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అక్షయ తృతీయ ప్రాముఖ్యత వైశాఖ మాసం శుక్లపక్ష విదియను అక్షయ తృతీయగా పాటిస్తారు. అక్షయ తృతీయ అంటే అపరిమితమైన అష్టైశ్వర్యాలను ప్రసాదించే తిథి అని అర్థం.  శుక్ల పక్షము  తృతీయ అంటే తదియ, మూడవ తిధి రోహిణి నక్షత్రం తో కూడి ఉన్నపుడు  ఆ శుభ సందర్భాన్ని  అక్షయ తదియ అని అంటారు .అందుకే ఈ రోజు ప్రత్యేకంగా శ్రీ మహాలక్ష్మిని పూజించడం వల్ల సిరిసంపదలు చేకూరుతాయని పురాణాలు పేర్కొంటున్నాయి. సూర్య చంద్రులు అత్యంత ప్రకాశవంతంగా ఉండే ఈ రోజున ఏ కార్యం తలపెట్టినా విజయవంతమవుతుందని పండితులు అంటున్నారు.  ఈ రోజున బంగారం,వెండి కొనుగోలు చేయడం ముఖ్యం కాదు చేసే దానాలు అక్షయమైన ఫలితా..

INTRODUCTIONSeruthunai Nayanar, was a Nayanar saint, and is considered as one among the 63 Nayanars.LIFE Seruthunai Nayanar was born and lived in Thanjavur. He belongs to Vellalar caste, and a great devotee of Lord Shiva. He will used to visit Thiruvarur to worship Lord Shiva at the Sri Achaleswarar temple. He performed many temple services and offered food to the shiva devotees.Once, a pallava king Kazharsinga and his queen visited Achaleswarar temple to worship Lord Shiva. The queen smelled a flower from the temple garden which was kept for offering it to Lord Shiva. On seeing the queen..

INTRODUCTIONPugazh Thunai Nayanar was a Nayanar saint, and is considered as one among the 63 Nayanars, and is well known for his sincere devotion on Lord Shiva. LIFEPugazh Thunai Nayanar was born in Alagaputhur  in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. He belonged to the priest caste. The Nayanar was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. He worked as a temple priest at the Padikasu Nathar Temple of Alagaputhur. He used to perform abhishekham to the Lingam and performed various pujas for Lord Shiva. He also provided food to the devotees of Lord Shiva at his home.Once, due to severe drought..

INTRODUCTIONPugal Chola Nayanar was the king of the chola dynasty and was one among the 63 Nayanars. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, who ruled his kingdom with the blessings of Lord Shiva, and took care of his people in a well versed manner. He donated food and clothes to the poor people and to the shiva devotees. He also properly maintained the temples in his kingdom, and conducted regular pujas and performed abhishekhams to Lord Shiva.LIFEPugal Chola ruled Tiruchirappalli with much devotion on Lord Shiva. Pugal Chola is described as a great king who ruled his kingdom in a proper mann..

INTRODUCTIONPerumizhalai Kurumba Nayanar is one of the nayanar saints in shaivism sect. His greatness is mentioned in the divine text “Thiruthondar Thogai” and described him as an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and also the staunch follower of the famous nayanar saint Sundarar. He is described as a pious and a humble person, who treated others with great respect and considered the devotees of Lord Shiva as similar to that of Lord Shiva. In his free time, he will used to worship Lord Shiva with flowers and performed various pujas to Lord Shiva.LIFEPerumizhalai Kurumba Nayanar was born in Peruman..

INTRODUCTIONManakanchara Nayanar was a Nayanar saint, and he is considered as one among the 63 Nayanars. He was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. It is believed that he lived in the 8th century AD. Manakanchara Nayanar was born in Kancharur, in Tamil Nadu. He served Lord Shiva and his devotees in a good manner. He was the army chief of the chola kingdom. Manakanchara was a brave and sincere person and won in several battles due to the grace of Lord Shiva. He conducted regular worship in shiva temples and donated clothes and food to the poor and the devotees of Lord Shiva.He was blessed wit..

