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ON HOLY GOOD FRIDAY

March 29th, 2013
ON  HOLY GOOD FRIDAY

May His Blessings Shine Upon You ! Blessings Of The Lord...YouIn His Loving Care...Love Of Our Savior...
 
Nine requisites for contented living
 

 
1. Health enough to make work a pleasure
 
2. Wealth enough to support your needs.
 
3. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them.
4. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them
 
5.Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished.

6. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor.
 
7. Loveenough to move you to be useful and helpful to others.
8. Faith enough to make real the things of God.
 
9. Hopeenough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.
 

All About Good Friday

GOOD FRIDAY HISTORY, INFORMATION


GOOD FRIDAY DEFINITION AND SUMMARY

BASIC FACTS ABOUT GOOD FRIDAY






INTRODUCTION

Good Friday, the Friday within Holy Week, is traditionally a time of fasting and penance, commemorating the anniversary of Christ’s crucifixion and death. The evening (at sunset) of Good Friday begins the second day of the Triduum. Good Friday worship services begin in the afternoon at 3:00 (the time Jesus likely died). Various traditions and customs are associated with the Western celebration of Good Friday. The singing (or preaching) of the Passion of St. John’s gospel consists of reading or singing parts of John’s gospel. The Veneration of the Cross is also common, where Christians approach a wooden cross and venerate it. In addition to these traditions, Holy Communion with the reserved host is practiced. In the modern Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, no Masses are said on Good Friday or Holy Saturday therefore the reser ved host from the Holy Maunday Mass is used. This is called the “Mass of the Pre-Sanctified.” Another service started by the Jesuit Alphonso Messia in 1732, now less common, the Tre Ore or “Three Hours,” is often held from noon until 3:00PM, and consists of seven sermons on the seven last words of Christ. This service has been popular in many Protestant churches. Good Friday, along with Ash Wednesday, is an official fast day of the Catholic Church.
The Eastern Churches have different customs for the day they call “the Great Friday.” The Orthodox Church begins the day with Matins (Morning Prayer), where the “Twelve Gospels” is chanted, which consists of 12 passages drawn from the Passion narratives. In the morning, the “Little Hours” follow one after the other, consisting of Gospel, Epistle, and Prophet readings. Vespers (Evening Prayer) ends with a solemn veneration of the epitaphion, an embroidered veil containing scenes of Christ’s burial. Compline (Night Prayer) includes a lamentation placed on the Virgin Mary’s lips. On Good Friday night, a symbolic burial of Christ is performed. Traditionally, Chaldean and Syrian Christians cease using their customary Shlama greeting (”peace be with you”) on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, because Judas greeted Christ this way. They use the phrase “The light of God be with your departed ones” instead. In Russia, the tradition is to bring out a silver coffin, bearing a cross, and surrounded with candles and flowers. The faithful creep on their knees and kiss and venerate the image of Christ’s body painted on the “winding sheet” (shroud).


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Deepavali is celebrated throughout India on the 15th day of the month Kartik (October/November) in the Hindu calendar, a Lunisolar calendar which is based on the positions of moon & sun. It falls on Amavasya (Ammavaasa), the new moon night, that ends the month of Ashwin (Ashvin/Aasho/Aswayuja) and begins the month of Kartika. The 5 day festival begins on the 13th day in the dark half of Ashwin and ends on the 2nd day in the bright half of Kartika. As the calculation is primarily based on the moon.

 

11 November, 2012 - Dhanteras
 

12 November, 2012 - Choti Diwali / Kali Chaudas / Naraka Chaturdashi 

14 November, 2012 - Padwa & Govardhan Puja / Pratipat 

15 November, 2012 - Bhai Duj / Bhhaya Dooj / Bhai Beej
 

Deewali is a festival of joy, splendor, brightness and happiness. It is the festival of lights and is celebrated with great enthusiasm by all Indians all over the world. The uniqueness of this festival is its harmony of five varied philosophies, with each day to a special thought or ideal. People celebrate each of its five days of festivities with true understanding, it will uplift and enrich the lives.


The First day of Diwali ::: Dhanteras

The first day of Diwali is called Dhanvantari Triodashi or Dhanwantari Triodashi also called Dhan Theras. It is in fact the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksh, the dark fortnight of the month of Kartik. On this day, Lord Dhanwantari came out of the ocean with Ayurvedic for mankind. This day marks the beginning of deepawali celebrations.
 

On this day at sunset, Hindus should bathe and offer a lighted deeya with Prasad (sweets offered at worship time) to Yama Raj, the Lord of Death and pray for protection from untimely death. This offering should be made near a Tulsi tree, the Holy Basil or any other sacred tree that one might have in their yard.

The second day of Diwali ::: Choti Diwali

The second day of Diwali is called Narak Chaturdasi. On this day Lord Krishna destroyed the demon Narakasur and made the world free from fear. On this day, one should massage the body with oil to relieve it of tiredness, bathe and rest so that Diwali can be celebrated with vigor and devotion.
 

On this night, Yama Deeya should not be lit. The Shastras (Laws of Dharma) declares that Yama Deeya should be offered on Triodashi night with Prasad. Some people mistook it to mean that because Yama Deeya was lit on that night, that it should always be lit on the night before deepavali. This is absolutely not true. It is advisable that one consults with a learned Pandit or Hindu Astrologer for proper guidance on this matter.

The third day of Diwali ::: Lakshmi Pooja on Diwali
This is the day when worship unto Mother Lakshmi is performed. Hindus cleanse themselves and join with their families and their Pandit (priest) and they worship the divine Goddess Lakshmi to achieve the blessings of wealth and prosperity, the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.
On this day, Govardhan Pooja is performed. Many thousands of years ago, Lord Krishna caused the people of Vraja to perform Govardhan Pooja. From then on, every year Hindus worship Govardhan to honor that first Pooja done by the people of Vraja.

The fifth day of Diwali ::: Bhai Duj
The fifth day of the Diwali is called . This is the day after Goverdhan Pooja is performed and normally two days after Diwali day. It is a day dedicated to sisters. Many moons ago, in the Vedic era, Yama (Yamraj, the Lord of death) visited his sister Yamuna on this day. He gave his sister a Vardaan (a boon) that whosoever visits her on this day shall be liberated from all sins. They will achieve Moksha or final emancipation. From then on, brothers visit their sisters on this day to enquire of their welfare.
 

This day marks the end of the five days of deepavali celebrations. This is also known as Bhai fota among Bengalis. Bhai fota is an event especially among Bengalis when the sister prays for her brother’s safety, success and well being.




Go over ten mythical and 

historical reasons why Diwali 

(Deepavali) is celebrated 

annually. 

1) Goddess Lakshmi’s Birthday : On this very Diwali day, the Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi is said to have been incarnated from the depth of the bottomless ocean. The Hindu scriptures tell us that both Devas(gods) and Asuras (demons) were mortal (Mrita) at one point of time. Seeking a deathless condition (Amarattva), they churned the ocean to seek Amrita, the nectar of immortality (an event mentioned in the Hindu scriptures as “Samudra-manthan”), during which a host of divine celestial objects came up. Prime among these was Goddess Lakshmi, the daughter of the king of the milky ocean, who arose on the new moon day (amaavasyaa) of the Kartik month. She was subsequently married to Lord Vishnu on the same darkest night of the year and brilliant lamps were illuminated and placed in rows to mark this holy occassion. 


