Swamimalai is a sylvan village, situated about five kilometers west of Kumbakonam on the banks of a tributary of river Cauvery. The temple is situated very close to the bus stand and the railway station is about two kilometers...
Read MoreOne of the six places of worship dedicated to Lord Muruga, the shore temple of Arulmigu Subramanya Swami at Tiruchendur has a unique significance as the culmination of the concept of Muruga. With its lofty tower of about 140...
Read MoreTirupparankundram, a hill five miles southwest of Madurai, is the fourth pilgrimage site of Muruga. A cave temple dedicated to the element of earth and mentioned in various classical Tamil texts as the ‘Southern...
Read MoreTiruchendur in the far south of Tamil Nadu is renowned among Murugan devotees everywhere as one of the greatest of the Lord’s Aru Padai Veedugal, literally ‘Six Battle Camps’. Indeed, it is here that Murugan...
Read MoreIn yesterday’s Feature story, we looked at Vishnupur’s role in Gaudiya Vaisnava history. Vishnupur was likened to ‘new Vrindavan’ during the reign of Aurangzeb’s demolition of Hindu temples in...
Read MoreShri Yamunashtakam is the first among the sixteen works of Vallabhacharya, known as shodashagrantha. This particular text is composed by Shri Vallabha in 1491 A.D., on shraavana shukla tritiya, during the prithvi parikrama. Shri...
Read MoreText 1 bhrAtur antakasya pattane ’bhipatti-hAriNI prekSayAti-pApino ’pi pApa-sindhu-tAriNI nIra-mAdhurIbhir apy azeSa-citta-bandhinI mAM punAtu sarvadAravinda-bandhu-nandinI ||1|| bhratuh – of her brother; antakasya...
Read MoreText 1 bhai-re! ek-dina nilacale, prasad-sebana-kale, mahaprabhu sri-krsna-caitanya bolilen bhakta-gane, khecaranna suddha-mane seva kori’ hao aj dhanya O brothers! One day in Jagannatha Puri, at the time of honoring the Lord’s...
Read MoreText 1 sva-bhakti-yoga-lasinam sada vraje viharinam hari-priya-ganagragam cacisuta-priyecvaram saradha-krsna-sevana-prakacakam mahacayam bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum “I worship the greatly learned and...
Read MoreO Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of a boar! All glories to You! The earth, which had become merged in the Garbhodaka Ocean at the bottom of the universe, sits fixed upon the tip of Your...
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