hare srinivasa! this is my first post in this year and i am very pleased to share with you all, details regarding a great book “madhwa vijaya – a gist in english” by sixteen eminent scholars. this is not a mere another spiritual book and instead a must have in all our madhwa homes. sri v nagarajachar of srirangam has edited the book and we are all grateful to him for that. i .. .. ..
Nine Gems in Bhagavad Gita
hare srinivasa, in the earlier post on gita, we had a look at the gita mahatmyam. here are some quotable quotes from great scholars on the gita: it is the quint essence of mahabharatha. its enduring value is not only for indians but for all mankind. the gita is not a mere revered book of the hindus, but is also a book of universal wisdom. the gita is the most beautiful and perhaps the only true .. .. ..
World Samskrit Book Fair – Bangalore Jan 2011
world samskrit book fair venue: national college ground, basavanagudi, bangalore, india www.samskritbookfair.org event schedule 6th january 2011, thursday 5:00 pm – inauguration of the exhibition “knowledge heritage of india” 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – sangiita kaveri (सङ्गीत-कावेरी) by vidvaan vidyabhushana 7th january 2011, friday 9:30 am – inauguration of book .. .. ..
Gita Mahatmyam
we are in the month of december and two things come to our mind at once. one is the upcoming “margashira masa” or “dhanur masa”. this is the most sacred and auspicious of all the months. in puranas, margashirsha maasa is mentioned as ‘maasonam margashirshoham which means there is no auspicious month as margashiram. margasirsha month is also mentioned in the bhagvad gita by lord sri .. .. ..
Visiting Shri Krishna Vrundavana, NJ
tomorrow is the birthday of our beloved gurugalu. i hope you all sent your japa count to saptaaha.com. this week my daughter sneha is home for spring break. she will be leaving to chapel hill, nc on sunday. and tomorrow saturday being our beloved gurugala birthday, i didn’t want to force my family members to travel to nj, which is close to 200 miles from our home. my husband seeing my .. .. ..
Update: Birthday of Sree Raghavendra Swamy
this is just an update to everyone who has been doing the japa “om sree raghavendraya namaha” to send their count to saptaaha.com. details can be found here: details to send .. .. ..
Sri Raghavendra Saptaaha Mahotsava-LIVE WEBCAST
details about the live webcast has been posted at my other blog. take a look here: http://kalpavrikshakamadhenu.wordpress.com/ .. .. ..
Maha Shivaratri – March 2nd 2011
maha shivaratri is celebrated on march wednesday 2nd 2011. it is mandatory to visit the temple and seek the blessings of lord shiva during this day. in many customs they do fast on this day, but in our madhwa tradition it is a festival and we do not fast. i remember visiting the shiva temple at vijaya college in bijapur which had 1001 lingas along with my parents every year. attached below .. .. ..