Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati came down heavily on Sri Jagannath Temple administration and the Odisha government for not giving due respect to him. Addressing media persons at Puri on Saturday, the top...
Read MoreInvocation harih om. apyayantu mamang ani vak pranas cakshuh srotram atho balam indriyani ca sarvani. sarvam brahmopanishadam maham brahma nirakuryam. ma ma brahma nirakarot. anirakaranam astu. anirakaranam me ‘stu....
Read MoreToday we begin an eight-part series of the second section of Garuda Purana, translated by S.V. Subrahmanyam and E. Wood in 1911. Garuda Purana is one of the Vishnu Puranas, being comprised of a dialog between Lord Vishnu and...
Read MoreInvocation om bhadram karnebhih srinuyama deva bhadram pasyemakshibhir yajatrah. sthirair angais tushtuvams tanubhir vyasema deva-hitam yadayuh. om svasti na indro vriddha-sravah svasti nah pusha visvadevah. svasti nas tarkshyo...
Read MoreIn Bhagavad-gita 9.25, Lord Krsna instructs: yanti deva-vrata devan pitrn yanti pitr-vratah bhutani yanti bhutejya yanti mad-yajino api mam “Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who...
Read MoreAbhimanyu is a key personality featured in the epic Mahabharata. The son of Arjuna and Subhadra, half-sister of Lord Krishna, Abhimanyu is a partial incarnation of Chandra. An unparalleled archer, he was considered equal to his...
Read MoreThe astras are transcendental, supernatural weapons created by the Lord, and presided over by a specific Deity. In order to summon or use an astra, one must have the required knowledge, i.e., the specific mantra that will arm,...
Read MoreThis beautiful painting of Lord Nrsimhadev being pacified by Sarabha-Shiva depicts Lord Shiva in his winged form as Sarabha. Images of the Devi’s are iconographically depicted on his body. Lord Nrsimha sits nearby, the...
Read MoreThe River Ganga has a long history of reverence in India and is worshipped by Hindus as an embodiment of the transcendental personality, Ganga Ma. The total length of the river is about 2,510 km (1,557 miles). Along with the...
Read MoreThe Sri Damodar temple is situated at Zambaulim, about 22 kms from Margao and 5 km. from Quepem, in Goa. There, the serene temple grounds are situated on the banks of the Kushavati River. The Kushavati, also known as the Panti,...
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