Hence the association of Diwali with Goddess Lakshmi and the tradition of lighting of lamps and candles during the festival. To this day, Hindus celebrate the birth of the goddess Lakshmi and her marriage to Lord Vishnu on Diwali and seek her blessings for the coming year. 


2) The Legend of King Mahabali : The Bhagavata Purana (also known as Srimad Bhagavatam), the most sacred Hindu text, reveals how on a Diwali day Lord Vishnu, in his fifth incarnation as Vaman-avtaara, rescued Lakshmi from the prison of King Bali during the Treta Yug. Bali, or rather King Mahabali, was a powerful demon king who ruled the earth. Powered by a boon granted to him by Lord Brahma, Bali was invincible and even gods failed to defeat him in battles. Although a wise and perfect king otherwise, Mahabali was violent in his ways with the Devas (gods). On their insistence, Lord Vishnu disguised himself as a short Brahmin and approached Bali for some charity. The righteous and benevolent King couldn’t refuse the Brahmin’s offer and was tricked into giving up his kingship and wealth (of which Lakshmi is said to be the Goddess). Diwali marks this overcoming of Mahabali by Lord Vishnu and this is another reason why Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped on Diwali. 


In Kerala, the festival of ‘Onam’ is celebrated around the month of August to mark this legend. 


3) The Killing of Narakasura: The Bhagavata Purana tells us about Narakasura, an evil demon king who had managed to acquire awesome powers. Unrivalled in prowess, he conquered both the heavens and earth and was tyrannical in his reign. Addicted to power, he even stole the earrings of Aditi, the heavenly mother goddess, and usurped some of her territory. When Lord Vishnu was incarnated as Krishna in the Dwapara Yuga, he killed Narakasura on the day preceding Diwali and rescued 16,000 women whom the demon had imprisoned in his palace. The deliverance from the terrible Narakasura was celebrated with much grandeur, a tradition that continues to this day. 


However, another version of the story credits Lord Krishna’s wife Sathyabhama as the one who eliminated Narakasura. It is said that Narakasura could only be killed by his mother Bhudevi and as Satyabhama was an incarnation of the same Bhudevi, she only could kill him. Before death, however, Narakasura realized his mistake and requested a boon from Satyabhama that everyone should celebrate his death with colorful light. To commemorate his death, the event is celebrated in some parts of India as Naraka Chaturdasi, two days before Diwali day.    Click here for the details


4) The Return of the Pandavas: The great Hindu epic `Mahabharata’ reveals that it was `Kartik Amavashya’ (the new moon day of the Kartik month) when the Pandavas appeared from their 12 years of banishment as a result of their defeat in the hands of the Kauravas at the game of dice (gambling). The five Pandava brothers, their mother and their wife Draupadi were honest, kind, gentle and caring in their ways and were loved by all their subjects. To celebrate the joyous occassion of their return to Hastinapura and to welcome back the Pandavas, the common people illuminated their state by lighting bright earthen lamps everywhere. And the tradition is maintained to this day. 


5) The Victory of Rama: The great Hindu epic `Ramayana’ describes how Lord Ram (the incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the Treta Yug) conquered Lanka after vanquishing the evil King Ravana and after passing a period of of fourteen years in exile returned to his capital Ayodhya on a new moon day of Kartik with wife Sita and brother Lakshman. To celebrate the homecoming of their beloved king, the people of Ayodhya burst crackers, lit up their houses with earthen lamps (diyas), and decorated the entire city in the grandest manner. Year after year this homecoming of Lord Rama is commemorated on Diwali with lights, fireworks, bursting of crackers and merriment. The festival gets its name Deepawali, or Diwali, from the rows (avali) of lamps (deepa) that the people of Ayodhya lit to welcome their King.    Click here for the details


6) Coronation of Vikramaditya: It is also said that Vikramaditya, the legendary Indian king famed for his wisdom, valour and magnanimity was coroneted on the Diwali day following his victory over the Sakas in 56 BC. This was marked by a grand celebration which is still maintained annually. One of the greatest Hindu monarchs, Vikramaditya ruled the greatest empire in the world from modern-dayThailand in the east to the borders of modern-day Saudi Arabia in the west. Diwali, thus, apart from being a religious festival also has a historical association. 


7) The Enlightenment of Swami Dayananda Saraswati: Diwali also marks the auspicious occasion when on a new moon day of Kartik (Diwali day) Swami Dayananda Saraswati, one of the greatest reformers of Hinduism attained his nirvana (enlightenment) and became Maharshi Dayananda, meaning the great sage Dayananda. In 1875, Maharshi Dayananda founded the Arya Samaj, “Society of Nobles”, a Hindu reform movement to purify Hinduism of the many evils it became associated with at that era. Every Diwali, this great reformer is remembered by Hindus all over India. 


8) The Enlightenment of Vardhamana Mahavira: For Jains, Diwali commemorates the enlightenment of Vardhamana Mahavira(the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankaras of the Jains and the founder of modern Jainism) which is said to have occurred on Oct. 15, 527 B.C. This is one more reason to engage in Diwali celebrations for pious Jains and other than the purpose of commemoration, the festival stands for the celebration of the emanicipation of human spirit from earthly desires. 


9) Special Day for the Sikhs: For Sikhs, Diwali holds a special significance for it was on a Diwali day that the third Sikh Guru Amar Das institutionalized the festival of lights as an occasion when all Sikhs would gather to receive the Gurus blessings. It was also on a Diwali day in 1619 that their sixth religious leader, Guru Hargobind Ji, who was held by the Mughal Emperor Jahengir in the Gwalior fort, was freed from imprisonment along with 52 Hindu Kings (political prisoners) whom he had arranged to be released as well. And it was also on the same auspicious occasion of Diwali when the foundation stone of the Golden Temple at Amritsar was laid in 1577. 


10. Goddess Kali: Kali, also called Shyama Kali, is the first of the 10 avatars (incarnations) of Goddess Durga, Lord Shiva’s consort. According to legend, long ago after the gods lost in a battle with the demons, Goddess Kali was born as Kal Bhoi Nashini from the forehead of Goddess Durga. Said to be a personification of Nari Shakti (female power), Kali was born to save heaven and earth from the growing cruelty of the demons. After killing all the devils, Kali lost her control and started killing anyone who came her way which stopped only when Lord Shiva intervened. The well-known picture of Ma Kali, with her tongue hanging out, actually depicts the moment when she steps on the Lord and repents. 


That momentous day has been commemorated ever since and the main purpose of celebrating Kali Puja is to seek the help of the goddess in destroying evil both external and internal to us as also to get her blessings for general happiness, health, wealth, and peace. 



To conclude, there are several reasons behind Diwali celebrations and almost every region of India has its own reason to observe the occasion. All of these however, matters little to the festival itself. Whatever the cause behind its celebration, Diwali is undoubtedly a national festival of India, and the aesthetic aspect of the festival is enjoyed by most Indians regardless of faith. 


Happy Deepavali to everyone!




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नवरात्रि क्या है??? और नवरात्र का वैज्ञानिक और आध्यात्मिक रहस्य…….

