<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338160134945854296</id><updated>2026-03-02T05:03:24.347+05:30</updated><category term="Temples"/><category term="Hindu dharma"/><category term="hinduism"/><category term="15th august"/><category term="1947"/><category term="About Lord Brahma"/><category term="Ahobilam"/><category term="Andhra Pradesh"/><category term="Anjani"/><category term="Ashtottharam"/><category term="Bhagya Lakshmi Temple"/><category term="Bhajagovindam"/><category term="Biwashtakam"/><category term="Brahma"/><category term="Classification of Puranas"/><category term="Classification of Vedas"/><category term="Eating Food"/><category term="Food Habits"/><category term="Ganesh Chathurthi"/><category term="Guru Nanak"/><category term="Hanuman Born"/><category term="Hanuman Education"/><category term="Hanuman Temples"/><category term="Head Shaving"/><category term="Hindu dharmam"/><category term="Hinduism at a Glance"/><category term="Hyderabad Temples"/><category term="Independence day"/><category term="India freedom"/><category term="India religious places"/><category term="Introduction to Hinduism"/><category term="Jambudwipa"/><category term="Kesari"/><category term="Kuchipudi History"/><category term="Kuchipudi India"/><category term="Kurnool"/><category term="Lord Ganesha"/><category term="Lord Narasimha"/><category term="Lord Rama"/><category term="Lord Shiva"/><category term="Madhya Pradesh temples"/><category term="Naama Ramayana"/><category term="Pitru Paksha"/><category term="Ramayana"/><category term="Sanatan Dharm"/><category term="Sanathana Dharma"/><category term="Sikhism"/><category term="Sriram"/><category term="Subhash Chandrabose Jayanthi"/><category term="Subrahmanya Shashti"/><category term="Suvarchala Hanuman"/><category term="Temples near Charminar"/><category term="Tirumala"/><category term="Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam"/><category term="Tirupati"/><category term="Tonsure"/><category term="Vinayaka chavithi"/><category term="Who is"/><category term="Why to visit Temple"/><category term="Women Status in Hindu Society"/><category term="asathyam"/><category term="festivals"/><category term="flag"/><category term="freedom fight"/><category term="holy historical places"/><category term="india"/><category term="lord ganesh images"/><category term="murugan"/><category term="non violence freedom fight"/><category term="sathyam"/><category term="sri rama"/><category term="tradition"/><category term="videos"/><category term="vinayaka nimajjanam"/><title type='text'>Hindu Adhyathmikam - About Hinduism, Hindu Religion, Festivals, Hindu Pujas</title><subtitle type='html'>Hinduism may not be called religion in the sense other religions are known. 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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Most of the old temples have large bell at the entrance of the temple and you need to ring it before you enter temple. A Temple bell have a scientific phenomena; it is not just your ordinary metal. It is made of various metals including cadmium, lead, copper, zinc, nickel, chromium and manganese. The proportion at which each one of them mixed is real science behind a bell. Each of these bells is made to produce such a distinct sound that it can create unity of your left and right brain. The moment you ring that bell, bell produces sharp but lasting sound which lasts for minimum of seven seconds in echo mode good enough to touch your seven healing centres or chakras in your body. The moment bell sound happens your brain is emptied of all thoughts. Invariably you will enter state of Tran’s state where you are very receptive. This Trans state is the one with awareness. You are so occupied in mind that only way to awaken you is with a Shock! Bell works as Anti-dote to your mind. Before you enter temple – to awake you and prepare you for taste of awareness is the real reason behind temple bell.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 15.359999656677246px;&quot;&gt;2. They should appreciate each other’s qualities ; ignoring and not pointing out each other’s mistakes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 15.359999656677246px;&quot;&gt;3. They should accept their mistakes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 15.359999656677246px;&quot;&gt;4. They should have an attitude of sacrifice for one another.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 15.359999656677246px;&quot;&gt;10. They should not live in the past by digging out old disputes but enjoy life by remaining in the present times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The Indian or Vedic calendar is lunar based, unlike the Gregorian calendar. The observances during each month are usually spiritually or religiously based and rooted in deep tradition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, September 30, 2012 marks the beginning of&amp;nbsp; two weeks of Pitru Paksha (Pitt-true Puck-shuh), or Shraadh, which is a time dedicated to honoring our ancestors. This includes our blood relatives as well as significant teachers in our lives. It’s a time of remembrance and of offering our gratitude. Indians participate in special rituals and rites during this time. There are specific chants and mantras which are recited during this period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;This is a time when individuals focus on their spiritual practices and meditation.&amp;nbsp; It is typically not a time to commence new ventures or to enter into new agreements.&amp;nbsp; Air travel should also be minimized as much as possible, unless it is for spiritual purposes (i.e. a pilgrimage).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Families pay homage to relatives who have passed on and they do so on the specific phase of the moon (the tithi) which coincides with the day that the person left his/ her body. Special meals are also prepared for these days, according to tradition.&amp;nbsp; Offerings are made to ancestors at the bank of a river.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pitru Paksha commences on the first day of the waxing (dark phase) Moon in the Vedic lunar month of Bhadrapada each year. Pitru Paksha continues through October 14th for Hawaii, Pacific, Mountain and Central time zones of&amp;nbsp; North America) (or 15th for Eastern time zone in North America and other parts of the world). The festival of Navaratri follows Pitru Paksha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Eating food with the hands in today’s Western society can sometimes be perceived as being unhygienic, bad mannered and primitive. However within Indian culture there is an old saying that,” Eating food with your hands feeds not only the body but also the mind and the spirit”.&lt;/div&gt;
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In the Big Brother series some years back, an English participant complained about an Indian participants use of her hands during food preparations and her eating habits, “They eat with their hands in India, don’t they? Or is that China? You don’t know where those hands have been.” Within many Indian households nowadays, the practice of eating food with the hands has been replaced with the use of cutlery.&lt;/div&gt;
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Have you ever thought of why previous generations in India ate with the hands? There is a reason for their this. The practice of eating with the hands originated within Ayurvedic teachings. The Vedic people knew the power held in the hand.&lt;/div&gt;
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The ancient native tradition of eating food with the hands is derived from the mudra practice, which is prevalent in many aspects within Hinduism. Mudras are used during mediation and are very prominent within the many classical forms of dance, such as Bharatnatyam.&lt;/div&gt;
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(On the tip of your fingers is Goddess Lakshmi, on the base of your fingers is Goddess Saraswati; in the middle of your fingers is Lord Govinda), which we recite whilst looking at our palms. Thus, this shloka suggests that all the divinity lies in human effort.&lt;/div&gt;
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Our hands and feet are said to be the conduits of the five elements. The Ayurvedic texts teach that each finger is an extension of one of the five elements. The thumb is agni (fire) (you might have seen children sucking their thumb, this is nature’s way of aiding the digestion in children at an age when they are unable to do an physical activity to aid the digestion), the forefinger is vayu (air), the middle finger is akash (ether - the tiny intercellular spaces in the human body), the ring finger is prithvi (earth) and the little finger is jal (water).&lt;/div&gt;
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Each finger aids in the transformation of food, before it passes on to internal digestion. Gathering the fingertips as they touch the food stimulates the five elements and invites Agni to bring forth the digestive juices. As well as improving digestion the person becomes more conscious of the tastes, textures and smells of the foods they are eating, which all adds to the pleasure of eating.&lt;/div&gt;
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You may have noticed that elders in the family hardly ever use utensils to measure all the different type of masala, and would instead prefer to use their hands to measure the quantity instead. As each handful is tailored to provide a suitable amount for the own body. Overall there are 6 main documented forms that the hands take when obtaining a measurement a certain type of food ranging from solid food to seeds, and flour.&lt;/div&gt;
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This is a prime example of how many things within Hindu culture may seem weird and unusual at first glance, but once a closer look is taken it is surprising, but a vast amount of knowledge is revealed.&lt;/div&gt;
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All of us would have probably heard the words, &quot;.....Jambudveepe Bharatha Varshe Bharata Khande.....&quot; during the sankalpa mantram which forms an integral part of all Vedic rituals. However, most people in foreign countries regularly come to our page with the doubt as to how they must modify this sankalpa mantra to suit the etymology of those countries. This post hopes to throw some light on this aspect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What exactly is this &quot;Jambudwipa&quot;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jambudveepa consisted of modern Asia, Europe, Africa and North America and not merely the Indian subcontinent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Jambudvipa was divided into nine varshas (geographical regions) of which one was Bharatha Varsha. The other eight varshas were:&lt;br /&gt;2.Ketumula Varsha&lt;br /&gt;3.Hari Varsha&lt;br /&gt;4.Ilavrita Varsha&lt;br /&gt;5.Kuru Varsha&lt;br /&gt;6.Hiranyaka Varsha&lt;br /&gt;7.Ramyaka Varsha&lt;br /&gt;8.Kimpurusha Varsha&lt;br /&gt;9.Bhadrasva Varsha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Refer to the picture to get a clear idea of this).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;India which was then called Bharathavarsha extended in the west including the regions of modern Egypt, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Iran, Sumeria upto Caspian Sea (which was called Kashyapa Samudra in those days). Within this Bharata Varsha was located the Bharata Khanda which was the heart of the Vedic civilization &amp;amp; the place where we Indians currently reside. This is one of the innumerous proofs that the Indo-Aryan race theory is a conspiracy theory moulded by western countries to show us in poor light. All of the regions so mentioned in the race theory are a part of Bharata Varsha &amp;amp; there was never a so called &quot;invasion&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is amazing is the fact that our ancestors had an excellent overview of the geography of the world back then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It can be observed that in those times, most of South American continent, southern half of African Continent and entire Australia were submerged under water. On the other hand most of modern day Atlantic ocean and Pacific ocean, and the entire Arctic ocean were above sea level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This also proves the logical fallacy of the Western missionaries which claim that the Vedic civilization is just 5000 years old, Kurukshetra war took place just a few thousand years back,etc. The vedic civilization existed at times when Australia was submerged below the ocean! Imagine how long back that must have been!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is rather disappointing is the fact that our government to this day teaches all sorts of disproved, anti-Indian &amp;amp; illogical theories in our textbooks solely for &quot;minority appeasement&quot; &amp;amp; to support the slow conversion on Hindus to Christianity, a mission well sponsored by the missionaries of the West.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The credits for this discovery go to the great soul Lokamanya Balagangadhar Tilak. More info can be found in his book �The Arctic Home in the Vedas�.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its disgusting that our government teaches our younger generations to think how worthless our ancestors were rather than teaching them about these great discoveries by such patriots.&lt;br /&gt;I am reminded of the time when the Congress &amp;amp; other pseudosecular parties cried about &quot;Saffronisation of India!&quot; when LK Advani made a proposal to introduce lessons about the great sages of our country. Its time we wake up &amp;amp; understand who is ruling us &amp;amp; what their true agenda is. Are our sages not Indians? Can you name one country which shows its own personalities in poor light to appease its minorities(although minorities are not at all benefitted by it!)?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its not that we are siding with any political party, but we shall certainly not accept those parties which intend to slowly destroy Sanatana Dharma through covert means!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;||JAI PARSHURAM||&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;There are thousands of temples all over India in different size, shape and locations but not all of them are considered to be built the Vedic way. Generally, a temple should be located at a place where earth&#39;s magnetic wave path passes through densely. It can be in the outskirts of a town/village or city, or in middle of the dwelling place, or on a hillt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;op. The essence of visiting a temple is discussed here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, these temples are located strategically at a place where the positive energy is abundantly available from the magnetic and electric wave distributions of north/south pole thrust. The main idol is placed in the core center of the temple, known as &quot;*Garbhagriha*&quot; or *Moolasthanam*. In fact, the temple structure is built after the idol has been placed. This *Moolasthanam* is where earth’s magnetic waves are found to be maximum. We know that there are some copper plates, inscribed with Vedic scripts, buried beneath the Main Idol. What are they really? No, they are not God’s / priests’ flash cards when they forget the *shlokas*. The copper plate absorbs earth’s magnetic waves and radiates it to the surroundings. Thus a person regularly visiting a temple and walking clockwise around the Main Idol receives the beamed magnetic waves and his body absorbs it. This is a very slow process and a regular visit will let him absorb more of this positive energy. Scientifically, it is the positive energy that we all require to have a healthy life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Further, the Sanctum is closed on three sides. This increases the effect of all energies. The lamp that is lit radiates heat energy and also provides light inside the sanctum to the priests or *poojaris* performing the pooja. The ringing of the bells and the chanting of prayers takes a worshipper into trance, thus not letting his mind waver. When done in groups, this helps people forget personal problems for a while and relieve their stress. The fragrance from the flowers, the burning of camphor give out the chemical energy further aiding in a different good aura. The effect of all these energies is supplemented by the positive energy from the idol, the copper plates and utensils in the *Moolasthan*am / *Garbagraham*. *Theertham*, the “holy” water used during the pooja to wash the idol is not&lt;br /&gt;plain water cleaning the dust off an idol. It is a concoction of Cardamom,*Karpura* (Benzoin), zaffron / saffron, *Tulsi* (Holy Basil), Clove, etc...Washing the idol is to charge the water with the magnetic radiations thus increasing its medicinal values. Three spoons of this holy water is distributed to devotees. Again, this water is mainly a source of magneto-therapy. Besides, the clove essence protects one from tooth decay, the saffron &amp;amp; *Tulsi* leafs protects one from common cold and cough, cardamom and *Pachha Karpuram* (benzoin), act as mouth fresheners. It is proved that *Theertham* is a very good blood purifier, as it is highly energized. Hence it is given as *prasadam* to the devotees. This way, one can claim to remain healthy by regularly visiting the Temples. This is why our elders used to suggest us to offer prayers at the temple so that you will be cured of many ailments. They were not always superstitious. Yes, in a few cases they did go overboard when due to ignorance they hoped many serious diseases could be cured at temples by deities. When people go to a temple for the *Deepaaraadhana*, and when the doors open up, the positive energy gushes out onto the persons who are there. The water that is sprinkled onto the assemblages passes on the energy to all. This also explains why men are not allowed to wear shirts at a few temples and women are requested to wear more ornaments during temple visits. It is through these jewels (metal) that positive energy is absorbed by the women. Also, it is a practice to leave newly purchased jewels at an idol’s feet and then wear them with the idol’s blessings. This act is now justified after reading this article. This act of “seeking divine blessings” before using any new article, like books or pens or automobiles may have stemmed from this through mere observation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Energy lost in a day’s work is regained through a temple visit and one is refreshed slightly. The positive energy that is spread out in the entire temple and especially around where the main idol is placed, are simply absorbed by one&#39;s body and mind. Did you know, every Vaishnava(Vishnu devotees), “must” visit a Vishnu temple twice every day in their location. Our practices are NOT some hard and fast rules framed by 1 man and his followers or God’s words in somebody’s dreams. All the rituals, all the practices are, in reality, well researched, studied and scientifically backed thesis which form the ways of nature to lead a good healthy life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The scientific and research part of the practices are well camouflaged as “elder’s instructions” or “granny’s teaching’s” which should be obeyed as a mark of respect so as to once again, avoid stress to the mediocre brains.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #fefefe; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.8906px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #fefefe; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.8906px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Lord Sri Venkatesha (MahaVishnu/Balaji) was inside the snake-antHill on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tirumalabalaji.co.in/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tirumala&lt;/a&gt;, one sacred cow is to come and give milk to the Lord daily (&lt;a href=&quot;http://hinduadhyathmikam.blogspot.in/2013/01/hindu-god-lord-brahma.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Brahma deva&lt;/a&gt; took the form as sacred cow), When a cow-herd man at once saw the sacred-cow pouring milk in the snake-antHill, he became angry and without understanding the truth, the Cow-herd man took the axe and has hit the cow on the cow’s head with the axe. The Supreme Lord Sri Venkatesha(Vishnu) who was present inside the snake-antHill received the hurt of the axe on his head from the cow-herd man instead of Cow getting hurt. When Lord received the hurt of the Axe on his head, portion of his hair on his head disappeared due to hurt by axe. When mother Neela Devi saw Lord being hurt on his head, she immediately removed the hair from her head and placed on the Lord’s head in the portion where lord was hurt. Immediately Lord became well and Lord’s hair reappeared as beautiful as before he was hurt. Lord Venkatesha(Vishnu) knowing that hair is one of the beautiful features of women, Lord Sri venkatesha promised that his devotees will shave Hair of their head (tonsure) and dedicate their hair to her. Neela Devi accepts the hair sacrificed by Devotees of Lord Venkatesha(Vishnu) and Lord blesses his devotees who sacrifice their hair for the sake of the Lord. This is the reason why Devotees tonsure or shave their head in Tirumala(&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tirumalabalaji.co.in/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tirupathi&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 10px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #fefefe; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.8906px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #fefefe; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.8906px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;There are also Spiritual reasons: Tonsure or Saving hair as offering for Lord represents a real sacrifice of material beauty and giving up false-ego in the way of shaving their hair as sacrifice to please Supreme Lord. