Devotional Articles

Introduction Bahlika also called as Vahlika(an incarnation of the great Vishnu Bhagavata, Sri Prahalada),  was the famous king of Bahlika kingdom and he lived during the previous Dwapara Yuga. He was very generous in gifting things to others, similar to the great Karna, and hence he was popularly praised by the people as “THE KING WITH GOLDEN HANDS”. He was the son of Pratipa and Sunanda, and he was the elder brother of Shantanu, who was the great king of the kingdom of Hastinapur. His other brother was Devapi, his consort was Ma Kripavati, and their ch..

IntroductionSadhguru, who is also called as Sadhguru Sri Jaggi Vasudev, whose birth name was Jagadish Vasudev, was born on 1957, in Mysore, and he is the founder and the Chief of the most popular Isha Foundation, Coimbatore, and it was established in the year 1992, which contains a beautiful ashram representing the ancient Ashram, and also a wonderful yoga centre for teaching Yoga to the enthusiastic students. Sadhguru has also written books on Yoga, and he is a very good speaker, spiritual advisor, kind hearted person, and spiritual and nature enthusiast.Vasu..

IntroductionSri Hanuman Das (1st century AD) was a Hindu  saint and poet, was well known for his devotion to Lord Rama and Lord Hanuman. He was born in a village in Uttar Pradesh. His birth name was Ramachandra. Hanumandas has written several popular works in praise of Lord Rama and Lord Hanuman in Sanskrit, and he was the author of the great epic Hanumanta Ramayana, in Sanskrit, which tells about the significance of Lord Hanuman in the great epic Ramayana, and it also contains some precious songs in praise of Lord Rama. Hanumanta Ramayana is considered as..

IntroductionSri Veda Sharma is an ancient Vedic Rishi, a well-versed poet, and he was mentioned in Upanishads, Puranas and also in other holy texts. He appeared before the Pandavas during the Mahabharata war, and received blessings from the great Lord Krishna and from Maharishi Sri Vedavyasa. His descendants (SHARMA) are living in all parts of India, and especially in North India. During his period, he used to converse with the sages like Bharadwaja and Narada about the glory of the god. Rishi Veda Sharma had disciples and his divine teachings are famous among the Ve..

IntroductionGopannacharya was a direct disciple of Guru Raghavendra Swamigal, similar to Sri Appanacharya, and he was born in a village in Adoni District of Andhra Pradesh. Adoni is situated some kilometres far away from Mantralayam. Gopanna has studied Vedas and other devotional scriptures at his younger age itself, and he had got the golden opportunity of serving the Great Madhwa Saint Sree Raghavendra Swamigal. He has also helped his guru towards performing Moola Rama puja and also helped in other daily routine devotional activities like fetching water from the water, bri..

IntroductionSri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal(1935 –2018) also called as Kanchi Shankaracharya, who was regarded as the best Universal Saint, and he was the Spiritual Guru and had served as the pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham wonderfully. His Guru was Sri Chandrashekarendra Saraswati Swamigal, who was also called as MAHA PERIYAVAL and as PARMACHARYA, and the birth name of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal was Subramanyam Mahadeva.Sri Jayendra Saraswathi conducted all the activities of the mutt in a ..

ఏల్నాటి శని, అష్టమ శని, అర్ధాష్టమశని, జాతకరీత్యా శని దశలు, అంతర్దశలు నడిచే వారు ప్రతి రోజు వీలైనన్ని సార్లు పఠిస్తే చాలా మంచి ఫలితం వుంటుంది. గ్రహబాధ తొలగి మనశ్శాంతి తప్పక లభిస్తుంది.శని స్తోత్రంనమస్తే కోణ సంస్థాయ పింగల్యాయ నమోస్తుతేనమస్తే బభ్రురూపాయ కృష్ణాయ చ నమోస్తుతేనమస్తే రౌద్రదేహాయ నమస్తే చాంతకాయ చనమస్తే యమసంజ్ఞాయ నమస్తే శౌరయేవిభోనమస్తే మంద సంజ్ఞాయ శనైశ్చర నమోస్తుతేప్రసాదం మమ దేవేశ దీనస్య ప్రణతస్య చ ||ప్రతి శనివారం ఈ మంత్రాన్ని పఠిస్తే శని బాధ కలగదు. ఈ మంత్రం వెనుక ఉన్న పురాణ గాథ ఇలా ఉన్నది.నల మహారాజు రాజ్యభ్రష్టుడై బాధపడుతున్నప్పుడు అతనికి శనిదేవుడు కలలో కనిపించి ఈ మంత్రం ఉపదేశించాడ..

