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Vijaya Dasaru (Chippagiri)

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  Sri VijayaDasaru ( Ondu chintane) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HLVYN-MEI_OhG3u88jOnVjbCDTEmjT0-/view?usp=sharing Sri Vijaya Dasaru is respected and adored as one of the greatest Haridasas this land has seen. He is credited with the revival of the Haridasa movement in the eighteenth century. He not only composed thousands of devaranamas himself, but also personally sought and trained several disciples to ensure that the movement endured for a long time. He was a junior contemporary of Sri Vadeendra Teertha and visited Mantralaya several times. He is supposed to have seen and conversed with Rayaru personally several times.  Some of the devaranamas composed by him reveal insights that ordinary people would never get. In one song (“noDide gurugaLa noDide ..”), he talks of seeing Lord Narasimha, Rama, Vedavyasa and Krishna on the four sides of the Vrindavana, all the Gurus from Acharya Madhva down to his own guru present within the Vrindavana, and Lord Lakshminarayana in the ...

KARTHIKA MAASAM (DAMODARA MAASAM) - SIGNIFICANCE

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India, the birth place of Hinduism is rich in spirituality, religious cultures, faiths, austerities, customs and traditions that we don’t find any where else in the world. In the words of Mark Twain “India is the cradle of the human race, the birth place of human speech, the mother of history, the grand mother of legend, and the grand mother of tradition. The most valuable and most instructive material in the history of man is treasured up in India only” We have a unique calendar with each day and each month denoting some or the other religious event or festival associated with a tradition and culture which is being followed since time immemorial.   Repetition of these events is only to remind the mankind its significance always with a divine message behind it. As we move into the Hindu Lunar calendar eighth month is denoted as Kartheeka Masam that generally comes around October-November of every year.  It marks the beginning of winter season.  When the Moon is at or ...

MAHA LAKSHMI CHINTANA

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M AHA LAKSHMI CHINTANA Link... https:// archive.org/details/sri-ma ha-lakshmi-chintana Contents.. > MahaLakshmi anusandhana/chintana > LAKSHMI DEVI Vs VISHNU ROOPAS > LAKSHMI ROOPAS Vs VISHNU CHATURVIMSHATI ROOPAS > SRI MAHALAKSHMI DWADASANAAMA & [Lakshmi Dwadasanama Stothram] > MahaLakshmi Ashtottara Sathanama Stothram > BhadraLakshmi Stavam > AshtaLakshmi Stothram > mahālakṣmyaṣṭakaṃ > Sri SriEshagunaDarpanam (Sri VadiRajara Virachita) > Lakshmi Shobane (Sri VadiRajara Virachita) > Sri Lakshmishobhanapada Ondu Adhyayana (Kannada - Link...) लक्ष्मीं क्षीरसमुद्रराजतनयां श्रीरङ्गधामेश्वरीं दासीभूतसमस्तदेववनितां लोकैकदीपाङ्कुराम् । श्रीमन्मन्दकटाक्षलब्धविभवब्रह्मेन्द्रगङ्गाधरां त्वां त्रैलोक्यकुटुम्बिनीं सरसिजां वन्दे मुकुन्दप्रियाम् ॥ naham karta harih karta

CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS OF DEEPAVALI (Diwali)

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Observance of the Deepavali (Diwali) festival varies from region to region. Deepavali also popularly called Diwali is celebrated for three to five days based on regional customs with each day of the festival referred to by unique name. Deepavali generally occurs during October-November every year starting from Aaswayuja Bahula Trayodasi and ending with Kartheeka Sukla Dwiteeya. C elebrations take place in the following order... Jala Poorna Trayodasi - Dhantera Naraka Chaturdasi Deepaavali (Amaavaasya) Bali Paadyami (Prathipada) Yama Dwiteeya (Bhagini Hastha Bhojana or Bhai Dhooj) Some of the customs and traditions followed during the Deepavali festival are… Jala Poorna Trayodasi (Neeru Thumbuva Habba) – Dhantera – Yama Deepa… (First day) First day of the festival called Jala Poorna Trayodasi is celebrated on Aaswayuja Bahula Trayodasi (13th day of the dark fortnight). This day is also known as Dhantheras or Dhana Trayodasi as it is auspicious to buy Gold and Si...

Gau cHintana (GauVatsa Dwadasi – GauSavithri Stothra)

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> Gau chintana (GauVatsa Dwadasi – GauSavithri Stothra… ) Gau-MaAtha (Sacred Cow) is also known as KaAmadHenu, Nandini, Surabhi; Sushila, Bahula; Cow is a symbol of piousness (Satvik) - By doing Gau-Aaraadhana one will develop SaAtvik qualities; Gau-AaraAdhana includes…   > GauPooja,   > GauBhakti,   > GauSeva,   > GauPoshana,   > GauRakshana... which is very dear to ParamaAtma (Lord Sri Krishna); "govindo govidam patih" (Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stothram)... Govinda means the One who is the Lord of Cows,   protector of Cows,   the one who has lifted the hill called Goverdhanagiri with His little finger to save and protect the Cows and Cowherds, also   the one who is the protector of Earth. Lord Sri Krishna is popularly called as Govinda Who is also known as Gopala the protector of cows. Aaswayuja Bahula Dwadasi is reckoned as GoVatsa Dwadasi dedicated to the worship of Gau-Maatha; Vatsa means off-spring...