Pureprayer greets you all for the festive occasion of Shravan Shukravar and Varamahalakshmi Puja-Vrat.
Varamahalakshmi Puja-Vrat is celebrated on the Shukravaras (Fridays) of Shravanamaas. It is considered that the second Friday occurring on 12 August in 2022 in Shukla Paksha (Bright Fortnight) before full moon of Shraavan to be most auspicious.
Pureprayer takes you onSpiRitual Journeys to famous Lakshmi temples of India on the festive occasion of Shravan Shukravar and Varamahalakshmi festival. In this instalment you will be visiting Sundara Maha Lakshmi Temple in Arasar Koil.
Pureprayer takes you on SpiRitual Journeys to famous Lakshmi temples of India on the festive occasion of Shravan Shukravar. In this instalment you will be visiting Kamala Narayana Temple.
Where is Kamala Narayana temple?
Kamala Narayana temple is located in Degaon near Belgaum about 465 km from the capital city Bengaluru. This temple is about 50 km from Belgaum known for the winter sessions of Vidhana Sabha. The temple is just five kilometres away from the historic place of Kittur famous for Rani Chennamma, who fought against the British.
What is the history of the temple?
This is a 12th Century CE temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, built by Kadambas. Goddess Lakshmi has been installed in a separate shrine here. The name Degaon is believed to have been derived from the word Devagrama or Devagana, meaning the group of gods or the place of gods. Kamala Narayana temple
Thirupanar was a peasant belonging to the community that played musical instruments or sang in temples. But he was an ardent devotee of Sri Ranganatha Swamy. He was so devoted to lord, that he would forget this physical world and go into deep trance whenever he started singing or praying.
That day, it happened again. He started praying to the lord near the Kaveri River. Soon as he started praying, he got into deep trance again. When Sage Lokasaranga came by, Panar was blissfully unaware. The sage in service of lord had come to draw water for the daily worship at the temple. But, Panar was sitting in the path. Sage tried calling out loudly for the young man to make way, but elicited no response. As it was getting late for serving Sri Ranganatha Swamy, the agitated sage somehow made way and threw a stone to awaken Panar and went about his way to carry out his duties. The stone hit hard and Panar started bleeding in the forehead. Blood started gushing out from the wound, which caused
Shravanmaas is a festival season for devotees of Lord Vishnu. It is said that, Lord Vishnu will shower his grace and benevolence to devotees offering obeisance during Shravanmaas. It is a customary practice among devotees to take up SpiRitual Journeys to various Teertha Kshetras and temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu.
Pureprayer is presenting some of the interesting Vishnu temples as travel destinations for Shravanmaas.
Great poet Kalidasa has praised two holy cities of our ancient India. One is Kashi and the other Kanchi. He has said, they were both built by God Almighty himself. The city of Kancheepuram or Kanchi has been praised in the poem that begins with Nagareshu Kanchi…! Kanchi also finds mention as one of the Seven Sacred Places of India. History records that the great emperor Sri Krishna Deva Raya had made two visits to this sacred city. Also, the singer saint of Karnataka, Purandara Dasa sang about Kanchi Varadaraja Swamy as “Kannare Kande Ach
Pureprayer takes you on SpiRitual Journeys to famous Lakshmi temples of India on the festive occasion of Shravan Shukravar. In this first instalment you will be visiting Kolhapur Maha Lakshmi Temple. Please click here to learn more about the services offered by Pureprayer.
Kolhapur Maha Lakshmi Temple finds mention as one of the important Shaktipeethas in India. Shaktipeethas are the places where parts from decomposing body of Sati fell when Lord Shiva was carrying. This incident took place when Sati fell into the sacred fire created by her father Daksha Prajapati. As, Sati came to the Yaag (Fire Sacrifice) uninvited, she was mocked at by her father. Unable to bear the pains of shame, she jumped into the sacred fire and gave her life. This infuriated Lord Shiva and he sent Veerabhadra the destroyer, who destroyed the whole place and killed Daksha Prajapati. Later Lord Shiva carried the body of Sati and started roaming aimlessly. Lord Vishnu used his Sudarshana Chakra (Disc)
Pureprayer is presenting SpiRitual Journeys-Darshan and Puja packages to several important holy and sacred destinations. Please visit our website https://www.pureprayer.com or call us on 9108630444, WA No: 9900821000 to learn more.
