Monthly Archives: May 2020

INTRODUCTION The great King Vallala (14th century) ruled over the Thiruvannamalai region. He had two wives, but he did not have a child. Due to that he has offered food to lakhs of people on a daily basis.He renovated the temple of Lord Arunachaleswarar and built a huge tower in Arunachaleswarar Temple called Vallala Maharaja […]

INTRODUCTION Kripa , who was also known as Kripacharya is an incarnation of Lord Brahma, and is also the main person in Mahabharata, and is considered to be one of the seven Chiranjivis. He was the son of Saradvan and Janapadi. He was adopted along with his sister Kripi by King Shantanu. Kripa learnt all kinds of Vedas, Shastras and arts and became a […]

INTRODUCTION Sri Ramanuja who was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu, once, while he was travelling to Melkote at Karnataka, Lord Vishnu, in his dream had appeared and told to him that the utsava-murti of Sri Cheluva Narayana in Melkote, was stolen by the Moguls, and it was kept in Delhi. Sri Ramanuja immediately went to […]

INTRODUCTION Tansen (1500–1586), also known as Ramtanu, was an important person in Hindustani classical music. He used to burn the temple lamps automatically, by singing melodious songs using Deepak raga, and also he brought rain after singing the glories of the rain gods, Lord Varuna and Lord Indra. He was born in a Hindu family, and he learned various […]

INTRODUCTION Manjula was a noble girl who lived in a village near Guruvayur. She got the habit of daily submitting beautiful flower garlands to the Lord in the Guruvayur temple at night. One day night, when she arrived near the temple with her garlands, she found that the temple was closed. She was very much […]