Devotional

INTRODUCTION: Marundeeswarar Temple is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai. It is one of the Paadal Petra Sthalams and the great nayanar saints Appar and Tirugnana Sambandar have sung about the importance of this temple. The temple has been reconstructed and renovated by the Chola kings during the 11th century.  The Marundeeswarar temple is considered as a place of worship for the people with dreaded diseases, and many people have shared their experiences about the holiness of the temple, and their relief from various diseases after visiting this temp..

NTRODUCTION :Lord Jagannath also called as Puri Jagannath, Panduranga, Vittala and Vithoba is an incarnation of Sree Krishna Bhagavan. The Jagannath temple is situated in puri, odhisha and it is a very famous one among the hindu devotees. Every year, during the rath yatra festival, lakhs of pilgrims would visit this temple to get the divine vision of the gods and the goddess. By seeing the darshan of the divine deities, Lord Jagannath, Lord Balarama and Goddess Ma Subhadra we would forget our worries and our miseries and sorrows would come to an end. The deities are decorated with beautiful cl..

INTRODUCTION :Mahabali is also known as Bali is the son of Virochana and he was a noble Daitya King. He is the grandson of Bhakta Prahlada. The festival of Onam is celebrated in Kerala towards honouring him and welcoming him to the homes of the Kerala people.Mahabali was the son of Devamba and Virochana. He grew up under the guidance of his grandfather, Prahlada, who helped him to lead the spiritual path. He learnt all the divine scriptures at his younger age itself, and was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, similar to his father and grandfather.After the death of his father Virochana, he took c..

INTRODUCTION : Nala, is the king of Nishadha Kingdom and the son of Veerasena. Nala is skilled in dealing with horses and was an expert in cooking. He was married to princess Damayanti, and their details were mentioned in the Mahabharata. He was suffered by the influence of “KALI PURUSHA”. He was also the author of the cookery book, Pakadarpanam.Once all the demi gods were willing to marry Damayanti due to her good qualities and good appearance. But she ignored the demi gods and chosen Nala as her husband. On hearing about this, “KALI PURUSHA”, was got angered and punished Damayanti by gi..

INTRODUCTION : In the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, there is a deity of Kaduthaswamy who acts as a guardian for Lord Ayyappa and also helps the devotees to get the divine vision of Lord Ayyappa, and also protects the devotees from thieves, ill health and gives great mental strength to visit the holy temple and to worship the great god Ayyappa.According to legend, Kadutha was a great warrior and helped the Pandalam king to defeat the enemies. When Kadutha came to the sabarimala temple, he doesn’t want to leave from that place, since he was very much attached to Ayyappa and still he is staying..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Kalyana Venkateswaraswamy Temple is located at Narayanavanam, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Kalyana Venkateswara, an aspect of Lord Vishnu. The temple is situated near puttur. According to legend, it is believed that Lord Venkateswara married Padmavati at this place and then went to Tirumala. Narayanavanam was then ruled by the great King Akasaraja.  Akasaraja conducted the marriage of his daughter Padmavati, at this holy place. The temple was established in the year 1541 AD, and it is also believed that the templ..

INTRODUCTION : Hariharananda Giri (1907–2002), was a great spiritual master and saint who taught yoga, meditation and spirituality to the people in India and also to the people of foreign countries. His birth name was Rabindranath Bhattacharya, and born in Nadia district, West Bengal. He served as the chief of the Kriya Yoga Institute, United States.  He was a direct disciple of Sri Yukteswar Giri. LIFEHariharananda Giri, also called as baba, due to his spiritual powers, was a master in Kriya Yoga, and a great devotee of Sri Mahavatar Babaji. He contains great yogic powers simil..

INTRODUCTIONGanapati Muni (1878–1936), was a disciple and devotee of Sri Ramana Maharshi. His birth name was Ganapathi Sastry.Ganapati Muni was born in a village in Andhra Pradesh in the year 1878. He had studied well and learned the basic education along with the divine scriptures like Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas. At his teenage, he was very much interested in spirituality and left his home and went on pilgrimage to holy places like dwaraka, puri and rameswaram and performed severe meditation on god. At Varanasi, he well studied sanskrit language and got the title 'Kavyakantha'.  From ..

INTRODUCTIONDaskanu is an ardent devotee of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba and lived during the period of Sai Baba. He was the main person towards delivering the teachings of sai baba to the general public. His sincere service to sai baba cannot be forgotten by the devotees of sai baba. Those who read the life history of Shirdi baba would have studied the details of Daskanu also. Among saibaba’s disciples, daskanu has occupied a prominent role in serving sai as well as spreading his messages throughout the shirdi.He was the main person for making 'Baba' a familiar name in Maharashtra. His full name was G..

INTRODUCTION : Chattampi Swamikal (1853-1924) was a Hindu sage, philosopher and a social reformer. He was against caste discrimination. He fought for the welfare of the poor, and also given help to the poor and widowed women and provided food, clothes and shelter to the poor and the homeless people. He was interested in yoga and meditation, and taught it to the common people.He along with his friend and a great spiritual person, Sri Narayana Guru, tried to improve the living standard of the people in kerala. He also worked for the welfare of women and given sufficient financial aid for co..