What is the importance of Kanchipuram?
Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu state is the Temple-Town that finds mention in Sacred Seven Places of India. Kanchipuram is known as one of the ‘Moksha Sthalas’. Home to more than a thousand temples, this is truly a temple-town. Month of July 2019 is a special one for the Devotees of Varadharajaswamy of Kanchipuram. This is the special moment everyone has been waiting for forty years. The nine-foot long wooden image of Atthi Varadar is being brought out from the Pushkarini (Sacred Pond) in the Sri Devaraja Swamy temple. Pushkarini is known by the name Anant Saras or Amrut Saras. Atthi Varadar will be on display for Darshan in the Vasanta Mandapam of the temple from 2nd of July til
Best wishes for Maha Shivaratri from PurePrayer!Maha Shivaratri is celebrated on the day of Maagha Bahula Chaturdashi. This year, Maha Shivaratri is on 08thMarch, 2024.
The day of Maha Shivaratri represents many facets of Lord Shiva and his acts. Lord Shiva wed Parvati on this day. This is celebrated as ‘Girija Kalyan’. He set a test to Brahma and Vishnu by becoming an endless column of light on this day. He did the cosmic dance of ‘Ananda Tandav’ before drinking the Halahal (poison produced by Vasuki, the snake) during the Great Churn (Samudra Manthan) to save the world on this day. Rudrabhishekam
The temple city of Madurai is home to the famous Madurai Meenakshi Temple. It is about 460 km from Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu State. Madurai Meenakshi Temple on the banks of Vaigai River dates back to as early as, First Century CE and was patronized by many empires and kingdoms. Vaigai means – put your palm in front. Meenakshi Temple has been mentioned in the ‘Tamil Sangha Puranam literature work’. Sangha Puranam mentions the temple-town as Koodal.
How Madurai came into existence:
A legend connects the story of Lord Indra, Lord Shiva and the Pandian king Kulasekaran. Lord Indra had to vacate heaven after the killing of Vritrasur and found peace and solace after worshipping a Shivalingam in the ‘Kadambavanam’. He built a small shrine to Lord Shiva. A merchant in Pandian’s kingdom discovered the small shrine in the woods of Kadambavanam. The king, after hearing the story, ordered t
Lord Vishnu enters Yoga Nidra on the Prathama Yekadashi of Ashadhamaasa (Month of Hindu Calendar that begins in July or Aug) and wakes up on the Dwadashi day of Shukla Paksha in the Karteekamaasa (Month of Hindu Calendar in October or November), which occurs four months (known as Chaaturmaasa: meaning four months) later. This Dwadashi day is celebrated as Utthana Dwadashi. Utthan in Sanskrit means ‘awakening’. Lord Vishnu once awake, teaches about life and its importance and well-being on the earth.
The greatness of Prabodhini Ekadashi was first narrated by Lord Brahma to Sage Narada and is explained in the ‘Skanda Purana’. Hence, the Yekadashi day is spent praising the glory of Lord Vishnu. Early in the morning, on the day of Dwadashi, Tulasi plant used for everyday worship in the houses is brought in and decorated with a branch of Indian gooseberry tree and a Saligrama (a sacred stone form that represents Lord Vishnu)
Puranas mention most sacred seven Teertha Kshetras or places for pilgrimage, as a means of attaining Moksha. They are said to be: Ayodhya, Mathura, Maya, Kashi, Kanchi, Avanitka, Puri and Dvaravati. Names of some of these places have undergone change.
Nadi Chakras:
The sacred Seven Places are also the equivalents of seven Chakras (Nadis) in one’s body. In order to attain Moksha, one has to realize these Chakras in body, beginning at the Muladhar. The Chakras in the body are: Muladhar, Swadhishthan, Manipura, Anahata,Vishuddha, Ajna and Sahasrar.
The Shloka mentioned in Puranas is like this:
