrams are situated in Vrindavan, Rishikesh, Neem Karoli village in Uttar Pradesh, and in USA. His birth name was Lakshmi Narayan Sharma. LIFE He was born in a village at Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India, in a Brahmin family. At his younger age he became a saint. And later as per the wish of his father he married, and got three children. He left his home in 1958. Thereafter he wandered throughout india and went to many holy places and met many saints and discussed with them about spirituality.…
Narottama Dasa Thakura (15th century) was a saint who was the main person towards spreading the bhakti of Lord Krishna throughout India. He was born as the son of the emperor of Bangladesh. LIFE Narottama Dasa Thakura lived as a bachelor throughout his life. From his childhood he was always attracted to Shri Chaitanya. He was also trained in all the languages, and was a master in all kinds of art, and also a great learned scholar. Even at his younger age, he was not interested in enjoying worldly comforts, but concentrated his attention towards worshipping Lord Krishna. He had his food only by taking alms. He had…
Goddess Bhadra is considered as the goddess of the hunt. She got married with Lord Kubera and become his queen. Her children are Nalakuvara and Manibhadra. She is also the daughter of Lord Suryadev and Goddess Chaya Mata and the sister of Shani Bhagwan. It is believed that she had consumed the Blue Alakala poison, the poison which was formed during the churning of the divine ocean. The poison was permanently stored in the throat of Lord Shiva, and some portion of the poison was consumed by Bhadra Devi in order to safeguard the entire UNIVERSE from destruction. She contains the features of Mata Parvati Devi…
Virochana was the noble and pious son of Bhakta Prahalad. He was also a great Vishnu devotee similar to his father. He learnt all the sacred texts at his younger age itself. Though he was born in the family of daityas, he was a humble and a good king, who took the advice of his father and ruled his kingdom in a proper manner. His teachings are very famous. And some of them are as follows: Believe in one god, and that is Lord Vishnu. Always think and worship Lord Narayana, for getting good prospects in life. Be generous and…
Harichandra is a king of the Ikshvaku dynasty, and he was mentioned in the famous sacred texts: Mahabharata, the Markandeya Purana and the Devi-Bhagavata Purana. He was the son of the famous king Trishanku. According to the legend, Harichandra gave away all of his riches and also his family in order to fulfil the promise he had made to the sage Viswamitra. It was said that Harichandra was a truthful man, and who never lied in his life, and contains great knowledge, wisdom and ruling capacity of the kingdom. King Harichandra lived in the Treta Yuga. He was an honest and a noble king. His people in his…
Neela is known as Neelima and is the consort of Lord Shani. She is the goddess of Sapphire. She has got great powers and gives her powers to Lord Shani dev for disclosing his duties in a proper manner. In Hindu mythology, it is believed that she firstly misunderstood shani and became Shani’s enemy. But, due to the pleasing acts of Lord Shani, she realised her mistake, and became his consort and gave all of her powers to Lord Shanidev. She is worshipped as the consort of Lord Shani, and she is the giver of boons to us. By worshipping her, we would get…
Lord Vithoba, is a Hindu god mostly worshipped by the people of Maharashtra. He is the incarnation of Lord Krishna. Vithoba is often depicted as a smiling handsome young man by keeping his two arms on his hip, and appears with his consort Mata Rukmani. Pandharpur Vittal Rumani Mandir is the main temple for Lord Vittal. Daily lot of devotees are visiting this shrine for getting the divine blessings of Lord Vittal. People in Pandharpur worship Lord Vittal as their Kula Deva along with their original Kula Devata. Lord Krishna took the incarnation as Vittal to visit his devotee pundalik at his house. According to famous legend,…
Revanta or Raivata is the son of Lord Surya, and his wife Saranyu. Revanta is chief of the Guhyakas in the Himalayas. His Images are found in various temples and mostly worshipped by some sects of north Indians since ancient times. (ambien) He is similar to yakshas and was worshipped for getting strength in mind and body. Being the son of Lord Surya, he is capable of giving good health and blesses us for a happy and prosperous life. His images are found in ancient Surya and Vishnu temples. There is an ancient temple dedicated to him in Madhya pradesh, and he is worshipped as the main…
Chattampi Swamigal (1853-1924) was a Hindu sage, philosopher and a social reformer. He was against caste discrimination. He fought for the welfare of the poor, and also given help to the poor and widowed women and provided food, clothes and shelter to the poor and the homeless people. He was interested in yoga and meditation, and taught it to the common people. He along with his friend and a great spiritual person, Sri Narayana Guru, tried to improve the living standard of the people in kerala. He also worked for the welfare of women and given sufficient financial aid for conducting marriages…
