Devotional

INTRODUCTION : Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (1868–1953) was the Pontiff of the Jyotir Math  in India. His birth name was Rajaram. He was born into a Brahmin family, and he left home at his younger age towards interest in spirituality. After some time, he became a disciple of Swami Krishnananda Saraswati. He has become a holy saint and the Chief of the Jyotir Math in 1941. He was called as Maha Yogi Raj and as Guru Dev by his disciples and devotees.Some of his disciples were 1. Swami Shantanand Saraswati.  2. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.3. Svami Swarupananda Sarasvati. 4...

INTRODUCTION : Bhaskararaya (1690–1785) is a great devotee of mother Adhi Parasakthi. He was born in Andhra Pradesh, was patronised by the kings of South India, due to his great efficiency in all subjects and he settled down in Tamil Nadu.  According to several indian and foreign scholars, Bhaskararaya was a great saint and also a great writer and an independent thinker.Bhaskararaya had written vedic texts, poems on gods and goddesses and sanskrit documents. His major works are focussed mainly on composing poems in praise of Mata Parvati Devi. He died at the ripe age of 95, and it is..

INTRODUCTION : Bayajabai also called fondly as Bayaja Maa became a resident of Shirdi after she married Sree Ganapath Patil. She was a sincere and a dutiful wife and she also provided food to all the guests and other living creatures like dogs, cats and birds, especially to crows. She only first saw “SAI BABA” when he was meditating under a neem tree. From then onwards, she started serving him by showing her affection and bhakti on him. She will used to serve Baba with great care. She was very affectionate towards Saibaba and considered him as her own brother. Without offering food to ba..

INTRODUCTION : Saraswati is the goddess of education and arts. She is the consort of Lord Brahma and resides in Satya Loka. She is worshiped similar to Mata Parvati and Lakshmi. Though there are independent temples dedicated to her in India, she is worshiped in separate shrines in shiva and Vishnu temples. She is also mentioned in the Rigveda and in other ancient sacred Hindu texts. Several sages and saints were praised her glory and got liberated by her. Generally she is depicted in the pictures as carrying a veena in her two hands, and holding a japa mala and divine books in her ot..

INTRODUCTION : Lord Vithoba, is a Hindu god mostly worshiped by the people of Maharashtra. He is the incarnation of Lord Krishna. Vithoba is often depicted as a smiling handsome young man by keeping his two arms on his hip, and appears with his consort Mata Rukmani.Pandharpur Vittal Rumani Mandir is the main temple for Lord Vittal. Daily lot of devotees are visiting this shrine for getting the divine blessings of Lord Vittal. People in Pandharpur worship Lord Vittal as their Kula Deva along with their original Kula Devata. Lord Krishna took the incarnation as Vittal to visit his devotee p..

INTRODUCTION : Savata Mali was a Hindu saint and an ardent devotee of Lord Vithoba. He was born in 1250 in a village near pandharpur. He was a friend and an admirer of Namdev, a devotee of Vithoba.At his younger age itself, Savata has got married to a pious and a holy lady from a nearby village named Janabai, who is also a great devotee of Lord Vithoba. Savata Mali has got sufficient agricultural lands. Even while working in his fields he will used to sing about the glory of Lord Vithoba. It is believed that Savata Mali and his wife Janabai had got the darshan of Lord Vithoba in their hou..

INTRODUCTION:Varahi Devi is one among the seven mother goddesses in the Hindu religion. With the head of a boar, Varahi is the female aspect of Varaha, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. Varahi is worshiped by the hindus throughout india and by the Buddhist people in a different name. Her origin was found in ancient vedas and hindu sacred texts. She was described as a beautiful goddess, wearing red garments and sitting in the lotus flower. Her face shines as equivalent to that of millions of suns and she wears diamond ornaments on her neck, and carries various weapons on her several hands and protects ..

INTRODUCTION : Purandara Dasa (1484-1564) was a devotee of Lord Vishnu, and a poet and saint. He was the disciple of the great saint Sree Vyasatirtha, and along with Kanakadasa he has written many bhakti songs on Lord Hari. Vyasatirtha, has praised him for his great efficiency in writing and singing songs in praise of Lord Vishnu. He contributed a lot to the Carnatic music. He is also praised by the people as the master of Carnatic music. He is considered as an avatar of the divine sage Narada Maharishi, also known as Devarishi Narada.Purandara Dasa was a big merchant of gold, silver and ..

INTRODUCTION: Matangi Devi is one among the Mahavidyas, and contains the features of Parvati, the Holy Mother. She is also described as an aspect of Goddess Saraswati. Similar to Saraswati, she is the god for education, music, wisdom, courage and knowledge. By worshiping her we can acquire great powers, and can safeguard ourselves from enemies, reach the top position in our life, moving with others in a pleasing manner and obtain good knowledge in all the subjects.Matangi is considered as the goddess of impurity and unhygienic. She is offered with the left-over food or spoiled food. Matan..

INTRODUCTIONKochchenganan was an ancient chola king. He was supposed to have lived before several thousands of years ago. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and spent his life towards devoting Lord Shiva in shiva temples and offering various puja services and performed abhishekhams and homams to please the god. He also ruled his kingdom in a proper manner, and provided all the amenities to his people. He had given a golden rule without causing any difficulties to the people of his kingdom.He was mentioned in the Sangam poetry. He was praised by the great poet Poygaiyar for his efficient r..