God Stories

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: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 ..

INTRODUCTION: Guru Nanak is the first Sikh Guru. He lived for 70 years. He was born in Talwandi, Pakistan and left his physical body in Kartapur Ravi, Pakistan. He had two sons. Born into a Hindu family, Guru Nanak was against caste discrimination. He taught the “ONE GOD CONCEPT” and taught to treat others as their own brothers and sisters and to give proper respect to everyone. He stated that god is welled within every person, and people should not be differentiated based on caste, creed, gender or nationality. His teachings are very simple and straight forward in nature, and accept..

INTRODUCTION : Kacha was an ancient sage and the son of Deva Guru Brihaspati. He is also mentioned in various puranas and in Mahabharata.  He was known for learning all the divine scriptures from his father as well as from the demon guru Sri Sukracharya.Once Kacha met Sukracharya and become the disciple of Sukracharya, to learn the secret of the Mrita Sanjivini mantra in order to bring back the lives of the demi gods again who have lost their lives during their battle with various demons. Kacha also impressed his guru’s daughter Devayani, who falls in love with him.On knowing about t..

INTRODUCTION : According to ancient legends, Lord Hanuman was studied under Surya Bhagwan and he was his obedient disciple and mastered in all the divine subjects. Though he was an expert in vedas and other studies, since Lord Hanuman was a bachelor, he could not study the holy Vyakarnas for which he has to obtain the status of a married man. In order to study the vyakarnas, Surya Bhagawan had created a beautiful lady from his supreme powers, and named her as Swarchala Devi, and given all the powers to her and married her to Lord Hanuman.Lord Surya asked him to marry his daughter Swarchal..

INTRODUCTION : Virochana was the noble and pious son of Bhakta Prahalad. He was also a great Vishnu devotee similar to his father. He learnt all the sacred texts at his younger age itself. Though he was born in the family of daityas, he was a humble and a good king, who took the advice of his father and ruled his kingdom in a proper manner. His teachings are very famous. And some of them are as follows:1. Believe in one god, and that is Lord Vishnu.2. Always think and worship Lord Narayana, for getting good prospects in life.3. Be generous and kind to others.4. Don’t be arrogant and adama..

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 :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..

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..