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  GangaPushkara (22.04.2023 to 03.05.2023) GuruSankramana (22.04.2023) PushkaraVidhi PUSHKARADARSHINI ( Pushkara Vidhi ) - All you wanted to know about the niceties of PUSHKARAM ( Pushkara ) - Once in 12 yrs RIVER FESTIVAL Pushkaram is a very big river based festival in India participated by lakhs of people including foreign tourists and is performed across the path of that particular river. Since time immemorial Hindus consider rivers as Divine and River worship in the form of Pushkaram is performed to make the mankind realize the significance of water the life sustaining force. It is our ardent duty to respect and follow the traditions and culture pioneered by our elders with a great foresight and Pushkaram is one such sacred Hindu sampradaya that has descended from Sages which is highly auspicious and meritorious. Pushkara also indicates the 12 years time factor in Vedic terms. Pushkara or Pushkaram is a festival of a particular river celebrated once in twelve years based on...

SaAshtaanga Namaskaara ... Sa means with;   Ashta means eight and   Anga means limbs;   Namaskara means prostration. Saashtaanga Namaskaara means, reverential prostration performed with eight limbs (Ashta-Anga) viz.   two hands;   two legs;   two arms;   chest and   forehead   touching the ground as a mark of respect, obeisance and total surrender to the deity. It is one of the best traditions of Sanatana Samskriti percolated down from elders that we follow in our day to day life while offering salutations to God; Yati; Parents; elders; Preceptor. It is also a type of yogaasana and forms a part of Surya Namaskaara. Women are barred from performing Saashtaanga namaskara; their chest, abdomen and waist should not touch the ground. In their case it will be a Panchaanga namaskara. Saashtaanga Namaskara should be performed with utmost humility and devotion and not as a routine drill. It is a mode of self realization; it rem...

PRADAKSHINA (Circumambulation) Pradakshina means circumambulation (Parikrama) around the intended idol/icon in a temple which is a form of worship that is in vogue in Hindu religion and culture since time immemorial. Generally we come across devout Hindus taking Pradakshina around Thulasi plant; Aswatta Vruksha (Peepal Tree); Sacred Cow (Go Pradakshina); around sacred fire; apart from the temple deity; Lord Hanuman; Sri Raaghavendra Swamy Brundavana, Navagraha etc. Apart from normal Pradakshina, we come across special types of Pradakshina (circumambulation) like Giri Pradakshina (famously at Arunachala/Simhachala), Anga Pradakshina (famously at Tirumala/Mantralayam), Praakaara Pradakshina (famously at Sri Rangam); Aatma Pradakshina, Somasuutra Pradakshina (during Pradosha time) etc. Actually Pradakshina is a sort of penance to beseech the God’s grace to get rid of bad karmas that one may be facing in life. The guiding principle behind this is that, if God’s worship is ...

During Ganesha Chaturthi festival we come across a unique custom especially in South India where, the devotees perform squats (sit-ups) holding their left ear with the right hand and right ear with the left hand.  Religiously this is done as a mark of respect and obeisance to the elderly God Sri Ganesha (Ganapathi).  This convention we come across not only during Ganesha Chaturthi festival but also whenever a devotee visits Sri Ganesha temple or worships Lord Ganesha. This action is referred to as Thorpikarnam or Thoppukarnam. In Telugu language it is called Gunjillu. In fact this is an ancient Indian culture that we come across in Gurukula system of education where Gurus (teachers) asks their pupils to practice this technique. Even most us would have come across in schools even today, teachers asking students to perform this action as a token of penalty for not performing homework or for not answering a question or for making noise in the class room. Let us see what i...