October 20th, 2012

नवरात्रि क्या है??? और नवरात्र का वैज्ञानिक और आध्यात्मिक रहस्य.……


नवरात्र शब्द से नव अहोरात्रों (विशेष रात्रियां) का बोध होता है। इस समय शक्ति के नव रूपों की उपासना की जाती है। ‘रात्रि’ शब्द सिद्धि का प्रतीक है।


भारत के प्राचीन ऋषियों-मुनियों ने रात्रि को दिन की अपेक्षा अधिक महत्व दिया है, इसलिए दीपावली, होलिका, शिवरात्रि और नवरात्र आदि उत्सवों को रात में ही मनाने की परंपरा है। यदि रात्रि क

ा कोई विशेष रहस्य न होता,… तो ऐसे उत्सवों को रात्रि न कह कर दिन ही कहा जाता। लेकिन नवरात्र के दिन, नवदिन नहीं कहे जाते।


मनीषियों ने वर्ष में दो बार नवरात्रों का विधान बनाया है। विक्रम संवत के पहले दिन अर्थात चैत्र मास शुक्ल पक्ष की प्रतिपदा (पहली तिथि) से नौ दिन अर्थात नवमी तक। और इसी प्रकार ठीक छह मास बाद आश्विन मास शुक्ल पक्ष की प्रतिपदा से महानवमी अर्थात विजयादशमी के एक दिन पूर्व तक। परंतु सिद्धि और साधना की दृष्टि से शारदीय नवरात्रों को ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण माना गया है।इन नवरात्रों में लोग अपनी आध्यात्मिक और मानसिक शक्ति संचय करने के लिए अनेक प्रकार के व्रत, संयम, नियम, यज्ञ, भजन, पूजन, योग साधना आदि करते हैं। कुछ साधक इन रात्रियों में पूरी रात पद्मासन या सिद्धासन में बैठकर आंतरिक त्राटक या बीज मंत्रों के जाप द्वारा विशेष सिद्धियां प्राप्त करने का प्रयास करते हैं।


नवरात्रों में शक्ति के 51 पीठों पर भक्तों का समुदाय बड़े उत्साह से शक्ति की उपासना के लिए एकत्रित होता है। जो उपासक इन शक्ति पीठों पर नहीं पहुंच पाते, वे अपने निवास स्थल पर ही शक्ति का आह्वान करते हैं।


आजकल अधिकांश उपासक शक्ति पूजा रात्रि में नहीं, पुरोहित को दिन में ही बुलाकर संपन्न करा देते हैं। सामान्य भक्त ही नहीं, पंडित और साधु-महात्मा भी अब नवरात्रों में पूरी रात जागना नहीं चाहते। न कोई आलस्य को त्यागना चाहता है। बहुत कम उपासक आलस्य को त्याग कर आत्मशक्ति, मानसिक शक्ति और यौगिक शक्ति की प्राप्ति के लिए रात्रि के समय का उपयोग करते देखे जाते हैं।मनीषियों ने रात्रि के महत्व को अत्यंत सूक्ष्मता के साथ वैज्ञानिक परिप्रेक्ष्य में समझने और समझाने का प्रयत्न किया। रात्रि में प्रकृति के बहुत सारे अवरोध खत्म हो जाते हैं। आधुनिक विज्ञान भी इस बात से सहमत है। हमारे ऋषि - मुनि आज से कितने ही हजारों वर्ष पूर्व ही प्रकृति के इन वैज्ञानिक रहस्यों को जान चुके थे।


दिन में आवाज दी जाए तो वह दूर तक नहीं जाएगी , किंतु रात्रि को आवाज दी जाए तो वह बहुत दूर तक जाती है। इसके पीछे दिन के कोलाहल के अलावा एक वैज्ञानिक तथ्य यह भी है कि दिन में सूर्य की किरणें आवाज की तरंगों और रेडियो तरंगों को आगे बढ़ने से रोक देती हैं। रेडियो इस बात का जीता - जागता उदाहरण है। कम शक्ति के रेडियो स्टेशनों को दिन में पकड़ना अर्थात सुनना मुश्किल होता है , जबकि सूर्यास्त के बाद छोटे से छोटा रेडियो स्टेशन भी आसानी से सुना जा सकता है।


वैज्ञानिक सिद्धांत यह है कि सूर्य की किरणें दिन के समय रेडियो तरंगों को जिस प्रकार रोकती हैं , उसी प्रकार मंत्र जाप की विचार तरंगों में भी दिन के समय रुकावट पड़ती है। इसीलिए ऋषि - मुनियों ने रात्रि का महत्व दिन की अपेक्षा बहुत अधिक बताया है। मंदिरों में घंटे और शंख की आवाज के कंपन से दूर - दूर तक वातावरण कीटाणुओं से रहित हो जाता है। यह रात्रि का वैज्ञानिक रहस्य है। जो इस वैज्ञानिक तथ्य को ध्यान में रखते हुए रात्रियों में संकल्प और उच्च अवधारणा के साथ अपने शक्तिशाली विचार तरंगों को वायुमंडल में भेजते हैं , उनकी कार्यसिद्धि अर्थात मनोकामना सिद्धि , उनके शुभ संकल्प के अनुसार उचित समय और ठीक विधि के अनुसार करने पर अवश्य होती है।

नवरात्र या नवरात्रि::


संस्कृत व्याकरण के अनुसार नवरात्रि कहना त्रुटिपूर्ण हैं। नौ रात्रियों का समाहार, समूह होने के कारण से द्वन्द समास होने के कारण यह शब्द पुलिंग रूप ‘नवरात्र’ में ही शुध्द है।


नवरात्र क्या है



पृथ्वी द्वारा सूर्य की परिक्रमा के काल में एक साल की चार संधियाँ हैं। उनमें मार्च व सितंबर माह में पड़ने वाली गोल संधियों में साल के दो मुख्य नवरात्र पड़ते हैं। इस समय रोगाणु आक्रमण की सर्वाधिक संभावना होती है। ऋतु संधियों में अक्सर शारीरिक बीमारियाँ बढ़ती हैं, अत: उस समय स्वस्थ रहने के लिए, शरीर को शुध्द रखने के लिए और तनमन को निर्मल और पूर्णत: स्वस्थ रखने के लिए की जाने वाली प्रक्रिया का नाम ‘नवरात्र’ है।


नौ दिन या रात

अमावस्या की रात से अष्टमी तक या पड़वा से नवमी की दोपहर तक व्रत नियम चलने से नौ रात यानी ‘नवरात्र’ नाम सार्थक है। यहाँ रात गिनते हैं, इसलिए नवरात्र यानि नौ रातों का समूह कहा जाता है।रूपक के द्वारा हमारे शरीर को नौ मुख्य द्वारों वाला कहा गया है। इसके भीतर निवास करने वाली जीवनी शक्ति का नाम ही दुर्गा देवी है। इन मुख्य इन्द्रियों के अनुशासन, स्वच्छ्ता, तारतम्य स्थापित करने के प्रतीक रूप में, शरीर तंत्र को पूरे साल के लिए सुचारू रूप से क्रियाशील रखने के लिए नौ द्वारों की शुध्दि का पर्व नौ दिन मनाया जाता है। इनको व्यक्तिगत रूप से महत्व देने के लिए नौ दिन नौ दुर्गाओं के लिए कहे जाते हैं।

शरीर को सुचारू रखने के लिए विरेचन, सफाई या शुध्दि प्रतिदिन तो हम करते ही हैं किन्तु अंग-प्रत्यंगों की पूरी तरह से भीतरी सफाई करने के लिए हर छ: माह के अंतर से सफाई अभियान चलाया जाता है। सात्विक आहार के व्रत का पालन करने से शरीर की शुध्दि, साफ सुथरे शरीर में शुध्द बुद्धि, उत्तम विचारों से ही उत्तम कर्म, कर्मों से सच्चरित्रता और क्रमश: मन शुध्द होता है। स्वच्छ मन मंदिर में ही तो ईश्वर की शक्ति का स्थायी निवास होता है।

