"TREASURE OF DEVOTION"

Mandodhari-Ravana's wife  Mandodhari-          Many of us know Ramayana, But howmany if us know about Mandodhari, a Great Kanya who held Pativrata in her early stages of her life. She was a pious, beautiful, righteous lady, who also helped Mata Sita a lot.  The Beginning-      As per some sources in the legend, Apsara Madhura comes to Kailash , to visit Lord Shiva in the absence of Mata Parvathi. She , who comes there involves in immoral activities. Mata Parvathi , who arrives there , sees Bhasma all over Madhura, and gets enraged(angry). So she curses madhura to become a frog and stay inside a well for 12 years. Parvati convinced by Lord Shiva, then said that  Madhura would get rid of the sin after 12 years. Mayasura and Hema's tapasya, Birth of Mandodhari-          Mayasura ,the king of asuras and wife Hema had two sons, Mayavi and Dundubi, But they wanted a girl child. So they ...

The Infinite Pillar of Fire The Story goes like this, Once upon a Time , there began a dispute between Maha Vishnu and Lord Brahma. So this dispute became so fierce. Noticing this, Shiva appeared there. And then he created a long Infinite Pillar of fire, which continues upwards infinitely and downwards infinitely, Shiva said, whoever finds the end of this pillar, is the greater one. So Maha Vishnu took form Of a Boar and started moving downwards, and Lord Brahma Took a swan and flew upwards..  They Searched for Years , but none of them could find the end of the Pillar. Lord Brahma got an idea, on his way down He meets a Ketaki Flower and somehow convinces it to be a False witness about the end of the pillar. on returning to the starting point , He saw Maha Vishnu and said to him that he found the end of the Pillar, Maha Vishnu was happy about this and he congratulated Lord Brahma. But the the Trikaalagyaani (The one who knows the past, present and future) appeared. He...

The Holy Incident I saw with my very own eyes My Pilgrimage to Holy Kanchipuram After reaching Kanchipuram to visit some temples. We hired an AutoRikshaw to Ukkal, Cheyyur District. It is around 18 KM from where we stayed at KanchiPuram. So when we reached there we asked everyone about this Ukkal Kamakshi Amman Temple, A holy Deity with a Nose ring. But nobody in the village guided us properly , But finally we ended up at a Very Big temple which was closed. It was the Vaidhya Natha swamy temple. So when we stood there, the temple Granny who was incharge of it , came there and opened the temple for us. It was such a blissful experience. Inside the GarbhaGruha stood a tall Shiva linga( Vaidya Nathar) . It was so peaceful there. After that, when we asked her about the Ukkal Kamakshi amman temple, she didnt know about it properly. But a small boy there said us there was a temple there at a distance which had a similar description, so we thanked them and Nandi ji and left from there...

Ichcha Mrityu- Leave your Body when you Desire What is it all about?     Ichcha mrityu here does not refer to a suicide, and is not at all related to that coward act. It is a method my which you realize the Goal of your birth and after accomplishing it, You decide when the soul must depart from the Body. The Method- As described in the Shiv Puran    In Shiva Puranam they have described about how one gets ready for Ichcha Mrityu. It goes like this, one must wake up early in the morning, do his daily prayers. Then he must sit down peacefully and first perform Pranayamam( Breath Exercise), after this he must shut both his ears with his hands over the ear folding them inwards. This must be performed continuously for an hour. Later he must sit down immediately for Dhyaan for another hour. Thus this must be performed regularly for a long period of time. Depending on the Soul Capacity of the person , He will be able to listen to the inner sounds of his body. Onc...

Are GODS immortal? or DO Gods have an end too? Introduction:       At a point of time in our life, some of us would have this question. Is something in this world immortal? or does everything has a end or halt or atleast a pause? yes, there are a few things in this world which are immortal but has a pause. Gods live for a unimaginable high amount of years. So, whats the approximate value/ approximate age of Gods? I will tell you .  What does Shiv Puran has to say about Age of Gods?  There is a detailed explanation of the Age of all Gods in our vedas , puranas. It is very complicated . But here today we shall see the AGE of Lord Brahma Lord Mahavishnu Lord Shiva When Lord Brahma was asked about the age of the Lords, then he explained it to Narada Muni. All Gods have a Lifespan of a 100 years. But a year of theirs is way much different than ours. Lord Brahma lives for a 100 Brahma years. But , one day of Lord Brahma is equal to almost 1,...

