INTRODUCTION Pozhichalur is situated near Palavaram and it has an ancient Shiva temple built by Chola Kings. The main deity in this temple is Sri Agatheeswarar and Goddess Sri Anandhavalli. This ancient and marvelous temple is one among the Navagraha temples of...
INTRODUCTION Vasuki is considered as the king of serpent as per Hinduism and Buddhism texts. He contains the divine gem on his head, and the divine gem gives more attractiveness to his body. He is the brother of Mata Manasa Devi, a famous snake goddess, mostly...
INTRODUCTION Arukampul also known as scutch grass in English is a divine grass which is used to decorate Lord Vinayaka. This special kind of grass was mentioned in ancient puranas, and also it contains lot of medicinal properties. It is a favourite grass of Lord...
INTRODUCTION Tholaikadhu Siddhar was a great siddhar who lived in Pondicherry before 300 years, he stayed in the Manakkula Vinayaka Temple, performed meditation on Lord Vinayaka and got great powers. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Vinayaka who would regularly pluck...
INTRODUCTION Taruppaipul is a kind of holy grass and it was mentioned in ancient history, it is also called as Dharbha. It can be found in almost all parts of the world, and it is considered as a very holy grass especially among the Hindu Brahmins, who are using it...
INTRODUCTION Few hundred years back, there lived a staunch devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan, and his name was Sri MallisseriNamboodiri, who was the chief cook in the Guruvayur Temple. Once he was supposed to prepare food for 1000 devotees in the next day morning, for...
INTRODUCTION According to Hindu Puranas, Uchaisravas is a seven-headed divine horse, which was formed during the churning of the ocean of milk. It is considered to be the horse of Bhakt Prahalad and later on it was gifted by him to his grandson...
INTRODUCTION The Navanath are the nine saints, who were the founders of the Navnath Sampradaya. They are worshipped together in order to get all the prosperity in our life.They are also considered as nine Divine Gems and they are created for doing goodness to us. They...
INTRODUCTION Rohini is the star goddess specially created by Lord Brahma and took birth as the daughter of the great DAKSHA PRAJAPATI, who was the son of Lord Brahma. She was one among the 27 stars, who were also the daughters of Lord Daksha. Among these 27 stars,...
INTRODUCTION Revati, is the daughter of King Kakudmi and the wife of Lord Balarama, the elder brother of Krishna. She is mentioned in the Mahabharata and BhagavataPurana. Revati was the only daughter of King Kakudmi, a ruler of Kusasthali kingdom. In order to find a...
INTRODUCTION Once there lived a powerful demon named “MUSHIKASUR” who was in the form of a big rat and created troubles to all the living beings in the earth and in the heaven. All the demi gods prayed to Lord Vinayaka, to safeguard them from the powerful demon. Lord...
INTRODUCTION Subhadra is an important character in Mahabharata and she is considered as an incarnation of MataParvati. She is the sister of Krishna and Balarama, wife of Arjuna, mother of Abhimanyu, and she is the daughter...