Devotional

INTRODUCTION :Among god’s several creations, flowers are considered as the most beautiful thing, and it is auspicious, and used to decorate the deities of the gods and goddesses. Without the presence of flowers, there would be no puja performance to the deities. Each and every flower holds a special significance and must be chosen based on the requirement of the gods and goddesses. By adorning flowers to the god, he would get satisfied and would offer various boons to us, and our life would prosper and we would shine well in our career path.             ..

INTRODUCTION: Anna Nagar Ayyappan Temple is dedicated to Lord Ayyappan in Chennai. In the year 1979, the temple construction was started and the kumbabishekam and consecration of the idol were performed in the year 1984 by the temple management. In this temple separate shrines for Lord Ganesha, Muruga, Mata Durga, Navagraha and Sri Anjenaya were also found. In the year 2005, gold coating work of dwajasthambam was made. The temple is situated near the Anna Tower also known as Visveswarayya Tower.There is an auditorium, for conducting various spiritual programmes, musical concerts and religious ..

INTRODUCTION :Raghavendra Swamy Mutt is situated at Ayanavaram and it was built during the year 1982, and the temple is located nearby Ayanavaram Bus Terminus. Lot of devotees would visit this Mutt during Thursdays, and other auspicious festival days and lot of miracles were happened in the life of the devotees of Raghavendra after visiting this holy Mutt. The temple is situated in a large area, and a shrine of Lord Vinayaka is also located inside the temple complex. Annual Aradhana festival would be celebrated in a grand manner in this temple, and free food is offered for three days to all th..

INTRODUCTION :Nimi is considered as the king of Mithila  and he was the son of Ishvaku, and after his rule, several other kings were ruled the Kingdom of Mithila, and among them, the noble king Janaka also ruled Mithila, who was the father of Sita and the father-in-law of Lord Rama.Once Nimi performed Yagna and invited Sage Vasishtha  to conduct the Yagna. But Sage vasishtha had asked him to wait for some time, since he had already committed to conduct yagna for Lord Indra. But Nimi started conducting the Yagna through another priest, and this made Sage Vasishta to become angry with ..

INTRODUCTION : King Priyavrata was an ancient king who ruled almost the entire India before few thousands of years, and he ruled his kingdom in a well-versed manner. He was mastered in all kinds of arts and was a capable person in handling powerful weapons during the battle field. He was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, and built several Hindu temples. He took proper care towards his country’s people, and removed their problems, and gave all sorts of necessities in their life. After ruling the kingdom for several years, he lost attachment with the worldly objects, since he came to und..

INTRODUCTION: Maandhi and Kuligan are the sons of Lord Shani Bhagavan. Their idols are found along with Lord Shani and his two consorts in Ramanathaswami Temple at Thirunaraiyur, Tamilnadu. Maandhi and Kuligan were born from the powers of Lord Shani Dev, and they are associated mainly with south Indian astrology, especially in Kerala. It is told that, Maandi and Kuligan bring negative results to us. But it is not like that, they are the divine sons of the justice god Lord Shani Dev, and they would give good or bad results, only based on our past birth deeds. They contain their father..

INTRODUCTIONVinayak Reddy was a great devotee of Lord Saneeswaran and he was born in the year 1945 in Cuddapah at Andhra Pradesh. He belonged to a Reddy wealthy family, and his father was doing garment trading business at his own store. Vinayak was a good person and after finishing his studies, he joined along with his father’s business, and helped him to flourish the business. At his teenage, he got married and had a son with the name Ramgopal. His wife was a good natured lady and helped her husband in his business.When Ramgopal has attained the age of 5, he got admitted him in a good school,..

INTRODUCTION :Sundaram was a Vedic scholar and served as a freelance Purohit and he stayed at Thiruvallur. He used to visit his client’s houses and perform rituals such as Grihapravesam, Amavasai Tharpanam and Thevasam. He also used to perform marriages to his clients at the Mandaps. He used to charge only a nominal fee, and due to that, he got large number of clients. Generally while performing purohit service, he will used to take only Tiffen items and coffee and would not take lunch, since it was his habit. One day, he went to a famous astrologer’s house in Ambattur, and performed ritu..

INTRODUCTION :Subramanian was a college lecturer in Chennai, and he was born in an orthodox Brahmin family. He has completed his M.Com and finished M.Phil also. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Ayyappa and every year used to visit the Sabarimala temple during the Mandala season. He served in the college for a few years, and got good name through his good teaching. This was caused jealous among the other lecturers, and they made a plan to send him out, and one of the lecturers had kept his money purse in the bag of Subramanian, and started calling others and informed them that his purse wa..

INTRODUCTION :Maitreya was a great sage and he was mentioned in the Mahabharata. It is believed that he was one of the Vedic Rishis and also contains the features of Lord Brahma. During the Dwapara Yuga, he visited Hastinapur and advised Duryodhana to treat the Pandavas in a proper manner, and to give the share of ruling the kingdom to Pandavas, since Duryodana drove the pandavas out from his kingdom, after winning in the dice game, and pandavas went on exile to the forest. But, Duryodhana disrespected the sage, and due to that the sage cursed him to lose his life in the hands of Bhima d..