Sri Kunju Swamigal was Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi’s ardent disciple. He came to Bhagavan at a very young age, even before being put into formal schooling. While he was at the Ramanashram, he
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Nibbles
The snake and the mongoose
It is common knowledge that the snake and mongoose are mutual enemies and fight one another. Sometimes, when a mongoose confronts a cobra and finds that the cobra is gigantic and extremely powerful,
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Guru’s grace
A surgeon performs numerous surgeries routinely. He witnesses wellness, disease and death all the time. An undertaker cremates dead bodies all his life. These two are ideally placed to understand the
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Hanumath Utsavam
We have the tradition of concluding or completing any utsav with a special Hanumath Utsavam as its last part. It is not just to offer Vada Mala and curd rice we do this Hanumath Utsavam! Hanumanji is
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Where Gods reside
Our Shastras designate importance to certain flora and fauna, and state that God resides in these places. A few are given below: In the root of the ‘pArijAta’ tree resides Lord Anjaneya. In the
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Anjaneya and Urad Dal
Urad Dal (Ulundu in tamil) is considered to be a favorite of Lord Anjaneya. South Indians are more disposed to spicy flavours. So they prepare garlands out of Vadas (a savory made of Urad Dal) and
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Anjaneya Utsav
Even after performing service non-pareil to Sri Rama, Anjaneya never felt a wee bit of pride about it. He is considered as the embodiment of humility.The ‘Anjaneya Utsav’ is celebrated to
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Uttaramerur
Uttaramerur is a small village next to Kanchipuram in South India. This village is a masterpiece of town-planning and architecture. All the deities that prescribed for a village can be found in
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Mukkuruni Ganesha
Inside the Temple of Madurai Meenakshi is the sanctum of Lord Ganesha bearing the name Mukkuruni Pillaiyar. Mukkuruni Ganesha is also found in Nagapattinam and Chidambaram. Three ‘kurunni’ (a
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Puri Jagannath Prasad
Two ‘Kshetras’ (holy places) in this world (‘Bhoo loka’) are spoken of by the Vedas. One is Seshagiri (the Hill Sesha) with the Srinivasa Perumal in Tirupathi and the other one is Jagannatha
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Kamalalayam
In the Thiruvarur temple, the size of the temple is about 5 ‘veli’s (’veli’ is a tamil word indicating an unit of measurement of area in olden days). The temple tank ‘Kamalalayam’ is a
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The beauty of Badrinath
In Badrinath, which is surrounded by snow-capped mountains, which has ice-cold Alakananda river flowing, a strange inexplicable phenomenon co-exists! It has a perennial hot water spring, giving hot
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