नौ देवियाँ / नव देवी


नौ दिन यानि हिन्दी माह चैत्र और आश्विन के शुक्ल पक्ष की पड़वा यानि पहली तिथि से नौवी तिथि तक प्रत्येक दिन की एक देवी मतलब नौ द्वार वाले दुर्ग के भीतर रहने वाली जीवनी शक्ति रूपी दुर्गा के नौ रूप हैं-


1. शैलपुत्री

2. ब्रह्मचारिणी

3. चंद्रघंटा

4. कूष्माण्डा

5. स्कन्दमाता

6. कात्यायनी

7. कालरात्रि

8. महागौरी

9. सिध्दीदात्री


इनका नौ जड़ी बूटी या ख़ास व्रत की चीजों से भी सम्बंध है, जिन्हे नवरात्र के व्रत में प्रयोग किया जाता है-


1. कुट्टू (शैलान्न)

2. दूध-दही,

3. चौलाई (चंद्रघंटा)

4. पेठा (कूष्माण्डा)

5. श्यामक चावल (स्कन्दमाता)

6. हरी तरकारी (कात्यायनी)

7. काली मिर्च व तुलसी (कालरात्रि)

8. साबूदाना (महागौरी)

9. आंवला(सिध्दीदात्री)

क्रमश: ये नौ प्राकृतिक व्रत खाद्य पदार्थ हैं।

अष्टमी या नवमी::


यह कुल परम्परा के अनुसार तय किया जाता है। भविष्योत्तर पुराण में और देवी भावगत के अनुसार, बेटों वाले परिवार में या पुत्र की चाहना वाले परिवार वालों को नवमी में व्रत खोलना चाहिए। वैसे अष्टमी, नवमी और दशहरे के चार दिन बाद की चौदस, इन तीनों की महत्ता ‘दुर्गासप्तशती’ में कही गई है।

 



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Wishing u A Happy & Prosperous Ganesh Chaturthi- 2012

September 18th, 2012
Wishing  u
Happy ProsperousGanesh Chaturthi- 2012
Shree Ganesha… 
Ganapati bappa Morya. !!!!!!!


Ohm Vighneswaraya Namah ! Vinayakaya Namah ! Ganapathaye Namah !
Gajamughaya Namah ! Parvati nandanaya Namah ! Mushika vahanaya Namah ! Kailasa Putraya Namah !


Om Shri Vigneshwaraya Namaha !

About Ganesh Chaturthi

   Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated on the birthday of Lord Ganesh (Ganesha), the god of wisdom and prosperity on the fourth day of the moons bright fortnight, or period from new moon in the lunar month of Bhadrapada. The celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi continue for five, seven, or ten days. Some even stretch it to twenty one days, but ten the most popularly celebrated. In the tradition of the right hand path the first day is the most important. In the left hand path tradition the final day is most important.
   Another tale tells of how one day the Gods decided to choose their leader and a race was to be held between the brothers- Kartikeya and Ganesh. Whoever took three rounds of the earth first would be made the Ganaadhipati or the leader. Kartikeya seated on a peacock as his vehicle, started off for the test. Ganesh was given a rat, which moved swiftly. Ganesh realised that the test was not easy, but he would not disobey his father. He reverently paid obeisance to his parents and went around them three times and thus completed the test before Kartikeya. He said, ” my parents pervade the whole universe and going around them, is more than going round the earth.” Everybody was pleasantly surprised to hear Ganesha’s logic and intelligence and hence he came to be known as the Ganaadhipati or leader, now referred to as Ganpati.
   He looked up and saw the moon mocking him. Ganesha infuriated, broke off one of his tusks and hurled it at the moon. Parvati, seeing this, immediately cursed the moon that whoever looks at it on Ganesh Chaturthi will be accused of a wrong doing. The symbology behind the mouse and snake and Ganesha’s big belly and its relationship to the moon on his birthday is highly philosophic. The whole cosmos is known to be the belly of Ganesha. Parvati is the primordial energy. The seven realms above, seven realms below and seven oceans, are inside the cosmic belly of Ganesha, held together by the cosmic energy (kundalini ) symbolized as a huge snake which Ganesha ties around Him. The mouse is nothing but our ego… Ganesha, using the mouse as a vehicle, exemplifies the need to control our ego. One who has controlled the ego has Ganesha consciousness or God-consciousness.

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Pundlik Varade hari Vithal- Ashadhi Ekadashi

June 30th, 2012

Pundalik Varade Hari Vithal ! 


 

 Pundlik Varade hari Vithal- Ashadhi Ekadashi

Shayani Ekadashi (lit. “sleeping eleventh”) or Maha-ekadashi (lit. “The great eleventh”) or Prathama-ekadashi (lit. “The first eleventh”) or Padma Ekadashi is the eleventh lunar day (Ekadashi) of the bright fortnight (Shukla paksha) of theHindu month of Ashadha (June - July). Thus it is also known as Ashadhi Ekadashi or Ashadhi.


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Sri Ram Navami= 2012: 1 April.

March 23rd, 2012


Ram Navami FestivalRam NavamiHappy Ram NavamiRam Navami Festival


Best wishes for SriRAM Navami
 
SriRama, Sita, Hanuman 

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At that time Ravan, king of Lanka, was terrorizing the people, and all were longing for liberation from his menace. Ravan had acquired great power because he had obtained from god Brahma the boon that he would never die at the hands of gods, or gandharvas, or yakshas (demigods) or demons. As he was not afraid of men he did not care to include men in the list of his potential slayers. So Brahmadev declared that Ravan would die at the hands of a man. Then the gods went to Vishnu with the request, “Dasarath is a glorious king. Please, take birth in the wombs of his three queens in four different degrees of your divinity.”

When Dasarath’s sacrifice came to an end a shining figure appeared over the sacrificial kund, and offered the king a divine beverage called “payasam” to be given to his queens Kausalya, Kaikayi, and Sumitra. In due time Kausalya gave birth to Rama, Kaikayi to Bharat and Sumitra to Laxman and Shatrugna. Rama was born at noon of the bright ninth day of Chaitra. He was believed to be the embodiment of half degree of Vishnu’s divinity, (ardha ounsh).

Legend:

Four storeys - even the original Ravana may not have been so tall. But this is the Kali Yuga, when evil is supposed to assume an even more terrifying form. Ravana has his moments of glory, and that too, on Rama Navami, the birthday of Rama.

The effigy of the ten-headed Ravana swaggers through the town, wearing a gaudy crown and exaggerated moustache, with shouting hordes following. But once Ravana reaches the open ground that is his final destination, he is suddenly deserted by most of his “followers” - because the noble Rama has made his appearance.


In the end, righteousness does triumph, even in Kali Yuga. Rama engages him in battle, and finally pierces him with a potent arrow. And the huge effigy of Ravana, filled to bursting with firecrackers, is set alight, and explodes into a thousand bits amid loud cheers from the crowd and shouts of Jai Shri Ram. This ritual is an important part of the Rama Navami celebrations in most parts of North India.


Rama Navami falls on the ninth day of the shukla paksha, or bright phase of the moon, in the lunar month of Chaitra (April-May). The first day of Chaitra , or Ugadi, also marks the beginning of the Indian year.