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeshwanth/4378358918/&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;భీష్మ ఏకాదశి- పరమ పవిత్రమైన రోజు:-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;ఈ రోజు భీష్మ ఏకాదశి. మాఘ శుక్ల ఏకాదశినే భీష్మ ఏకాదశి అంటాము. ఈ రోజునే విష్ణు సహస్ర నామం ఉద్భవించింది. విచిత్ర మైన ఘట్టం. ఒళ్&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;ళంతా బాణాలు దిగి అంప శయ్య మీద ఉన్న ఆజన్మ బ్రహ్మ చారి. అష్ట వసువులలో ఒకడు. అతి పుణ్యాత్ముడు అయిన భీష్మ పితామహుడు. ప్రశ్నలు అడుగటానికి వచ్చింది ధర్మరాజు.ఎవరితో? అదే బాణాలు సంధించిన అర్జునుడు ఇతరులతో కలసి . తోడుకొని వచ్చింది &quot;కృష్ణస్తు భగవాన్ స్వయం&quot; అనబడే సాక్షాత్తూ భగవంతుని పూర్ణ అవతారం శ్రీ కృష్ణుడు.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;భీష్ముడు ఇచ్చా మరణ వరం కలవాడు. అంటే అనుకున్నపుడే మరణించ గలడు. ఉత్తరాయణ పుణ్య కాలం కోసం ఎదురు చూస్తూ 50 రోజులు వంటిలో దిగిన బాణాలతో అంప శయ్య మీద వేచి వున్నాడు. చివరికి ఈ రోజు పవిత్ర మైన విష్ణు సహస్ర నామములను ఉపదేశించాడు ధర్మరాజుకు. భగవంతుడైన శ్రీ కృష్ణుడు చిరు నవ్వు తో విని ఆమోదించాడు. ఇట్టి మహత్తర ఘట్టం ఎక్కడా లేదు. భగవంతుని దివ్య నామములను స్వయానా భగవంతుడే విని దీవించిన అపూర్వ ఘట్టం.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్రుత్వా ధర్మా నషేశేన పావనాని చ సర్వశః యుధిష్టిర స్సాన్తనవం పునరేవాభ్య భాషత --భీష్ముడు చెప్పిన నానా ధర్మాలను విన్న ధర్మరాజు చివరగా. కొన్ని ప్రశ్నలు అడుగుతాడు.&lt;br /&gt;కిమేకం దైవతం లోకే? కిం వాప్యేకం పారాయణం? స్తువంత కం కమర్చంత ప్రాప్నుయుర్మానవా శుభం? కో ధర్మ సర్వ ధర్మానాం భవత పరమో మతః. కిం జపన్ ముచ్యతే జంతు జన్మ సంసార బంధనాత్.?&lt;br /&gt;లోకంలో ఎవరు దైవము? ఎవరిని పూజించి, స్తుతించి అర్చించాలి. దేనివల్ల మానవులకు శుభం కలుగుతుంది. అన్ని ధర్మములలోకి ఉత్తమ ధర్మమేది. దేనిని జపించుట వలన మనిషి సంసార బంధముల నుండి విముక్తి పొందుతాడు? అని.&lt;br /&gt;దానికి భీష్మ పితామహుడు , జగత్ ప్రభుం దేవదేవం అనంతం పురుషోత్తమం అని చెబుతూ,&lt;br /&gt;అనాది నిధనం విష్ణుం సర్వ లోక మహేశ్వరం&lt;br /&gt;లోకాధ్యక్షం స్తువన్నిత్యం సర్వ దుఖాతిగో భవేత్.&lt;br /&gt;ఆది అంతము లేని, సర్వ వ్యాపి అయిన, దేవ దేవుడైన , భగవంతుడైన విష్ణు స్తుతి వల్ల సర్వ దుఃఖములు తోలగుతవి- అని ఇంకా చెబుతూ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ఎషమే సర్వ ధర్మానాం ధర్మోధిక తమో మతః- ఇదియే అన్ని ధర్మములలోకి ఉత్తమ ధర్మమని నా మాట అంటాడు.&lt;br /&gt;నన్ను అనుగ్రహించిన సద్గురువులలో ఒకరైన, మహా తపస్వి, పరమ పూజ్య నందానంద స్వామి ఒక రోజు దీనిని నాకు వివరిస్తూ, సత్యా, పరమం యో మహత్తేజః పరమం యో మహత్తపః- ఏది పరమమైన తెజమో, ఏది పరమ మైన తపమో అట్టి దివ్యము తేజోమయము అయిన మంగళ స్వరూపాన్ని ధ్యానించు అన్నారు.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ముఖ్యం గా విష్ణు సహస్ర నామ జపం, ధ్యానం వల్ల భయం తొలగుతుంది, శుభం కలుగుతుంది. గణపతిని,వ్యాస భగవానుని,పితామహుని,పాండవులను, తల్లి తండ్రులను, గురువులను భక్తీ పూర్వకంగా స్మరించి తదుపరి , ఈ దివ్య నామములను జపిస్తూ తేజో మయుడైన, పరమాత్ముని ధ్యానించి బాధల నుంచి విముక్తుల మవుదాం.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ఆంధ్రరాష్ట్రంలోని ఒక్కో ప్రాంతంలోని విశిష్ట ఆలయాలకు భీష్మ ఏకాదశి సందర్భంగా ప్రత్యేక పూజలు జరుగుతుంటాయి. సత్యనారాయణ స్వామి వెలసిన అన్నవరంలో, విజయనగరంలో ఈ పర్వదినం పాటించే విధానాన్ని ఇప్పుడు చూద్దాం. పాండవుల అభిమాని అయిన భీష్ముడు అంపశయ్యపై ఉండి ఉత్తరాయణ పుణ్యకాలం కోసం ఎదురుచూసే రోజుల్లో ధర్మరాజుకు ‘విష్ణు సహస్త్రనామాలు’ బోధించాడు. ఈ నామాలు గోప్యమయినవే కాదు గొప్పవి కూడా.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ఈ నామాలకే ఆదిశంకరాచార్యులు భాష్యం చెప్పారు. ఈ నామాల సుస్వరాలాపనే ‘సత్యనారాయణ వ్రతం’. ఈ వ్రతాన్ని భీష్మ ఏకాదశి రోజున ఆచరిస్తే కోరుకున్నవి నెరవేరుతాయని పెద్దల నమ్మకం. అందుకే అన్నవరంలోని సత్యనారాయణ స్వామిని భీష్మ ఏకాదశి రోజున భక్తులు పెద్ద సంఖ్యలో దర్శిస్తారు. వ్రతాన్ని ఆచరిస్తారు.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;భీష్మ ఏకాదశిరోజున అన్నవరం భక్తులతో కళకళలాడుతుంది. విజయనగరం, విశాఖపట్నం, శ్రీకాకుళం ప్రాంతాలకే పరిమితమైన జానపద కళారూపం ‘తప్పెట గుళ్ళు’. ఈ కళారూపం ప్రదర్శనను గంగమ్మ దేవతకు నివేదించిన తర్వాత తప్పెట గుళ్ళు వాయించడాన్ని భక్తులంతా ‘పూజ’గా భావిస్తారు.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Bhajagovindam Bhajagovindam&lt;br /&gt;Govindam Bhaja Moodhamathe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.5px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Samprapte Sannihite Kaale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.5px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Nahi Nahi Rakshati Dukrinkarane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Bhaja - Seek, Govinda - The Lord Govinda, Moodhamathe - O Fool, O Ignoramus, Samprapte - (When) comes, Sannihite - appointed, Kaale - Time, Nahi - Surely never, Rakshati - Saves, Dukrinkarane - Grammar rule.&lt;/div&gt;
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Seek or Worship Govinda, Seek Govinda, Seek Govinda, O Fool or ignoramus. When the death comes at the appointed time, grammar rules will not save or rescue you..&lt;/div&gt;
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By repeating the words &quot;Bhaja Govindam&quot; thrice in the very first two lines of the first sloka itself, Jagatguru Sri Adi Sankaracharya is trying to bring home the point that human being has no other escape except immersing oneself in the thoughts of Lord, and praying with utmost sincerity, reciting the Divine Namas of the Lord rather than getting engrossed in anxieties to possess wealth or acquire social status or achievements. Here the rules of grammar mean all secular knowledge and earthly acquisitions or possessions. The one who runs after materialistic gains is Moodhamathi.&lt;/div&gt;
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The purport of these words is that any amount of knowledge cannot save the soul when death knocks at the door of this limited body. At that time, one has to leave behind one&#39;s material benefits and social status. These acquisitions will not help one gain the knowledge of the Soul, which is permanent, when the impermanent body withers, it turns out to be a dead-wood.&lt;/div&gt;
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It does not mean that one should shun away the pursuit of living for knowledge, but, at the same time, one should understand its limited capacity, and one should seriously try to acquire that knowledge which alone can save a person from the slavery of imperfections. We should remember the truth that it is a manifested world and it is impermanent. Other than God or Soul, everything else is temporary. Death will snatch away the existence of the body and the manifested world. What is the use of all the acquisitions and secural knowledge then? So, while living in this secular world, or materialistic world, one should endeavour to understand and master the secret of purposeful life. One should identify oneself with the Lord, who can only give solace to the parched materialistic lives. One should progress spiritually after each death, instead of getting deeper and deeper into mundane pleasures. It is rather sad that quite a few of us are of the opinion that spirituality is for those who retired from employment or aged people. The intellect, which has not been trained to remember God till one attains sixty years, will never resort to spirituality after that. Even if it does, for argument sake, what is guarantee that the cruel hands of death will not embrace one before that. So, one should understand the fallacy of this argument and train the mind from the childhood itself to start practicing recitation of the Lord&#39;s name with every breath that one inhales and exhales, otherwise it is just impossible to remember God&#39;s name at the time of death. It is, therefore, imperative that one should keep repeating the Divine Namas of Lord at every possible moment.&lt;/div&gt;
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Bhaja does not mean monotonous and routine ritual with mechanical chanting of some selected Namas or Mantras. It is rather much deeper than that. The true Bhajan of Lord is to offer True Seva or Service to Lord with Love and devotion and in that sense, every human being is a Lord. Bhagavan is Bhava Graahi. He does not get enamoured or attracted by the pomp and show of the devotee. He looks deep into the heart of the devotee to see how much sincere one is while worshiping Him or serving the needy, treating them as (the) God Himself (i.e., Manava sevahi Madhava seva).&lt;/div&gt;
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There are Nine types of Service to be offered at the feet of Lord. A devotee can adopt any one, according to one&#39;s choice and temperament.&lt;/div&gt;
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They are :&lt;/div&gt;
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(1) Sravanam (listening to the stories or glory of Lord),&lt;/div&gt;
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(2) Keertanam (Singing the glory of the Lord),&lt;/div&gt;
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(3) Smaranam (Constantly thinking about the nature and beauty, divine qualities and characteristics of the Lord,&lt;/div&gt;
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(4) Paadasevaram (Adorning the sacred feet of Lord in a spirit of self-obliteration),&lt;/div&gt;
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5) Archanam (Worshiping the Lord with rituals, mantras and with self-less love),&lt;/div&gt;
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(6) Vandanam (Salute or to pay obeisance to the Lord),&lt;/div&gt;
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(7) Dassyam (Serving the Lord),&lt;/div&gt;
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(8) Sakhyam (Invoking an affectionate friendship with Lord, and&lt;/div&gt;
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(9) Aatmanivedanam (To offer oneself with complete dedication or total surrender to the Lord as a humble gift at His altar). Every devotee has the liberty to choose a path that is convenient and appealing to one to realise the God.&lt;/div&gt;
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In all the above modes of worship, the spirit of Bhaja is visible. With this bhava, the devotee has to worship the Govinda, who is the knower of each atom of this universe. He is the very essence of all animate and inanimate beings in this universe. So, Govinda is the Atman, Govinda is the Brahman, Govinda is the Highest Reality and the very Essence of this Universe. Each devotee should seek one&#39;s identity with that Spirit, Force, Reality, Truth and Supreme Braman or God, instead of wasting one&#39;s time in materialistic pursuits of secular knowledge for worldly possessions, name and fame...!!!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Brahma &lt;/b&gt;has four face though only three can be seen. He has matted hair, wears a pointed beard and the eyes are usually closed in meditation. He has four hands which may hold a variety of objects such as a rosary, a water-pot, a book (the Vedas), a sceptre, a spoon, a bow or a lotus. Sometimes two of his hands may be in a boon-giving and protective attitudes. His four faces represent the &lt;b&gt;four Vedas &lt;/b&gt;and the four hands the four directions. The rosary which he is counting represents time. The whole universe evolves out of water, therefore Brahma carries water in the water-pot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He may wear a tiger skin or the skin of a black antelope as a garment and the sacred cord over his left shoulder. If colored, he is pink or red. He is sometimes shown riding the goose, or sitting in the lotus position in a chariot being pulled by seven swans. The swan which is the symbol of knowledge, is his vehicle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the &lt;b&gt;Rig-Veda &lt;/b&gt;the word Brahman (or Brahma) was used to indicate the mysterious power contained in sacred utterances. Later, this was associated with the skill of the priest who spoke the ‘words’ and he was described as a Brahmin. In the &lt;b&gt;Upanishads&lt;/b&gt;, by a further development, this power was regarded as being universal and forming the elemental matter from which everything (including the gods themselves) originally emerged. Eventually this supreme creative spirit became fully personalized under the name of Brahma.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img alt=&quot;Lord God Brahma&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NjGL3iRxVJyZUynlfRMIiQvrbk7bPcyWZvIBC1OeXoEYe60LYpMXa47J8z1q3i-xJbrYJqCbedXMn9hrF89s_hEGgiHPblhNIf2BV3hvSVU5PB0HmlIssmGgYFMmqKP0ijvUYqO444_H/s400/Lord_brahma.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Lord - God - Brahma&quot; width=&quot;333&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since this idea is linked with the origin of the universe, it was inevitable that &lt;b&gt;Brahma &lt;/b&gt;should become associated with Hindu cosmogony. Many legends grew, particularly in the later texts, surrounding the connection with the origin and control of the universe. In one of them the supreme soul and self-existent lord created the waters of the earth and deposited in them a seed which became the golden egg, out of which He was born as &lt;b&gt;Brahma&lt;/b&gt;. According to other texts, he became a boar who raised the earth from the primeval waters and thus created the world. He is described as assuming the appearance of a fish or a tortoise at the beginning of the ages. In much later developments of &lt;b&gt;Hindu mythology&lt;/b&gt; these aspects are attributed to Vishnu and Brahma assumes a secondary role. His worship slowly declined and has not been widespread since the 6th century.&lt;/div&gt;
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Images of Brahma are still made. Many temples include one somewhere in their scheme of sculptural decoration, although it is only in extremely rare cases that he occupies the position of the main icon. In the whole of India there are very few temples of Brahma. There is one at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hoparoundindia.com/rajasthan/city-guides/pushkar.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pushkar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, near Ajmer (Rajasthan) and another in Orissa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;b&gt;Hindu cosmology&lt;/b&gt; the basic cycle which through the cosmos, passes through all eternity, is the &lt;b&gt;Kalpa&lt;/b&gt; or the Day of &lt;b&gt;Brahma&lt;/b&gt;, equivalent to 4320 million years. A night is of equal length, and 360 days and nights of this duration form one year of Brahma’s life. This is expected to last 100 years. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sri Hanuman’s education and Marriage&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The boons granted by the gods made Hanuman invincible. The monkey child  became uncontrollable. He became very mischievous. His pranks irritated  many. He did not spare the sages even. He would pounce on them and tear  their dress. He would throw fruit and leaves, perched atop trees. They  bore with him patiently being aware of his future. One day a sage was  very much disturbed by Hanumantha. The sage went in&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;to  a rage and cursed Hanumantha: “ May you forget your strength with which  you have caused us so much of pain”. The curse changed the life of  Hanuman altogether. He became very calm and inert. The change pained the  sages. They altered the curse on him. They blessed him thus: “If any  one reminds you of your strength, you would recognize your strength and  abilities and succeed”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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This boon chastened Hanumantha. He became a well-behaved child and an epitome of virtuousness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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Hanuman was growing older. His mother told him: “Son! It is time to get  educated. There is no better teacher than Surya, the Sun god, who  dispels all darkness. Go to him and gain knowledge.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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Even  though he was omnipotent, Hanuman obeyed his mother. He reached the  Surya Mandala and humbly prayed the Sun god: “O! Surya Deva, I want to  learn Vedas, Vedangas, and Upangas from you. Please teach me.” Surya  replied: “O! Boy of Anjana, I am always on the move, as ordained by  Almighty, how can I teach you? ”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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Hanuman was angered. He  blocked the path of Surya. Surya pacified Hanuman. He said: “I have no  objection to teach you. But you have to find a way to learn”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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Hanuman stood facing the sun and started walking backwards. Surya was  moving forward and was teaching Hanuman. Lord Siva is said to know all  and Hanuman, who is Lord Siva’s incarnation, proved to be one who knows  all as well. With in a week of his education, he astonished Surya. Surya  praised Hanuman. Hanuman wanted to continue his education. Instead of  walking backward, he put one foot on the rising hill and the other one  on the setting hill to face the Sun god. Hanuman’s interest and devotion  pleased the Sun god. Surya taught all that is to be taught to Hanuman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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Surya was married to Sanjana, a daughter of Viswakarma. Sanjana was  devoted wife but was unable to bear the heat emanating from the Sun’s  rays. She was suffering with anguish. Her mother noticed the daughter’s  plight and sought to know as to what the problem was. Sanjana explained  her problem to her mother. Her mother in turn told Viswakarma of  Sanjana’s problem. Viswakarma told Surya that he would polish off some  of the luminescence of Surya. Surya agreed. Viswakarma was able to  polish off some luminescence of his son-in-law. The luminescence thus  separated took the form of young woman. Her beauty and grace astonished  even gods. Indra wanted to know as to who would marry that shinning  brilliant young women. Brahma thought for a while and replied: “Hanuman  who is essence of Lord Siva’s fiery power will marry the young woman.  Since Hanuman tried to grab the ever glowing Sun god, he alone can bear  this glowing young woman”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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Surya remembered Brahma’s utterance.  By than Hanuman’s education was complete. He was ready to graduate. He  bowed to Lord Surya and said: “O! My divine teacher! Thanks to you I am  educated now. I would like to take your leave now. I would like to offer  you an appropriate fee as Guru Dakshina. Kindly order me”. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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Surya immediately replied: “O Hanuman, you are the incarnation of Lord  Siva who bore the poisonous HAALAAHALA to save the universe when the  ocean was churned. You are also son of Agni, the fire god. Viswakarma  separated a part of my luminescence and the world is unable to bear it.  You are the only one who can bear it. So I want to offer you my daughter  Suvarchala formed from my ‘VARCHAS’ (luminescence), in marriage. Marry  my daughter. Since husband is the one who is to bear, you also bear my  ‘Suvarchas’ by marrying Suvarchala. Your marrying her shall be my Guru  Dakshina”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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Hanuman listened to his teacher and replied  politely: “O Lord! I have decided to follow Brahmacharya through out my  life. How can I marry?” Surya replied: “O Hanuman, this Suvarchala is a  divine one, Ayonija. She would be a devoted wife. I am giving you the  boon that you would still be a Brahmachari even after marriage. You  would continue to be a Prajapatya Brahmachari. Your marriage is only for  the welfare of the Universe and it would not affect your chosen course  of celibacy. You were a born Brahmachari with a Yajnopavita (Sacred  thread). Brahmacharya will be your eternal pursuit. Since you are going  to be a Brahma in future, Suvarchala will then occupy the place of  Vani”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;
