Anantha Chaturdasi - Anantha Padmanabha Vratha
Who is ANANTHA? What does the divine term Anantha indicates? Anantha is not only a name but also one of the most important attributes (ANANTATA) of ANANTHA KALYANA GUNA PARIPOORNA Lord Vishnu; the one who has countless number of auspicious/meritorious qualities/attributes which even Goddess Lakshmi Devi cannot count. Anantha means the one... who is all pervasive, who is eternal, who is beyond all boundaries and for whom there is no limit either by space, time or location He is the one who has; infinite number of forms and who dwells in the entire Universe. who is invincible and omnipresent. His glory is infinite. He is highly meritorious among the meritorious. No one can describe or define Him precisely. He is also popularly called as PadmaNabHa the one who has a Lotus like navel or the one who has Lotus in the navel. AnantHa PadManabHa is none other than Lord Vishnu the Supreme God. The lotus stalk that emerged from His navel/naabhi at the time of universal dawn, unfurled into a magn...