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DIVYA DESAMS DIVYA DESAMs - 108 Maha Vishnu sthalams As per the divine instruction of Lord Narayana to the last Azhwar (ThirumangaiAzhwar) to have darshan at all Divya Desams, let's now take this virtual divine journey. May the Lord's grace be on all of us to have HIS real darshan soon at all the Divya Desams. Divya Desams are temples where Azhwars (Vaishnavite Saints) sung divine hymns (Mangalasasanam) on Sri Maha Vishnu, the presiding deity of those temples. These divine hymns are popularly known as Nalayira Divya Prabandham. The verses are the condensed form of Vedas, Upanishads and Vyasa's Brahmasutras. There are 108 Divya Desams in total, amongst them two are not in this material world - they are Thiruppaarkadal and Parama padam. Other 105 temples are located in India and 1 Divya desam is in Nepal (Salagramam). Contd..2 -2- Among the twelve Azhwars, only 11 composed hymns on the 108 Divya Desams: PoigaiAzhwar composed hymns on 6 Divya desams, BoothathAzhwar on 13, PeyAzhwar on 15, ThirumazhisaiAzhwar on 17, NammAzhwar on 37, KulasekarAzhwar on 9, PeriyAzhwar on 18, Sri Andaal on 11 and ThondaradipodiAzhwar on 1. Madhurakavi Azhwar glorified Nammazhwar in his hymns. Lord Sriman Narayana is found in various Thirukkolam (Postures) in these Divya Desams : Veetrirundha Thirukkolam (Sitting Posture) - 21 Divyadesams Nindra Thirukkolam (Standing Posture) - 60 Divyadesams Kidantha Thirukkolam (Sleeping Posture) - 27 Divyadesams The Lord appears facing towards East direction at 79 temples, facing West at 19, facing North at 3 and facing South at 7 temples. � Proud to be a Hindu����� Contd..2 -2- DIVYA DESAMs 1 TO 10 DIVYA DESAMs - 1/108 - SriRangam Name of the Divya Desam : Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple Location : Sri Rangam, Tiruchirapalli Moolavar (Presiding Deity) : Sri Ranganathar, Periya Perumal Thayaar (Consort) : Sri Ranganayaki, Periya Piraatti *Thirukkolam (Posture) :*Sayanam (Reclining) Thirumugam (Facing) : South Mangalasasanam (Hymns sung by) : PeriyAzhwar, Andaal, ThirumazhisaiAzhwar, ThondaradipodiAzhwar, ThiruppanAzhwar, ThirumangaiAzhwar, PoigaiAzhwar, BoodathAzhwar, PeyAzhwar, NammAzhwar, KulasekarAzhwar Sthalapurana (Brief History) : Srirangam temple is hailed as 'Bhooloka Vaikuntam' ( Heaven on Earth). Lord Ranganathar is believed to have appeared from the Milky Ocean. Lord Brahma was worshipping Him for a long time and passed on to Sun god to continue the pujas as per vedic rules. Later Sri Rama, belonging to the Surya (Sun) dynasty was worshipping the Lord. As a mark of His love and recognition of the services rendered to Him by Vibishana during His war against Ravana to rescue Ma Sita, Lord Rama gifted His Lord Ranganathar to Vibishana. While returning to Lanka after Sri Rama’s coronation in Ayodhya, Vibishana placed the idol on the ground for a break during the journey. But Vibishana was shocked that he could not even move the idol when he tried later. He was consoled by the king of the region Dharma Chola Raja. Lord Perumal also expressed His desire to stay on the banks of Cauvery and promised Vibishana that He would be in His reclining posture facing Lanka in the south. King Dharma Chola built the temple later. Contd..3 -3- As per legend, this temple went into the sands in the years that followed, it was re-built by Killi Valavan of the Chola dynasty. About the temple: The Srirangam temple has 21 gopurams (towers). The main southern entrance 13- storey gopuram, called Raja-gopuram, is one of the largest in the world. It was finished in 1987 and is 72m (236 feet) high. The passage under this tower is about 30m (100 ft) long. The other gopurams were built between the 14th and 17th century. Vaishnava Acharya Sri Ramanujar stayed here rendering his services to the Lord and also attained salvation here. His physical body in the Padmasana (yogic sitting posture), depicting the Gnyana-Mudra (symbol of knowledge) with his right palm, is