Dharmic Verses - धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः।

Maa Brahmacharini is the second manifestation of Maa Durga who is worshipped on the second day of Navratri. Here word "Brahm" refers to "Tapa". So Brahmacharini means Tapa Charini - The one who performas Tapa or penance. It is said that…

Maa Shailputri is the absolute form of Mother Nature. She is also known as Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva and mother of Ganesha and Kartikeya (Murugan). In the Navratri festival the worshiped Mother Goddess has a half moon…

Sowthadka Shri Maha Ganapathi Temple is  an 800 year old temple.The idol of Ganesha, worshipped in this temple, was found by cow herd boys. These innocent boys carried this idol with bhajan, pooja all along the way to the present place of…

Shri Ram and his army of monkeys were preparing for war with Ravana. Shri Ram asked his army to build the bridge over the sea. Work began at once on a stone bridge. The monkeys pulled out rocks and heavy stones from the mountains and…

Shiva , the Digambaraaya is beyond the worldly affairs, so smears ash on His body and wanders through out the Universe. According to Shiva Puran- Lord Shiva used to wander around the forests bare bodied. There was a forest by the name…

Puri is famous for the world famous Jagannath Temple & Longest Golden Beach. It is one of the Dhamas (Holiest of the holy place) out of four Dhamas i.e. Puri, Dwarika, Badrinath & Rameswar, in India. Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra…

There is a story behind how Shiva got blue throat and why he is known as Nilkanth. This is a story of Samudra Manthan the great churning of the ocean. Once Indra the king of gods came across the sage Durvasa. Durvasa had a beautiful…

Once upon a time there lived a Sage namely Shilada. He was unhappy because he didn't have any child. So, Sage Shilada did penance to God Shiva for begetting a child. Shiva impressed with Shilada’s penance gave Darshan and granted him…

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In almost every Indian home a lamp is lit daily before the altar of the Lord. In some houses, it is lit at dawn, in some, twice a day – at dawn and dusk – and in a few, it is maintained continuously - Akhanda Deepa. All auspicious functions…