Rama is one of the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu, and one of the two most popular, along with Krishna. Consequently, Rama Navami is widely celebrated, though not on the scale of festivals like Diwali or Dussehra.


According to legend, Rama was born at noon. Rama is the epitome of perfection, the uttama purusha, fulfilling all his duties towards both family and subjects.


Rama was the first of the four sons of King Dasharatha of Ayodhya. When it was time for Rama to be made crown-prince, his stepmother, Kaikeyi, got Dasharatha to send him to the forest for 14 years. His wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana also accompanied him. In the forest, Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. Rama, together with Hanuman and the monkey army, built a bridge to Lanka, killed Ravana, and brought Sita back.


It is believed that listening to the story of Rama cleanses the soul. Meditating on the noble Rama and chanting his name is believed to ease the pains of life and lead one to moksha, or liberation. It is also common practice to chant the name of Rama while rocking babies to sleep.


Significance:

Though Rama Navami is a major festival for Vaishnavites, it is widely celebrated by worshippers of Shiva, too. It is considered auspicious to undertake a fast on the day in the name of Rama. The more devout fast for nine days, from Ugadi to Rama Navami. The objective of the fast is not to ask for special favours of the deity but to seek perfection as a human being. Devotees perform elaborate pujas and chant the name of Rama. Temples of Rama have special services and bhajan sessions through the day.

One significant and popular element of the celebration is the Ramayana parayana, a discourse on the Ramayana, by a pundit or a professional story-teller. It usually lasts nine days, beginning on Ugadi and ending on Rama Navami. A skilled story-teller who can liven up the event by weaving in contemporary events attracts massive crowds.


Since Rama is also one of the most sung-about deities in Indian classical music and literature, week-long (and sometimes, month-long) musical programmes are organised.


Sacred places associated with Rama, like Ayodhya, Ujjain and Rameshwaram, draw tens of thousands of devotees. In Rameshwaram, thousands take a ritual bath in the sea before worshipping at the Ramanathaswamy temple.


Many places in North India host fairs in connection with the festival, culminating in spectacular fireworks on Rama Navami. 



The Ram Navami celebrates the joyous birth of Lord Rama. Ayodhya was the cynosure of all eyes, as King Dasharath finally had an heir to the throne. Lord Rama an avatar of lord Vishnu, agreed to come down to earth to fight the mighty Ravana.

 

Rama Mantra
Neelambhuj shyamalkomlang Sita Samaropitvambhagam
Pano Mahasaikacharoochapam
Namame Ramam Raghuvanshnatham


Rama Gayatri Mantra
Om Daserathaya Vidhmahe
Sita Vallabhaya Dheemahe
Thanno Rama Prachodayath.
 
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Ram Navami 
celebrated in order to commemorate 
the birth of Lord Rama. 

As Rama was considered 
the seventh incarnation of Lord Maha Vishnu, 
the festival is held in high regard by Hindus 
all over the world. 

On this day, 
he devotees of Ram all over the world

observe fast and engage
 in the worship of Ram.

 It is said that
 Ram Navamiis the oldest festival 
in the Earth from time immemorial, 
Ram Navami is the festival of masses.


Apart from God or avtar (incarnation) of God, 
Lord Ram is regarded as an ideal king, 
ideal sonideal husband and an ideal brother.

It is said that 
Ram naam 
(the name of Lord Rama)in itself is a divine mantra 
and simply chanting this Ram (Ra ma) helps 
one to attain salvation.

 The Mantra ‘Ra ma’ is called the Thaaraka mantra.
It is a combination of ‘Namasivaya mantra’ 
and the‘Om Namo Narayanaya maha mantra’
 thereby representing the union of Shiva and Narayana.
 Another popular mantra of Rama is 
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Sabari, 
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Sugreeva,& Bali

      
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Maha Shivaratri 2012 is on February 20, Monday

February 15th, 2012
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Mahashivaratri Festival

Mahashivaratri Festival or the ‘The Night of Shiva’ is celebrated with devotion and religious fervor in honor of Lord Shiva, one of the deities of Hindu Trinity. Shivaratri falls on the moonless 14th night of the new moon in the Hindu month of Phalgun, which corresponds to the month of February - March in English Calendar. Celebrating the festival of Shivaratri devotees observe day and night fast and perform ritual worship of Shiva Lingam to appease Lord Shiva.

According to legend,this day marks the wedding anniversary of Lord Shiva and Parvati. With the marriage to Parvathi,the devotees had a god with form or Sagun Brahman. Without Parvathi, Shiva was a Nirgun Brahman or a formless entity. There is also the belief that Shiva manifested himself in the form of the Linga on this holy day.

The second legend attributes Shivaratri as a form of thanksgiving to the Lord, for protecting the universe from destruction. During Samudra Mathana or churning of the ocean, a deadly poison emanated. The poison was so deadly that even a drop would have destroyed the universe. When the gods to beseech him for help. Lord Shiva’s stomach represents the universe, so he drank the poison, but held it at his neck, turning it blue.That is why devotees hail him as Neelakanth.

Another legend says, on this day of Mahashivaratri, Lord Shiva performed a special dance, the Thandava Nritya or the cosmic dance of creation,preservation and destruction. In this dance, Shiva destroys the old world and creates a new one. His dance represents the energy flowing through the world giving it the seasons, day and night and birth and death.

There is a fourth legend associated with Maha Shivaratri. Once, a hunter was unsuccessfully looking for a prey in the forest. He couldn’t find anything for the whole day. Towards evening, he climbed on a Bael tree and continued his wait. As he was drinking some water he had picked up at a stream earlier, a few drops fell on the ground below. Impatient with his wait, he plucked a few bael leaves and drops them down as well. Soon, a female deer or doe comes to the spring. When the hunter takes aim, the deer, having seen him, implores him to wait a just little bit more so that she can bid farewell to her kids. The hunter agrees. When the female deer comes back, the male deer accompanying her asks the hunter to shoot him instead. The foals then come forward and also plead with the hunter to take their lives instead. The hunter is moved with their sacrificial nature and unity and lets them all go. When he alights from the tree, he is pleasantly surprised to see Lord Shiva there.

Actually, underneath the bael tree, there was a Shiva Lingam nestled in the thicket there. The hunter had unknowingly worshipped that lingam by sprinkling water and throwing bael leaves on it. When he had exhibited compassion to the deer family even in dire hunger, he had pleased Lord Shiva. As a result, Lord Shiva bestowed wealth and prosperity on him. From that day, the Shiva lingam is worshipped on this auspicious day, and hailed as Maha Shivaratri.


 

 


When is Shivaratri?