preserved here for over 850 years in a separate Sannidhi dedicated to the Acharya. Yearly twice a mixture of Pachai Kalpuram (Edible camphor) and Kumkuma Poo (Saffron) are applied on the Acharya as a natural preservative. Kamba Ramayana was first delivered by Poet Kambar in Srirangam temple at the court hall (Kambar Arangetra Mandapam) near Thaayar sannithi. Legend says that when contemporaries objected to Hiranyavadaipadalam ("Story of Hiranyakasipu", which occurs as Vibhishana telling Ravana while warning against his false sense of invincibility), Kambar read it in front of the Narasimhaswamy sannidhi inside Srirangam temple. The Swami applauded by laughing out aloud from his Sanctum Sanctora (Mettu Narasimhar Sannidhi), and this was taken as proof of approval. During his divine journey, the longest time spent in one place by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was at Sri Rangam. �Proud to be a Hindu����� DIVYA DESAMs - 2/108 - Thirukkozhi Name of the Divya Desam : Azhagiya Manavalan Perumal Temple (Sri Kamalavalli Nachiar temple) Location : Uraiyur, Tiruchirapalli Dist Moolavar (Presiding Deity) : Azhagiya Manavalan Perumal Thayaar (Consort) : Sri Kamalavalli Nachiar Thirukkolam (Posture) : Nindra (Standing) Thirumugam (Facing) : North Mangalasasanam(Hymns sung by) : ThirumangaiAzhwar, KulasekarAzhwar Sthalapurana (Brief History) : As per the legend, Lord Vishnu was pleased by the worship of the childless Chola King Nanda Chola and blessed him that Mahalakshmi, his consort, would be born to the king and at an appropriate age, the Lord would marry her. Contd..2 -2- The king found the child in a lotus tank while hunting in a forest. Since the child was born out of lotus, she was named Kamalavalli by the king. Time came when Kamalavalli fell in love with Lord Vishnu in the form of Sri Ranganathar, the presiding deity of Srirangam temple. The Chola king readily got her married to Sri Ranganathar. About the temple: King Nanda Chola built this temple to commemorate the divine marriage. During Panguni Uthiram (March-April), Lord Ranganathar comes here and gives Kalyana thirukolam darshan (As married couple) with Kamalavalli Nachiar, to all devotees. The event is celebrated as Serthi Sevai festival every year. There is no separate Utsavamurthy (procession deity) here since the Utsavamurthy (Lord Ranganathar) of Srirangam temple is considered as the Utsavamurthy for this temple also. �Proud to be a Hindu� DIVYA DESAMs - 3/108 - Thirukarambanur Name of the Divya Desam : Sri Purushothama Perumal Temple Location : Uthamar Koil, (Bhikshandar Koil), Trichy Dist. Moolavar (Presiding Deity) : Sri Purushothamar Thayaar (Consort) : Poorvadevi, Pooranavalli Thirukkolam (Posture) : Sayanam (Reclining) Thirumugam (Facing) : East Mangalasasanam (Hymns sung by) : ThirumangaiAzhwar Sthalapurana (Brief History) : Lord Brahma too had five heads as Lord Shiva. Once Mother Parvathi mistook Brahma to Shiva and offered Him services. Lord Shiva plucked off one head of Brahma to avoid the confusion between the two. This resulted in Shiva incurring a Brahmmahathi dosha. Contd..2 -2- The skull of Brahma stuck to the hands of Shiva which He could not separate despite all efforts. All the food offered to Him was consumed by the skull and it never was filled. Holding the skull, Lord Shiva came down to earth as Bhikshadanar (a mendicant) with His skull bowl. When Shiva came to this place, Lord Vishnu asked Mother Mahalakshmi to offer food in the bowl. When Mahalakshmi did so, the bowl began to over flow and quenched the hunger of Lord Shiva, hence, She became to be praised as Pooranavalli – one who fulfills the requirements of the needy. About the temple: A special feature of this temple is that the Trimurthis (Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva) grace here with their respective consorts. Lord Brahma and Goddess Saraswathi are facing South. Lord Vishnu as Purushothama perumal in sayana pose and Goddess Pooranavalli Thayar