Devotional

INTRODUCTIONSumukha and Sudeha are the mighty sons of Lord Veerabahu, who is worshipped as the protector guard, and he is the army chief of the army of Lord Muruga. His sons Sumukha and Sudeha were participated in the war along with him, and defeated the demon king Surapadman. They also attended the marriage ceremony of Lord Muruga, when Muruga was married with Ma Valli and Ma Devasena. Sumukha and Sudeha were married with chaste and pious princesses, and after living a full-fledged life in the earth for many years, finally they went to the abode of Lord Muruga, the Skanda Loka, along wit..

INTRODUCTIONThe wonderful song “Harivarasanam” also known as Sri Ayyappa Ashtakam would be recited before the closure of the temple doors during night. The Ayyappa devotees were very much attracted with this bhakti song when they hear it on Sabarimala Temple, nearby the Sanctum. During the time of playing the divine song, everyone would feel the presence of Lord Ayyappa in their mind. Harivarasanam song is written by Kumbakudi Kulathur Iyer. This song would be recited by the priests in the Sabarimala Temple with great devotion in their mind, and after the completion of this song, the door..

INTRODUCTIONAshtakam is the poem written by the ancient saints in Sanskrit, and these poems describes about the glory of the almighty. Among the various ashtakams, shiva Lingashtakam, is considered as a famous poem and this was written by the great Advaita Saint, Sri Adi Shankaracharya.The contents from the divine poem are as follows: I salute that holy Shiva Lingam Which is worshipped by Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and by all other gods, saints and sages, and by the common people.I salute that holy Shiva Lingam which burns all of our desires, and takes us to the spiritual path.I salute that..

INTRODUCTIONSiddhi and Buddhi are considered as the two consorts of Lord Ganesha. There are believed to have been created by Lord Brahma for the specific purpose of marrying them to Lord Ganesha. According to ancient puranas, Once Lord Ganesha wants to get married a girl containing the qualities of his mother Parvati Devi. Since no matching girl was found similar to Parvati, Lord Brahma decided to create two holy girls, in order to get them married to Lord Ganesha.Brahma used his entire powers, and created two lovely girls and named them as Siddhi who gives enlightenment and Buddhi who gives c..

INTRODUCTIONKalki, is the tenth avatar of Lord Vishnu who will appear at the end of Kali Yuga. It is stated that Kaliyuga consists of 432000 years. Out of that, approximately 5400 years have been passed. Hence the remaining 426600 years are there for kaliyuga to get completed. It is believed that Lord Kalki will appear in this earth only after the completion of 426600 years and will punish the evil forces and protect the good ones.IMPORTANCEHe is described in the Puranas as the avatar who appears by riding a holy white horse with a shining sword. Kalki is also found in Buddhist texts. In ..

INTRODUCTIONLord Isanya is a form of Lord Shiva, and contains his features. He is the god of North-East Direction. He is the Rudra Deva and contains Trisool and wears snakes and his body is covered with sacred ash and contains a divine look. He is the god, who removes the evil spirits from our mind and body, and from his sacred ash we can understand, that one day or other day, our body would be burnt into ashes and nothing is going to come with us after our death.The shrine of the Isanya Lingam is situated near the girivalam path and the cremation ground, and attracts large number of devotees ..

INTRODUCTIONAbhayahasta also called as Abhayamudra means protecting us and consoling us by the almighty through hand posture. We can find in most of the temples that the deities would appear in the form of blessing posture, which means, they are willing to protect us from all sorts of problems in our lives, and also they would be with us throughout our life.We can also see the idol of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala, who appears in the Abhaya Mudra posture, with a smiling face, and his blessing posture is very famous since Vedic times. In Mantralayam Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, and also in other Bra..

INTRODUCTION: Sri Ganesha Ashtakam was written by the great Saint Sri Adi Shankaracharya in praise of Lord Vinayaka. Lord Vinayaka is the obstacle remover, and he is considered to be the first god. By reciting this Stotra regularly, we would get all kinds of prosperity in our lives, and we would get the full grace of Lord Ganesha.The contents contained in the Ganesha Ashtakam are as follows:My humble Salutations to the elephant God who contains very beautiful, and he can be compared to thousand Manmadas, with regard to his beauty, and he is the leader of Ganas, has only one tusk, con..

INTRODUCTION : Ma Jaldevi Mandir is situated in Sansera, Rajasthan, and she is considered to be an incarnation of Ma Shakti Devi. This famous temple was built by a king of Rajasthan before few hundred years. Once there occurred severe rain and flood in Rajasthan, and it destroyed all the food crops during the harvesting season. Due to that, the king of Rajasthan, and the farmers had suffered a lot. One day night, Ma Shakti Devi appeared in the dream of the then king of Rajasthan, and asked him to build a shrine for her at Sansera in Rajasthan. The next day morning the king informed a..

INTRODUCTION : Saraneshwar Mahadev Temple is an ancient famous Shiva temple, and it is located in Rajasthan. Lord Saraneshwara is the Kula deva for many ancient kings in Rajasthan, and still he is the Kula Deva for some community people in Rajasthan. Major renovation works were done to this temple during the16th century. A big Hanuman Idol welcomes us to the temple, and it is located in the outside of the temple. Along with the main Shiva Linga, hundreds of Shiva Lingas are found inside the temple. Few temple elephants also can be found nearby the entrance of the temple, and it warml..