IntroductionThe Guru Granth Sahib is regarded as the sacred scripture of Sikhism, and it is also called as Adi Granth, and it was composed by the fifth guru, Guru Arjan (1564–1606) and it was installed inside the popular Golden Temple in Amritsar on the year 1604. The text consists thousands of pages and it was written in Punjabi and also in various other languages. The Guru Granth Sahib was composed by six Sikh gurus: Guru Nanak, Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das, Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjan an..

IntroductionManasa Devi, is a goddess of snakes, worshipped mainly in north India, for getting recovered from problems caused due to snakebite and also will bless the childless couple and give them children. Her husband’s name is Jagatkaru, a great rishi, and their son’s name is Astika, a great serpent deity. The great Astika has freed his ancestors from the hell by performing rituals to them, and through his act, his anscestors were attained a permanent place in the heaven.She is considered as the daughter of Shiva and Parvati and sister of the g..

Intoduction Prithvi is the Sanskrit name for the earth goddess and she is called as bhudevi as well as bhoomadevi in Hinduism and she was the beautiful consort of Lord Vishnu. She is also referred in Buddhist texts, and mentioned in Rig Veda and in several ancient divine texts. She is the earth goddess and protects us through her supreme powers. Once during the Satya Yuga, she was thrown into the sea by the demon king Hiranyaksha, and she was lifted by Lord Vishnu by taking “VARAHA AVATAR”. She was praised by several rishis and gods, for he..

Introduction King Bahlika also called as Vahlika(an incarnation of the great Vishnu Bhagavata, Sri Prahalada),  was the famous king of Bahlika kingdom and he lived during the previous Dwapara Yuga. He was very generous in gifting things to others, similar to the great Karna, and hence he was popularly praised by the people as “THE KING WITH GOLDEN HANDS”. He was the son of Pratipa and Sunanda, and he was the elder brother of Shantanu, who was the great king of the kingdom of Hastinapur. His other brother was Devapi, his consort was Ma Kripavati, and t..

IntroductionThere is a famous temple dedicated to Lord Muruga, which is known as Sri Veera Senatipati Temple, but this precious temple is situated only in the Indra Loka, the divine abode of Lord Indra Deva.Lord Muruga married the daughter of Lord Indra, Ma Devasena, and he has also defeated the powerful demon Surapadman in the war. As a result, in order to show his great bhakti towards Lord Muruga, his father-in-law, Sri Indra Bhagavan has built a wonderful temple for Lord Muruga on his holy abode, the beautiful Indra Loka, and this rare information was found in one of the ancient Pu..

IntroductionWe have to be very careful while moving with the strangers, and we should always maintain some sort of distance with them, since sometimes we might even have to lose our precious lives due to bad intention of the strangers! We should not think that a stranger would look like a big bearded terrorist, since he may even look like a sweet and soft person! Bad strangers cannot be easily identified, since their true ugly face would be usually hidden from us, but however, with the grace of the almighty, we could be able to escape from them! I am writing this article, in order ..

Dr. NTR శత జయంతి ఉత్సవాల సందర్భంగా, తెలుగు విశ్వవిద్యాలయంలో శూన్య ఛాయా దినము పరిశీలన - అధ్యయనము - విశ్లేషణ కార్యక్రమం విజయవంతంగా జరిగింది. పొట్టి శ్రీరాములు తెలుగు విశ్వవిద్యాలయము, నాంపల్లి, హైదరాబాద్: సూర్య సిద్ధాంతం ప్రకారం, భూప్రదక్షిణ సమయంలో, భూ అక్షాంశ, రేఖాంశల రీత్యా సూర్య గమనం గణన చేసినప్పుడు, కొన్ని ప్రాంతాలలో సూర్యుడు సరిగ్గా 90 డిగ్రీలలో నిలిచినపుడు శూన్య ఛాయ ఏర్పడుతుంది. అంటే ఆ సమయంలో నిలువుగా ఉన్న వాటి చాయ కొన్ని సెకన్ల/నిమిషాలపాటు నేలపై పడదు అని శృంగేరీ ఆస్థాన జ్యోతిష పండితులు శ్రీ శంకరమంచి రామకృష్ణ శాస్త్రి గారు తెలిపారు. పొట్టి శ్రీరాములు తెలుగు విశ్వవిద్యాలయంలో జరిగిన..