are facing east. Lord Shiva as Bhikshadanar is facing west and Goddess Soundarya Parvathi, Vadivudai Nayaki facing south. Lord Vishnu emerged as a Kadambha tree at this place, giving the name "Kathambanur", which later became "Karambanur". The name Karambanur is mentioned by Thirumangai Azhwar in Nalayira Divya Prabandam, in which he refers the presiding deity as "Karambanur Uthaman". The temple is commonly called "Uthamar Kovil" after the name of the presiding deity. The temple is also called Bhikshandar Kovil as Lord Shiva is present in the form of Bhikshadanar. �Proud to be a Hindu����� Contd..2 -2- DIVYA DESAMs - 4/108 - Thiruvellarai Name of the Divya Desam : Sri Pundarikaksha Perumal temple Location : Thiruvellarai, Tiruchi Dist Moolavar (Presiding Deity) : Sri Pundarikaksha Perumal Thayaar (Consort) : Sri Shenbagavalli thayar Thirukkolam (Posture) : Nindra (Standing) Thirumugam (Facing) : East Mangalasasanam (Hymns sung by) : Periyazhwar, ThirumangaiAzhwar Sthalapurana (Brief History) : As per legend, when Sibi Chakravarthi stayed in this place with his warriors, a white boar crossed his path. He chased it and the boar hid inside a hole. Sage Markandeya was doing penance there, the king narrated the incident to him. The sage asked the king to fill the hole with milk. While doing so, Lord Vishnu appeared before them and blessed. The sage asked the king to bring 3700 Vaishnavites from the north and build a temple on this site for Lord Vishnu. The king took 3700 Vaishnavites and started building the temple. While doing so, one Vaishnavite was killed in transit and the king was worried about the accident. Vishnu appeared incognito as Pundarikakshan, a Vaishnavite, and requested to be counted among the 3700. About the temple: The temple is on a white rock hill of 50ft high. The Tamil word 'Vellarai' is actually 'Vellai Parai' which means 'white rock', hence the name for this place. The temple is considered the oldest of the Vaishnavaite temples of South. It is older than Srirangam which was built during Sri Rama’s period, whereas this temple was built by Sibi Chakravarthi, forefather of Sri Rama. Contd..3 -3- Bhooma Devi, Lakshmi Devi, Suriyan, Chandran and Aadisheshan in human form are seen in the Sanctum sanctorum along with Sri Pundarikaksha Perumal. Thayar gets the first rights over Perumal.
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    The Twelve Alwars Paige Alvar Bhoothathalvar Peyalvar Thirumalisai Alvar Nammalvar Madhurakavi Alvar Kulashekhara Azhwar Periyalvar Andal Thondaradippodi Alvar Thiruppaan Alvar Thirumangai Alvar In the Sri Vaishnavite tradition in their history of their lineage, they list some outstanding devotees. There were twelve Alvars who appeared in South India. Not all at the same time, but over a period of several centuries. They established the basis of the Krsna bhakti cult in the Kaliyuga. The appearance of such great devotees in the Kaliyuga is predicted in the SrimadBhagavatam. Srimad- Bhagavatam was spoken at the beginning of the Kaliyuga, and when Krsna left this planet then he took with Him dharma. The Vedic dharma at that point disappeared, or became invalid, and spiritual knowledge was also obscured. But it says in the same verse that Lord Krsna left the Srimad Bhagavatam for the people in Kaliyuga to get light out of. Now still, the book Bhagavata was there but they also needed the person Bhagavata, or one who lives the SrimadBhagavatam. In other words, they needed the spiritual master. So in the initial stage of Kaliyuga, the first few centuries, these twelve Alvars appeared in South India, and actually established the basis of what would later on become the four Vaisnava sampradayas. The four sampradayas all had their origin in South India, and the founders of these sampradayas each in their own way drew, to a greater or lesser extent, from this tradition of the Alvars, especially in the Laksmi sampradaya, but it is also there in our sampradaya too, and in the others.
