Devotional Articles

INTRODUCTION :Thilakavathiyar (7th century AD) was a great Shiva devotee and she was born in a Vellalar family in a village in Tamilnadu. Her parents were also ardent devotees of Lord Shiva, and her brother was Marulneekkiyar, who was later known as Thirunavukarasar. She was very religious, and used to regularly worship Lord Shiva in the temples and at her home. She also offered food to the poor people along with her family on a daily basis. At her teenage, she got married with Sri Kalipagai, who was the army chief of the Pallava King. He was cunningly killed by the enemy army forces duri..

INTRODUCTION : Several centuries ago, there lived a Siddhar in Madurai known as Sri Vallaba Siddhar, and he was considered as an incarnation of Lord Shiva. He was an ardent Shiva devotee and contains great spiritual powers. He has healed the people from diseases and spread the bhakti on Lord Shiva among the people. Once, he has helped a Shiva devotee to sculpt an idol of Lord Shiva through his spiritual powers. He also performed Annadanam to lot of Shiva devotees in the Shiva temples. He was good at meditation and yoga. He has renovated many ancient Shiva temples through the donation..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Bade Swamy(19th century) was born and brought up in a village in Villupuram District. Though by birth, he was a Muslim, he was a great saint and was against caste, creed and religion. He removed the sufferings of the people belonged to different religions. He has performed many miracles in the life of his devotees. Similar to Shirdi Baba, he used to give holy sacred ash to his devotees, and those who consume it with water, would immediately get relieved from their health related problems and would become healthier. He also embraces the devotees with his golden hands, an..

INTRODUCTION :Somappa Swamigal, was a great saint who was born in Madurai, and at his teenage, he went to Thirukkoodal Malai, Madurai, and settled there. He was taken care by the great saint Sri Mayandi Swamigal and his devotee Irulappa Konar. He was properly fed by Sri Irulappa Konar and his descendants.Somappa Swamigal has got many devotees, and would affectionately call his devotees using their own name, even without asking their names. He has done this, through his great spiritual powers. He has blessed his devotees with all sorts of prosperities in their life.Somappa Swamigal was very muc..

INTRODUCTION :Several centuries back, there lived a siddhar in Tamil Nadu known as Punnakisar. He was brought up by his mother, and she used to serve him with the “KRISHNA TEMPLE HOLY PRASAD” from his younger age itself. He will go along with her to the Krishna temple and eagerly worships the great Lord Sri Krishna. After his mother’s death, he left his home and sat inside the hole of a fig tree and performed intense meditation on Lord Krishna for several days. He was also a devotee of Lord Shiva.After finishing his meditation, he will used to cry saying “Oh Lord Krishna, I am feeling very hun..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Mannuruti Swamigal (20th century) was lived in Pondicherry and used to wander in the streets of Pondicherry and finally settled in his devotee’s house at Pondicherry. He was born in Pondicherry into a pious Hindu family, but left his house at his younger age towards seeking spirituality. Initially people didn’t realize his powers and thought that he was a mad man, but after seeing his spiritual powers, they have regarded him as a great saint. For his sincere devotees he used to give the holy vibudhi (Sacred ash) as prasadam. Those who consume it with water would be..

INTRODUCTION :Serman Swamigal was born in a village in Thoothukudi District in the year 1880, into a pious Hindu Nadar family. His birth name was Arunachalam. He was born through the blessings of Lord Shiva.He has studied his basic education in a school nearby his village. Even, when he was a playful little boy, he spent his time towards worshiping Lord Shiva in the temples. Due to his good knowledge, British government has appointed him as a tax collector.After some time, he was disinterested in doing his job, and left the job and concentrated his attention on spirituality.Very soon the peopl..

INTRODUCTION :Sri Reddiapatti Swamigal(1856-1923) was born in a village in Tamil Nadu, who lived a  saintly life, and implicated certain teachings for the well-being of the people in this Kali Yuga. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Vinayaka. His teachings are simple and straight forward in nature, and focuses on spirituality, good behavior, obedience and honesty. The collection of his teachings, are known as Divine Law. During his period, he showered his kindness to everyone and treated all of his devotees in a proper manner. His main objective is to raise the living standard of the ..

INTRODUCTION : Puja means expressing our love and devotion on god by doing certain kind of activities, like worshiping the god by chanting his names, performing deeparadanai, abhishekham and doing homams in the temples. There are various types of puja like Shiva Puja, Satyanarayana puja, Lakshmi puja, durga puja etc. Whatever puja we performs, we must do it with sincere dedication and devotion on god, and must have utmost faith on him. We should not lose our hope and keep on worshiping him even while doing our daily routines.By performing puja to the deities, we would feel a sense of sati..

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, and it could not b..

INTRODUCTION : Kaniyappa Swamigal was born in the year 1902 into a pious Mudaliar Family. From his childhood itself, he was very much interested in seeking spiritual enlightenment, and visited nearby temples of Lord Shiva and done severe meditation. After completing his basic education, he has joined in a circus company, and traveled throughout India. At his teenage, he left his job and become a saint and awakened his Kundalini power, and also helped others to reach the spiritual ladder. He stayed in north Chennai and propagated the importance of Hinduism and gave lectures on Shiva P..

INTRODUCTION :Sri Krishnaveni Ammal, was a woman saint who lived in the mountain caves in Papanasam, Tirunelveli District.  She was fondly called by her devotees as "Vana Devathai". She has been lonely living in the caves since from her younger age. She didn’t get afraid of anyone and considers herself as the child of the Siddhar Saints. She would take only simple food like fruits, milk and biscuits and would offer a portion of her food to the crows and dogs. Mostly she would sits in deep meditation, and chants the mantras of Lord Shiva. Lot of devotees were shared their joyful moments af..

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 for the 1000 dev..

INTRODUCTION :According to legend, Karkotaka was an ancient Naga King who lived in a forest near the Nishadha Kingdom. He was a friend of the mighty king Nala, and helped him to join with his wife Dhamayanti.Generally, Karkotaka is believed to be an arrogant snake. But it is not correct. Karkotaka acted arrogantly only with his enemies, and contains very good qualities. He is a friend of Lord Indra, and considered as a great Naga king, and a sincere devotee of Lord Vishnu. Now he is living in the nether world, Naga Lok.He was mentioned in several ancient Hindu and Buddhist texts. He looks very..