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We should be thankful to our mother, father, god, and guru. Where ever you are in this universe, if you are blessed with your guru, you attain the power to outcome from all obstacles. When you are in a problem and if you pray your guru then his blessings will protect you like armor that’s why we call guru as Lord Brahma. Gurur-Brahmaa Gurur-Vissnnur-Gururdevo Maheshvarah | Gurur sakshat Param Brahma Tasmai Shrii-Gurave Namah || Meaning: The Guru is Brahma, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru Deva is Maheswara (Shiva), The Guru is Verily the Para-Brahman (Supreme Brahman); Salutations to that Guru. Why should be thankful to our teacher/ guru: Whether knowingly or unknowingly if we are facing problems then you have to chant “dattat saranam mama, dattat saranam mama” with devotion and concentration. As Guru Datta is a guru of all gurus and he is a form of trinath (Brahma, Vishnu, and Lord Shiva). You will also get protected from natural calamities with his blessings. From a...

Importance of Panchopachara pooja Whenever we perform any ritual to god, Panchopachara pooja will be given the first prominence. This means Gandham (sandalwood), Pushpam (flowers), Deepam (lamp), Doopam (incense sticks) and naivedyam (food). Similarly, we have Dasopachara pooja – pardyam, argyam, achamanam, snanam, vastram, gandham, pushpam, dhoopam, deepam, naivedyam. Shodachopachara pooja - pardyam, argyam, achamanam, snanam, vastram, aabharanam, gandham, pushpam, dhoopam, deepam, naivedyam, aacahmana, tambula, stotra patanam, tarpana, namaskaram When you light ghee lamp in your house then you need to light the lamp towards the right side of the god. If you are lighting with oil then best of all other oils is til oil, you need to place the lamp towards the left side of the god. What is Daiva runa As a human being, we should be thankful to God for giving unimaginable intelligent body. In Hindu mythology among all ‘runas’ we should accomplish daiva runa . Dur...

During Sravana Masam(month), whoever the lady plans to do Mangala Gowri Vratham (on Tuesday) needs to prepare thoranam’s and put one in front of the devotee, the second one is to be tied to her hand and others need to be tied to muthaituvu (a woman whose husband is alive). During the time of trying to mutahituvu, for offering maha naivedyam and vayanam (offering to muthaituvu), we make Pongal made with rice, green gram, turmeric powder, and a little salt. Later we offer turmeric powder, kumkum , sandalwood powder, eyetex, bangles, Bengal gram, banana, salimidi (recipe made with rice powder and jaggery) as a vayanam (offering). This offering is normally given by inviting women after sunset or even given by going to their house. Mangala Gowri vratam is done on all four Tuesdays during this month and this process is done continuously for five years and then they do udyapana (finish). Count of muthaituvu will increase by 5. That is 2 years after marriage we give it to 10 women...

Sravana pournima is also called as maha sravanam, whole this month is considered to have vrathas. It is considered that this month is dedicated to pray Lord Vishnu, Shiva, and Shakthi. Whatever our ancestors and sages prescribed, we have benefits in returns for an example they said us to have ekabhukta vratam where we take food for only one time during the day and in the second time you can have fruits. Also, Nakta Vratam is also one of the famous rituals where we do fasting the whole day and consume food (naivedyam) during sunset by praying Lord Shiva. This month is considered as dearest for both lords Shiva and Vishnu. Each day have its own prominence like on the fifth day we do Naga Panchami. Sravana is considered to have powers in its name word also is knowledge of Vedas. We have gained knowledge of Vedas from Lord Vishnu. Lord Brahma originated with from Narayana and Brahma created all gods and worlds. When gods asked their responsibilities, Brahma replied that he would s...

 Importance of Sindoor Tilak Lord Hanuman is known for having the boon of immortality. He is also known for devotion towards Lord Ram. Whoever chants Hanuman Chalisa or sundarakanda is being blessed by lord. People who are suffering from many problems and unable to come out of problems and being pulled inside unnecessary quarrels can be rescued by chanting Anjineya Badabalana stotram with devotion for 3 times a day. Similarly keeping spatika ling, padarasa ling, ekamuki rudraksha and Hanuman idol and chanting manyasukta payan we can come out of all kinds of problems and get mental peace. Sindoor tilak is known to have its prominence in Hindu culture as whoever does Abhishek with sindhoor to Hanuman and apply as a tilak on his forehead they will be blessed with Lord Ram.  You may think sindoor belongs to Hanuman but why will Ram bless us? Goddess Sita applied sindoor on her forehead then Hanuman asked: “Oh mother what is that you are applying?” Then she replied...

Rituals to be performed on Akshaya Tritiya and in Vaishaka Masam As part of donations, we can also donate water or buttermilk. Some offer unlimited water to be flown over Shivling which we call it as jalanthika (vessel with a small hole). We got Tritiya name because whoever does Japa (chanting), Homa, Annadhana (offering food) will be blessed with akshaka (unlimited wealth) so it’s called with Akshaya Tritiya. Here we get this blessing by offering and donations but not by purchasing. Today we offer to gods, rushis and our ancestors to get their blessings. “Yatkarothi truthiyayam krishnam chandana bhooshitam vaishakasyasithe pakshe sayathyatchyuthamandiram.” Which means we need to apply sandalwood and decorate him beautiful. He will bless us by showing the path to Vaikunta. That’s why in Simhachalam this day is considered a special day. Today all sandalwood applied to the lord will be removed and apply freshly. Today is the only day Simhachalam Simhadrappanna will be shown h...

Importance of Akshaya Tritiya Akshaya Tritiya is one of the auspicious days in Hindu mythology. Today in order to get a blessing from Goddess Lakshmi everyone has to pray goddess by doing abhishekam with cow milk enchanted with srisuktham. Goddess Lakshmi will be blessing their children in the form of Ashta Lakshmi (eight forms). She will not just provide wealth but also provide all kinds of fortune like knowledge, health, food, life, children, etc. Because she blesses with all these fortunes it is said to donate to others is considered to be good on this day. Every person has to donate some fraction of his earning to others in need. Whoever donates gold on this day they will obtain immense blessings of the goddess. Today Indians pray with a gold coin which is embedded with goddess Lakshmi picture on it, we pray by chanting with srisuktam along with ashtotara anamavali and offer naivedyam. Later this naivedyam should be distributed with others in the form of annadhan (donate f...