Maha Shivaratri 2012 is on February 20, Monday

Auspicious festival of Mahashivaratri falls on the 13th or the 14th night of the new moon during Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month of Phalgun. The Sanskrit term, Krishna Paksha means the period of waning moon or the dark fortnight and Phalguna corresponds to the month of February - March in English Calendar. Shivaratri Festival is celebrated on a moonless night. According to Hindu mythology, Shivaratri or ‘Shiva’s Great Night’ symbolizes the wedding day of Lord Shiva and Parvati. Many however, believe, Shivaratri is the night when Lord Shiva performed the Tandava Nritya - the dance of primordial creation, preservation and destruction. Celebrating the festival in a customary manner, devotees give a ritual bath to the Lingam with the panchagavya - milk, sour milk, urine, butter and dung. Celebrations of Shivaratri Festival mainly take place at night. Devotees of Lord Shiva throng Shiva temples across the country and spend ‘the Night of Lord Shiva’ by chanting verses and hymns in praise of the Lord. The festival holds special meaning for the ladies. They pray to Goddess Parvati also called ‘Gaura’, the giver of ’suhag’ for good husbands, marital bliss and a long and prosperous married life. Significance of Shivaratri in Hinduism Festival of Mahashivaratri has tremendous significance in Hinduism. According to sacred scriptures, ritual worship of Lord Shiva on Shivratrifestival that falls on the 14th day of the dark fortnight in the month of Phalgun pleases Lord Shiva the most. This fact is said to have been declared by Lord Shiva himself, when his consort Parvati asked him as to which ritual performed by his devotees pleases him the most. Even till date, devotees of Lord Shiva perform the ritual worship of Shivratri with care and devotion. They observe day and nigh fast and give sacred bath to Shiva Linga with honey, milk, water etc. Hindus consider it extremely auspicious to worship Lord Shiva on a Shivaratri as it is believed that worship of Lord Shiva with devotion and sincerity absolves a devotee of past sins. The devotee reaches the abode of Lord Shanker and lives there happily. He is also liberated from the cycle of birth and death and attains moksha or salvation. Significance of Shivaratri for Women Mahashivratri Festival is also considered to be an extremely significant festival by women. Married and unmarried women observe fast and perform Shiva Puja with sincerity to appease Goddess Parvati who is also regarded as ‘Gauri’ - one who bestows marital bliss and long and prosperous married life. Unmarried women also pray for a husband like Lord Shiva who is regarded as the ideal husband. 




 
 
 
 

 

 


The Shiva Linga is the most common object of worship all over India. But twelve such stones are considered more important and are known as Jyotirlinga. They are situated in the following places:


    Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh


    Rameshwar in Tamil Nadu


    Bhimashankar in Daminyal near Pune in Maharashtra


    Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh


    Somanath in Saurashtra


    Nageshwar in Dwarka


    Mallika1 in Uttar Pradesh,


    Kedarnath in the Himalayas,


    Dhushmeshwar in Ellora near Aurangabad


    Trimbakeshwar near Nashik


    Vishvanath in Benares (Kshi) and


    Vaidyanath in Parli in Marathvada.



 
 
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Birth of Lord Shiva.=Har Har MahaDev

February 11th, 2012


According to one legend, shiva initial materialize when Brahma and Vishnu were arguing regarding which of them was more powerful. Their quarrel was interrupted by the unexpected look of a large burning pillar whose roots and branches complete outside sight into the earth and sky. Brahma became a goose and flew up to locate the top of the pillar, even as turned into a boar and dug in to the ground to appear for its roots. Unsuccessful in their search, the two god’s arrival and saw Shiva surface from an opening in the support. Recognize Shiva’s huge power, they established him as the third ruler of the universe.

Lord Shiva-God of formation of universe and he is as well referred has destructor. His huge position is to balance the good and evil events. Though this balance gets disturb he destroys the creation for the formation of next cycle. He is a deity of exercise in the cyclic practice of formation.


Lord Shiva is the lord of mercy. He guards the devotees since evil forces, trouble and suffering of their devotees.

He materialize with unclad body through tiger skin in his body, three matted locks on his head, Goddesses Ganga on his chief and he has a third eye and has a snake on his correct shoulder and he wear Kundalas, Rudraksha necklace.

He materialize with unclad body through tiger hide in his body, present matted locks on his skull, Goddesses Ganga on his skull and he has a third eye and has a snake on his correct accept and he wears kundalas, Rudraksha necklace.

His exterior symbolizes his behavior. The unclad body shows that he is a resource of whole universe. 3 metted locks are the integration of material, mental and spiritual energies. Goddesses Ganga shows destruction of sin, knowledge and bestows with information, peace and cleanliness. The third eye indicates the religious information and power. While he opens the third eye, the rotation of construction starts. The 108 beads represent the elements used in making of the earth. The tiger skin represents his potential power.

Lord Shiva has 1,008 names, including Mahadeva, Mahesh, Rudra, Neelkantha, and Ishwar. He is also called Mahayogi, or the huge ascetic, who represent the main form of serious penance and abstract thought, which results in salvation Shiva is supposed to survive in many variety. His mainly regular illustration is as a dark-skinned severe with a blue throat. Typically seated cross-legged on a tiger skin, Shiva’s hair is matted and coiled on his chief, adorned with a snake and a crescent moon. Ganga is forever depicted smooth out of his topknot.

Shiva has four arms and three eyes. The third eye, in the center of his forehead is forever closed and simply opens to destroy an evil doer. A garland of skulls, rudraksha bead, or a snake hangs from his neck. Lord Shiva also carries snakes as armlets and bracelets. The serpent, contest, despised and fear by all further creatures, establish a place of honour on Shiva’s holy being, just because he was enthused by their plight.

In single offer, Shiva hold his trishul, the Pinaka the trishul regularly has a damaru or wait beat joined to it. In a different hand, he holds a conch defense, and in the third, a rudraksha rosary, a club, or a bow. Individual hands are typically empty, raised in an indication of approval and defense. The added points to his foot, anywhere the devotee is certain of salvation. He carries a tiger or leopard skin around his waist, and his high body is typically bare, but dirty with ashes, as befits an ascetic.


His third eye is supposed to have emerged when Parvati, in a playful mood, covered his eyes with her hands. At once, the universe was plunged into darkness and there was chaos. To restore arrange, Shiva created a different eye on his forehead, from which emerged fire to return light.
The light from this eye is supposed to be extremely influential, and as a result destructive. Shiva opens his third eye only in anger, and the criminal is burnt to cinders.

The name Lord Shiva does not emerge in the Vedas. Though he is recognized with the Vedic god Rudra, lord of songs, sacrifice, and nourishment, the healer of diseases and provider of property. According to the Shiva Purana Shiva is said to contain five faces, related to his five tasks, the panchakriya formation, organization, destruction, awareness, and grace. His five faces are related with the formation of the holy syllable Om.

Shiva is supposed to live o Mount Kailash, a mountain in the Himalayas. His vehicle is Nandi the bull and his weapon, the trishul.Shiva’s wife is Parvati, who is as well thought to be a part of Shiva. One of the mainly well-liked forms of Shiva is that of Ardhanarishvara.


According to a legend in the Puranas, Brahma was ineffective of making. He propitiated Shiva who catch this form and separated Parvati from his body. Parvati has numerous incarnations, like Kali, Durga, and Uma. Their sons are Kartikeya andGanesh.

Bhagwan God Shiva is invented to contain a huge number of attendants, called ganas. These mythological beings have human bodies with animal heads. Bhagwan Shiva’s son Ganesha is the head of the ganas.

Across the state, present are hundreds of holy place and shrines devoted to shiva. He typically worshipped in the structure of a Shivalinga, and also as a deity. He is worshipped by offering flowers, except the Ketaki Brahma Bel trees, milk, and sandalwood attach are also nice to him. Present is a particular arati to shiva and numerous hymns and poems in his praise.

Present there is lot of stories in the Puranas about the origin of Shiva According to the Vishnu Purana, at the establishment of this kalpa Brahma required a child and meditated for one. At present, a child appeared on his lap and started crying. While asked by Brahma why he was crying, the child replied that it was because he did not have a name Brahma then named him Rudra, meaning “howler”.

