Devotional Articles

INTRODUCTION : Madhav Rao Deshpande also called as Shama was one of the baba’s most sincere devotees, and acted like his personal attendant. Their relationship can be compared to that of Lord Krishna and Arjuna. He was born on Margashirsh Shudda Panchmi day on 6th December 1880 to a Brahmin family from Nimon. He came to Shirdi at his childhood along with his parents and permanently stayed in shirdi till his death. He was educated in Shirdi and became a teacher in a school. Baba only named Mahdav Rao as "Shama" and used to call him as ““HEY SHAMA COME COME” with love and affection. Sh..

INTRODUCTION : Sitaramdas Omkarnath (1892–1982) was an Indian saint from Bengal. He invoked the bhakti path among his devotees throughout the world, and also preaches the importance of chanting Ram Nam. He is considered as a pious and a holy man among his followers and his devotees. Sitaramdas Omkarnath had written many books related to Hindu scriptures, and constructed temples and ashrams throughout india, and also founded a spiritual organisation and through that, he had cultivated the bhakti spirit among the people. He contains great knowledge, wisdom, courage and braveness and was a g..

INTRODUCTION :According to Mahabharata, Shakunthala is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of the great king Bharata. Poet Kalidasa has also written a text on the life history of Mata Shakunthala.Rishi Kanva found her in the forest as a baby, and he took her to his ashram and looked after her in a proper manner. Once King Dushyanta  saw the beautiful Shakuntala and both of them were fell in love with each other and got married as per Gandharva marriage system. Dushyanta gave his personal royal ring to Shakuntala and invited her to his palace. Shakuntala dreamt about her husband..

INTRODUCTION : Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775–1835) was a great  poet, singer, veena player, and a great composer of Carnatic Music. His compositions are highly praised for their detailed descriptions of Hindu gods and temples. His compositions are popular and even today it is sung in classical concerts of Carnatic music. He is also appreciated for his divine music similar to the great musicians Shyama and Thyagaraja. He is considered as one among the three musical doyens. His compositions were developed mainly in Sanskrit. LIFEMuthuswami Dikshitar was born in Tiruvarur. He learnt t..

INTRODUCTION:  Nava Veeras are the nine great soldiers and the brave divine attendants of Lord Muruga. They were born from Nava Shakthis & who were born out of the powers of Mata Parvati. They are also considered as an incarnation of Mata Parvati.The sons of Navashakthis are known as Nava Veerar's. The Nava veeras are: 1. Veerabahu Thevar is the army chief of Lord Muruga and helped Muruga during his fight with Surapadhman and his brothers.2. Veera Kesari is a courageous person and roars like a lion during the time of the war with devas and aruras, and is a great divine helpe..

INTRODUCTION :Sushruta, was an ancient Indian physician and the author of Susruta-samhita. According to the great epic Mahabharata, he was the son of the great Rishi Vishvamitra.  He is declared as the "Father of surgery", and he was a celebrated physician who was very much praised for practicing his noble profession throughout the WORLD.The Sushruta Samhita is the principle text of Ayurveda.  It is believed that he would have lived in the holy city of “VARANASI” before several thousands of years back. And a statue was dedicated in honor of Rishi Sushruta at Haridwar.The Susruta-samh..

INTRODUCTION :Radha also called as Radhika, Radharani, and Radhe, is a popular goddess and worshipped along with Lord Krishna throughout the world. She is regarded as the consort of Lord Krishna. Radharani is an avatar of Goddess Lakshmi. She is the head of the milkmaids. And her birthday is celebrated as Radhastami.She kept selfless love and surrendered at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna. Several vaishnavite saints were praised her glory and considered her as the supreme goddess. People in india, generally will keep names for their male child as Radhakrishnan and female child as Radha. Radha i..

INTRODUCTION : The king of Madra Kingdom, Asvapati, lives with his consort Malavi. He prayed to sun god for having a child. Due to the blessings of Lord Surya, a girl child was born, and she was named as Savitri. Savitri looks very beautiful and after attaining the marriage age, she went on a pilgrimage in search of marrying a suitable person, and finds Satyavan, the son of a blind king of Salwa Kingdom, who lost everything including his eyesight, and lives in forest with his wife and son.Sage Narada  announces to Savitri and to his father that Satyavan will die after one year. But S..

INTRODUCTIONGoddess Parvati Devi had taken the avatar of Meenakshi at the beginning of the Kali Yuga, that is before 5000 and odd years back. She came out from a sacrificial fire as a small child. She was brought up by the Pandiyan King, Malayadwaja and his wife Kanchanamalai. She was born from the sacrificial fire, due to the prayers of the Pandiyan couple. Her parents were sincere devotees of Lord Shiva, and through their great Bhakti, they were blessed to have goddess Parvati itself as their child.The Pandiyan King named her as Meenakshi and took care of her properly and she studied the bas..

INTRODUCTION: Marundeeswarar Temple is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. It is one of the Paadal Petra Sthalams and the great nayanar saints Appar and Tirugnana Sambandar have sung about the importance of this temple. The temple has been reconstructed and renovated by the Chola kings during the 11th century.  The Marundeeswarar temple is considered as a place of worship for the people with dreaded diseases, and many people have shared their experiences about the holiness of the temple, and their relief from various diseases after visiting this temp..

NTRODUCTION :Lord Jagannath also called as Puri Jagannath, Panduranga, Vittala and Vithoba is an incarnation of Sree Krishna Bhagavan. The Jagannath temple is situated in puri, odhisha and it is a very famous one among the hindu devotees. Every year, during the rath yatra festival, lakhs of pilgrims would visit this temple to get the divine vision of the gods and the goddess. By seeing the darshan of the divine deities, Lord Jagannath, Lord Balarama and Goddess Ma Subhadra we would forget our worries and our miseries and sorrows would come to an end. The deities are decorated with beautiful cl..

INTRODUCTION :Mahabali is also known as Bali is the son of Virochana and he was a noble Daitya King. He is the grandson of Bhakta Prahlada. The festival of Onam is celebrated in Kerala towards honouring him and welcoming him to the homes of the Kerala people.Mahabali was the son of Devamba and Virochana. He grew up under the guidance of his grandfather, Prahlada, who helped him to lead the spiritual path. He learnt all the divine scriptures at his younger age itself, and was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, similar to his father and grandfather.After the death of his father Virochana, he took c..

INTRODUCTION : Nala, is the king of Nishadha Kingdom and the son of Veerasena. Nala is skilled in dealing with horses and was an expert in cooking. He was married to princess Damayanti, and their details were mentioned in the Mahabharata. He was suffered by the influence of “KALI PURUSHA”. He was also the author of the cookery book, Pakadarpanam.Once all the demi gods were willing to marry Damayanti due to her good qualities and good appearance. But she ignored the demi gods and chosen Nala as her husband. On hearing about this, “KALI PURUSHA”, was got angered and punished Damayanti by gi..

INTRODUCTION : In the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, there is a deity of Kaduthaswamy who acts as a guardian for Lord Ayyappa and also helps the devotees to get the divine vision of Lord Ayyappa, and also protects the devotees from thieves, ill health and gives great mental strength to visit the holy temple and to worship the great god Ayyappa.According to legend, Kadutha was a great warrior and helped the Pandalam king to defeat the enemies. When Kadutha came to the sabarimala temple, he doesn’t want to leave from that place, since he was very much attached to Ayyappa and still he is staying..