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  Swami Akhandanand Ji (1864-1937) He was born on Friday, 25 July 1911 in Pushya Nakshatra (Shravana Amavasya v.s. 1968 per Vikram Calendar) in the village of Maharai in the district of Varanasi. His Saryupareen Brahmin family named him Shantanu Behari, after the god of the same name.[citation needed] He was aged 10 when his grandfather made him read the …

Life    Achivments    Work    Media     Publication Shri Adi Shankaracharya (788-820) Shankara was born in a Brahmin family circa 788 AD in a village named Kaladi on the banks of the river Purna (now Periyar) in the Southern Indian coastal state Kerala. His parents, Sivaguru and Aryamba, had been childless for a long time and the birth of Shankara was a …

Life     Achivments  Work   Media     Publication Achievments Of Abhinav Gupta Pratyabhijnavimarshini and its larger edition Viviriti belong to the Pratyabhijna (recognition) school of Shaiva Shastra as propounded by Utpala Deva and originated by Somananda. Both Vedanta and Shaivism professed the same goal: “the removal of veil of ignorance.” While in Vedanta the negation of facts of experience was the …

Life     Achivments     Work     Media     Publication Life of Abhinav Gupta Most of the information about the life of Abhinavagupta is gleaned from his own writings. Abhinavagupta was a Brahmin whose ancestors had been distinguished scholars in the court of Kanauj. His ancestor Atrigupta, who was born in Antarvedi, the Doab between the Ganges and the Jamuna, was …

Life     Achivments      work      Audio-Video      Publication Abhinavagupta is considered the greatest exegetical theologian of the Shaiva tradition in the medieval period. A prolific and polymath writer, he is credited with the authorship of as manyas fifty works, only some of which survive to the present day. The two most important philosophical writings were the Parâtrimshikâ-Vivarana and the …

चली जा रही है उमर धीरे धीरे चली जा रही है उमर धीरे धीरे पल पल यो आठो पहर धीरे धीरे पल पल यो आठो पहर धीरे धीरे Chali ja rahi hai umar dheere dheere Chali ja rahi hai umar dheere dheere Pal pal yo aatho pahar dheere dheere Pal pal yo aatho pahar dheere dheere

dashahare ke paan पान प्रेम का पर्याय है। दशहरे में रावण दहन के बाद पान का बीड़ा खाने की परम्परा है। ऐसा माना जाता है दशहरे के दिन पान खाकर लोग असत्य पर हुई सत्य की जीत की खुशी को व्यक्त करते हैं, और यह बीड़ा उठाते हैं कि वह हमेशा सत्य के मार्ग पर चलेंगे। जानकार कहते हैं कि …

Pitra Dosh is one of the most misinterpreted concepts of Vedic astrology; as many astrologers describe it as the curse of ancestors and accordingly they suggest remedies to pacify and please the ancestors, so that such ancestors may take back their curse. For this reason, these astrologers recommend their clients to get Pitra Dosh nivaran pooja performed at places like …

प्रत्येक वर्ष पितृपक्ष के मध्य आने वाले इस व्रत में पुत्र की कल्याण-कामना के लिए जितिया को विधी पूर्वक निभाया जाता है. पुत्रों की लंबी उम्र के लिए माताएं जितिया व्रत को पितराइनों (महिला पूर्वजों) तथा जिमूतवाहन को सरसों का तेल व खल्ली चढ़ाती हैं. तथा इस पर्व से जुड़ी कथा की चील (चिल्हो )व सियारिन (सियारो) को भी चूड़ा-दही …

  श्रीराम के बार-बार मना करने पर भी अयोध्यावासी वापस नहीं लौट रहे थे। श्रीराम भी उनके दु:ख से दु: खी थे। पूरी रात अभी बाकी थी। तभी श्रीराम ने सुमन्त्र को रथ ले चलने के लिए कहा और सीता तथा लक्ष्मण के साथ अयोध्या वासियों को सोता हुआ छोड़कर वे चल दिए। जब राम, लक्ष्मण, सीता गंगा पार करने …