INTRODUCTIONKutruva Nayanar was a ruler of the Kalandai region, Thiruvarur district of Tamil nadu, and a Nayanar saint and an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. He is considered as one among the 63 nayanar saints. Though he belongs to Jain community, he was a sincere worshipper of Lord Shiva.LIFEKutruva was a great ruler of his region and defeated many kings and became a wealthy person. Even though he was a great warrior, he was not crowned as the king for the other regions which he had captured through the battle. He requested the priests of the Chidambaram Nataraja temple to crown him as the king..

INTRODUCTIONMuruga Nayanar is a great shiva devotee and considered as one among the 63 nayanar saints. He lived a saintly life and was fully devoted to Lord Shiva. He spent his entire time in doing puja to the Shiva Lingam and decorating it with flower garlands and also done various types of abhishekhams to Lord Shiva. In addition to that, he also provided food to the devotees of Lord Shiva at his home.LIFEMuruga Nayanar was born in a Brahmin family in a village in Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu. He got the habit of leaving his home in the early morning and collecting various fragrant flowe..

INTRODUCTIONNarasinga Muniyaraiyar Nayanar is the Nayanar saint and an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. LIFENarasinga Muniyaraiyar Nayanar was the ruler of the state Tiru Munaipadi. He adopted Sundarar as his son and brought up Sundarar by providing all sorts of comforts to him. He was a great devotee of Lord Shiva and his people were happy during his period. He had arranged several pujas and conducted homams at the Shiva temples on Shiva rathiri and Thiruvadirai festival. He also conducted puja in the temples on a daily basis. He provided food to the devotees of Lord Shiva, and took ca..

INTRODUCTIONNami Nandi Adigal is a Nayanar saint, and the follower of Shaivism, and an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. He is considered as one among the 63 nayanars.LIFENami Nandi Adigal was born in Thiruvarur. He belongs to Brahmin community and he got the habit of daily worshipping Lord Shiva at the Achaleswarar temple in Thiruvarur.  Once, when he reached the temple, he wants to pour ghee in the lamps of the temple. Hence, he approached the residents in that area, who were belonged to Jain religion. They insulted and refused to give him ghee for lighting the lamps in the Shiva temple. He..

INTRODUCTIONAtman means our inner self or soul. Realisation of one’s Atman is very essential in order to attain salvation. Among various types of bhakti, self- realisation is given prime importance, since if we follow this concept, we can see the god in our soul itself. Ancient sages and saints have seen the almighty from their soul, only after performing several years of meditation. Due to that, they have got enlightenment, and they also taught their disciples, the significance of self-realisation. The great Dhruva and Prahalada have seen Lord Vishnu, through their souls, due to their sincere..

INTRODUCTIONBhakti Chaitanya Swami was born in the year 1951 in Auckland, New Zealand, and he is a follower of Lord Chaitanya and Lord Krishna, and he is the Spiritual Guru of ISKCON.  He governs the ISKCON centres in some foreign countries in an excellent manner. His birth name is Richard. During the year 1972, he met the ISKCON founder Sri Prabhupada, and after knowing about the significance of Lord Krishna, he has joined in ISKCON, and there he is named as Sri Raghubhir Dasa. Swami is a clever person, and while teaching the subjects at ISKCON centres, he used to tell nice stories ..

INTRODUCTIONThavil and Nadaswaram are auspicious musical instruments, which would be played regularly in most of the Hindu temples, and it forms part and parcel of Hindu wedding ceremonies, and also in other functions of Hindus. Thavil and Nadaswaram are used in Carnatic music concerts and during the times of festivals and ceremonies in South India. For playing both of these instruments, the players must contain good health, since these instruments extract lot of energy from the music players. In ancient Hindu texts, these two instruments were praised by the great poets, for its purity.In orde..

INTRODUCTIONSri Balraj was a native of Jolarpet, Tamil Nadu, and he is a staunch devotee of Guru Raghavendra. Before some years, he was unaware of Guru Raghavendra. When one of his friends had asked him to accompany with him to Mantralayam, initially he has hesitated to join with him, but after the repeated request made by his friend, somehow he has agreed to come with him to Mantralayam. They reached Mantralayam, and booked a lodge for them. After relaxing themselves for some time, both of them went inside the temple shrine of Guru Raghavendra. On seeing the Jeeva Samadhi of Guru Raghavendra,..