Devotional Articles

INTRODUCTION: Sri Srinivasa (1590-1640) belonged to Brahmin-Madhwa family, and was a great scholar and also an expert in sanskrit language. He was born in Bidarahalli. He also written many divine books, and lived a pious life. He was a great devotee of Sri Guru Raghavendra Swamy and lived during his period. His guru was Sri Yadavaaryaru. He lived in Honnali, Karnataka, and spread the importance of Dvaita philosophy of Sri Madhwacharya.Since he was born in an orthodox family, he followed the Brahmin customs and traditions strictly and he will never take food from the outside, and will eat ..

INTRODUCTION: Siva Prakasar was a poet, Shiva devotee and a Shaivite saint who lived during the 17th century AD. He was also known as 'Thurai mangalam Sivaprakasar'.  He had contributed lot of texts in Tamil, among them is the greatest text Nanneri, a work which contains teachings. He is a great poet and translated other language texts into Tamil texts. He wrote a Tamil poem “Neerotta Yamaha Anthathi”, which is considered as a best poem among the scholars and the common people.  LIFESivaprakasar was born in Kanchipuram  into a Shaivite Tamil Desikar family. He learnt T..

INTRODUCTION :During the Krita Yuga, in the Brahma Lok, among the several devas, there lived a noble deva, whose name is SANGUKARNAR. His main job is to come to the earth and pluck the fragrant flowers, and take it to the Brahma Loka, and give it to Lord Brahma Dev for performing Puja to Lord Vishnu. Once, he got delayed to return to the Brahma Loka, and due to that the Puja was not performed in the stipulated time by Lord Brahma. And hence, he was cursed by Brahma to be born into the family of demons, in the earth. Sri Sangukarna Dev was very much worried, and asked Brahma to apologize h..

INTRODUCTION: Sankarankovil is a place where the famous Sankara Narayanan temple is located. In order to make the devotees of Vishnu and Shiva to realize that both of these gods are one and the same, Lord Shiva and Vishnu were appeared in this place as Sankaranarayanar.It was built by the great Pandiyan king Sri Ukkira Pandiyan during the 9th century AD. The main deity of the temple is Swamy Sankara Narayanan, consisting of the appearance of both Vishnu and Shiva.The deities found in the temple are Sri Sankareswarar, Sri Gomathi Amman and Sri Sankara Narayanar.The holy sand of this temple..

INTRODUCTION: Panchajanya is the holy conch of Lord Vishnu. According to the famous legend, Mahabharata, the great demon Panchajanya also called as Shankhasur was lived in the Ocean Prabhasa and he kidnapped the son of Sandipani, the guru of Shri Krishna and imprisoned him in his place. The guru was very much worried about the condition of his son, and asked Lord Krishna to find and bring back to him. Immediately Lord Krishna went inside the sea and fought with the powerful demon, killed him and rescued the son of his guru, and took the conch shell along with him in order to use it during..

INTRODUCTIONPallikondeswara Temple is a famous temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and it is situated in Surutapalli, a village in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The main deity Pallikondeswara, unlike in other Siva Temples, will be in the form of resting posture, and such a kind of form is not found anywhere else.Palli Kondeswarar is found along with Mata Parvati who is called as Sarva Mangalambika, who gives all kinds of prosperity to us. The temple was built by the Vijayanagara kings. Here Lord Shiva is not worshipped in the form of Lingam. The divine idols of Ganesha, Muruga, Surya, Chandr..

INTRODUCTION : Nataraja is a form of Lord Shiva and he is the cosmic dancer. His dance is called as Tandavam and the details about his dance are mentioned in various sacred texts, and usually a Nataraja Idol would be found in most of the Shiva Temples. It is believed that he is dancing in order to protect the people and to maintain peace and prosperity in the earth. During Pradosham days, Lord Shiva in the form of Nataraja would dance between the horns of Lord Nandi, the divine bull and attendant of Lord Shiva. Once Lord Adisesha, the divine serpent bed of Lord Vishnu, prayed to Lord Shiv..