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Hanuman obeyed his preceptor’s advice. Surya presented  Suvarchala to Hanuman. It is stated in PARASARA SAMHITA, that Surya  offered his daughter Suvarchala in marriage on JYESTHA SUDDHA DASAMI. It  was a Wednesday under the star UTTARA. Those who respect tradition,  even to this day, observe “HANUMAT KALYANAM” (Hanuman’s Marriage) on  JYESTHA SUDDHA DASAMI day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;The original name of Hinduism is &lt;b&gt;Sanatan Dharm&lt;/b&gt;. ‘Sanatan’ means eternal and ‘Dharm’ means those actions, thoughts and practices that promote physical and mental happiness in the world and ensure God realization.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Sanatan Dharm eternally exists in God, is revealed by God, describes the names, forms, virtues and the abodes of God, and reveals the true path of God realization for the souls of the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;There are three eternal existences: &lt;b&gt;soul, maya, and God&lt;/b&gt;. Souls are unlimited in number, infinitesimal in size, Divine in quality but eternally under the bondage of maya. Soul does not belong to &lt;b&gt;maya&lt;/b&gt; or the mayic world. It has a natural and eternal relationship with God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Maya is a lifeless power of God having three qualities: sattvic (pious), rajas (selfish) and &lt;b&gt;tamas&lt;/b&gt; (impious) that represent its existence when it is evolved into the form of the universe. The universe has two dimensions -- material and celestial. The Divine dimension of God lies beyond the field of maya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Hinduism is monotheistic. There is one single God Who represents the various aspects of His unlimited Blissful charm through many forms such as Krishn, Vishnu, Shiv and Shakti and the impersonal aspect. Out of these Krishn is the absolute supreme form of God which includes all others. God is an eternal, omnipresent, all-Blissful, all-Gracious, all-kind and all-loving Divine personality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Hinduism explains that the soul is eternally yearning for perfect, unlimited and everlasting happiness. But the soul is mistakenly searching for this happiness in the mayic world where one finds only transitory pleasures followed by disappointments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;The illusion of finding perfect happiness in the mayic world is the cause of soul’s reincarnation. The soul, since uncountable lifetimes, has been taking birth into the 8.4 million species of life where it undergoes the consequences of actions (&lt;b&gt;karma&lt;/b&gt;s). Perfect happiness is neither a feature of the mind nor a nature or quality of the mayic world. It can only be attained by God realization.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;The human form of life is the only chance for a soul to attain God realization, if one understands the disappointing nature of the illusive attractions and attachments of the world and sincerely proceeds on the path of God realization by completely trusting in the causeless kindness of God.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;The aim of human life is to attain God realization. The means of God realization is&lt;b&gt; bhakti&lt;/b&gt; and God’s Grace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Humble, loving and wholehearted submission to a personal form of God is called bhakti. Bhakti evokes the Grace of God and ensures God realization. Upon God realization the soul is released from the bondage of maya and achieves unlimited Divine Bliss forever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Sattvic practices such as austerity, intellectual study of Vedant, practice of renunciation and meditation, on their own, can only evolve the sattvic quality of person’s mind to a certain extent. They can never be the means of God realization. When one begins to do bhakti, these practices, with the Divine uniting factor of &lt;b&gt;bhakti&lt;/b&gt;, are then classified as &lt;b&gt;karm yog&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;gyan yog&lt;/b&gt;. Only when these practices are performed with bhakti, can they become the means of God realization, because only bhakti unfolds God’s Grace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;A personality who has the Divine knowledge of all the scriptures and who is God realized is needed to guide, protect and Grace the souls on their path to God realization. Such a Divine personality is called Guru. It is the Guru who imparts the Divine vision or Divine love of God to a dedicated soul when they reach a stage of complete surrender through bhakti. Divine personalities are always present on the earth planet to guide the souls.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;In addition to sending Divine personalities from His abode to the earth planet, God Himself descends on the earth planet from time to time to establish and protect Sanatan Dharm, to reveal His absolute Blissfulness through His Divine actions (leelas) and to show the path of bhakti to the souls. The descension of God into the material (mayic) realm is called avatar in Sanskrit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;The Divine scriptures of Hinduism include the Vedas, the Upvedas, the Vedangas, the Smritis, the Darshan Shastras, the Upnishads, the Puranas, the Itihas (Ramayan and Mahabharat), the Gita, the Bhagwatam and the writings of Jagadgurus, acharyas, and Saints.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;The vast collection of Bhartiya scriptures are a systematic line of teachings. They provide the guidelines for all kinds of people, having varying levels of purity of mind and receptivity for God, and lead them towards God realization.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Did you know...&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Bhartiya&lt;/b&gt; (Hindu) scriptures also reveal the scientific axioms that are valuable in the research and development of modern science. They reveal the sequence of the procedure of creation of the universe, the exact model and working of the universe, as well as the science of defense, medicine and aviation, whatever is required by the society for daily living.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;That Bhartiya scripture -- the &lt;b&gt;Upnishads&lt;/b&gt; and the &lt;b&gt;Bhagwatam&lt;/b&gt; give a detail description of 12 step-wise phases of creation of the universe and the exact calculations of the age of sun and earth planet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;That the &lt;b&gt;Valmiki Ramayan&lt;/b&gt;, relating the history of Bhagwan Ram, was written &lt;u&gt;18.144 million years ago&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;That &lt;u&gt;Bhagwan Krishn&lt;/u&gt; descended on the earth in 3228 BC and the Mahabharat war took place in 3139 BC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;,Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;That Sanskrit is the mother of all the languages and it has been in its perfect form since its introduction in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Courier New&amp;quot;,Courier,monospace;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Source:&lt;br /&gt;http://history-of-hinduism.blogspot.in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;The &lt;b&gt;position of women&lt;/b&gt; in society is always an 
index of the greatness of its religion and culture. A woman has always 
been given a much higher status and &lt;a href=&quot;http://hinduadhyathmikam.blogspot.com/2013/01/status-of-women-in-hindu-society.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;position in Hinduism&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; than in any 
other religion.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Women so inclined could avail themselves of the
 highest learning and there were many female seers and philosophers. In 
the ancient times &lt;b&gt;Gargi&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;wife of Mandan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;amishra&lt;/b&gt;,
 was appointed as judge because of her superior erudition and spiritual 
attainments. Warrior queens like Kaikeye helped their husbands on the 
battlefields.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Women were not married till they were in their 
late teens, sometimes even later. They could choose their own husbands 
and intermarriages were common. Polygamy existed in some societies but 
mostly amongst princes who contracted several marriages with daughters 
of neighbouring rulers for political reasons.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; A woman was 
supposed to be the &lt;b&gt;manifestation of Goddess&lt;/b&gt;/Shakti and the male 
(Shaktiman) was supposed to be incomplete without the female (Shakti) 
with him, whether he was a god or a human being. Each male deity of the 
&lt;b&gt;Divine Trinity&lt;/b&gt; has his female counterpart; Saraswati (learning), Lakshmi
 (wealth) and Parvati (power). The rituals, especially auspicious ones, 
are incomplete when performed by a man without his wife 
co-participating. Dishonour to women was tantamount to dishonour of the 
Almighty. Wife or mother commanded more honour and reverence than 
husband or father.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; With the onslaught of the foreign invasions 
and the subsequent rigidity of the caste system, Hindu women lost their 
independence and became objects requiring male protection. In the 
process they lost the opportunities they earlier had of acquiring 
knowledge and learning.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Starting from the early nineteenth 
century there arose a new upsurge of intellectual searching and 
re-evaluation of our ancient past with several reformers spreading the 
message of the need for purifying Hinduism of its excessive rites, 
rituals and orthodoxy and the heaping of inequalities on women. Some of 
the reformers of the time were &lt;b&gt;Raja Ram mohan Roy&lt;/b&gt;, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar,
 &lt;b&gt;Swami Vivekananda&lt;/b&gt; and Mahatma Gandhi.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Women in modern Indian society have full freedom and equality including the right of inheritance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;Source:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt;http://history-of-hinduism.blogspot.in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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ఆయన గురించి ఈరోజు కొంచెం తెలుసుకుందాం ..!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;సుభాష్ చంద్రబోస్ (జననం జనవరి 23, 1897). (మరణం: ఆగష్టు 18, 1945న చనిపోయినట్లుగా భావిస్తున్నారు) నేతాజీ గా ప్రసిద్ధి గాంచిన గొప్ప స్వాతంత్ర్య సమరయోధుడు. ఒకవైపు గాంధీజీ మొదలైన నాయకులందరూ అహింసావాదం తోనే స్వరాజ్యం సిద్ధిస్తుందని నమ్మి పోరాటం సాగిస్తుంటే బోస్ మాత్రం సాయుధ పోరాటం ద్వారా ఆంగ్లేయులను దేశం నుంచి తరిమి కొట్టవచ్చునని నమ్మి, అది ఆచరణలో పెట్టిన మహనీయుడు. ఇతని మరణం పై పలువురు భిన్నాభిప్రాయాలు వ్యక్తం చేస్తున్నారు.బోసు రెండు సార్లు భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్ కు అధ్యక్షుడిగా ఎన్నికైనా గాంధీతో సిద్ధాంత పరమైన అభిప్రాయ భేదాల వలన ఆ పదవికి రాజీనామా చేశాడు. గాంధీ యొక్క అహింసావాదం మాత్రమే స్వాతంత్ర్య సాధనకు సరిపోదని, పోరుబాట కూడా ముఖ్యమని బోసు బావన. ఈ అభిప్రాయాలతోనే ఆల్ ఇండియా ఫార్వార్డ్ బ్లాక్ అనే రాజకీయ పార్టీని కూడా స్థాపించాడు. దాదాపు 11 సార్లు ఆంగ్లేయులచే కారాగారంలో నిర్బంధించ బడ్డాడు. 1939లో రెండవ ప్రపంచ యుద్ధం మొదలైంది. ఆంగ్లేయులను దెబ్బ తీయటానికి దీన్ని ఒక సువర్ణవ&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;కాశంగా బోసు భావించాడు. యుద్ధం ప్రారంభం కాగానే అతను ఆంగ్లేయుల పై పొరాడేందుకు కూటమి ఏర్పాటు చేసే ఉద్దేశంతో రష్యా, జర్మనీ మరియు జపాను దేశాలలో పర్యటించాడు. జపాను సహాయంతో భారత యుద్ధ ఖైదీలు, రబ్బరు తోట కూలీలు మరియు ఔత్సాహికులతో భారత జాతీయ సైన్యం ను ఏర్పాటు చేశాడు. జపాను ప్రభుత్వం అందించిన సైనిక, ఆర్ధిక, దౌత్య సహకారాలతో ఆజాద్ హింద్ ప్రభుత్వం ను సింగపూర్ లో ఏర్పరచాడు.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;display: inline;&quot;&gt;బోసు రాజకీయ అభిప్రాయాలు, జర్మనీ మరియు జపానుతో అతని మిత్రత్వం పై చరిత్రకారుల్లో భిన్నాభిప్రాయాలున్నాయి. కొందరు వీటిని విమర్శిస్తే, మరి కొందరు వాస్తవిక దృష్టితో చేసిన ప్రయత్నాలుగా బోసును అభిమానిస్తారు. అతని జీవితం లాగే మరణం కూడా వివాదాస్పదమైంది. 18 ఆగస్టు, 1945 లో తైవాన్ లో జరిగిన విమాన ప్రమాదం లో బోసు మరిణించాడని ప్రకటించినప్పటికి, అతను ప్రమాదం నుంచి బయట పడి అజ్ఞాతం లోకి వెళ్ళాడని పలువురు నమ్ముతారు.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;History produces two types of heroes: crisis-time heroes and prosperous-time heroes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Crisis-time heroes emerge at a time of social, economical, moral and spiritual crisis. They flash like lightening against darkness and are easily remembered. Prosperous-time heroes go unnoticed like Sun in the day time. But they are the ones who work hard to prevent the crises from occurring in t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;he first place, by ensuring smooth, harmonious and orderly function of the society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is easy to name a number of crisis-time heroes like Gandhi, Jesus, Nelson Mandela, Mohammad, Gorbachev, Nehru, Mao, Buddha, Hitler, Lenin, George Washington, etc. But it is hard to think of the names of prosperous-time heroes, because their times are remembered more than their names. There had been many of them, who are responsible for the many long, quiet, harmonious, peaceful and prosperous periods of history.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rama is one such hero and &lt;b&gt;Rama Rajyam&lt;/b&gt; is one such period, when people enjoyed the best of the times of peace, harmony and prosperity, without any crisis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crisis-time heroes, most of the times, leave a legacy of passions against a demonized past, and for a glorified and imagined future. They leave people with hatred for their own past and dissatisfaction of not able to realize an imagined future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prosperous-time heroes illustrate the art and science of keeping a society harmonious and prosperous. They illustrate the tough stands one has to take and personal sacrifices one has to make in order to keep the society strong, stable and prosperous. Crisis-time heroes should be remembered, but prosperous-time heroes are the ones that should be emulated. Crisis-time heroes inspire us to take action in the periods of desperation. But prosperous-time heroes are the one that can tell us how to lead life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For our good fortune, Indian civilization understood this subtle difference. The stories of Indian civilizatoin are about the prosperous-time heroes and not about the crisis-time heroes. It doesn&#39;t mean they ignored the crisis-time heroes. They embedded the stories of the crisis-time heroes inside the stories of prosperous-time heroes. Rama is the prosperous-time hero. &lt;b&gt;Parasurama&lt;/b&gt; is the crisis-time hero. Parasurama&#39;s story is embedded into Rama&#39;s story, not the other way around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rama is an illustrious prosperous-time hero. He should not be mistaken to be a simple private individual. He inherited one of the grandest kingdoms of the day, from an illustrious line of rulers of an unparalleled dynasty. He gained the confidence of the people much before he got coroneted as crown prince. He is a public person with great social responsibilities on his shoulder. He is fully prepared and mentally invested in discharging that responsibility. The magnanimity and grandeur of Rama&#39;s life can only be understood, when one considers him as an individual struggling to keep up to his social responsibilities, which challenged him to make immense personal sacrifices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rama says (in &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Uttara Kanda&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; slokas 45. 11-15) &quot;Even my love to you (the brothers) and to Sita are secondary, when it comes to meeting the expectations of people in discharging my responsibilities&quot;. His decision to leave the kingdom, to kill the Rakshasas to protect the Rishis in the forests, his action to punish &lt;b&gt;Vali&lt;/b&gt; for his transgression against his brother&#39;s wife and his killing of &lt;b&gt;Ravana&lt;/b&gt; for abducting a women, are all part of one single principle for him: to protect Dharma. In every single action that he takes, he clearly articulates, &quot;I have no choice, but to take this action, in accordance with the expectations of people and in accordance with the guidance of the illustrious Ikshvaku kings of the past&quot;! (example: &lt;i&gt;Kishkindha Kanda&lt;/i&gt; Sloka 18.36)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Don&#39;t we wish we have rulers of that kind all the time and in all the places?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Valmiki came to know about Rama, after he inquired Narada, whether one such illustrious prosperous-time hero ever existed. Valmiki uses SIXTEEN illustrious characteristics, posed as questions to Narada, to describe such a hero, in the very beginning of Ramayana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.1.2 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;కో న్వస్మిన్సామ్ప్రతం లోకే గుణవాన్కశ్చ వీర్యవాన్ ।&lt;br /&gt;ధర్మజ్ఞశ్చ కృతజ్ఞశ్చ సత్యవాక్యో దృఢవ్రతః&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kō nvasminsāmprataṃ lōkē guṇavānkaṡca vīryavān ।&lt;br /&gt;dharmajñaṡca kṛtajñaṡca satyavākyō dṛḍhavrataḥ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Who, in this world, is a person&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) of adorable and admirable character,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) of great valor,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) of acute discernment about right and wrong,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) that appreciates, remembers and grateful&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for the help received from anyone,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) that stands by his word all the times,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) and pursues the objectives to completion, unswervingly ?&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.1.3 &lt;br /&gt;చారిత్రేణ చ కో యుక్తః సర్వభూతేషు కో హితః ।&lt;br /&gt;విద్వాన్కః కః సమర్థశ్చ కశ్చైకప్రియదర్శనః ॥&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cāritrēṇa ca kō yuktaḥ sarvabhūtēṣu kō hitaḥ ।&lt;br /&gt;vidvānkaḥ kaḥ samarthaṡca kaṡcaikapriyadarṡanaḥ ॥&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Who is a man of proven track record,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) who always wishes and does good to all beings,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) who is well read about all aspects of life,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) who is capable of getting the most challenging things done,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11) who is also approachable, personable and pleasing&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to all alike, at all times?&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.1.4 &lt;br /&gt;ఆత్మవాన్కో జితక్రోధో మతిమాన్కోఽనసూయకః ।&lt;br /&gt;కస్య బిభ్యతి దేవాశ్చ జాతరోషస్య సంయుగే ॥&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ātmavānkō jitakrōdhō matimānkō&#39;nasūyakaḥ ।&lt;br /&gt;kasya bibhyati dēvāṡca jātarōṣasya saṃyugē ॥&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Who is a person&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12) of exemplary courage,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13) in complete control of his temperament,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14) of great intellect,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15) that is unbiased and doesn&#39;t indulge in slander,&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16) and whose displeasure and wrath&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;would frighten even the gods ?&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Valmiki, in these three slokas, is giving the characteristics of an illustrious prosperous time hero. To appreciate this list, wee need to contrast them with the characteristics of the most of the crisis-time heroes: exciting, bombastic, sensational, mecurial, blinding, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is more important to Rama:&lt;/b&gt; Dharma or Rama? Clearly Dharma. If we want to follow Rama, we should love Dharma even more than we love Rama. We should be able to say: &quot;I love Rama, because I love Dharma&#39;. Only then, the purpose of Ramayana is served.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ramayana&lt;/b&gt; is a case study of how to keep &lt;b&gt;Dharma&lt;/b&gt; above personal issues, given to us by none other than Valmiki, who wrote the first poem that humankind knows about!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessed are we, for the opportunity to read this poem together!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;Shri Bhagyalaxmi Mandir, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Sri Bhagyalakshmi Temple&lt;/b&gt; is an ancient temple, located adjacent to the Charminar. The &lt;b&gt;city of Bhagyanagar&lt;/b&gt;, viz today’s Hyderabad was named after Devi ( Goddess) Bhagyalakshmi. This fact has also been established by famous social historians&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 20px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;The sound of Lakshmi’s anklets at &lt;b&gt;Charminar of Hyderabad&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Sanatana Dharma, which means the eternal or universal 
tradition, is the ancient name for what we today call the Hindu 
religion. It refers to a dharma, a teaching, law or truth that exists in
 perpetuity, that is all-encompassing, embracing the full spectrum of 
human spiritual experience, culminating in the direct realization of the
 Divine as one&#39;s own true Self.&lt;br /&gt;

