Devotional

INTRODUCTION:Before going through the avatars of Lord Shiva, According to me, most of the people are not aware about all the avatars of Lord Shiva. Hence it is important to write about the avatars of Lord Shiva. Most of them would have studied the avatars of Lord Vishnu. In many temples, several paintings are inscribed depicting the avatars of Lord Vishnu in Vishnu Temples. Similar to that, I have seen in one old and ancient temple, Arulmigu Kachaleeswarar Temple at Armenian Street, Parrys,Chennai – 600 001. Beautiful framed pictures are affixed inside the walls of the temple mentioning about ..

INTRODUCTION : Sri Kulandai Ananda Swamigal was a great saint, and he was lived during the 17th century AD. He was considered as the son of Mata Meenakshi, a form of Parvati Devi. He was born in Samayanallur, near Madurai, and his parents were very holy and pious and were the devotees of Meenakshi, and he was born with the blessings of Madurai Meenakshi Amman. As per Meenakshi amman’s instructions, his parents were offered him to meenakshi amman temple. The divine child was completely taken care of by Mata Meenakshi, and he lived by drinking the milk offered to the goddess for Abhish..

INTRODUCTION: Guru Nanak is the first Sikh Guru. He lived for 70 years. He was born in Talwandi, Pakistan and left his physical body in Kartapur Ravi, Pakistan. He had two sons. Born into a Hindu family, Guru Nanak was against caste discrimination. He taught the “ONE GOD CONCEPT” and taught to treat others as their own brothers and sisters and to give proper respect to everyone. He stated that god is welled within every person, and people should not be differentiated based on caste, creed, gender or nationality. His teachings are very simple and straight forward in nature, and accept..

INTRODUCTION : Kacha was an ancient sage and the son of Deva Guru Brihaspati. He is also mentioned in various puranas and in Mahabharata.  He was known for learning all the divine scriptures from his father as well as from the demon guru Sri Sukracharya.Once Kacha met Sukracharya and become the disciple of Sukracharya, to learn the secret of the Mrita Sanjivini mantra in order to bring back the lives of the demi gods again who have lost their lives during their battle with various demons. Kacha also impressed his guru’s daughter Devayani, who falls in love with him.On knowing about t..

INTRODUCTION : Shandilya was the name of a popular rishi. Those who are having the Sandilya gotra, are the descendants of Sri Shandilya Maharishi. Most of the people belonging to West Bengal, Assam, Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat are considered as the descendants of Shandilya.He was a son of the sage Asita and grandson of the rishi Kashyapa.  He was the disciple of Vaatsya rishi.  He also trained in vedas under the great rishis: Kaushika, Gautama Maharishi and Kushri.  His disciples were Kaundinya, Agnivesa, and Bharadwaj.  He has composed the famous Shandilya Upanish..

INTRODUCTION :Shravan is a holy person who was mentioned in Ramayana. Shravan was lived along with his parents, and he was a young boy, and his parents lived a saintly life by devoting their entire attention on god. Since they were blind and also have become old, they wanted their son to take them to holy pilgrimages. Since they were poor, the kind hearted Shravan, who was a dutiful son, carried his parents by placing them in a basket, and he carried the basket in his shoulder while on their pilgrimage.Once, the then-Prince of Ayodhya, Dasharatha was hunting in a forest, which is located in th..

INTRODUCTION : Aruni (8th century BC), is an ancient sage of Hinduism. He is mentioned in many devotional texts, and his philosophical teachings are considered famous similar to the teachings contained in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and Chandogya Upanishad.  He was a spiritual guru, and attracted students from all over the world. One of his disciples was the great sage Yajnavalkya, and his greatness and importance was mentioned in ancient texts. He contains good knowledge in vedas and ancient sacred texts.He explained in detail to his disciples, questions related to soul and body, a..

1. Thevaram contains portions of texts from the Tirumurai, a collection of Shaiva devotional poetry. The texts are dedicated to the Nayanmars - Sambandar, Tirunaavukkarasar and Sundarar.    The singing of Thevaaram is continued in many Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu. In the tenth century, during the reign of Raaja Raaja Chola I, the songs were found in the Chidambaram temple, with the help of the divine saint Sri Nambiyaandar Nambi. The 276 temples revered by these verses are called paadal petra thalam. Thevaram was meant for Saivism and Nalayira Divya Prabandham was meant for Vaishnavi..

INTRODUCTION : According to ancient legends, Lord Hanuman was studied under Surya Bhagwan and he was his obedient disciple and mastered in all the divine subjects. Though he was an expert in vedas and other studies, since Lord Hanuman was a bachelor, he could not study the holy Vyakarnas for which he has to obtain the status of a married man. In order to study the vyakarnas, Surya Bhagawan had created a beautiful lady from his supreme powers, and named her as Swarchala Devi, and given all the powers to her and married her to Lord Hanuman.Lord Surya asked him to marry his daughter Swarchal..

INTRODUCTION : Virochana was the noble and pious son of Bhakta Prahalad. He was also a great Vishnu devotee similar to his father. He learnt all the sacred texts at his younger age itself. Though he was born in the family of daityas, he was a humble and a good king, who took the advice of his father and ruled his kingdom in a proper manner. His teachings are very famous. And some of them are as follows:1. Believe in one god, and that is Lord Vishnu.2. Always think and worship Lord Narayana, for getting good prospects in life.3. Be generous and kind to others.4. Don’t be arrogant and adama..