INTRODUCTION :Navagrahas are occupying the main place in our life. We are able to live in this world, through their grace only. Apart from the main gods, Navagrahas are considered as demi gods, and are even worshiped by the great rishis, sages and saints. In order to get prosperity and to get rid from our problems, it is advisable to visit and worship the nine temples, also called as Navagraha temples, situated nearby the Kumbakonam area. The details of the nine temples are as follows:1. Suriyanar KoilTemple HistoryThe temple is believed to be the place where all Navagrahas also called as Nine..

INTRODUCTION: Goddess Pochamma is a mother goddess who is mainly worshiped by the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh people. She protects people from all kinds of diseases, and also she safeguards them from their enemies and gives all the prosperity in their life. Goddess Pochamma is a guardian deity and is considered as a Village Devata. The most important festival dedicated to Goddess Pochamma is the Bonalu festival which is celebrated in the month of July – August. Pochamma is also considered as an aspect of Goddess Kali. It is told that she will create problems for the people if they reject..

INTRODUCTIONIn India, the celebrations of fairs and festivals are considered as an enjoyment for all the people, especially the children.Indians from various religious groups celebrate their respective festivals with much joy and enthusiasm and they will offer prayers to the gods and worship them for their prosperity.There are a large number of Hindu religious festivals celebrated throughout the world. Hindus living in foreign countries also celebrate the festivals as if they are celebrating in their home town. They will not forget their Indian culture, and celebrate it as a token of paying re..

INTRODUCTION :Kavindra Tirtha (1333-1398) was a dvaita saint and the pontiff of Uttaradi Mutt. He was a great scholar and talented in all vedas, shastras, Upanishads and other holy texts. He was the chief of the Uttaradi mutt during his last six years, before attaining Samadhi in the Nava Brindavan, which is situated in Hampi, Anegunde,     karnataka. Devotees from all sects of Hinduism would visit this holy place, and worship the great Saint Kavindra Tirtha along with the eight other saints.The nine saint names are as follows:1. Shri Padmanabha Tirtha2. Shri Kavindra Tirtha3. S..

INTRODUCTION :Gangamma Devi Temple is situated at Boyakonda, Andhra Pradesh 517257. This is a holy temple dedicated to Mata Gangamma Devi, who is considered as an incarnation of Mata Parvati Devi.Hundreds of years ago, the tribal community people known as Boyas were lived in the forest located near the hills. They were against the rule of the Sultan kings and started fighting with them. But they couldn’t withstand the army of the Sultan and escaped into the forest and prayed to the holy mother to save them. Due to the divine grace of Gangamma, the nawab’s army were fled away from that place. I..

INTRODUCTION :Artha Nareeswarar temple in vasudevanallur at Tirunelveli District is a famous temple, and it is several centuries old temple. The main deity of the temple is Lord Arthanareeswara also called as Chinathamaninathar, and the name of Devi is Idapaga Valli. There are also other shrines for Lord Nataraja, Bairava and Chandikeswara. Apart from these shrines, the following shrines are also found in this temple:1. Lord Surya2. Dakshinamurthy3. Juradevar4. Veerabadra5. Mahalakshmi6. Dharma Sastha7. Lord Vinayaka8. Sani Bhagavan9. Nagaraja and his consort NagaraniThe temple timing is: From..

INTRODUCTION:Before going through the avatars of Lord Shiva, According to me, most of the people are not aware about all the avatars of Lord Shiva. Hence it is important to write about the avatars of Lord Shiva. Most of them would have studied the avatars of Lord Vishnu. In many temples, several paintings are inscribed depicting the avatars of Lord Vishnu in Vishnu Temples. Similar to that, I have seen in one old and ancient temple, Arulmigu Kachaleeswarar Temple at Armenian Street, Parrys,Chennai – 600 001. Beautiful framed pictures are affixed inside the walls of the temple mentioning about ..