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Through the course of time and human limitations, Hinduism may have 
taken on various elements which do not reflect this eternal essence of 
universal truth. However, the power of Sanatana Dharma continues behind 
the Hindu tradition, particularly in its Yoga and Vedanta spiritual 
forms, providing it with a depth, breadth and vitality that perhaps no 
other spiritual tradition on Earth is able to sustain.&lt;br /&gt;

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One can find in Hinduism all the main religious teachings of the 
world from nature worship, to theism, to the formless Absolute. One can 
find practices of devotion, yoga, mantra and meditation in a great 
plethora of expressions, including the world&#39;s most sophisticated 
spiritual philosophies of Self-realization. Hinduism is not anchored to 
any single prophet, book or historical revelation that can tie down the 
expanse of its vision. It does not subordinate the individual to an 
outer religious authority, but encourages everyone to discover the 
Divine within their own awareness.&lt;br /&gt;

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Indeed, if one were to synthesize all the existing religions of the 
world, one would end up with a teaching much like Hindu Dharma. Hinduism
 has the devotional theism of western religions, the karma theory and 
meditation practices of Buddhism, and the nature worship of native 
traditions, all unified at a deep philosophical and experiential level 
into one harmonious fabric. Hinduism appears like the common root from 
which these various religious expressions have diversified or perhaps, 
departed.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;:: Global Sanatana Dharma and Hinduism in India ::&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

