bhargavasarma {nirikhi krishna bhagavan}

Phalguna sukla Sapthami is celebrated as Mantralaya Sri Raghavendra Theerthara Jayanthi (Vardhanthi) the day Kaamadhenu, Kalpavruksha, Parimalaacharya, Guru Saarvabhouma, Poojyaaya, Sri Raghavendra swamy of Mantralayam was born. Special celebrations are held every year at Mantralayam on this occasion. Popularly and affectionately called as Sri Raayaru was born in Manmatha Naama Samvatsara, Phalguna masa, sukla Sapthami (7 th day of the bright fortnight) on Thursday in the constellation of Mrigasira in the year 1595 at Bhuvanagiri near Chidambaram in Tamilnadu.  Sri Raghavendra Swamy was born in the Divine lineage of Sri Shankukarna, Sri Prahlada, Sri Baahlika and Sri Vyaasaraajaru.  Venkatanatha (poorvaashrama naama of Sri Raghavendra Swamy) was born to Sri Thimmana Bhatta and Smt. Gopikaamba in Goutama Gothra in the family (manetana) of Powsthika Vamsada Beegamudre. It is incidental that H.H. Sri Sushameendra Theertharu the immediate past Pontiff of Mantralaya Sri Ragh...

Phalguna Sukla Bidigi (Dwiteeya) is the day the sacred name, the powerful taraka-manthra Raghavendra took birth and it was in the year 1621 A.D. of Durmathi Naama Samvatsara, second day of the bright fortnight. It was on this day Sri Raghavendra Swamy (Sri Venkatanatha Poorvaashrama Nama, of Sri Rayaru) took Sanyasa Deeksha from his Guru Sri Sudheendra Theertharu and ascended the throne of Dvaita Philosophy founded by the great Saint and Philosopher Sri Madhvacharya. This day of Phalguna Sukla Bidigi is celebrated as Sri Guru Saarvabhoumara Pattabhisheka Dina . Starting from this day special celebrations will be held at Mantralayam the seat of Sri Raghavendra Swamy Moola Brundavana, for a period of seven days up to Phalguna Sukla Sapthami the day Sri Rayaru was born. It was all through a royal lineage in which Sri Rayaru was born with his three previous incarnations all hailing with a rich Royal background. Sri Prahlada was an Emperor; Sri Bahlika was a Kuru King and broth...

Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha! Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha! Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vaasudevaya! Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha! “As life unfolds from the cradle to the grave, there is an ever moving pageant of numbers so that one cannot deny the great truth behind them.” In continuation to the earlier post under the label Significance and Symbolism of numbers from a Hindu perspective (link provided below), let us see in the current post what the number ONE signifies. Obviously,  ONE signifies unity, supremacy, paramount, solitary, primary, and the best. It is independent of all other numbers and is the source of all other numbers. It has no divisors. In philosophical context number one stands for the primordial person who was at the beginning and who will be at the end and who is the source of creation. It symbolizes sovereignty of God who is uniquely superior to all. Pythagoras referred to number One as the Monad (philosophy). It symbolized the crea...

Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha! Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha! Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vaasudevaya! Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha! It was India who first gave zero the status of a number and it was Hindu mathematicians who first conceived of zero as a number. Zero signifies something very different from simply nothing. Zero has the power to build any number (eg.10, 100, 1000 etc.) at the same time it has the ability to destroy another number – zero times of anything is zero.  Zero stands for vacuum, void, nothing. The discovery of zero and the place value system were inventions unique to the Indian civilization. It was India that gave to the world the value of Zero which was represented by the words like Shoonya in the earliest Sanskrit texts. In mathematical language Shoonya means nothing, its value is nil, however spiritually it symbolizes the ultimate being the Parabrahma. Shuunya is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning zero, nothingness. Shuunya is a symbol th...

Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha! Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha! Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vasudevaya!   Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha! Usage of numbers is prevailing in the world since time immemorial and has become an integral and eternal part of the day to day life in the world economy and civilization. Pythagoras the famous mathematician and philosopher believed that all things are numbers and number is within of all things. Numbers rule the universe. Number is the ruler of forms and ideas. In the words of Bertrand Russell, numbers are eternal and not in time. Number is the explanation of the world and understanding of numbers is   essential to the knowledge. Plato called the study of number symbolism "the highest level of knowledge". Pythagoras believed numbers had souls, as well as magical powers. He divided the numbers into two groups odd and even, male and female, light and dark etc. St. Augustine of Hippo wrote that, "Numbers are the univer...

During the year ended 2011, I could publish only 70 posts taking the total number to 217, and the page views has crossed 1.50 lakhs. December month has accounted for highest number of page views 17000. More than the number of posts, it is topic selection, its usefulness to the viewers and how effectively and timely I am able to communicate, that is more important. Courtesy Baraha, I could add some of the posts in regional languages Telugu & Kannada especially the one on Yagnopaveetha Dhaarana Vidhi as per Madhva sampradaya and also some of the divine stothras & slokas. As I move on to the fourth year of my blogging experience, it is time to have a feedback for a qualitative improvement of the blog in the areas of topic selection, adequacy of information, quality of contents, presentation of articles, usefulness of information, layout & display and replies to comments. I request all viewers, followers and well wishers to give their esteemed views and suggestions for im...