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INTRODUCTIONDasharatha was a descendant of the Ikshvaku dynasty and the king of Ayodhya who lived during the Treta Yuga. His birth name was Nemi.Dasharatha was the son of the great King Aja and Indumati. He had three wives and his sons were Rama , Bharatha, Lakshmana and Shatrughna. Dasharatha is a talented rider of his chariot which could move in all directions, and also would go to the divine worlds and return to the earth. He also helped the demi gods and fought with several dreaded demons and killed them in the war.Once, due to a help done by his wife Kaikeyi, towards winning in the war, D..
NTRODUCTIONDraupadi is the popular person in Mahabharata, and she is the sister of Lord Krishna. She is also considered as an aspect of Mata Parvati, and has got hundreds of temples all over India and also in some of the foreign countries. People are visiting and worshiping her shrines and their wishes are fulfilled by the grace of the holy mother Draupatiamman. She is worshiped as Panchaliamman, Mariamman and Draupati Amman. Many people worship her as their Kula Devata. She is also considered as Kali Mata, and popularly worshipped by Vanniar and Gounder sect of people of Tamil Nadu and Tigala..
INTRODUCTION: Once there lived a holy person Sri Bodhala Bawa in a small village at Maharashtra, and he was a small merchant, and an ardent devotee of Lord Vital of Pandharpur. He would visit regularly on every Ekadasi to Pandharipur and would have the darshan of Lord Vital at Pandharpur temple. In Ekadasi he and his wife would observe fasting, and take bath in the river chandrabaga, and then worship Lord Vital at the temple, and would stay in the temple during the night, and the next day dwadasi morning, he would offer food to at least two devotees at Pandharpur. For several years, he wa..
INTRODUCTION: Sri Kurmadas was born in a village at Maharashtra. He was born without having limbs in his hands and legs. Since from his childhood, he was an ardent devotee of Lord Vital. Once he got an opportunity to listen to the discourse on Lord Vital and was very much interested to reach the holy place, and to worship his beloved Pandurangan. He expressed his desire to the villagers, but they felt that it would be very difficult for him to reach Pandharpur, since he was a handicap person, and also pandharpur was far away from their village. But somehow he managed to go to Pandhari and..
INTRODUCTIONAkha Bhagat (1615-1674), also known as Akha Rahiyadas was a great Saint and Gujarati poet who wrote lot of divine texts. He was specialized for writing the poems in a simplified manner. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna.He was a goldsmith and lived in Ahmedabad. He was a disciple of Saint Gokulnath, and through his guidance, he has spread the Krishna Bhakti spirit among the masses. WORKS1. Panchikarana 2. Gurushishyasamvada 3. Akhe-gita4. Chittavichar Samvada 5. Santona Lakshano6. Anubhav Bindu 7. Avasthanirupan8. Kaivalya Git..
INTRODUCTIONDevaki is the daughter of Devak, the sister of Kamsa, wife of Vasudeva and the original mother of Lord Krishna. Since, king Kamsa had heard a divine voice from the sky that he is going to be killed by the eighth child of Devaki, he tortured them and killed their seven children, and put them in prison. And their eighth child Krishna was safely shifted to the palace of Nandagopa at Gokulam by Vasudeva. And Nandagopa’s female child was replaced in place of Krishna. While he attempted to kill the eighth child, the child which is the divine avatar of Mata Parvati, arouses int..
INTRODUCTIONShri.Gopalrao Mukund also known as Bapusaheb Buti lived in Nagpur and was an ardent devotee of SaiBaba. Though he was a rich person, he was a calm and kind hearted person, and helped the poor people by providing food, clothing and shelter to them. He has contained all the good qualities. He was very much praised by Baba for his good activities, and blessed him. He met SaiBaba in the year 1910, and from then onwards he stayed permanently in Shirdi along with his family to do service to Baba. Sai Baba used to fondly call him as “Butayya” and hug him with great affection.He would regu..
INTRODUCTION: Baba Balak Nath, is a great saint and well known for his yogic powers. He has incarnated in this Kali Yuga, in order to maintain peace and prosperity in the earth. He was considered as an incarnation of Lord Muruga. He was good at meditation and yoga.Baba Balak Nath is the forgiver of our sins, removes our mind and body related diseases and gives great strength and energy in our life, and the giver of boons. He is the follower of Nath Sect.According to legend, when once, Lord Shiva was sharing the spiritual matters with Mata Parvati in the cave of Amarnath, Parvati fell asle..
INTRODUCTIONArundhati is the wife of the sage Vashistha, and she is considered to be living in the Saptharishi Mandala, along with her husband Vashistha. We can see the rishi couples in the form of stars in the sky. She is considered as a pious woman with regard to chasteness and holiness. Her importance is mentioned in ancient puranas and other holy texts. She is considered as the “MARVELLOUS GEM AMONG THE WOMEN”, and considers as a worshipful women. It is advisable for the newly married ladies, to worship Mata Arundhati, in order to get her blessings and to gain all the prosperities in..
INTRODUCTIONAngada is a vanara who helped Rama to find Sita and fought with Ravana.He was the son of Vali and Tara and nephew of Sugriva.Angada insisted Sugriva to immediately arrange the monkey army troupe in order to battle with Ravana and to get back Mata Sita from Ravana. Angada helped his level best during the Ramayana War.He got great energy, strength and boldness.In the Ramayana war that took place, Angada killed many great warriors of Ravana’s army, including, Ravana's son, and the army general of Ravana.After the completion of the war, Angada was praised by all the Vanaras and by Lord..