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Yet though Hinduism has been its main expression through history, 
Sanatana Dharma as a universal and eternal tradition cannot be reduced 
to the forms of Hinduism or to a tradition belonging only to India. 
Sanatana Dharma has counterparts in other lands and traditions. In fact,
 one can argue, wherever the higher truth is recognized, that is 
Sanatana Dharma, regardless of the names, forms or personalities 
involved.&lt;br /&gt;

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If we look at the ancient world prior to the predominance of western 
monotheistic traditions, we find much that resembles Hinduism and 
Sanatana Dharma, whether among the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, 
Greeks, Celts, Persians, Chinese or Mayas to name but a few. India is 
the land in which Sanatana Dharma has taken the deepest root and 
maintained its best continuity. Hinduism is the religion in which 
Sanatana Dharma has best survived. But Santana Dharma is relevant to all
 peoples and must be recognized throughout the world for the planet to 
achieve its real potential for the unfoldment of consciousness.&lt;br /&gt;

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One then may ask, &quot;If Hinduism is an expression of Sanatana Dharma, 
why does it appear to be limited to India like a local ethnic religion, 
rather than a universal approach?&quot; The first thing to realize in this 
regard is that a universal approach will always seek to create local 
forms. For example, a universal approach to diet will encourage people 
to eat the local food that has the best nutritional content. It will not
 emphasize the same food items for people in all lands and climates.&lt;br /&gt;

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Sanatana Dharma will always create a great diversity of local forms, 
and never aim at uniformity. Uniformity is not a sign if universality, 
but of artificiality. Dharma is not a set of fixed beliefs or practices 
but a way of adaptation to the living truth that is always changing in 
form though one in law and principle. Even in India we see a great deal 
of local diversity in how Hinduism is presented and expressed in the 
different parts of the country. This variety that exists within Hinduism
 is probably greater than the variety found within any other religion. 
Yet through all of this diversity there remains a clear unity of Hindu 
thought and culture.&lt;br /&gt;

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Sanatana Dharma is central to the soul of India as a nation. India&#39;s 
place in human history is to function as the global guru or spiritual 
guide rooted in Sanatana Dharma as Sri Aurobindo once eloquently 
proclaimed. The traditional culture of India is infused with yoga, 
meditation and experiential spirituality of all types. This means that 
India cannot flourish as a country without a recognition of Sanatana 
Dharma and an honoring of its values on all levels of India&#39;s culture.&lt;br /&gt;

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However, besides its connection to Sanatana Dharma, India has another
 side, much like many other countries and cultures. There are divisive 
forces that deny this dharmic cultural unity, whether in the name of 
political ideologies like Marxism, other religious traditions like 
Christianity and Islam, or sectarian trends within Hinduism itself. Even
 in Hindu society, we too frequently see an emphasis on clan, family, 
and community that overrides any greater national interests or even the 
greater needs of Hinduism itself. This narrow vision can reduce Hindu 
Dharma to an Indian tradition only, or it can emphasize one Hindu sect 
or guru while ignoring the greater background of Sanatana Dharma.&lt;br /&gt;

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One encounters this problem particularly when non-Indians seek to 
become Hindus. They are often told that one must be born a Hindu and 
cannot convert to Hinduism, which is not true historically or Hinduism 
could have never spread so far as it has. We also see this problem with 
Hindus who have migrated outside of India. They form their own religious
 communities, which is admirable, but do not make much of an effort to 
bring non-Indians into these, even when such individuals may approach 
them seeking to join Hindu Dharma. This further gives the impression 
that Hinduism is a religion for a particular ethnic group only, not a 
universal path. It can turn away westerners who have a genuine 
receptivity to Sanatana Dharma.&lt;br /&gt;

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&lt;strong&gt;:: The Revival of Hinduism through Sanatana Dharma ::&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

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To counter such attempts to limit Hinduism and to bring its teachings
 out for the benefit of all, we need a revival of Hinduism as Sanatana 
Dharma, the eternal or universal tradition, for the entire planet. Such a
 global projection of Sanatana Dharma does not deny the importance of 
Hinduism as central to India, its culture, its past and its future. But 
it emphasizes a global and expansive Hinduism, not one that contracts 
itself according to geographical or ethnic boundaries.&lt;br /&gt;

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Such a bold assertion of Sanatana Dharma makes Hinduism relevant to 
all peoples, all religions and all cultures. It removes Hinduism from 
being restricted to local forms or controlled by the dictates of any 
particular group. This expansive Sanatana Dharma will naturally honor 
India and seek a revival of Hinduism in India. But it will do so with a 
global vision and a linking up with Hindus and dharmic groups worldwide.&lt;br /&gt;

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There have already been important movements in this in direction. In 
fact, one can argue that the global spread of Hindu teachings like Yoga,
 Vedanta and Ayurveda is a sign of Sanatana Dharma arising at a global 
level. Gurus from India and their teachings have spread to all 
countries.&lt;br /&gt;

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Unfortunately, many modern teachers from India have left the greater 
portion of Hinduism behind in their attempt to gain a broader 
recognition, to the extent of denying their Hindu roots and not 
educating their disciples in the greater Hindu tradition, its importance
 and its values. Instead of honoring the Hindu connection with Sanatana 
Dharma, they promote an artificial unity of all religions that puts 
Hindu views and practices in the background or ignores them altogether.&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;br /&gt;

Such teachers state that people can add the spiritual practices of 
the Hindu tradition, like Yoga and Vedanta, on to any other cultural or 
religious foundation. They do not encourage people to study and honor 
the Hindu tradition itself but rather to stay within their own culture&#39;s
 religious tradition, even if it is anti-Hindu. They do not emphasize 
Hinduism&#39;s special connection to Sanatana Dharma, but try to make Hindus
 feel that all other religions are the same as their own and no real 
differences exist between them.&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;br /&gt;

In this regard, such teachers of universal spirituality are making a 
mistake in their understanding of dharma. Sanatana Dharma is not just a 
spiritual path or what is called a Moksha Dharma, a way of liberation. 
Sanatana Dharma shows a dharmic way for all aspects of life starting 
with personal life-style practices, to the family, education, business, 
intellectual culture and even politics (all the spheres of dharma, 
artha, kama and moksha).&lt;br /&gt;

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Unfortunately, the teachers who try to universalize the Moksha Dharma
 of Hinduism and apply it to all religions leave out the other aspects 
of Dharma, which includes the dharmic foundation for both social and 
individual life. A new resurgent global Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma will
 project all aspects of dharma and not be limited to a Moksha Dharma. It
 is important that we replace this &quot;radical universalism&quot; of all 
religions being the same, which is a misinterpretation and diminution of
 Sanatana Dharma, with a global Hindu and dharmic resurgence that 
affirms Sanatana Dharma as both a spiritual path and a way of life on 
all levels.&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;br /&gt;

It is not only Yoga and Vedanta that have universal value, so does 
the foundation of Hindu Dharma on all levels. This includes Hindu 
rituals, which are a science of interacting with the cosmic forces, 
Hindu temples and holy places which are conduits for cosmic energy, 
Vedic sciences like Ayurveda, Vedic astrology and Vastu, Hindu music and
 dance and other Hindu art forms. These outer aspects of Hindu or 
dharmic living can be developed and adapted in different cultural 
contexts but their basic principles are as enduring as the great truth 
of Vedanta that there is only one Self in all beings.&lt;br /&gt;