  • Muktinath Temple (Chumig Gyatsa)

    Muktinath Temple (Chumig Gyatsa)

    Muktinath Temple "The holiest of holy Vishnu temple in Mustang District of Nepal" Muktinath Temple (Chumig Gyatsa) District: Mustang Country: Nepal Altitude: 3710 meter Distance: 406 km from Kathmandu Nearest Airport: Jomsom 200 km from Pokhara Name in Hindu: Mukti Kshetra Name in Buddhist: Chumig Gyatsa Divya Desam (premium 106th Shakti Peethams 51st temples) God Worshipped Vishnu Introduction: Muktinath Temple (Chumig Gyatsa) is symbol of the religious symbiosis between both Hindus and Buddhists. Hindu believes that lord Vishnu got salvation from curse of Brinda (wife of Jalandhar) here. Therefore he is worshipped as Muktinath (Lit. the lord of salvation). The holy shrine, which is said to have risen on its own, is one of eight such shrines (the others include Srirangam, Sri Mushnam, Tirupati, Naimisaranyam, Thottadri, Pushkaram and Badrinath). This Pagoda Style Muktinath Temple is also one of 108 Vaishnava shrines. Here in the early 19th century the Hindus consecrated a Vishnu temple and named is Muktinath - Lord of Liberation. Against a backdrop of incredible starkness you can sit and stare to the south the snow covered Annapurna range, or to the north the Tibetan plateau Importances: According to Hindu Myth it is belief that this world is "MAYA" (an illusion) of life cycle of birth and rebirth. Everybody seek to get rid of this cycle and get nirvana. A visit to Muktinath will help to achieve this goal. There are 108 waterspouts in the back yard of this temple called as Muktidhara where froozen water are continuously flowing from the bull head and two Kunda (ponds in front of the temple).
  • Philosophy of Bhagavad-Gita

    Philosophy of Bhagavad-Gita

    PHILOSOPHY OF BHAGAVAD-GITA T. SUBBA BOW THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BHAGAVAD-GITA Copyright Registered All Rights Reserved Permission for translations will be given BY THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE Adyar, Madras, India THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BHAGAVAD-GITA BY T. STJBBA ROW Four Lectures delivered at the Eleventh Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society, held at Adyar, on December 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1886 (Second Edition") THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE ADYAR, MADRAS, INDIA 1921 T. SUBBA ROW AN APPRECIATION MY acquaintance with T. Subba Row began at the end of 1884, when I came here to Madras and settled down with the intention of practising in the High Court. It was at the Theosophical Convention of 1884 that I first met him, and from the very first moment became so deeply attracted to him as to make it difficult for me to understand why it was so. My admiration of his ability was so great that I began to look upon him almost from that time as a great man. He was a very well-made robust man, and strikingly intellectual. When H. P. B. was here, he was known to be a great favourite of hers. It was said that he first attracted " her attention by a paper called The Twelve Signs of the Zodiao ", which was afterwards published. At the Convention, there was much talk on various topics, and he always spoke with decision, and his views carried great weight. But he spoke little and only what was necessary. There was then a small committee of which Colonel Olcott was the Presi- dent.