God Stories

INTRODUCTION :Kinnaras and Kimburudas are the celestial musicians and they lives in the Gandharva Loka. They are considered as minor deities and are the lower level demi gods. Though they live in Gandharva Loka, they are controlled by the Gandharvas and Devas in the heaven. Kinnaras and Kimburudas are very much devoted with Lord Vishnu, and used to sing songs on him. They also got the powers to visit the divine worlds, and contain attractive looks. They possess good qualities and gives great respect to the demi gods in the heaven. They have entirely dedicated their lives on worshiping Lord Vis..

INTRODUCTION : According to Shiva Purana, sage Gautama, who is the son of Lord Brahma, had performed severe meditation on Lord Varuna on the Mountain Brahmagiri since there was severe drought in that area. Lord Varuna, the great ocean god, and the reliever of sins of the people, had appeared before Gautama and asked him to pray to Lord Shiva to fulfill his wishes.Due to that, the great rishi Gautama started doing severe penance on Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva appears before him, and sends Ganga into the earth and she has transformed into the holy River Godavari and began to flow in the earth.Du..

INTRODUCTION :Raghavendra Swamy Mutt is situated at Ayanavaram and it was built during the year 1982, and the temple is located nearby Ayanavaram Bus Terminus. Lot of devotees would visit this Mutt during Thursdays, and other auspicious festival days and lot of miracles were happened in the life of the devotees of Raghavendra after visiting this holy Mutt. The temple is situated in a large area, and a shrine of Lord Vinayaka is also located inside the temple complex. Annual Aradhana festival would be celebrated in a grand manner in this temple, and free food is offered for three days to all th..

INTRODUCTION :Nimi is considered as the king of Mithila  and he was the son of Ishvaku, and after his rule, several other kings were ruled the Kingdom of Mithila, and among them, the noble king Janaka also ruled Mithila, who was the father of Sita and the father-in-law of Lord Rama.Once Nimi performed Yagna and invited Sage Vasishtha  to conduct the Yagna. But Sage vasishtha had asked him to wait for some time, since he had already committed to conduct yagna for Lord Indra. But Nimi started conducting the Yagna through another priest, and this made Sage Vasishta to become angry with ..

INTRODUCTION: Maandhi and Kuligan are the sons of Lord Shani Bhagavan. Their idols are found along with Lord Shani and his two consorts in Ramanathaswami Temple at Thirunaraiyur, Tamilnadu. Maandhi and Kuligan were born from the powers of Lord Shani Dev, and they are associated mainly with south Indian astrology, especially in Kerala. It is told that, Maandi and Kuligan bring negative results to us. But it is not like that, they are the divine sons of the justice god Lord Shani Dev, and they would give good or bad results, only based on our past birth deeds. They contain their father..

INTRODUCTION : Ekalavya is a noble person who was mentioned in the great epic  Mahabharata, and he was the adopted son of a tribal king. Ekalavya wants to learn archery from Guru Drona, but he was not taught, since he was born in a lower caste. Ekalavya used to worship Drona from his mind, and had self-studied the art of archery by himself, and become an expert in archery after several years of training. His wife was Devi Angraini who was a chaste and a holy woman and served as a dutiful wife to her husband Ekalavya.Once, Drona saw the skills of Ekalavya in archery and asked for his ..

INTRODUCTION :Ugrasena was the king of Mathura, and Lord Krishna was the grandson of Ugrasena. Krishna's father, Vasudeva  was the Yadava King, and Vasudeva was the son-in-law of Ugrasena. Ugrasena regained his kingdom from his cruel son Kamsa, after Kamsa was killed by Lord Krishna. According to ancient legend, Ugrasena was the son of Ahuka, and he was a nice king, who had treated his people as his own family and provided all sorts of benefits to them. Once, Lord Krishna had asked for the Syamantaka jewellery from Satyajit, who was a yadava king, on behalf of Ugrasena, in order to p..

INTRODUCTION :Sri Ramachandra Teertha (16th century AD) was a madhwa saint and a famous scholar who lived in Punugonda, Andhra Pradesh and attained Samadhi in Penugonda. He was admired for his good knowledge and was praised by the king of Penugonda and also he helped him in discharging his duties. His guru was Sri Gopalaswamy and his disciple was Sri Raghunatha Teertha. He went on holy pilgrimages throughout Andhra Pradesh, and visited ancient temples and got great spiritual powers through that. He also helped the devotees by removing their sufferings and used to give the sacred akshada a..

INTRODUCTION : Lord Ganesha is the first god and considered as a very holy deity among the other deities. By worshiping him, all of our obstacles would be removed, and our behavior would be changed, and we would get a new life and good energy through his blessings. In general, in their free time, people are going to picnic, parks, cinemas and other entertainment related places. According to me, apart from these places, if we spend some time and worship these forms of Vinayaka by chanting his various slokas and his various names from our house itself, we would get good benefits in our life..

INTRODUCTION :According to the Bhagavata Purana, Vasudeva was the father of Lord Krishna and his consort was Devaki, and his sister was Mata Kunti, a popular character in Mahabharatha. He was the Yadava prince and the son of the Yadava king Shurasena. It is believed that he was also the cousin of Nanda Gopa, who took care of Lord Krishna during his childhood. Nanda Gopa was the ruler of the Gokulam, a popular place of Yadavas.Due to the divine orders, Vasudeva had safely placed Lord Krishna in the palace of Nanda Gopa, and Lord Krishna was brought up in the palace of Nanda Gopa till his teenag..