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On this foundation of dharmic living, both in terms of our outer 
culture and our inner spiritual practices, people from all lands and 
cultures can embrace Sanatana Dharma. They can find in Hindu thought a 
model for an authentic dharmic culture and spirituality that addresses 
their own individual, social and environmental needs, which they can use
 to restructure their lives as way of Self-realization. In that dharmic 
approach, all divisive religious identities will disappear into a 
greater unity of consciousness, not only with other human beings, but 
with the entire universe.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;శివ హరే శివరామసఖే ప్రభో త్రివిధతాపనివారణ హే విభో&lt;br /&gt; అజనేశ్వరయాదవ పాహి మాం శివహరే విజయం కురు మే వరమ్&lt;br /&gt; కమలలోచన రామ దయానిధే హర గురో గజరక్షక గోపతే&lt;br /&gt; శివతనో భవశంకర పాహి మాం శివహరే విజయం కురు మే వరమ్&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;text_exposed_show&quot;&gt; సుజనరంజన మంగళమందిరం భజతి తే పురుషః పరమం పదమ్&lt;br /&gt; భవతి తస్యసుఖం పరమధ్బుతం, పాహి మాం శివహరే విజయం కురు మే వరమ్&lt;br /&gt; జయ యుధిష్టర వల్లభ భూపతే జయ జయాజ్యత పుణ్యపయోనిధే&lt;br /&gt; జయకృపామయ కృష్ణ నమోస్తుతే శివహరే విజయం కురు మే వరమ్ !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;Subrahmanya Ashtakam&lt;/h3&gt;
He Swaaminaatha Karunaakara Deena Bandho&lt;br /&gt;Sree Paarvateesha Mukha Pankaja Padma Bandho&lt;br /&gt;Sree Eeshaadi Devagana Poojita Paadapadma&lt;br /&gt;Vallee Eesanaatha Mama Dehi Karaavalambam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Devaadi Devasuta Devaganaadi Naatha&lt;br /&gt;Devendra Vandya Mrudupankaja Manjupaada&lt;br /&gt;Devarshi Naarada Muneendra Sugeeta Keerte&lt;br /&gt;Vallee Eesanaatha Mama Dehi Karaavalambam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nityaannadaana Niradaakhila Rogahaarin&lt;br /&gt;Bhaagya Pradaana Paripoorita Bhaktakaama&lt;br /&gt;Shrutyaagama Pranava Vaachya Nijaswarupa&lt;br /&gt;Vallee Eesanaatha Mama Dehi Karaavalambam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Krauncha Asoorendra Parikhantana Shakti Shule&lt;br /&gt;Chaapaadi Shastra Parimandita Divyapaane&lt;br /&gt;Sree Khantaleesha Druta Tunda Shikheendra Vaaha&lt;br /&gt;Vallee Eesanaatha Mama Dehi Karaavalambam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Devaadi Deva Rathamandala Maddhyametya&lt;br /&gt;Devendra Peetanagaram Druda Chaapahasta&lt;br /&gt;Shooram Nihatya Soora Kotibhireedyamaana&lt;br /&gt;Vallee Eesanaatha Mama Dehi Karaavalambam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haaradi Ratna Vara Yukta Kireeta Haara&lt;br /&gt;Keyoora Kundala Lasat Kavachaabhiraama&lt;br /&gt;He Veera Taaraka Jayaamara Brunda Vandya&lt;br /&gt;Vallee Eesanaatha Mama Dehi Karaavalambam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Panchaaksharaadi Manu Mantrita Gaanga Toyai:&lt;br /&gt;Panchaamrutai: Pramuditendra Mukhair Muneendrai:&lt;br /&gt;Pattaabhishikta Hariyukta Varaasanaatha&lt;br /&gt;Vallee Eesanaatha Mama Dehi Karaavalambam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sree Kaartikeya Karunaamruta Poorna Drushtyaa&lt;br /&gt;Kaamaadiroga Kalusheekruta Dushta Chittham&lt;br /&gt;Shiktvaa Tu Maamava Kalaadhara Kaanti Kaantyaa&lt;br /&gt;Vallee Eesanaatha Mama Dehi Karaavalambam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Subramanya Ashtakam Punyam Yepattanti Dwijottama:&lt;br /&gt;Te Sarve Muktimaayaanti Subramanya Prasaadata:&lt;br /&gt;Subramanya Ashtakam Idam Praathar Utthaaya Ya: Pattet&lt;br /&gt;Koti Janma Krutam Paapam Tat Kshannaateva Nashyati&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;ఆచమ్య&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;|| ఓం భూర్భువః సువరోమ్, మమ ఉపాత్త సమస్త దుర తక్షయ ద్వారా శ్రీ పరమేశ్వర ప్రీత్యర్ధం, శుభాభ్యాంశుభే, శోభ నేముహూర్తే, అద్య బ్రహ్మణః ద్వీతీయ పర్దార్దే, శ్వేతవరాహల్పే, వైవ స్వత మన్వంతరే, కలియుగే ప్రధ మపాదే, జంబూ ద్పీపే, భరత వర్షే, భరత ఖండే, అస్మిన్ వర్త మాన, వ్యవ హారిక చాంద్ర మాన, సంవత్సరే, ఆయనే బుతౌ, పక్షౌ, తిధౌ, శుభ నక్షత్రే శుభ యోగే శుభ కరణ, ఏనం గుణవిశేషణ విశిష్టాయాం శుభ తిధౌ శ్రీమతి ( పేరు) గోత్ర స్యనామ ధోయస్య అస్మాకం సుకుటుంబానాం క్షేమ స్థైర్య విజయాయురారో గ్యైశ్వర్యాభి వృద్ద్యర్ధం ధర్మార్ద కామ మోక్ష చతుర్విధ ఫలపురుశార్ధ సిద్యర్ధం సత్సంతాన సౌభాగ్య ఫలప్రాప్త్యర్ధం వారే వారే ప్రయుక్త గురువారే లక్ష్మి ముద్దశ్య లక్ష్మీ ప్రీత్యర్ధం కల్పోక్త ప్రకారేణ యావచ్చక్తి ధ్యానావాహనాది షోడశో పచార పూజాం కరిష్యే, శ్రీ సిద్ధి వినాయక దేవతా ప్రీత్యర్ధం సిద్ధి వినాయక పూజాం కరిష్యే ||&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;విష్ణు: కంటే రుద్ర స్సమాశ్రితాః, మోలే త్రత స్థితో బ్రహ్మా, మధ్యే మాతృ గణాస్మ్రతాః, కుక్షౌతు సాగరా స్సర్వెస్సప్త ద్వీపా సుంధరాః(కలశ పూజచేసి) మహాలక్ష్మీ ప్రాణ ప్రతిష్టాపనం, కరిష్యే (లక్ష్మీదేవి ప్రాణ ప్రతిష్టాపన జేసి పూజ ఆరంభించ వలెను)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ మహాలక్ష్మి పూజా ప్రారంభం&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || పద్మా సనే పద్మకరే సర్వ లోకైక పూజితా&lt;br /&gt;నారాయణ ప్రియే దేవి సుప్రీతా భవ సర్వదా&lt;br /&gt;క్షీరో దార్ణ వసంభూతే కమలే కమలాలయే&lt;br /&gt;సుస్థి రాభ వమే గేహే సురాసుర నమస్క్రతే ||&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాం ధ్యాయామితా||&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;పద్మాసన మందు కూర్చున్నగానవు, చేత పద్మ పుష్పములను పట్టు కొనియున్న దానవు సర్పజనులచేత ప్రశంసంప బడుచున్న దానవు నయన ఓనారాయణప్రియే! దేవీ ఎల్ల ప్పుడు నా పైదయ కలిగి ఉండుము. పాలసముద్ర మందు పుట్టి ననీ వెల్లప్పుడును మాగృహ మందు శాశ్వతముగా ఉండుము (అని మనసులో ధ్యానించివలెను)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || సర్వమంగళ మాజ్గల్యే విష్ణువక్ష సధ లాలయే,&lt;br /&gt;ఆవాహయామి దేవీత్యాం సుప్రీతా భవ సర్వదా,&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మి దేవతా మవాహయామి.&lt;br /&gt;తా || సకల శుభ కార్య ములందు విఘ్నములు లేకుండా శుభములు కలుగ జేయు దానా! విష్ణువక్ష స్థలమందు నివసించు ఓ లక్ష్మీ దేవీ! నిన్ను ఆవాహన చేయుచున్నాను.గాన, నా మీద దయకలిగి ఉండ వేడెదను.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || సూర్యాయుత నిభస్పూర్తే స్పురద్రత్న విభూషితే&lt;br /&gt;సంహా సన మిదం దేవీ స్వీయతాం సుర పూజితే&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మి దేవతాయై నమః రత్నసింహీసనం సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;తా|| సూర్యా కాంతివలె ప్రకాశించు దానా! నానారత్న ములతో పొదగ బడి ధగ ధగ మెరయుచున్న బంగారు ఆసన మిది గో వెస్తున్నాను. సర్వలోక వాసులచే పూజింపబడే లక్ష్మీ దేవీ! దయచేసి ఇంగు కూర్చోనుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || శుద్దోద కంచ వాత్ర స్థంగన్ద పుష్పాది మిశ్రితం&lt;br /&gt;అర్ఘ్యం దేవతాయై నమః అర్ఘ్యం సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాయై నమః అర్ఘ్యం సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;తా || ఓ లక్ష్మీ దేవీ ! పరిశుభ్ర మైన జలముతో గంధం పుష్పములు, సువాసన ద్రవ్యములు కలిపనీకు అర్ఘ్యం నిచ్చుచున్నాను. నన్ననుగ్రహించుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || సువాసిత జలం రమ్యం సర్వతీర్ధ సముద్భవం,&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాయై నమః పాద్యం సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;తా || దేవత లందరి చేతను కీర్తింప బడిన దానా! అన్ని నదులనుండి గొన వచ్చిన సుగంధ ఉద కంతో నీకు పాద్యం యిచ్చుచున్నాను. అందుకొనుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || సువర్ణ కలశానీ తం చంద నాగరు సంయుతం&lt;br /&gt;గృహేణాచ మనం దేవీ మయాదత్తం శుభ ప్రదే,&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీలక్ష్మీ దేవతాయై నమః ఆచ మనీయం సమర్పయామి&lt;br /&gt;తా|| సకల శుభములు కలుగ జేయుదానా! బంగారు గిన్నెలో సుగంధ ద్రవ్యములు కూర్చి ఆచ మనీయము సమర్పించు చున్నాను స్వీకరింపుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || పయోదధి ఘ్రతో పేతర శర్కరా మధు సంయుతం&lt;br /&gt;పంచా మృత స్నాన మిదం గృహాణీ కమలాలయే&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాయై నమః పంచా మృత స్నానం సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;తా|| శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవి! పాలు, పెరుగు, నెయ్యి, తేనె, పంచదారా కలిపి పంచామృత ముతో నిన్ను స్నానము చెయించుచున్నాను. నస్ననుగ్రహింపుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || గంగాజలం మయానీతం మహాదేవ శిరః స్థితః&lt;br /&gt;శుద్దో దక స్నాన మిదం గృహాణ విధు సోదరీ,&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాయైనమః స్నానం సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాయైనమః శుద్దో దక స్నానం సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;స్నానానంతరం శుద్ద ఆచమనీయం సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;తా|| పాల సముద్ర మున పుట్టిన ఓ లక్ష్మీ దేవీ! నీవు స్నానము చేయుటకు శంకరుని తలనుండి వచ్చిన గంగాజలమును తెచ్చినాను. ఈ పవిత్ర జలముతో స్నానము చేయుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || సురార్చి తాంఘ్రిగ యుగళే దూకూలవ సన ప్రియే&lt;br /&gt;వస్త్ర యుగ్మం ప్రదాస్వామి గృహణ హరివల్ల భె&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతా యైనమః వస్త్ర యుగ్మం సమర్పయామి&lt;br /&gt;తా|| సుర లచే సదా పూజింపబడు సుకుమార పాదముల గలదాన! తెల్లని పట్టుచీర కట్టుకున్న ఓ దేవి! నీకు పట్టుబట్టలు కట్ట బెట్టెదను స్వీకరింపుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || కేయూర కంకణైర్ధ వ్యైర్షార నూపుర మేఖలాః&lt;br /&gt;విభూషణానద్య మూల్యాని గృహాణ ఋషి పూజితే&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతా యైనమః ఆభరణాని సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;తా|| మునీశ్వరు లందరిచేత వ్రళంసించబడిన ఓ లక్ష్మీ నీకు బంగారు కడియాలు, వంకీలు, అందెలు, దండలు సకలా భరణములు ఇచ్చుచున్నాను. వీటి నిధరింపుడు.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || హేతప్త మకృతం దేవీ బ్రహ్మవిష్ణు శివకృతం&lt;br /&gt;ఉపవీత మిదం గృహాణత్వం శుభ ప్రదే&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాయై నమః ఉపవీతం సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;తా || ఓ దేవీ! బంగార పుత్రాడుతో ముత్యాలు గ్రుచ్చిన ఈ యజ్జో పవీతమును ధరింపుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || కర్పూరాగ రుక స్తూరీ రోచ నాది భిరన్వితం,&lt;br /&gt;గగ ధందాస్యామ్య వాందేవీ ప్రీత్యర్ధం ప్రతిగృహ్యతామ్&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాయై నమః గంధాన్దార యామి.&lt;br /&gt;తా || ఓం సింధు పుత్రికా! కర్పూరము, అగరు, కస్తూరీ వంటి సువాసున వస్తువులు కలిపినా ఈ గంధము స్వీకరింపుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || అక్ష తాన్ ధవళాన్ ది వ్యాన్ శాలీ యంస్తండులాన్ శుభాన్&lt;br /&gt;హరిద్రా కుంకు మోసేతాన్ గృహాయాబ్ది సుపుత్రికే&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతా యైనమః అక్ష తాన్ సమర్పయామి,&lt;br /&gt;తా || క్షీ రాబ్ధి పుత్రికా! పసుపు, కుంకుమ కలిపిన అక్ష తలము సమర్పించు చున్నాను స్వీకరించుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్లో || మల్లికా జాజికుసు మైశ్చంపకైర్వకుల్తే రపి,&lt;br /&gt;శత పత్రైశ్చజకల్షారై: పూజయామి నారి ప్రియే&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాయై నమః పుష్పాణి పూజయామి.&lt;br /&gt;తా|| ఓనారాయణ ప్రియే! మల్లెలు, మొల్లలు, జాజి, సంపెంగ, తామర, కలువ పూలతో నిన్ను భక్తి శ్రద్దలతో పూజించుచున్నాను. ఈ పూజను గైకొని ఆనందించుము.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h4&gt;
మహాలక్ష్మీ అష్టోత్తర శతనామావళి:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ప్రకృత్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం వికృత్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం విద్యాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సర్వభూతహిత ప్రదాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం శ్రద్ధాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం విభూత్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సురభ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పరమాత్మికాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సుచ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం స్వాహాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం స్వధాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సుధాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ధన్యాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం హిరణ్మయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం లక్ష్మ్యై నమః ఓం నిత్యపుష్టాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం విభావర్త్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ఆదిత్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం దిత్యై ది నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం దీప్తాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం వసుధాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం వసుధారిణ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం కమలాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం కాంతాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం కామాక్ష్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం క్రోధసంభవాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం అనుగ్రహప్రదాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం బుద్ద్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం అనఘాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం హరివల్లభాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం అశోఖాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం అమృతాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం దీప్తాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం లోకశోక వినాశిన్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ధర్మనిలాయాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం కరుణాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం లోకమాత్రే నమః ఓం పద్మప్రియాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మహస్తాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మక్ష్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మ సుందర్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మోద్భవాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మముఖ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మనాభ ప్రియాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం రమాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మమాలధరాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం దేవ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మిన్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పద్మగంధిన్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పుణ్యగంధాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సుప్రసన్నాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ప్రసాదాభిముఖ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ప్రభాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం చంద్రవదనాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం చంద్రాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం చంద్రసహోదర్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం చతుర్భుజాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం చంద్రరూపాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ఇందిరాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ఇందుశీతలాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ఆహ్లాదజనన్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పుష్ట్యై నమః ఓం శివాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సివకర్త్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సత్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం విమలాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం విశ్వజనన్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం పుష్ట్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం దారిద్ర్యనాశిన్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ప్రీతిపుష్కరిణ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం శాంతాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం శుక్లమాల్యాంబరాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం శ్రియై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం భాస్కర్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం బిల్వనిలయాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం వరారోహాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం యశస్విన్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం వసుంధరాయ నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ఉదారాంగాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం హరిణ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం హేమమాలిన్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ధనధాన్యకర్త్యై నమః ఓం సిద్ద్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం స్త్ర్యైణ సౌమ్యాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సుభప్రదాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం నృపవేశ్యగతానందాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం వరలక్ష్మ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం అసుప్రదాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం శుభాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం హిరణ్యప్రాకారాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సముద్రతనయాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం జయాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం మంగలాదేవ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం విష్ణువక్షస్థలస్థితాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం విష్ణుపత్న్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం ప్రసన్నాక్ష్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం నారాయణ సమాశ్రితాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం దారిద్ర్యద్వంసిన్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం దేవ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం సర్వోపద్రవవారిణ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం నవదుర్గాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం మహాకాళ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం బ్రహ్మవిష్ణు శివాత్మికాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం త్రికాలజ్ఞాన సంపన్నాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం భువనేశ్వర్యై నమః ఓం మహాలక్ష్మి దేవ్యై నమః&lt;br /&gt;ఓం నారాయణ సమాశ్రితాయై నమః&lt;br /&gt;మహాలక్ష్మీ పూజా కల్ప లక్ష్మి అష్టోత్తర శత నామావళి : సంపూర్ణం&lt;br /&gt;నానావిధ పరిమళ పుష్పాణి సమర్పయామి.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;శ్రీ మహాలక్ష్మీ వ్రతము దశాంగం గుగ్గులోపేతం సుగంధంచ మనోహరం, ధూపం గాస్యామితే దేవి శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ గృహాణత్వం, ధూపం సమర్పయామి ఘ్రతాన్త వర్తి సంయుక్త మంధ కార వినాశకం, దీపం దాస్యామితే దేవి గృహాణ ముది తాభవ, దీపం సమర్పయామి. నైవేద్యం షడ్ర సోపేతం దధ మధ్వాజ్య సంయుతం నానాభక్ష్య ఫలో పేతం గృహాణ హరి వల్లభె, నైవేద్యం సమర్పయామి. మన సార సుగంధే నమిశ్రితం పుష్పవాసితం, పానీ యంగృ హ్యతాం దేవీ శీతలం సుమనో హరం, పానీయం సమర్పయామి, పూగీ ఫల సమాయుక్తం, నాగ వల్లి దలైర్యుతం, కర్పూర చూర్ణ సంయుక్తం తాంబూలం ప్రతిగృహ్యతాం తాంబూలం సమర్పయామి, నీరాజనం సమానీతం కర్పూరేణ సమన్వితం తుభ్యం దాస్యామ్యహం దేవి గృహ్యతాం విష్ణు వల్లభే, నీరాజనం సమర్పయామి. పద్మాసనే పద్మకరె సర్పలో కైక పూజితే, నారాయణప్రియే దేవి సుప్రీతాభవ సర్వదా,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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నమస్తే లోక జననీ నమేస్తే విష్ణు వల్లభే పాహిమాం భక్త వరదే శ్రీలక్ష్మీ నమో నమః శ్రీ లక్ష్మీ దేవతాయై నమః&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;నమస్కారాన్ సమర్పయామి.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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కమలాయై నమః ప్రధమ గ్రంధ పూజయామి. రమాయై నమః&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;ద్వితీయ గ్రంధం పూజయామి&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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లోక మాత్రే నమః తృతీయ గ్రంధర పూజయామి, విశ్వజన న్యైనమః షష్టమ గ్రంధం పూజయామి, హరి వల్లబాయై నమః నవమ గ్రంధం పూజయామి తొర బందన మంత్రః || బధ్నామిద క్షీణ హస్తే నమ సూత్రం శుభప్రదం. పుత్ర పౌత్రాభి వృద్దంచ సౌభాగ్యం దేహిమేరమే||&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;ఈ మంత్రము పటనము చేయుచు &lt;/span&gt;&lt;u style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;తోరము కట్టుకోవలసింది&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt; || వాయస విధః|| ఏనం పూజ్య కళ్యాణీం లక్ష్మీం స్వశక్తతః దాతవ్యం ద్వాద శారూపం వాయనం హిద్విజాలయే. వాయన దాన మంత్రం ఇందిరా ప్రతి గృహ్నతు ఇందిరా వైద ధాతిచ, ఇందిరా తార కోభాభ్యా మింది రాయై నమోనమః&quot; పూజా విధానము సంపూర్ణము&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;లక్ష్మీ పురాణము కధా ప్రారంభము పూర్వం పరాశర మహాముని, నారద మహాముని ఇద్దరూ కలిసి త్రిలోక సంచార మునకు బయలు దేరినారు. వారట్లు భూలోకంలో తిరుగుతూ ఒక గ్రామం చేరుకున్నారు, ఆసమయంలో ఆగ్రామవాసులు బ్రాహ్మణ వైశ్య క్ష&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;lucida grande&#39;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;త్రియ శూద్ర జాతుల వారంతా వారి వారి ఇండ్లను గోమయంలో అలికి లక్ష్మీ దేవి పాదములు ముగ్గులు పెట్టిరి. స్త్రీలంద రూతలంటు స్నానములు చేసి క్రొత్త బట్టలు ధరించి మహాలక్ష్మి పూజచేయు చుండిరి. ఆరోజు గురువార మగుటచే అన్ని జాతులవారు కడు నిష్టతో లక్ష్మీదేవిని గానంచేయుచు పూజలు చేస్తున్నారు. ఆ గ్రామవాసుల భక్తి శ్రద్దలకు నారదుడు ఆశ్చర్యపడి పరాశర మునిశతో &quot; మహర్షి ! బ్రాహ్మణులు మొదలు కడజాతి వరకు అందరూ కడు సంతోషముతో పూజ చేస్తున్నారు కదా మీరు చేస్తున్న వ్రత మేది? వివరించ కోరుచున్నాను&quot; అని పలుకగా పరాశముని చిరునవ్వుతో ఇలా చెప్పసాగిరి. &quot; నారద! యీ దినము గురువారము గదా! గురువారం నాడు చేసే పూజను లక్ష్మీ వ్రతమని అనెదరు. సంవత్సరంలోని పన్నెండు మాసములలో మార్గశిర మాసం శ్రేష్ట మైనది. మార్గశిర మాసంలోని ప్రతి లక్ష్మివారం(గురువారం) లక్ష్మీ దేవికీ చాల యిష్ట మైన రోజు. శుక్ల పక్ష దశమీ గురువారం అయిన యెడల ఆ దినము సుద శావ్రత మనెదరు. ఈ వ్రతం శ్రీమహాలక్ష్మీ దేవికి మిక్కిలి ఇష్టమైనది.&quot; అని పరాశరముని బోధంపగా- బ్రాహ్మ మానస పుత్రుడగు నారదుడది ఆలకించి &quot; మహనీయా! మున్నుయూ వ్రతమును ఎవరైనా ఆచరించారా? వారెట్టి ఫలములు పొంది నారు! ఆ చరిత్రముకూడ వివరింపు &quot; డని వేడగా పరాశరుడిట్లు చెప్పదొడంగెను. &quot; నారదా, నీవ దృష్ట మంతుడవు. పూర్వంయీ లక్ష్మీవ్రత మాచరించిన ఒక భక్తుని చరిత్రను తెలియజేయుదును శ్రద్దగా ఆలకించి ఆనందింపుము&quot; అని చెప్పసాగేను.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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ఒకప్పుడు లక్ష్మీదేవి శ్రీ మహావిష్ణువునకు సేవలు చేస్తు నాధా! యీదినం నా వ్రతం ఆచరించు గురువారం గాన మీరు ఆజ్ఞ యిచ్చినచో నగరంలో సంచ రించి వత్తును &quot; అని ప్రార్దంచెను. లక్ష్మీ కోర్కెను మన్నించి విష్ణువు ముసలి అటులే పోయిరమ్మనెను.