Though the child cried seven added times and was given seven more names. Shiva as a result has eight forms: Rudra, Sharva, Bhava, Ugra, Bhima, Pashupati, Ishana, and Mahadeva, which, according to the Shiva Purana, write to the earth, water, fire, wind, sky, a yogi called Kshetragya, the sun, and the moon respectively. Throughout the samudra manthan, when poison was churn out of the ocean, Shiva is said to have swallowed it to save the planet from destruction. Since he drank the poison, Parvati clasped his throat securely so that the poison was churned out of the ocean, Because of this, he is known as Neelkantha, the blue-necked one.


Bhagwan Shiva decided an irregular boon to a demon called Bhasmasura who wish that if he situated his hand on anyone’s leader, that person would turn to ashes. No earlier was his need resolute than he menaced Shiva himself, who took to his heels and was saved by Vishnu in the form of Mohini, mutual their energies and formed Hari-hara putra later, recognized with Sasta or Aiyappa, a celibate tribal deity in kerala, whose cult is currently huge in India. He lives on in Mohiniattam, the feminine equal of Kerala’s dance theatre, Kathakali.


Bhagwan Shiva is the maker of dance and of the initial 16 rhythmic syllables still uttered, since which the Sanskrit language was born. His dance of anger is called the Roudra Tandava and his dance, and they begged him to dance over. Lord Shiva promised to do so in the heart of his devotees and in a blessed grove in Tamil Nadu, everywhere the great temple of Chidambaram was build, the merely one in all Indian devoted to Shiva as Nataraja, the lord of dance. It is supposed that on the 13th day of every bright lunar fortnight after 6 o’clock in the evening, falls a blessed hour called Pradosha Worshipping Lord Shiva at this time is akin to worshipping all the powers.


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Cremation ground: 
Shiva sitting in the cremation ground signifies that He is the controller of death in the physical world.
Matted locks: 
The three matted locks on the head of the Lord convey the idea that integration of the physical, mental and spiritual energies is the ideal of yoga.
Tiger skin:
A tiger skin symbolizes potential energy.
 
The crescent moon: 
The crescent moon is only one of His ornaments.
 
Three eyes: 
Lord Shiva, also called Tryambaka Deva, is depicted as having three eyes: the sun is His right eye, the moon the left eye and fire the third eye.
 
Nandi: 
The bull is associated with Shiva and said to be His vehicle.
 
Kundalas (two ear rings):
Two Kundalas, Alakshya and Niranjan in the ears of the Lord symbolize the Shiva and Shakti (male and female) or Ardha-Nariswara principle of creation.
Kamandalu: 
A water pot (Kamandalu) made from a dry pumpkin contains nectar and is shown on the ground next to Shiva signifies that, an individual must break away from attachment to the physical world and clean his inner self of egoistic desires in order to experience the bliss of the Self.
A snake (Vasuki Naga): 
The snake is shown curled three times around the neck of the Lord and is looking towards His right side. The three coils of the snake symbolize the past, present and future - time in cycles.
 
Rudraksha necklace:
Rudra is another name of Shiva. Rudraksha necklace worn by the Lord illustrates that He uses His cosmic laws firmly - without compromise - to maintain law and order in the universe.
Ganga:
Ganga, symbolically represented on the head of the Lord by a female (Mother Ganga) with a jet of water emanating from her mouth and falling on the ground, signifies that the Lord destroys sin, removes ignorance, and bestows knowledge, purity and peace on the devotees.
 
Snake around the neck:
The snakes to symbolize the yogic power of Lord Shiva with which He dissolves and recreates the universe.
Varda Mudra: 
Lord Shiva’s right hand is shown in a boon- bestowing and blessing pose, which annihilates evil, grants boons, bestows grace, destroys ignorance, and awakens wisdom in His devotees.
Trident (Trisula): 
A three-pronged trident shown adjacent to the Lord symbolizes His three fundamental powers (shakti) of will (iccha), action (kriya) and knowledge (jnana). 
Damaru (drum): Damaru symbolizes the two utterly dissimilar states of existence, unmanifest and manifest.
Half-open eyes: 
When the Lord opens His eyes, a new cycle of creation emerges and when He closes them, the universe dissolves for creation of the next cycle. The half-open eyes convey the idea that creation is going through cyclic process, with no beginning no end.


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Shani Peyarchi Pooja on 21-December-2011

December 21st, 2011



Shani Peyarchi   
 Sani Peyarchi 
21-December-2011  
 
About Shani Peyarchi  

Shanee (Saturn), the Lord that brings us all good things transits from Kanni Rasi (Virgo) to Thulam Rasi (Libra) on Wednesday 21st December, 2011 at 07.14 AM and is going to remain there for the next two and half years. This shift is going to bring in mixed fortunes.

Rasis/Signs affected by Shani Peyarchi
Thulam (Libra) Kanni (Virgo) Meenam (Pisces)
Vrischikam (Scorpio) Kadagam (Cancer) Mesham (Aries)


It is advised that persons in all Rasis in general and those born in the above Rasis in particular perform Poojas to appease Lord Shani.

THIRUNALLAR (near Karaikal TAMIL NADU) is the temple for Saneeswarar and is one among the Nava Graha Stalams. The presiding deity here is Shaneeswara Baghawan with goddess Praneswari.





Silpa Ratnakara, describes Shani as black hued, having eagle as his mount, wields sula, wearing blue garments, blue flowers and ornaments. In the south, the crow is represented as his vehicle. Nala was seized by Saturn and he had to undergo several troubles on that account. Finally he bathed in Nala Tirtham, a sacred pond in Tanjore District near Karaikkal and got rid of the seizure.

Birth of Saturn : Samja, the wife of the Sun could not bear the intense heat of her husband. She created a duplicate of her form called Chaya, left her in the house and went away to her parents. The Sun not aware of this plot lived with Chaya, thinking her to be his wife, she begot a son to Sun and he is Saturn.

21-December-2011


 Sani Peyarchi Special Pooja
Saneeswarar Temple
Only Navagraha Stalam for Lord Saneeswarar

