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Anantha Chaturdasi - Anantha Padmanabha Vratha

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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...

Vaamana Avathara Chintana (DadhiVamana Jayanthi)

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We come across this personality VAAMANA of the Supreme Godhead Lord Vishnu that was fifth in the line of Dasavatharas. This avathara took place during Tretha Yuga before Sri Parashurama Avathara. Lord VaAmana was born as son of Sage Kashyapa (Kashyapa Prajapathi) and his wife Adithi in accordance to the penance performed by the couple and prayers of IndraAdi Devatas. He was known as VAMANA because he was dwarf in form at the beginning. While suppressing the pride and vanity of King Bali, He was known as THRIVIKRAMA when He grew to a gigantic size and conquered the three worlds, Earth, Upper worlds and Nether worlds with just three paces of his foot. Born to Sage Kasyapa and Adithi, He was also referred as UPENDRA the younger brother of Indra. UPA also means 'above' indicating that He is much much superior ( AteEndra ) to Indra, He is the Supreme God Vishnu - Hari Sarvottama. VAAMANA ROOPA... अभ्रश्याम : शुभ्रयज्ञोपवीती सत्कौपीन : पीतकृष्णाजिनश्री : | छत्री दंडी पुंडरीकायत...

Sri Jagannatha Dasaru & The Glory of HarikathaAmruthaSara

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Sri JagannathaDasaru (Glory of HarikathaAmruthaSaara)  (1728-1809) https://archive.org/details/sri-jagannatha-dasaru Daasavaryam dayasindhum dooreekruta duraashiram Harikathamritavaktaaram Jagannaatha gurum bhajE!! Sri Jagannatha Dasaru (1728-1809) is considered as an incarnation of none other than SaHlaAda (brother of Prahlada RaAyaru) during Krutha Yuga; who was born as Salya Maharaja (MahaBharata) during Dwapara Yuga and as Jagannatha Dasaru in Kaliyuga. His poorvasrama name was Srinivasacharya. An eminent scholar and learned in Dvaita philosophy, Sri GuruRayaru (Mantralaya Guru Saarvabhouma Sri Raghavendra Swamy) was his Swaroopoddharaka Guru. Sri JagannathaDasaru in his poorvaashrama (Sreenivasacharya) had his Shastra Vidya from Sri Varadendra Theertharu (an eminent Saint in Sri Raghavendra Matha parampara) when he was Sri Balaramacharya in his poorvaashrama at Mantralaya Kshethra. Sri Puranadara Dasaru - Sri Vijaya Dasaru - Sri Jagannatha Dasaru and Sr...

Significance of KANYA MAASAM - The Solar Month

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  TOMORROW (17.09.2026) - SURYA SHASHTI - KANYA SANKRAMANA - KANYA MAASA AARAMBHA Significance of KANYA MAASAM The Solar Month (17.09.2026 to 17.10.2026) In Sanatana sampradaya we find two types of calendars being followed viz. Solar Calendar known as Sauramana and Lunar calendar known as Chaandramana. In Solar Calendar the months derive their names based on the transit of Sun in a particular zodiac sign and in Lunar calendar it is based on the constellation (Nakshatra) occurring (at/nearer) on the full moon day (Pournami). We have 12 houses in the zodiac starting from Aries and ending with Pisces. Movement of Sun from one sign to the other in the zodiac is reckoned as Sankranthi or Sankramana. The period between two successive solar transits (sankramana) or the time taken by Sun to pass through a zodiac sign is known as Soura or Solar month. One complete cycle of Sun around the zodiac starting from Aries and ending with Pisces is known as Solar year. According to Sauraman...