Devotional Articles

INTRODUCTION :Gods and Goddess have taken various avatars in order to protect the entire universe. Each and every avatar was taken in order to serve some purpose to the people. Among the various avatars of the deities, Lord Vishnu has taken nine avatars, and the avatars were considered as very sacred and important. And Lord Hanuman is an avatar of Lord Shiva, and it is believed, that he still resides in a cave at the Holy mountain                                               ..

INTRODUCTION :Thadhimugan was a great Vanara, who contains noble characteristics, and considered as a GEM among the Vanaras, similar to Lord Hanuman. He was mentioned in the great epic Ramayana as the uncle of Sukriva and also guards his beautiful garden with his monkey army. Similar to other Vanaras, he is considered to be an incarnation of a celestial Gandharva, and was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. He came to know about Lord Rama from Sugriva, and from then onwards, he become a sincere devotee of Lord Rama, and he considered Lord Rama as the supreme avatar of Lord Vishnu, and began to wor..

INTRODUCTION: Vatsyayana was a great scholar and a philosopher who is believed to have been lived during the 6th century AD. He has written the famous text Kama Sutra, in order to make proper understanding of the human love. He has written mainly the text in order to clarify the doubts of the humans, and to get more pleasure and happiness during their sexual union, and in order to get more physical and mental attachment between the couple. The main purpose of the text is to enjoy more satisfaction, and to avoid fights and quarrels between the couple.Although it is not preferable to read t..

INTRODUCTION :Vedavati was the holy mother of the great Madhwacharya, whose birth name was Vasudeva, and her consort name was Naddantillaya. The couples were lived at a village in Karnataka. She was a noble woman and got great attachment on her son Vasudeva. The parents were performed Upanayana to Vasudeva at his younger age itself, and he had become a great saint at his teenage.Sri Vasudeva was an avatar of Lord Vayu Deva and after he attained sainthood, his parents gave birth to another son Subhaktiman, who was known as Vishnu Tirtha at a later stage, and they also gave birth to a daughter. ..

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 great interest in doing social welfare ac..

INTRODUCTION : Swami Turiyananda also called as Hari nath and Hari Maharaj due to his sincere devotion on god Hari, and he was the popular disciple of Ramakrishna. He was a close associate of Swami Vivekananda, and due to his request, he went to foreign countries, and preached the holiness of Hinduism among the people.  He established Ashrams in foreign countries, and spread the bhakti spirit among the masses.Turiyananda was born in a pious Bengali Brahmin Orthodox family in Kolkata in the year 1863. He lost his parents at his young age and he was brought up by his brother. He succes..

INTRODUCTION :Sri Upendra Tirtha (12th century) was the disciple of Sri Madhvacharya, and the pontiff of the Puthige Mutt at Udupi. He was the sincere devotee of Lord Vittala, and daily used to do puja to the deity which was given by his Guru Sri Madhvacharya. Upendra Tirtha had performed many miracles during his period similar to his guru Sri Madhwacharya.   Once, while he was crossing the Holy River Ganges, some Muslim soldiers tried to attack him, but he didn’t get angry and smiled at them. On seeing his shining face, the soldiers were changed their mind, and asked him to apo..

INTRODUCTION :Sri Sadasiva Shastri also fondly called as Sivan SAR was born on October 3rd 1904 as the younger brother of Sri MahaPeriyava. His birth name was Sadasiva Sastri. Sri SAR attained Siddhi on March 7th 1996. Sri Sivan SAR, also called as Sri Siva Periyava. Similar to his elder brother Sri Chandra sekara saraswathi swamigal, he also performed lot of miracles in the life of his devotees. He lived a humble and noble life, and got great courage, wisdom and knowledge in all the subjects. He got great bhakti on Lord Shiva and used to worship him in the temples and chant the shiva mantra a..

INTRODUCTION :Bringi is said to be a Shiva Gana, who is living in the Shiva Lok, the Himalayas, along with Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati, and with other divine attendants of Lord Shiva. According to legend, Bringi had obtained the position in the Shiva Loka, due to his severe penance on Lord Shiva in the earth during the first Krita Yuga. He was considered as one of the main attendants of Lord Shiva, similar to Lord Nandhi and Lord Chandikeswara. He greatly respects the divine couple, and considers Shiva-Parvati as his divine father and mother.According to legend, he was present along with Lord ..

INTRODUCTION:Shri Raghupati Teertha was a great Madhwa saint and served as the pontiff of the Palimar Mutt, Udupi, Karnataka, for a period of 17 years, under the lineage of Shri Hrishikesha Teertha. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Rama and was well appreciated by many scholars for his great works. He also won in the debates held with great scholars. He got good knowledge in all the subjects, and an expert in all kinds of arts and well-versed in ancient Vedas and Hindu Scriptures. He was a kind hearted saint who used to conduct divine lectures, in order to spread the bhakti spirit among t..

INTRODUCTION :Saint Kambaliswamy (19th century AD) also known as Kambli Gnana Desiga Swamigal was a great yogi who lived before 150 years, and lived in the present day Thattanchavady, Pondicherry. He has observed strict silence during his life time, and he is also known as Mouna Swamigal. He used to give sacred ash and distribute the holy Prasad to the devotees. He was good at yoga and meditation and trained his devotees in the yoga field. Sri Kambaliswamigal used to take Jala Samadhi in the lake as a regular practice, and used to meditate on Lord Shiva for long hours. He used to take only sim..

INTRODUCTION :Varahamihira (499-587 AD) was a great sage and an astronomer, who had made rich contributions in the field of astronomy. He has written famous texts such as Panch Siddhant, Bruhad Samhita and Bruhad Jatak, and he mentioned valuable details about the planets. He also got large number of disciples, and guided them properly. He was well-versed in Vedas and other holy texts, and controlled his senses, and lived a pious life. He contains great wisdom, boldness, kindness, courage and high will-power. He asked us to control our mind, and to be brave enough to face any kind of challenges..

INTRODUCTION:Rishi Nagarjuna (100 AD) was born in a village in Madhya Pradesh. He has made detailed research in the field of chemistry and made lot of inventions and discovered new things. He also wrote lot of medical books like Arogyamanjari and Yogasar, and cured the diseases of the people. He was appointed as the chief of the Nalanda University at Bihar.He also introduced medicines for curing the diseases of the animals and birds, since he was very fond of them. He was considered as a great saint and a divine incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He showed courtesy on all the living beings in the ear..

INTRODUCTION :Ram Chandra Datta (1851-1899) was a disciple of Ramakrishna and a well-versed writer of spiritual books. Datta was a close friend of Swami Vivekananda. Datta was born in the year 1851 in Kolkata.  His parents were ardent devotees of Lord Krishna, and his mother has died at his childhood, and hence he was brought up by Mata Bhubaneshwari Devi, who was a relative, and the mother of Swami Vivekananda, and she took care of him in a kind manner, and treated him as her own child. Young Datta become a devotee of Lord Krishna, and used to visit the Krishna temples and perform m..