Shri Shri Ragothama Theerthara Aradhana 2013!

Namaskara,
                         I have attached the photos of Shri Shri Ragothama Theerthara Aradhana which was celebrated in January 2013!!
             

Nava Brindavan @ Erode

       Last week I had to attend my cousin brother's marriage at Erode. Since the Muhurtham was early, we decided to visit nearby temples. One of our relatives told us that there is a Nava Brindavan near Erode. So we got a bus to the center of the town, called kaalamadu (its near the erode railway station and there is a statue of a man with a bull, may be that is why it got its name) and got another bus to Vasantha Nagar where the Nava Brindavan is located. We reached the place in just 20 minutes by bus. It was a calm place away from the hustle bustle of the erode town. Situated on the banks of the river Cauvery, this place is where 9 rishis or swami jis attained their vaikunta praptham in their respective Brindavans. They have numbered the brindavans according to their period of living. The first brindavan is said to be of Sri Sri Lakshmipathy theertharu, who shares his period with Rayaru (Sri Sri Ragavendra Swamy).

        Shri Lakshmi Pathi Theertharu was a Vaidyar, who knew his end of life. Hence he had asked his disciples to prepare for his brindavan. The son of the sculptor who was appointed for such a blessed task, died at home due to snake's bite, when the sculptor was working with the brindavan. He couldn't stop his work neither could he continue with it. Swamy ji who knew his situation asked him to bring his son to the mutt. With the grace of God, swamy ji was able to return the sculptor's little son to life. As a token of gratitude, the sculptor has given the Dasavathara pictures embedded in the brindavan of swamy ji along with 5 headed snake (Kalinga) under the Dasavathara...

Shri Sudhi Nidhi Theertharu has done over 1000 Sudhas which has given him the name hence..

Kichu Papa's Gokulashtami of 2012 Pooja by Me!

 These are the pictures of Gokulashtami Pooja done in 2012... Since my mom was not well, it was me who did the pooja for my favourite Kichu Papa...

 This is the Lord Krishna Picture at our home to which we perform pooja every year on the occasion of Gokulashtami. We just love this pooja, because it is an auspicious cum fun mixed one..

 Since I am not that much good at rangoli, all i could do was this irregular foot steps of kichu papa from our gate, through out our hall, middle room and then to pooja room..


                                                                    


                                      

               This picture below was the neivedya items, Banana, Naaval Pazham, Apple, Guava, Butter and aval with vellam i.e. Puffed Rice with Jaggery (the most favourite food of Krishna Bhagavan).

Navarathri 2012 @ ma Home...

These pictures were taken during Navarathri 2012....

                                                             

  The Pillaiyar/Ganesha idol with Saraswathi devi and Lakshmi devi on the first step was the very first idols bought by my mom when I was just 2 yrs old... Still these dolls have not lost their colour or texture... The Kalasam/kalash on the 3rd step is the centre of attraction, to which my mom does the pooja on all 10 days of the festival... The Ashtalakshmi set with the kalasam is the highlight of this step.

Lord Krishna, came to our house when I was 10 yrs old. My chithi bought this outside Anna Nagar Siddha Hospital.

        There is a rule for the setting of idols for navarathri. God, Goddesses idols on the tops rows, then humans in the next middle rows, and then organisms with 5 senses at the lowest rows...

               Since we don't get time to set all the idols and dolls in this order, we just arrange them in some random order based on the step's strength to hold them...

Madhwa Jana...

This category of Madhwa Jana is exclusively for discussions about Madhwa Matha and people following it. Today we will discuss about Naga Chathurthi Pooja done once in an year to get blessings from Naga Raja... These pictures were taken during last pooja at my home..


                                              
                                 
            Naga Chathurthi is one of the main poojas done in Hindu families, to worship The Snake God (Naga Raja/Shri Aadi Sesha) and get his blessings. Naga Chaturthi falls on the 4th day in the bright fortnight (after amavasa) of the auspicious "Sravana Masa" followed by Garuda Panchami on the next day. Serpent God Sri Aadi Sesha is the presiding Deity for Panchami thithi.


                                                      

              It is a festival cum pooja celebrated every year in honour of Snakes. It is the day on which Lord Brahma gave a boon to the Serpents that they would be adored and respected by human beings on the Earth. It was on this day of Garuda Panchami that King Janamejaya stopped his Sarpa Yaga and a new lease of life was given to the Serpents.