Devotional

INTRODUCTION :Sri Reddiapatti Swamigal(1856-1923) was born in a village in Tamil Nadu, who lived a  saintly life, and implicated certain teachings for the well-being of the people in this Kali Yuga. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Vinayaka. His teachings are simple and straight forward in nature, and focuses on spirituality, good behavior, obedience and honesty. The collection of his teachings, are known as Divine Law. During his period, he showered his kindness to everyone and treated all of his devotees in a proper manner. His main objective is to raise the living standard of the ..

INTRODUCTION : Puja means expressing our love and devotion on god by doing certain kind of activities, like worshiping the god by chanting his names, performing deeparadanai, abhishekham and doing homams in the temples. There are various types of puja like Shiva Puja, Satyanarayana puja, Lakshmi puja, durga puja etc. Whatever puja we performs, we must do it with sincere dedication and devotion on god, and must have utmost faith on him. We should not lose our hope and keep on worshiping him even while doing our daily routines.By performing puja to the deities, we would feel a sense of sati..

INTRODUCTION : Manjula was a noble girl who lived in a village near Guruvayur. She got the habit of daily submitting beautiful flower garlands to the Lord in the Guruvayur temple at night. One day night, when she arrived near the temple with her garlands, she found that the temple was closed. She was very much worried and began to weep, and she finally placed the garland near the banyan tree, and consoled herself, that the Lord had accepted her offering, since he is everywhere. Next day morning, the temple Priest found one beautiful garland in the neck of the Lord, and it could not b..

INTRODUCTION : Kaniyappa Swamigal was born in the year 1902 into a pious Mudaliar Family. From his childhood itself, he was very much interested in seeking spiritual enlightenment, and visited nearby temples of Lord Shiva and done severe meditation. After completing his basic education, he has joined in a circus company, and traveled throughout India. At his teenage, he left his job and become a saint and awakened his Kundalini power, and also helped others to reach the spiritual ladder. He stayed in north Chennai and propagated the importance of Hinduism and gave lectures on Shiva P..

INTRODUCTION :Sri Krishnaveni Ammal, was a woman saint who lived in the mountain caves in Papanasam, Tirunelveli District.  She was fondly called by her devotees as "Vana Devathai". She has been lonely living in the caves since from her younger age. She didn’t get afraid of anyone and considers herself as the child of the Siddhar Saints. She would take only simple food like fruits, milk and biscuits and would offer a portion of her food to the crows and dogs. Mostly she would sits in deep meditation, and chants the mantras of Lord Shiva. Lot of devotees were shared their joyful moments af..

INTRODUCTION : Few hundred years back, there lived a staunch devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan, and his name was Sri Mallisseri Namboodiri, who was the chief cook in the Guruvayur Temple. Once he was supposed to prepare food for 1000 devotees in the next day morning, for which the food items had been provided to him by a devotee. That time, one of his assistant, Sri Krishna was taken sick leave. Namboodiri was no other option except to chant the Lord’s glories during the night. The next day morning, to his great surprise, his assistant was returned to duty, and prepared food for the 1000 dev..

INTRODUCTION :According to legend, Karkotaka was an ancient Naga King who lived in a forest near the Nishadha Kingdom. He was a friend of the mighty king Nala, and helped him to join with his wife Dhamayanti.Generally, Karkotaka is believed to be an arrogant snake. But it is not correct. Karkotaka acted arrogantly only with his enemies, and contains very good qualities. He is a friend of Lord Indra, and considered as a great Naga king, and a sincere devotee of Lord Vishnu. Now he is living in the nether world, Naga Lok.He was mentioned in several ancient Hindu and Buddhist texts. He looks very..

INTRODUCTION :Kandaradhiththa chola is an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva and used to sing songs in praise of Lord Shiva in the temples, and gives good support and provide sufficient food to the Shiva Devotees. He has also contributed a portion of songs in the famous Shaivite text thiruvichaippa. He was the king of the Chola Dynasty and he properly ruled the kingdom during 10th century AD. His wife was Chembiyan Maadeviyar, was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and a pious and beautiful chaste woman, who lived a prosperous life along with her husband, and considered as a great queen among the peop..

INTRODUCTION : Kaduveli Siddhar was born in a village in Tindivanam and performed several miracles even at his younger age itself. He was a great devotee of Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati and has written many songs and sung in praise of them. He went to Thanjavur and Kanchipuram and performed severe meditation on Lord Shiva. He has done lot of wonders in the life of his devotees such as removing the evil spirits from the body of the devotees, giving sufficient energy in the mind and body, and giving spiritual lectures among the people.According to him, one can attain SALVATION   by..

INTRODUCTION : According to Ramayana, Kabandha was a demon, who was previously lived as a Gandharva with the name “DANU” in the Gandharva Loka, and used to sing songs in praise of Lord Vishnu. Once he got several boons from Lord Brahma, after performing severe penance. After containing great powers through his boons, he attacked Lord Indra, in order to capture his Indra Loka. Lord Indra was very angry, and cursed him to become an ugly demon. Since he was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, Lord Vishnu fell pity on him, and appeared before him, and informed that during his Rama Avatar, he wo..