As already explained in our previous blogs, fasting or upvaas is given a great importance in the Hindu way of life. Fasting was viewed with great spiritual significance that we have dedicated everyday of a week for a particular God or deity and there are exclusive vrata/fasting procudures.

Tuesday (mangalwar) is dedicated to Lord Hanuman and is very popular among North Indians, w... Read More  

On this auspicious day, the birthday of the Purushottama SriRaama, here are two interesting anecdotes related to Him, one of them which happened even before His birth!

Dasaratha kills Shravana:
Once, the childless king Dasaratha goes to a forest to hunt, and uses his Shabdavedi, a weapon that strikes the destination based on the sound emitted by the object to be attacked. He launches this after listening to what sounded like an animal drinking water. Unfortunately, it was a young boy who was collecting water in his pot for his aged blind parents, who became the victim of the weapon. Dasaratha is then shocked to see that he has killed the only son of helpless parents, who curse him that he would also suffer separation from his son, just like they had been deprived of theirs.
While Dasaratha was profoundly grief-struck by the incident, he also felt i... Read More  

This post was posted in Temples & Pariharas, Rituals & its meaning and was tagged with Hanuman, Kumkum, Shani, Chiranjeevi

This post was posted in Temples & Pariharas, Pooja offers, Remedies and was tagged with Hanuman, Shani, Chiranjeevi