Category Archives: Siddhars

INTRODUCTION Gandharvas are the celestial musicians and they are mentioned in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism texts. Gandharvas are male demi gods and the consorts of the celestial dancers also called as the Apsaras. They contain feathers and contain an attractive face and a handsome look, and they possess good musical skills. Mostly Gandharvas used to sing in the court of the […]

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 flowers in the early morning from the nearby flower garden and perform puja […]

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 which the food items had been provided to him by a […]

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 which the food items had been provided to him by a […]

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 are the divine incarnations of the Trimurties and contain their features.  They are […]

INTRODUCTION Venkanna (16th century) was an ardent devotee of Guru Raghavendra, who served as a minister of Adoni under the Nawab Sidhi Masood Khan and helped the great Guru towards building his Jeeva Samadhi at Mantralayam, Andhra Pradesh. The young boy Venkanna lived in a village at Adoni, Andhra Pradesh, along with his uncle, since […]

INTRODUCTION Sri Srinivasa(1590-1640) belonged to Brahmin-Madhwa family, was a great scholar and also an expert in sanskrit language. He was born in Bidarahalli. He had written many divine books and lived a pious life. He was a great devotee of Sri Guru Raghavendra Swamy and lived during his period. His guru was Sri Yadavaaryaru. He […]

INTRODUCTION Kacha was an ancient sage and the son of Deva Guru Brihaspati. He is also mentioned in various puranas and in Mahabharata.  He was known for learning all the divine scriptures from his father as well as from the demon guru Sri Sukracharya. Once Kacha met Sukracharya and become the disciple of Sukracharya, to learn the […]

INTRODUCTION Sri ParasaraBhattar, is the son of Sri Kurattazhwan and Andal, considered as an important person among the Vaishnavites. It is believed that he was born due to the grace of Sri Ranganatha, a form of Lord Vishnu and Sri Ramanuja. He was affectionately named as Parasara Bhattar by Sri Ramanuja himself. ParasaraBhattar was a […]

Ambarisha was an Ikshvaku king and the son of Mandhatri. He lived in Treta Yuga. He was a great devotee of Vishnu and through his great bhakti, lord Vishnu had offered him with Sudarshana Chakra. Once, Ambarisha performed the Ekadashi Vrata and at the time of completion of Ekadashi, Sage Durvasa visited his place and agreed to be his guest, also accepted to take food […]