Ganesha is offered Durva grass, a special grass with 3 or five blades. An offering of this grass is of great importance and worship of Ganesha without durva is incomplete. In the Ganesha Atharvashirsha of Ganesha Upanishad It is said that यो दूर्वाङ्कुरैर्यजति स वैश्रवणोपमो भवति । यो लाजैर्यजति स यशोवान् भवति । स मेधावान् भवति …
tulanaa naasti athaiva tulasi – that which is incomparable (in its qualities) is the tulasi. Tulasi is very dear to lord Vishnu and Krishna. In Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.15.19 it is said that the special position of the Tulasi plant: “Although there are numerous flowering plants full of transcendental fragrance in the spiritual realm, they are aware …
Why do we offer Aarti or Lamp to God? Offering Aarti or offering Lap to God is a means of offering fire element. Fire is one of the primary elements of creation, along with water, earth, air, and ether. Fire is the Purest of all, it also purifies everything around it. Fire burns the negative …
Lord Shiva is called Brahmapureeswara because he changed the fate of Brahma. The legend of this temple is connected to the story of Savitri, where Shiva cuts off the fifth head of Brahma. After losing the fifth head Brahma started out on a pilgrimage to Lord Shiva Temples. During the course of his pilgrimage he …
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Pushkar is often referred as the only Brahma temple in the world. According to the Hindu scripture Padma Purana, Brahma saw the demon Vajranabha trying to kill his children and harass people. He immediately slew the demon with his lotus flower. In this process, the lotus petals fell at this place. Since a flower fell …
It is been a few centuries since science has been pondering over the big question of how everything was created. How did life, the complex human body, the planets, and the universe was created? Even though science has quite a few theories it still doesn’t have a concrete answer. However, the Puranas mention in simple …
A man went to a Barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: “I don’t believe that God exists.” …
It was in the month of March, I visited Srirangam, a temple town in the Trichy district of Tamil Nadu, to take darshan of Ranganatha swami, a huge deity of Lord Vishnu lying down on Seshanag. When I reached the temple vicinity I saw many gates, each with beautifully carved and colorfully painted gopurams. Passing …
Food is the building block of life, any living entity when born cannot survive without food and nourishment. God has made such arrangements that the food of that living entity comes into the planet before even the living entity does. Thus food is very dear to us became a worthwhile of offering to God as …
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Positioned atop the Nilachal Hill in Kamprup district near Guwahati, Assam resides the Kamakhya Devi or the bleeding goddess, Kamakhya means “renowned goddess of desire. This is one of the oldest and most important of the 51 Shakti Peethas. The temple is also known as yoni peetha the deity worshipped here is the yoni of …