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Ramayana and Mahabharata are the epic poems of Hindu scriptures. They are usually passed on by word of mouth by our grand mothers, mothers and aunts to the children. While doing so we tend to forget certain instances and characters in the plot. This is the very reason that I thought of delving into the story. Continue reading →

Rarely you come across any village, in India, without a temple right from Himalayan tops down to Cape Comorin. The Bharath (India) is the land of Divinity and temple worship is inherent in the blood of every Hindu. Of course, one is not sure abut the very origin of the temple cult, or even the temple itself. One can perceive that the very concept of the Temple is developed out of sacrificial altars. While sacrifice is considered as worship of invisible Gods through HOMA or lighting fires, the temple provides us to worship of Gods in their Archana form. Just as the multiplicity of fires in sacrifice, is the multiplicity of temples .Of course none can deny, that temples are ancient to the Gods itself. Worship is vivid form times immemorial, but the existence of temple dates back only to 6th or 7th century BC .However, we come across Idol worship as early as in 2nd century BC.

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  TIRUMALA…the Divine sanctum is the chosen abode of Lord Venkateswara, the lord of the lords, the lord of Seven hills. He is none else than Lord Maha Vishnu who   wanted to redress all the troubles and sins of the … Continue reading →