Devotee

INTRODUCTION :Urmila Chathurvedi is a senior citizen who crossed 80 years, and from the year 1992 on wards, Mataji Urmila, stopped eating food grains and used to eat only fruits and milk items, in order make her dream into reality, since she wanted the Ram Temple to be constructed at Ayodhya. Mataji lives in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, and she is an ardent devotee of Lord Rama, from her childhood itself. Her mother used to tell the incidents from Ramayana, and the young child used to observe it keenly.Mataji had visited several temples of Lord Rama, but she is very much worried for not having a ..

INTRODUCTION :Gurumayi Chidvilasananda is the spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga movement. She was the disciple of Swami Muktananda, and her birth name was Malti Shetty. Malti was born near Mangalore in the year 1955, and her parents were devotees of Swami Muktananda, and due to that, she received initiation from Muktananda at her younger age itself, and stayed at his ashram and become his disciple.  She is a disciplined girl, and learned all the spiritual subjects from Swami Muktananda, and she also participated with him during his religious tours. In the year 1982, she has become a ..

INTRODUCTION :Hinduism is an ancient religion and it follows the principles of Dharma and teaches good philosophies to us. People belonged to Hinduism would celebrate the family functions with much pleasure and enthusiasm, and they would invite their neighbours, friends and relatives for their family functions such as marriage, birthday, upanayanam, Seemantham, Punyajalam etc.In ancient times, most of the people were lived in joint families, and the family functions were taken place very easily, since mostly elderly people in the families would eagerly take part in the functions. But nowadays,..

INTRODUCTIONSuki  Sivam is a popular speaker, writer and a Tamil Scholar. He used to participate in TV programmes.He was the Kalaimamani awardee for his contributions towards Tamil and for spreading the bhakti spirit in the minds of the people.His discourses on Bhakti texts are very simple to understand, and he contains good knowledge in Hindu Divine Texts. He is having interest in social welfare services also, and is considered as a humble and a noble man. He was the son of the famous writer couple, Kalai Maa Mani Mr.T.N. Suki Subramaniam and Smt. Gomathi Subramaniam, and he was inf..

Om Namo Narayanaya NamahaOh! Bhakt Prahalad. You are the protector of the whole earth. Lord Narasimha has given you all the powers similar to him, hence please protect us from our problems, and help us to move to the path of devotion, similar to you, and give us SALVATION. We are finding it very difficult to live in this kaliyuga without your help, hence give a seat near to you, and always make us happy, by chanting your name along with Lord Hari’s name.Oh Bhakt Prahalad, you are always singing the glory of god, and you have occupied a permanent place in VAIKUNDA, the divine abode of Lord Nara..

INTRODUCTION:Pravahana Jaivali (7th century AD) was a king of Panchala who was mentioned in the ancient texts, and in Upanishads. He is considered as a pious king and ruled his kingdom in a well-versed manner, and gave a GOLDEN RULE to his people. He is also considered as a holy sage, since he knows lot of devotional matters, and once, he teaches Svetaketu, son of Sage Uddalaka Aruni and explains the process of rebirth, and the ways to come out from the life cycle, and how to lead a successful life by following spiritual path etc. Jaiveli is believed to be a devotee of Lord Vishnu, and devoted..

INTRODUCTION :Pundarika is the main character associated with Lord Vithoba, a form of Lord Krishna. He is the one who have brought the idol of Vithoba to Pandharpur. Pundarika is the founder of the Varkari sect, a sect of Panduranga devotees. Pundarika was mentioned in the devotional text, which was written by Prahalad Maharaj.Ancient Kings and other saints were the devotees of Panduranga, and they built the popular Vithoba temple at Pandharpur. The Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana had renovated the present Pandharpur temple of Vithoba, in the 12th century.  Pandharpur is also known as Pundari..

INTRODUCTION:Believers of the god can be described as the devotees of god, and have faith on him. Most of them, before starting their daily activity would worship the god, and pay their regards to him. Whatever religion they may belongs to be, they would sincerely worship the god according to their customs and traditions. Non-believers of god, who are known as atheists, would never worship the god, and would depend on their own skills and knowledge. Some atheists would criticize the believers of the god, and would even oppose them towards worshiping the god and going to the temples/churches/mo..

INTRODUCTION : Manickaswamy (20th century AD) was lived in Tiruvannamalai and he was considered as the important disciple and an ardent devotee of Sadguru Sri Seshadri Swamigal. He has moved closely with Swamy and closely observed many Siddhis of Swamiji and got attracted with him. Manickaswamy was born in a village at Tiruvannamalai into a poor Hindu family, and after finishing his education he left home, and become the disciple of the wandering saint Swamy Seshadri. He used to follow the saint like a shadow, and lived a noble life. Daily he used to take alms and provide it to Swami..

INTRODUCTIONSimilar to Queen Chudala, princess Hemalekha was considered as a spiritual Guru to her husband Prince Hemachuda, and it is believed that she lived in the Dwapara Yuga during the time of Lord Krishna. She learned the divine scriptures and was a great scholar. She changed the entire nature of her husband, and moved him in the spiritual path.  Due to her holiness, she has also changed the behavior of the entire people in the kingdom and through her guidance, they were became spiritual persons, and it is believed that even the wild animals and birds were attained the bliss of..