Devotional

INTRODUCTION:Sri Varadendra Theertha (18th century AD) was a great Madhwa saint and lived in Pune. His disciple Bhuvanendratheertha had built the pune Mutt for his guru. He was a great scholar and well-versed in Sanskrit language. His predecessor of the Mutt was Sri Vasudheendra Teertharuand his successor of the Mutt was Sri Dheerendra Teertharu, and his Samadhi Shrine is situated atPune. He had won in the debates held with great scholars. He had maintained the Pune Mutt in a proper manner, and performed puja to Lord Moolarama, Krishna and other deities with much devotion. He travell..

INTRODUCTION :Once there lived a holy priest and served in the Guruvayur Temple to Lord Guruvayurappan. His name was Nenmini. He was very pious and a kind hearted person. He had one young son whose name was Unni, and he used to help his father in his puja activities. Once, since the priest wants to go somewhere urgently, he asked his son to do puja and to offer Prasad to the Lord. The young boy agreed, and done puja in a wonderful manner and decorated the idol of the Lord with various flowers and flower garlands and burnt the agarbathies and camphor, and showed deeparadhana to the Lord, and fi..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Nadana Gopala Nayaki Swamigal was born in Madurai in a Saurashtra Family before few hundred years. He has considered himself as the consort of Lord Krishna, and used to appear like that. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna, and sung several songs on him. He also wrote a text mentioning the greatness of Sri Ramanuja, and explained the importance of Guru Bhakti. He insists us to worship Lord Krishna and Ramanuja for getting great prospects in our life, and to get SALVATION after the end of our life.He used to perform bhajans in the Krishna temples and perform pujas a..

INTRODUCTION :Tholaikadhu Siddhar was a great siddhar who lived in Pondicherry before 300 years, and he stayed in the Manakkula Vinayaka Temple and performed meditation on Lord Vinayaka and got great powers. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Vinayaka who would regularly pluck flowers in the early morning from the nearby flower garden and perform puja to Lord Vinayaka. He used to eat only fruits and milk which was offered to him by the devotees of Lord Vinayaka. During his period, he has removed the sufferings of the people, and removed the mental worries and physical diseases and made them..

INTRODUCTION :Thilakavathiyar (7th century AD) was a great Shiva devotee and she was born in a Vellalar family in a village in Tamilnadu. Her parents were also ardent devotees of Lord Shiva, and her brother was Marulneekkiyar, who was later known as Thirunavukarasar. She was very religious, and used to regularly worship Lord Shiva in the temples and at her home. She also offered food to the poor people along with her family on a daily basis. At her teenage, she got married with Sri Kalipagai, who was the army chief of the Pallava King. He was cunningly killed by the enemy army forces duri..

INTRODUCTION : Several centuries ago, there lived a Siddhar in Madurai known as Sri Vallaba Siddhar, and he was considered as an incarnation of Lord Shiva. He was an ardent Shiva devotee and contains great spiritual powers. He has healed the people from diseases and spread the bhakti on Lord Shiva among the people. Once, he has helped a Shiva devotee to sculpt an idol of Lord Shiva through his spiritual powers. He also performed Annadanam to lot of Shiva devotees in the Shiva temples. He was good at meditation and yoga. He has renovated many ancient Shiva temples through the donation..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Bade Swamy(19th century) was born and brought up in a village in Villupuram District. Though by birth, he was a Muslim, he was a great saint and was against caste, creed and religion. He removed the sufferings of the people belonged to different religions. He has performed many miracles in the life of his devotees. Similar to Shirdi Baba, he used to give holy sacred ash to his devotees, and those who consume it with water, would immediately get relieved from their health related problems and would become healthier. He also embraces the devotees with his golden hands, an..

INTRODUCTION :Somappa Swamigal, was a great saint who was born in Madurai, and at his teenage, he went to Thirukkoodal Malai, Madurai, and settled there. He was taken care by the great saint Sri Mayandi Swamigal and his devotee Irulappa Konar. He was properly fed by Sri Irulappa Konar and his descendants.Somappa Swamigal has got many devotees, and would affectionately call his devotees using their own name, even without asking their names. He has done this, through his great spiritual powers. He has blessed his devotees with all sorts of prosperities in their life.Somappa Swamigal was very muc..

INTRODUCTION :Several centuries back, there lived a siddhar in Tamil Nadu known as Punnakisar. He was brought up by his mother, and she used to serve him with the “KRISHNA TEMPLE HOLY PRASAD” from his younger age itself. He will go along with her to the Krishna temple and eagerly worships the great Lord Sri Krishna. After his mother’s death, he left his home and sat inside the hole of a fig tree and performed intense meditation on Lord Krishna for several days. He was also a devotee of Lord Shiva.After finishing his meditation, he will used to cry saying “Oh Lord Krishna, I am feeling very hun..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Mannuruti Swamigal (20th century) was lived in Pondicherry and used to wander in the streets of Pondicherry and finally settled in his devotee’s house at Pondicherry. He was born in Pondicherry into a pious Hindu family, but left his house at his younger age towards seeking spirituality. Initially people didn’t realize his powers and thought that he was a mad man, but after seeing his spiritual powers, they have regarded him as a great saint. For his sincere devotees he used to give the holy vibudhi (Sacred ash) as prasadam. Those who consume it with water would be..