Devotional

INTRODUCTION: Bhakt Prahalad is considered as an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, and he is praised for his great bhakti similar to Narada, Dhuruva and other Bhagavathas. He was born in the Krita Yuga also known as Satya Yuga to the demon king, Hiranya Kasipu, and later his father was killed by Lord Narasimha, and he was crowned by Lord Brahma himself and became a king of the entire world. He ruled his kingdom in a proper manner, and done lot of welfare activities for the people, and provided Lord Vishnu’s holy prasad to his people on a daily basis, and developed the “VISHNU BHAKTI SPI..

INTRODUCTION :Worshiping the gods and goddesses forms a part and parcel of our life. Without praying to the god, we cannot keep our feeling and difficulties within ourselves. Hence prayer is a must for each and every person belonging to different religions also. We are living our life happily or sorrowfully based on our past birth karmas. Though we cannot entirely remove our sins by worshiping the god, at least we would be able to get the courage and strength in our mind and body, and we would be able to withstand in our life without much difficulty. We would feel a sense of satisfaction, that..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Ramanuja who was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, once while he was travelling to Melkote at Karnataka, Lord Vishnu, in his dream had appeared and told to him that the utsava-murti  of Sri Cheluva Narayana in Melkote, was stolen by the Moguls, and it was kept in Delhi. Sri Ramanuja immediately went to the palace of sultan and requested him to return the deity. The sultan told to him, that the deity was safely kept by the princess, and in order to test the powers of Ramanuja, he further told to him, that if he wanted to take the deity, the deity must automatically ..

INTRODUCTION : Gandhari plays an important role in the Mahabharata. She was a princess of Gandhara and the wife of Dhritrashtra, the blind king of Hastinapura, and the mother of the Kauravas. She was well known for her chastity, purity and holiness, and praised as a pious woman among the three worlds in the heaven as well as in the earth.She acts as an example for others, which in this modern day life, we can’t even imagine such a great sacrifice which she has done that after marrying the blind king Dhristrashtra, she also remained as a blind woman by tying her eyes in a cloth in order to..

INTRODUCTION : Anjana is the mother of Lord Hanuman, and lived during the Treta yuga.According to ancient legend, Anjana in her previous birth was a celestial dancer in the heaven, and due to a curse she was born on earth as a pious vanara lady and married Kesari, a vanara king. Vayu Bhagawan, the wind god, carried the spiritual powers of Lord Shiva to Anjana's womb, and thus Hanuman was born as an avatar of Lord Shiva. The Anjaneyadri hill in Karnataka is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Hanuman.In Himachal Pradesh, Goddess Anjana is worshiped as a family deity and a temple is dedic..

INTRODUCTION : Guhai Namasivaya (15th century AD) was a great Shaivite poet and a saint who lived in Tiruvannamalai, and written lot of spiritual poems on Lord Shiva, and sung in praise of him in the holy Arunachala temple, and meditated for a long time in a cave on Arunachala and due to that, he was called as Guhai Namasivaya. Guhai Namasivaya’s disciple was Guru Namasivaya who was also an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and done great service to his guru till his death.LIFEGuhai Namasivaya was born in Karnataka to a holy Virasaivite family. At his younger age itself, he was very sinc..

INTRODUCTION : As per Ramayana, Nala  was the son of Vishwakarma and is a vanara, and he is considered to be the ancient civil engineer towards building the Rama Setu, a bridge across the ocean between Rameswaram  and Lanka, in order to make the forces of Rama to easily reach to Lanka. The bridge is also called as Nala Setu, the bridge of Nala. He also took the help of another vanara Nila in building the bridge. Nala is mentioned as the great architect of the vanaras. Nala is also said to have fought with the army troops and killed many warriors of the Ravana’s army.The Ananda R..

INTRODUCTION : Narayan Govind Chandorkar also called as Nanasaheb Chandorkar, was a sincere devotee of Sai Baba. He was born in a pious Hindu family. His parents used to offer free food to the poor people on a daily basis, and perform Narayana Puja at their home. His father worked in the central government and built a home at Kalyan and still his descendants are living in that home.After completing his graduation, he served as an officer under the British Rule. Due to his good service, he has got promotions, and attained a top position in the British government. He was a great scholar, an..

INTRODUCTION: Sattam Maharaj was born in a small village at Maharashtra during the year 1877 to a pious family and his family members were ardent devotees of Lord Shiva, and they would daily perform puja at their home, and offer food to the poor people. He was born through the grace of Lord Shiva. Sattam Maharaj also participates in the puja and spent several hours in the Shiva temple by doing meditation and worshiping the god. He was good at education and learnt all the Hindu scriptures and was an expert in all kinds of arts and proficient in regional languages. His birth name was Shanka..

INTRODUCTION : Revati, is the daughter of King Kakudmi and the wife of Lord Balarama, the elder brother of Krishna. She is mentioned in the Mahabharata and Bhagavata Purana.Revati was the only daughter of King Kakudmi, a ruler of Kusasthali kingdom. In order to find a proper match for his daughter, Kakudmi took Revati with him to Brahmaloka to seek Lord Brahma’s advice for finding a suitable husband for Revati.When they arrived at the brahma’s abode, Brahma was watching the performance of the celestial musicians, and hence they waited patiently until the performance was finished. Then, Ka..