Thirunallar

Pooja Date : 21-December-2011

SANI  STOTRAM
Devata : Shani
Adhi Devata : Prajapathi
Pratyadhi Devata : Yama
STOTRAM
Neelaanjana-samabhaasam/Ravi-putram-yamaa-grajam
Chaaya-Maarthaanda-sambhootham/
tham-namaami-Shanaischaram
Meaning
The one who is blue, one who is like charcoal, one who is the son of Surya and the brother of Yama, one who is born to Chaaya and Surya, I prostrate to that Shanaishwara.
SHANEE  ASTOTHARA  SHATA  NAMA  VALI
Aum shanaescaraya Namah
Aum shantaya Namah
Aum sarvabhistapradayine Namah
Aum sharanyaya Namah
Aum vagenyaya Namah
Aum sarveshaya Namah
Aum saumyaya Namah
Aum suramvandhaya Namah
Aum suralokaviharine Namah
Aum sukhasonapavishtaya Namah
Aum sundaraya Namah
Aum ghanaya Namah
Aum ghanarupaya Namah
Aum ghanabharanadharine Namah
Aum ghanasaravilepaya Namah
Aum khadyotaya Namah
Aum mandaya Namah
Aum mandaceshtaya Namah
Aum maha-niyaguna-atmane Namah
Aum martyapavanapadaya Namah
Aum maheshaya Namah
Aum dhayaputraya Namah
Aum sharvaya Namah
Aum shatatuniradharine Namah
Aum carasthirasvabhavaya Namah
Aum acamcalaya Namah
Aum nilavarnaya Namah
Aum nityaya Namah
Aum nilanjana-nibhaya Namah
Aum nilambara-vibhushaya Namah
Aum nishcalaya Namah
Aum vedyaya Namah
Aum vidhi-rupaya Namah
Aum virodha-dhara-bhumaye Namah
Aum bhedaspadasvabhavaya Namah
Aum vajradehaya Namah
Aum vairagyadaya Namah
Aum viraya Namah
Aum vitarogabhayaya Namah
Aum vipatparampareshaya Namah
Aum vishva-vandyaya Namah
Aum gridhnavahaya Namah
Aum gudhaya Namah
Aum kurmangaya Namah
Aum kurupine Namah
Aum kutsitaya Namah
Aum gunadhyaya Namah
Aum gocaraya Namah
Aum avidhya-mula-nashaya Namah
Aum vidhya-avidhya-svarupine Namah
Aum ayushyakaranaya Namah
Aum apaduddhartre Namah
Aum vishnu-bhaktaya Namah
Aum vishine Namah
Aum vividhagamavedine Namah
Aum vidhistutyaya Namah
Aum vandhyaya Namah
Aum virupa-akshaya Namah
Aum varishthaya Namah
Aum garishthaya Namah
Aum vajram-kushagharaya Namah
Aum varada bhayahastaya Namah
Aum vamanaya Namah
Aum jyeshthapatni-sametaya Namah
Aum shreshthaya Namah
Aum mitabhashine Namah
Aum kashtaughanashakartre Namah
Aum pushtidaya Namah
Aum stutyaya Namah
Aum stotra-gamyaya Namah
Aum bhakti-vashyaya Namah
Aum bhanave Namah
Aum bhanuputraya Namah
Aum bhavyaya Namah
Aum pavanaya Namah
Aum dhanur-mandala-samsthaya Namah
Aum dhanadaya Namah
Aum dhanushmate Namah
Aum tanu-prakasha-dehaya Namah
Aum tamasaya Namah
Aum asheshajanavandyaya Namah
Aum visheshaphaladayine Namah
Aum vashikritajaneshaya Namah
Aum pashunam pataye Namah
Aum khecaraya Namah
Aum khageshaya Namah
Aum ghana-nilambaraya Namah
Aum kathinyamanasaya Namah
Aum aryaganastutyaya Namah
Aum nilacchatraya Namah
Aum nityaya Namah
Aum nirgunaya Namah
Aum gunatmane Namah
Aum niramayaya Namah
Aum nandyaya Namah
Aum vandaniyaya Namah
Aum dhiraya Namah
Aum divya-dehaya Namah
Aum dinartiharanaya Namah
Aum dainyanashakaraya Namah
Aum aryajanaganyaya Namah
Aum kruraya Namah
Aum kruraceshtaya Namah
Aum kama-krodha-karaya Namah
Aum kalatraputrashatrutvakaranaya pariposhita-bhaktaya Namah
Aum parabhitiharaya Namah
Aum bhakta-sangha-manobhishta-phaladaya Namah

Shani seed mantra:

 Aum pram prim praum sah shanaisharaya Namah
  

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What are Vedas? (An Introduction)

November 9th, 2011
What are Vedas? (An Introduction)

The Vedas are considered the earliest literary record of Indo-Aryan civilization, and the most sacred books of India. They are the original scriptures of Hindu teachings, and contain spiritual knowledge encompassing all aspects of our life. Vedic literature with its philosophical maxims has stood the test of time and is the highest religious authority for all sections of Hindus in particular and for mankind in general.


Vedas means wisdom, knowledge or vision, and it manifests the language of the gods in human speech. The laws of the Vedas regulate the social, legal, domestic and religious customs of the Hindus to the present day. All the obligatory duties of the Hindus at birth, marriage, death etc. owe their allegiance to the Vedic ritual. They draw forth the thought of successive generation of thinkers, and so contain within it the different strata of thought.

Origin of the Vedas

The Vedas are probably the earliest documents of the human mind and is indeed difficult to say when the earliest portions of the Vedas came into existence. As the ancient Hindus seldom kept any historical record of their religious, literary and political realization, it is difficult to determine the period of the Vedas with precision. Historians provide us many guesses but none of them is free from ambiguity.

Who wrote the Vedas?

It is believed that humans did not compose the revered compositions of the Vedas, which were handed down through generations by the word of mouth from time immemorial. The general assumption is that the Vedic hymns were either taught by God to the sages or that they were revealed themselves to the sages who were the seers or mantradrastas of the hymns. The Vedas were mainly compiled by Vyasa Krishna Dwaipayana around the time of Lord Krishna (c. 1500 BC)

Classification of the Vedas

The Vedas are four: The Rig-Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda, the Rig Veda being the main. The four Vedas are collectively known as Chathurveda, of which the first three Vedas viz., Rig Veda, Sama Veda and Yajur Veda agree in form, language and content. 

1]The Rig Veda: The Book of Mantra

The Rig Veda is a collection of inspired songs or hymns and is a main source of information on the Rig Vedic civilization. It is the oldest book in any Indo-European language and contains the earliest form of all Sanskrit  mantras that date back to 1500 B.C. - 1000 B.C. Some scholars date the Rig Veda as early as 12000 BC - 4000 B.C. The Rig-Vedic samhita or collection of mantras consists of 1,017 hymns or �suktas�, covering about 10,600 stanzas, divided into eight �astakas� each having eight adhayayas or chapters, which are sub-divided into various groups. The hymns are the work of many authors or seers called rishis. There are seven primary seers identified: Atri, Kanwa,Vashistha, Vishwamitra, Jamadagni, Gotama and Bharadwaja. The rig Veda accounts in detail the social, religious, political and economic background of the Rig-Vedic civilization. Even though monotheism characterizes some of the hymns of Rig Veda, naturalistic polytheism and monism can be discerned in the religion of the hymns of Rig Veda

2]The Sama Veda: The Book of Song

The Sama Veda is purely a liturgical collection of melodies (saman). The hymns in the Sama Veda, used as musical notes, were almost completely drawn from the Rig Veda and have no distinctive lessons of their own. Hence, its text is a reduced version of the Rig Veda. As Vedic Scholar David Frawley puts it, if the Rig Veda is the word, Sama Veda is the song or the meaning, if Rig Veda is the knowledge, Sama Veda is its realization, if Rig Veda is the wife, the Sama Veda is her husband.

3]The Yajur Veda: The Book of Ritual

The Yajur Veda is also a liturgical collection and was made to meet the demands of a ceremonial religion. The Yajur Veda practically served as a guidebook for the priests who execute sacrificial acts muttering simultaneously the prose prayers and the sacrificial formulae (yajus). It is similar to ancient Egypt Book of the Dead. There are no less than six complete recessions of Yajur Veda - Madyandina, Kanva, Taittiriya, Kathaka, Maitrayani and Kapishthala.

4]The Atharva Veda: The Book of Spell

The last of the Vedas, this is completely different from the other three Vedas and is next in importance to Rig-Veda with regard to history and sociology. A different spirit pervades this Veda. Its hymns are of a more diverse character than the Rig Veda and are also simpler in language. In fact, many scholars do not consider it part of the Vedas at all. The Atharva Veda consists of spells and charms prevalent at its time, and portrays a  clearer picture of the Vedic society.


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