Kaumari is also known as Kumari and Kartikeyani is considered as an aspect of Lord Kartikeya, and is the Goddess of War. She is one among the seven mother goddesses. She is also considered as the consort of Lord Muruga, since she contains the qualities similar to Lord Muruga. Kaumari rides a peacock and has got four hands. She holds various weapons in her three hands, and in one hand, she blesses us. She was mainly incarnated for killing the powerful demons with her weapons. She is also an aspect of Goddess Shakti. She is the giver of boons to her devotees, and blesses the devotees…
Siddharudha Swami (1836-1929) was a spiritual guru and also a social reformer, who had done many good things for the poor people like offering food, clothes and shelter. Sadguru Siddharudha Maharaj lived a saintly life throughout his life. He was against caste discrimination, and according to him, all are equal before god, and there must not be any partiality between the castes, and all the castes must be equally treated. He is also believed to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva. He left home at a very younger age, in search of seeking a spiritual guru. He met Shri Gajanandaswami, and…
According to Mahabharata, Shakunthala is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of the great king Bharata. Poet Kalidasa has also written a text on the life history of Mata Shakunthala. Rishi Kanva found her in the forest as a baby, and he took her to his ashram and looked after her in a proper manner. Once King Dushyanta saw the beautiful Shakuntala and both of them were fell in love with each other and got married as per Gandharva marriage system. Dushyanta gave his personal royal ring to Shakuntala and invited her to his palace. Shakuntala dreamt about her husband and due to that once when Sage Durvasa visited…
According to ancient legends, Lord Hanuman was studied under Surya Bhagwan and he was his obedient disciple and mastered in all the divine subjects. Though he was an expert in vedas and other studies, since Lord Hanuman was a bachelor, he could not study the holy Vyakarnas for which he has to obtain the status of a married man. In order to study the vyakarnas, Surya Bhagawan had created a beautiful lady from his supreme powers, and named her as Swarchala Devi, and given all the powers to her and married her to Lord Hanuman. Lord Surya asked him to…
Sri Kulandai Ananda Swamigal was a great saint, and he was lived during the 17th century AD. He was considered as the son of Mata Meenakshi, a form of Parvati Devi. He was born in Samayanallur, near Madurai, and his parents were very holy and pious and were the devotees of Meenakshi, and he was born with the blessings of Madurai Meenakshi Amman. As per Meenakshi amman’s instructions, his parents were offered him to meenakshi amman temple. The divine child was completely taken care of by Mata Meenakshi, and he lived by drinking the milk offered to the goddess for…
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (1868–1953) was the Pontiff of the Jyotir Math in India. His birth name was Rajaram. He was born into a Brahmin family, and he left home at his younger age towards interest in spirituality. After some time, he became a disciple of Svami Krishnananda Sarasvati. He has become a holy saint and the Chief of the Jyotir Math in 1941. He was called as Maha Yogi Raj and as Guru Dev by his disciples and devotees. Some of his disciples were Swami Shantanand Saraswati. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Svami Swarupananda Sarasvati. Swami Karpatri. He made Swami Shantanand as his successor before his death in the year…
The great shavite saint, Sri Umapathi Sivam was born in Chidambaram, near Thillai Natarajar Temple during 13th century AD in the Dikshithar family. He has studied all the vedic scriptures and also written several sacred books on shaivism. He was a great devotee of Lord Shiva from his younger age itself, and used to visit Chidambaram Natarajar temple, and worship the Lord regularly. LIFE At the age of 16, he got married with a pious and a noble girl, and lived a peaceful life. He also got the opportunity to serve in the Natarajar Temple, Chidamabaram as a priest, and…
Several centuries back, Chinniah, a Harijan Cobbler lived in a village near Tirupati. He was doing his profession of stitching the slippers and shoes for his customers and maintained his family through that income. Due to his past birth karma, he has suffered from severe paralysis. One day while he was doing his profession, he saw a group of devotees who were on the way to the holy Tirumala, in order to worship the great Lord Sri Venkateswara. And he learned from them, that the Lord Venkateswara would remove the sins of his sincere devotees, and relieve them from their…