A Short interesting true story of How a famous scientist proved god In the early 1890's, Once a person was travelling in a train. Next to him sat a scientist, who noticed the person reading The Holy Bible, the scientist was baffled and asked the person, " Excuse me Sir, I am the Scientist John Fred, I am actually surprised to see you read a Bible and have faith in God at this modern era too ." , said the scientist. The person did not say anything but smiled at him. But scientist John Fred was not happy at this reaction. So, their destination arrived and both of them got down from the train.   Scientist John Fred went to this person and gave his visiting card, and asked the person to come and meet him any day, so that they could talk. Then the person agreed and gave his visiting card to John Fred. scientist John Fred looked at the name on the visiting card and was astonished to see that it was Thomas Alva Edison himself, the inventor of the Light Bulb, John Fred wa...

AUM Introduction: The omkar is the sound of the Universe, and is believed to exist from the beginning till the ultimate end of the Universe. It is the cause of the cosmos of the universe. If one sits down to meditate with inner peace , calmly then he can observe this Omkar. Omkar as explained by Lord Shiv Lord Shiva when asked about the AUM, tells that the A.U.M is nothing but, Akaar Ukaar Makaar Bindu Naad These are the root sounds , which are free from the duplication and they originate from the mother Nature , hence are called Pranav. The Lord tells that, A - Akaar - refers Lord Brahma - The creator U - Ukaar - refers Lord Narayan - The nurturer M - Makaar - refers Lord Shiva - The destroyer of evil The Pranav Mantra is considered to be the most powerful and helps man to attain salvation, and obtain the blessings of the Lord himself. OM NAMAH SHIVAYA

\ Rudraksh Rudraksha is very dear to Lord Shiv, hence all the sins of a common person gets washed away if he chants the name of THE Lord usind rudraksha beads. He is also known to attain salvation after his death. It is believed that the origin of this Rudraksh is related to Lord Shiva's penance. The Story Once when Sadashiv was performing his penance , He was disturbed due to certain reasons. He was so worried that tears rolled down from his eyes. These tear-drops are believed to be the origin of the Rudraksh trees.  A person who wears 1100 rudraksha on his body , he unites with shiva. Rudrakshas are of various types. Ekmukh rudraksh (rudraksha with 1 opening) upto rudraksha with 14 openings.

What happens during the END of the world  Narad asks Brahma about the Mahapralay, Brahma tells that during the Mahapralay, nothing will exist,except The Mahadev(Lord Shiva),(Lord Rudra). The power of which comes from within Lord Shiva is Ambika. This Ambika is known to be the cause of the whole universe and the nature. Lord Shiva then creates the ShivaLoka, which is known as Kashi. It is the abode of Shiva and Parvathi. A man who makes a pilgrimages of Kashi attains salvation, says Brahmaji.

Illusionary power of Lord Shiva over Narada Muni Narad Muni wins over Kamadev         Once upon a time, The great Narada muni was performing tapas at the Himalayas where the Lord Shiva Used to perform regularly. Lord Indra Was fearful about this and hence sent Kamadev to obstruct Narad Muni's tapas. But Kamadev remembered about what had happened to Him when he had done the same to Lord Shiva. So he Backed off. After Narad Muni's tapas was completed ,He was so proud to Hear this, so he wanted to narrate this to the Mahadev.        So he went to the Kailash and met Mahadev(lord Shiv), he narrated the whole story, Lord Shiva listened the whole story quitely though he knew about it earlier, as He is considered to be a TRIKALA DARSHI, the one who knows the past,present,future . Then  Lord shiv smiled , but told Narad Muni not to telll this to anybody. But Narad Muni waas not impressed about Lord shiva's comments. So he went to Lord Brahma,...