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 An unmarried PhD graduate, brahmin by birth byhearted Arya sathakam in mookapanchasathi and Soundarya lahari out of interest. He added it to his daily puja ritual and continued reciting everyday for 3 years. His practice transformed into belief. from then, He strongly believed that goddess lalitha stays along with him and he also used to ask her in his mind for taking right decision in every situation and he waits for it and gets answer known from different people for his question even when he don't reveal the question. He used accept this as goddess Lalitha's words. Once, he was called for brahmachari bhojanam by a brahmin couple. Husband  is a research associate and his wife is my brothers Co - PhD mate in NIT warangal. Husband out of his traditional practices also used to do Navaavarana puja to goddess lalitha which is believed to be the most sacred method of praying lalitha devi. They don't have children. Someone adviced them to keep brahmachari bhojanam to the most el...

Ashta siddis There are 8 types of achivements for a saadhaka by which he can transform his personality. This is from markandeya purana. God for achieving ashtasiddis is Lord Dattatreya. Lord Dattatreya is also known as god for self sustainment. And also, example for the gods who achived it is Lord Hanuman and saptharshis. It is also said in the purana that ashta siddis are the offsprings of Lord Dattatreya and his wife anagha devi. The sloka which pertains ashtasiddis as below:-   Sloka:- Anima mahimaachiva laghima garimaastharsha|               Praapta: prakaamyameesatwam asithvam ashtabhutaya||   Anima Transforming body in to atomic size. A person with this type of siddi can transform himself in to very tiny size. Mahima Becoming big, gigantic by his wish. A person with this type of siddi can transform himself like hulk. Gharima Becoming very heavy. In mahabharatha, Lord sri krishna came as a o...

 Bala Athibala Ramayana is the first and foremost poetry written in sanskrit and so it is called as adi kavya. It is written by Valmiki and he is named as adi kavi. There are totally 24000 verses among the 7 parts of the kavya. These 7 parts are called kandas.       Sage Viswamitra known for his high power, great penance and anger took Rama and lakshmana to his ashrama in forests for the protection of the yagnas from demons thaataki, maricha and subaahu. During this viswamitra made them learn different powerful mantras. he taught them sandhya vandanam and made rama and lakshmana to do it trikalam every day (3 times a day. during sunrise, noon and sunset).      During this period, inorder to make rama and lakshmana resist the hunger, sage vishwamitra gave them a mantra called Bala Athibala which makes the saadhaka sit for a very long time with out getting distracted with an idea of starving. This is very useful for the saadhaka to do penance with o...

 Kshetras- Their types- power of the diety Kshetras/Temples are the energy centers which release positive energy for the well being of every individual. Person going to temple everyday will have much positive energy and will power when compared to an ordinary person. God Presides in the temple and releases the positive energy continuously. This positive energy when received by a human being, he will all the good deeds for the society. The total structure of the temple will be constructed as per the Aagama of the rituals to be performed to the god. there are mainly 4 types of kshetras. they are:- 1. Swayam vyaktam 2. Swayam bhu 3. Rusheyam 4. Manusham Swayam vyakta temples:- These are the places, god chose himself i.e. the self manifestation happens on his wish itself. These swayam vyakta kshetras are most powerful temples ever. There is also a saying that in swayam vyakta kshetras, god directly understands the purpose of your visit and blesses you. there is no need of availing your...

 Sudharshana Kavacham Brahmana uvacha:-  Praseeda bhagavan Brahma sarva mantragna naarada soudarshanam thu kavacham pavitram bruhi tatwataha Naarada uvacha:- Srunu sweha dwija sreshta: pavitram paramaadbhutham sowdarsananthu kavacham drushtaa drushtaardha sadhakam kavachascha rushi brahmaa chandonushtum tatha smruthim sudarshana maha vishnur devataa samrachashase Hraam beejam shakti radrokta Hreem Kroom keelakamishathi sira: sudarshana: paatu lalaatam chakra naayaka: Ghraanam paatu mahaa daitya: repuravyaath drisou mama sahasraarah sruthim paathu kapolou deva vallaba: viswatma paatu me vakthram jihwaam vidyamayo hari: kantam paatu maha Jwala: skandau divyaayudheswara: bhujou me paathu vijayee karaou kaitabha naasana: shatkona samsthith: paathu hrudayam dhaamamaamakam madhyam paathu maha veerya: trinetro nabhi mandalam Sarvaayudhamaya: paathu katim sronim mahaadyuthi: Soma suryaagni nayana: uuru paathucha mamakau Guhyam paathu mahaa maya: jaanunithu jagatpathi: janghe paathu ma...

How vedic mantras different from sthothras?  Mantras are the vedic hymns which should be rendered or recited with suswara. Suswara contains Anudarthas and Udarthas i.e. Expansions and contractions. There is a rule that these must be chanted in a particular way by exactly replicating the swara with anudarthas and udarthas as mentioned in the literature. The swara frequency which invokes the diety. Wrong spell may not invoke the diety and also the wrong chanting sometimes creates an opposite meaning of the verse. That is why mantras are to be learnt under an expert and also to be recited as per the literature containing where the anudarthas and udarthes are to be spelled. So, veda mantras can only be recited after learning them. There is also a limitation that these should not be chanted at any time. these should be chanted at the time of organizing Karmaanushrana (Daily Rituals, Sandhya vandanam), yagnas, homams and also should be performed with internal and External cleanliness....

 Story behind  Sarva Deva Kruta Lakshmi Stothram:-      Title itself says that it is sarva deva krutam means that it is made by all the gods. According to puranas, Devas and rakshasas known that amrutham will be obtained when the Ksheera sagaram is churned. actually, Devas and Rakshasas are enemies. but, they both took a ooth in working together in churning ksheera saagara. Kheera sagara (Milky ocean) is a very vast and deepest ocean. Devas approached Lord Maha vishnu and asked him for his help. He then suggested to use following as tools to churn the ksheera Sagaram(Milky ocean):- Lord Maha Vishnu, he himself took his avataara (Reincarnation) as Kurmaavathaara (Tortoise)- (he went to the bottom of the milky ocean and asked the gods arrange a stick to be kept on his vertebral shell and thread inorder to churn Ksheera saagaram (Milky ocean)).  Mandara Parvatha (it is highest of all the Mountains) is selected as a stick for churning Vasuki Snake (The lon...

Once upon a time, there lived a Sri vaishnava brahmin, also an archaka named Vedavyas in the holy town of mangalagiri, Andhra pradesh. He got married and blessed with a child (Baby boy). As he is an ardent follower of Lord Narasimha, he named his son as Prahlada Varadan. When his son reached the age of 7 years, He completed thread marriage (yagnopaveetha dhaarana mahothsava) ritual to his son, made him know the importance of sandhya vandana and made him learn and adviced him to do sandya vandanam 3 times a day i.e. sunrise, noon and sunset. As his son, prahlada varadan is also very obedient, he learnt sandhya vandanam and continued it with out any mistake in the procedure as said by his father. Prahlada varadan, with great enthusiasm used to ask his father every day to teach a mantra which makes him see the god. Father used to skip every time as he thought his son is too small to experience the feeling of god. But on asking him many times, he made his son learn a mantra called 'GAR...