లక్ష్మీదేవి సకలాభరణంబులు ధరించి పట్టు వస్త్రములు కట్టుకుని వెళ్ళినది. ఆమె వెళ్ళిన వెనుకనే విష్ణువు ముసలి బ్రాహ్మణ స్త్రీరూపం ధరించి ఒక యింటిలో ప్రవేశించెను. లక్ష్మీదేవి గ్రామ సంచారం చేస్తూ వృద్ద బ్రాహ్మణ స్త్రీ ఇంటికి వచ్చి ఆమెతో &quot; ఓ అవ్వా! ఈరోజు గురువారం, మహాలక్ష్మి వ్రతదినము కదా! ఇల్లు గోమయముతో అలికి ముగ్గులు పెట్టలేదేమి? అని ప్రశ్నించెను. అంత ఆ యవ్వ &quot; అమ్మా! ఆ వ్రతము ఎట్లు చేయవలెను. ఎవరిని పూజ చేయవలెను? వివరించుతల్లి! అని అనగా, లక్ష్మిదేవి మంద హాసముతో &quot; అవ్వా! వ్రతం చేసేవి ధానము చెప్పెదను వినుము. మార్గశిర మాసములో మొదటి లక్ష్మీవారము అనగా గురువారమునాడు ప్రాతః కాలమునే నిద్రలేచి గోమయంతో ఇల్లూ వాకిలీ అలికి లక్ష్మిదేవి పాదములు గల ముగ్గులు పెట్ట వలయును, క్రొత్త కొలత పాత్ర ఒకటి తెచ్చి కడిగి ఎండ బెట్ట వలెను దానిని వివిధ రకాల బొమ్మల తోను, ముగ్గుల తోను వస్త్రములు కట్టుకొని శుచిగావుండి ఒక బల్ల కడిగి, దానిమీద క్రొత్త ధాన్యము ( ఎరుపు, నలుపు, తెలుపు రంగులవి ) కొద్దగా వేయవలెను. మరి కొంచెము క్రొత్త కొలత పాత్రలో వేయవలెను. ఆ పాత్ర పైన మూడు పోక చెక్కలు పసుపు నీటితో కడిగి వుంచవలెను. తెల్ల ధాన్యము ఈ నెలు తీసుకొనివచ్చివాటిని జడ వలె అల్లి మనసులోని కోరిక తలచుకొని వాటిని జటవలె వుంచాలి దాని పై ఎరుపు రంగు వస్త్రము, పువ్వులు వుంచవలెను. లక్ష్మీదేవిని తలచుకొని పువ్వులు, గంధము, ధూప దీపములు సమర్పించవలెను. మొట్ట మొదట పాలు నైవేద్యముచేసి, అన్నము పిండి వంటలు, కూరలతో నైవేద్యం పెట్టవలెను. ఇది ఒక పద్దతి ఇక రెండొ పద్ధతి సుద శావ్రతము. అదెట్లు అనగా మార్గ శిర మాసంలోని శుక్ల దశమీ గురువారమునాడు యీ వ్రతమును చేయవలెను. ఆ దినము ఉదయమున నిద్ర లేచి గోమయమంతో యిల్లు అలికి, వాకిలి కడిగి రంగురంగుల ముగ్గులు లక్ష్మీదేవి పాదములాంటి ముగ్గులు పెట్ట వలెను. తదుపరి స్నానము చేసి ఆసనమును శుభ్రము చేసి ముగ్గులు గీసి, ఇంటిలో తూర్పు దిశగావుంచి, లక్ష్మీదేవి పూజ నిమిత్తము పోక చెక్కను పసుపు నీళ్ళతో శుభ్రముగా కడిగి దానిని పంచామృతముతోను, శుద్దోదకముతొను, స్నానము చేయించి, ఆసనము పై వుంచి గంధము వ్రాసి, పుష్పములు పెట్టి లక్ష్మీదేవిని జపిస్తూ పది ముళ్ళు వేయవలెను. ఐది నాడులు గల దర్భ గడ్జిలో దానిని కప్పవలెను. లక్ష్మీ చిత్రమును వ్రతడోరియాలు వుంచి ధూపం వేయవలెను. తరువాత నైవెద్యం నిమిత్తం వండిన పదార్ధ ములన్నిటినీ సమర్పించవలెను. ముఖ్యముగా పచ్చిబియ్యంకొంత నాన బెట్టి వాటిని పిండిగా దంచి ఉండ్రాళ్ళు చేయవలెను. కొబ్బరికాయ, అరటిపళ్ళు, జున్ను, తీపి పదార్ధాలు అన్నీ పది రకముల వరకూ వుంచి లక్ష్మీదేవికి నైవేద్యం చేయవలెను. ఆ ప్రసాదమును ఇతరులకు కూడా పంచవలెను. అట్లు పంచని యెడల వారికి లక్ష్మీ కటాక్షము లేక సిరి కలుగదు . గురువారమునాడు నూనెతో వంటను గాని, పిండి వంటలుగాని చేయ కూడదు. గురువారము పూజచేయు వారాలు చేప - మాంసం తినకూడదు. తలకు నూనే వ్రాసుకో కూడదు అంతియేకాదు. ప్రత్తితో ఒత్తులు చేసినా, ఆనపకాయ గాని - నీచు కూరలుగాని తినినా మంచం పై పండుకొనినా, రాత్రులు పెరుగన్నం తినినా లక్ష్మీ ఇంటనుండదు ఇంగా దరిద్రులగుదురు. గురువారము నాడు, ప్రాతః కాలమున లేచి, పొయ్యిలోని కాలిన బూడిద తీయక పోయినా, వీధీ వాకిలి తుడవక పోయినా, యింట లక్ష్మి నిలవదు. గురువారము నాడు ఏ స్త్రీ శుచియైన తెల్లని వస్త్రము కట్టుకొనునో వారి యింట లక్ష్మి ప్రసన్నమగును. ఏ స్త్రీ గురువారము నాడు పిల్లలను తిట్టుట కొట్టుట చెయునో ఇల్లు వాకిలి శుభ్రము చేయదే, వంట సామానులు అంట్లుతో మదో సాయం సమయమున గుమ్మము దగ్గర సంధ్యదీపము వుంచదో ఆ స్త్రీ యింట ఒక్కక్షణ మైనను లక్ష్మీ వుండక పోగా ధన హాని సంతాన హాని కలుగ జేయును. అటులనే గురువారం రోజున ఉడకని పదార్ధములు తినుట అమిత నిద్ర, అమావాస్యా సంక్రాంతి తిధులలో అశుభ్రముగావుండి విహరించుట అత్త మామలను సేవింపక కస్సుబుస్సులాడుట చేయు స్త్రీలయింట లక్ష్మీదేవీ పాదము నిలవదు. ఇంకను భోజన మునకు ముందూ తరువాతా కాళ్ళు చేతులు ముఖమూ ఏ స్త్రీ కడుగు కొనదో, ఏ స్త్రీ ఇతరులతో మాట్లాడు నప్పుడు చీటికి మాటికీ నవ్వు చుండునో, ఏ స్త్రీ బూడిద గుమ్మడి కాయను కొయునో అలాంటి స్త్రీలు నీచ బుద్ది గలవారలై అన్న వస్త్రములకు దూరమై పోదురు. ఏ వనిత గురువారము నాడు ధర్మములు చేయక పూజలు చేయక పురుష సాంగత్యమునే సదా కోరునో ఆమె పాప కుపమునకు పోవుటయేగాక బ్రతికి నన్ని రోజులూ తిండికి మొఖము వాయును. గురువారము అమావాస్య- సంక్రాంతి తీధీ యందు నిషిద్ద పదార్ధములను ఏ స్త్రీ భుజించునో ఆమె అవసాన గాలమున అనెక బాధలు పడి చనిపోయిన తర్వాత యమ కింకరులతో నానా బాధలు పడును. జ్ఞానవంతు లైన స్త్రీ ఆ మూడు దినమునతో భక్తిలో దైవ సేవలు ఒక పూట భోజమును, కలిగి నంత లో దాన ధర్మములు చేసిన యెడల అట్టి నారీ మణికి ధన ధాన్యములు కలుగుటయేగాక పుత్ర సంతానము, సంతానాభి వృద్ది కలుగును. ప్రతి స్త్రీ తాను ఆచరించు నిత్య కృత్యములను బట్టి సిరి సంపదలు కలుగును. స్త్రీ ఉదయం నిద్ర నుండి లేచిన వెంటనే ముఖము కడుగు కొనవలెను. అట్లు కడుగు కొనిన స్త్రీ ముఖము చూచినను పాత కములు కలుగుటయే గాక, ఏ కార్యము తలపెట్టినను జయము కలుగదు. స్త్రీ భుజించునప్పుడు దక్షిణం వైపు ముఖము పెట్టుకొని ఏ పదార్ద మూ భజుంచ కూడదు. దీపము లేని చీకటి ఇంట భుజించ కూడదు. చీకటి పడిన తరువాత నూనె వ్రాసుకొనుట చేయకూడదు. ఏ వనిత ఇంటింటికి తిరగడం - భర్త ఆజ్ఞ లేనిదే తనే యిష్ట మొచ్చినట్లు తిరగడం - భర్త మాటలు వినక ఎదురు చెప్పడం - దైవ కార్యములందు, దేవ బ్రాహ్మణుల యందు భక్తి విశ్వాసము లేక యుండుట చేయనో, దాన ధర్మములు చేయదో - అట్టి వనిత గృహము రుద్ర భూమితో సమానము గానెంచి లక్ష్మీదేవి అడుగు పెట్టదు. ఉత్తమ స్త్రీ భర్తను సేవించి భర్త అనుజ్ఞ ప్రకారం నడుచు కొనవలెను. అతిధి సత్కరములు జరుపుచు అత్త మామల సేవలు విడువకుండ ఆచరించుచు, తన బిడ్డా అనే వివక్షత చూపక అందరికీ సమానంగా వడ్డించ వలెను. భర్త సుఖమే తన సుఖమని భర్త కష్టమే తన కష్టమనే భావముతో మెలగినచె లక్ష్మిదేవి సంతోషించి కలకాలము ఆ యింట నుండ గలదు. నారదా! ఈవిధంగా మహాలక్ష్మీ ఆ వృద్ద బ్రాహ్మణ స్త్రీకి గురువార వ్రతము ఆచరించి విధానము చెప్పి, ప్రతివీధికి ప్రతియింటికి వెళ్ళి చూచినది. అప్పటికి ఏ స్త్రీ కూడ నిదుర నుండి లేవలేదు. కాలకృత్యములు తీర్చుకొనలేదు. తలలు విరిబోసుకొని వంటి మీద సట్ట సరిగాలేక గుర్రుపెట్టి నిద్ర పోతున్నారు. వారందరినీ లక్ష్మీదేవి చూచి అసహ్యించుకొని ఒక మాలపల్లెకు వెళ్ళినది. ఆ పల్లెకు ఒక మూలా ఒకానొక బీద హరి జన స్త్రీ ఉండెను. ఆమె ప్రతి దినము ప్రాతః కాలము లేచి గోమయము తెచ్చి యిల్లు వాకిలి శుభ్రము చేసుకొని, బియ్యపు పిండితో మగ్గులు పెట్టి లక్ష్మి పాదముచెత దీపములు పెట్టి బియ్యం వుంచి ధూప దీప నైవేద్యములు సమర్పించి, పద్మాసనములో కూర్చుండి లక్ష్మిని ధ్యానించుచుండెను. లక్ష్మీదేవి వెళ్ళు సరికి ఆ స్త్రీ భక్తితో పూజలు చేయుచున్నందున మహాలక్ష్మీ సంతసించినది. ఆ పరిశుభ్ర స్థలమున తన రెండు పాదములుంచి ఆమెతో &quot; ఓ భక్తు లారా ! నేటితో నీ కష్టములు తీరగలవు. నీ నిశ్చల భక్తికి సంత సించితిని. నీ కేమి కావలయునో రుకొనుము&quot; అని అనగా శ్రీమహాలక్ష్మీ సాక్షాత్ దర్శనము చూడగానే ఆమెనోట మాట రాక ఏ వరమును కోరుకొనలేక యినది. మరల లక్ష్మిదేవి ఇలా అన్నది. నీవు బ్రతికి నాన్నళ్లు అష్ట ఐశ్వర్యములతొ తులతూగుదువు. జన్మాంతరమున నీవు వైకుంట మునకు వచ్చెదవు గాక! నా వ్రతమును చేయుచుండుము. నీకు శ్రీహరి అనుగ్రహము కూడ కలుగును &quot; అని చెప్పెను. మహాలక్ష్మీ చెప్పిన ప్రకారముగా ఆ హరి జన స్త్రీ కడునిష్టతో ధ్యానము చేయు చుండెను. లక్ష్మీదేవి పాదముల యందే మనస్సులగ్నము చేసి యున్నందున ఆమె భక్తికి లక్ష్మీదేవి ఆనందించి, ఆమెవున్న పూరి గుడిసెను పెద్ద భవంతిగా చేసినది. ఇంటికి నాలుగుమూలలా ధన రాశులున్నవి. దాని వలన ఆమె భాగ్యవంతురాలగుటచే గాక అయిదుగురు పుత్రులును కలిగిరి. ఓ నారదా! ఇది వినుము. ఆ హరి జన స్త్రీకీ లక్ష్మీదేవి వలన ఐశ్వర్యమును కలిగి నదంతయు బలరాయుడు తనే దివ్య దృష్టి వలన తెలుసుకొని మహా కోపంతో విష్ణుమూర్తి వద్దకు వెళ్ళి&quot; లక్ష్మిదేవి మాల పల్లెకుపోయి అంటరానిమాల స్త్రీకి సిరి సంపదలు ఇచ్చినందున&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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మహానేరము చేసినది గాన లక్ష్మిని నీ మందరిము లోనికి రానీయ &quot; వద్దని చెప్పినాడు. అంతలో గ్రామసంచారము చేసుకొని లక్ష్మీదేవి విష్ణుమందిరము లోనికీ ప్రవేశించు చుండగా బలరాముడు ద్వారమున అడ్డముగా నిలబడి లోనికి రావద్దని శాసించెను.ఆ సమయములో అతని కండ్లు శరీరము ఎర్రబడి పోయెను. పళ్లు పటపట కొరుకుచుండెను. &quot; శ్రీ హరీ! నీవు ఈమె ముఖము చూడ వద్ద&quot; నెను. అన్న ఆజ్ఞ ప్రకారం లక్ష్మీని విడిచి పెట్టుటకు హరి ఒప్పుకొనెను. వెంటనే లక్ష్మీదేవి తాను ధరించివున్న బంగారునగను తీసివేసి పట్టుచీర విడచి, చిరిగిపోయిన వస్త్రములు ధరించి, ఇల్లు విడిచి వెళ్ళవద్దని పరి చారికలు ఎంత బ్రతిమాలి ననూ,&quot; మరల వచ్చెద&quot; నని చెప్పి వెడలి పోయెను. బలరాముడు, శ్రీహరి - మందిరము లోపల ప్రతిగదినీ చూశారు. ఆ మందిరములోని ఏ గది చూచినని వెలవెల పోయివున్నది. ధనాగారంలో ధనములేదు. వస్తు సామాగ్రి అంతయు మాయమైనది. వంటలు వండుటకు పదార్ధములులెవు. బంగారు బిందెలు మట్టి కుండలుగా మారిపోయినవి.ఆఖరికి త్రాగడానికి పాత్ర కాని, నీరుకాని లేకపోయి నందున దాహముతో ఉపవాసముండి నిద్ర పోయినారు. మరునాడు ప్రాతః కాలమున ముఖము కడుగు కొనుటకైనను నీరు దొరకలేదు. ఇక వారి కేమియు తోచలేదు.పిచ్చి ఎత్తి నట్లయింది. అంత బలరాముడు, అంత బలరాముడు, జగన్నాధుడగు విష్ణుమూర్తితో &quot; తమ్ముడూ! మనము నిన్నటి దినమున ఆహారం తీసుకోలేదు చాలా నీరస పడి పోయియున్నాము. ఈ దిన మైనను తిండి తినక పోతె ఎలాబ్రతకగలం? అన్నీ కొరత గానున్న విగాన మనము బిచ్చమెత్తి అయినా ప్రాణములను నిలబెట్టుకోవాలి. గనక&amp;nbsp;ఇద్దరము బయలుదేరు దమురమ్ము&quot; అని అనగా, జగన్నాధుడు అంగీకరించి యుద్ధరూ సాధు వేషములు వేసుకొని భిక్షాటనకు బయలు దేరినారు. వారు ఎవరింటికి వెళ్ళి అడిగనను వారు కపట సన్నాసులు, చోరులని ఒక్కరూ భిక్షం పెట్టలేదు. కసరి పొమ్మన్నారు. అలా వీరిద్దరూ తిరుగుచు ఒక షావుకారు యింటికి వెళ్ళి &quot; భిక్షాందేహి&quot; అన్నారు. ఆ ధనికుడు వారిని ఆదరించి కూర్చుండ బెట్టి భోజన పదార్దలు తెచ్చుటకులోనికి పోయిచూడగా పదార్ధములన్నీ మాయమైపోయినాయి. అక్కడ కూడా వారికి భోజనము దొరక నందున బలరాముడూ, విష్ణుమూర్తి ఆకలిబాధతో తూలిపోతూ ఒక చెరువు దగ్గరకు వెళ్ళి నారు, ఆ కొలనునిండా పద్మములు విర పూసియున్నవి&quot; సరే వీటి తూడు కాయలను తిని ఇప్పటి ఆకలిబాధ తీర్చుకుందా&quot; మని చెరువులో దిగగా ఆ చెరువు నీరంతా ఎండి పోయెను. యింక చేయునది లెక నిరాశతో వెళ్ళిపోయినారు. అటుల వెళ్ళగా ఒక తపః శ్మాలి కుటీరము కనబడి నది. అతనిని సమీపించి ఆకలి తీర్చుటకు ఏదైనా పెట్టమన్నారు. మునితాను తినుటకు వుంచుకున్న పాలు అన్నము ఇవ్వబోగా ఆ పాత్రలోని అన్నము, పాలు మాయమైపోయినవి. ఇంక వారు చేయునది లేక ఇద్దరూ సముద్రం వైపుగా వెళ్ళిరి. సముద్రమున నిత్యానంద స్వాముల వారి ఆశ్రమము కనిపించిగా అచ్చటకు వెళ్ళినారు. అక్కడ అన్న వస్త్రములకు లోటులేదు. ఎవ్వరైనా ఆశ్రమములో ఎన్నిది నములుండి నను ఎంత భుజించినను అక్షయపాత్ర వలె తరగదు. కాని బలరామ జగన్నాధ స్వాములు అకడకు వెళ్ళగానే లక్ష్మీ దేవి ఏ పదార్ధమూ లేకుండా చేసినది. తీక్షణమైన సూర్యుని తాపమునకు విష్ణువు సొమ్మసిల్లి పడి పోయెను. బలరాముడు తమ్మునికి సేద తీర్చెను . అక్కడ నుండి బయలుదేరి అన్నదమ్ములిద్దరూ మరియొక భవనము చేరుకున్నారు. అది లక్ష్మిదేవి నివసిస్తున్న భవనం చాలా దినములనుండి తిండి లేక నీరసించివున్న వారిద్దరినీ లక్ష్మిదేవి చూచినది. జాలి కలిగినది. వెంటనే ఆమె స్వయంగా పిండి వంటలతో భోజనము తయారుచేసి దాసీల చేత వారికి స్నానమునకు నీరు పెట్టించి, చెలికత్తెల ద్వారా వారికి భోజనం వడ్డించెను. వారు సంతృప్తిగా కడుపునిండా భుజించి బయటనున్న అరుగుమీద విశ్ర మించారు. కాని వారికి నిద్ర పట్టలేదు. ఆ యిల్లు, ఆ ప్రాంతం, ఆ వంటకములు అన్ని వింతగా తోచినవి ఆలోచిస్తున్నారు.అంత ఒక చెలికత్తె వచ్చి &quot; ఓ స్వాములారా! మీదే గ్రామము? ఎందుండి ఎక్కడకు పోవుచున్నారు! మీకు భార్యా బిడ్డలు వున్నారా ! ఎలాగు ఎందుకు తిరుగుతున్నారు! అని అడుగగా - ఏమి చెప్పవలెనో తోచక వారు ఒకరి మొక మొకరు చూచుకొనుచు శ్రీ హరి ఇట్లు చెప్పినాడు. &quot; ఈతడు నా అన్నయగు బలరాముడు. నేను శ్రీహరిని. మాతొందర పాటువలన నాయిల్లాలగు లక్ష్మీదేవిని ఇంటి నుండి వెడలగొట్టి ఈ కష్టములను తెచ్చుకొంటిమి. ఏ స్త్రీవలన అష్ట ఐశ్వర్యములు కల్గునో, ఏ నారీ మణి కరుణా కటాక్షము వలన వంశాభి వృద్ద కలుగునో, ఏ వనితామణి ఎల్ల వేళలందు తననునమ్మి కొలిచినవారి ఇండ్లలొ మెలగుచుండునో అటువంటి లక్ష్మిదేవి మమ్ముల్ని విడిచి వెళ్ళిపోయినది అప్పటి నుండి మాకు దరిద్రమూ కష్టాలూ కలిగినవి &quot; అని చెప్పెను. ఆ దాసీవలన ఆ యిల్లు లక్ష్మీదేవి మందిరమే అని తెలిసికొని, చాలా ఆనందించినారు.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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బలరాముడు విష్ణువుతో &quot; సోదరా, నీవు లక్ష్మీదేవి వద్దకు వెళ్ళి మనం చేసిన తప్పును క్షమించ మని చేతులు పట్టుకొని అర్ధించుము&quot; అని చెప్పిలోనికి పంపెను. శ్రీహరి లోనికి వెళ్ళగానే లక్ష్మీదేవి భర్తను చూచి నమస్కరించి, నీళ్ళతో హరి పాదములు కడిగి ఆ నీటిని తలపై జల్లుకొని పువ్వులతో పూజించి, ఇటుల పలికెను. &quot; నాధా! మీ అన్నదమ్ములిద్దరూ నన్ను ఇంటి నుండి వెళ్ళ గొట్టినారు గదా! యిప్పుడెలా నాయింట భుజింనారు. ఛండాలపుదాని ఇంటికెలా వచ్చినారు? ప్రాణాలు పోసినప్పుడు జాతి, భేదములు అడ్డుకూడదా&quot; అని నిష్టూర ములాడెను. శ్రీహరి చిరునవ్వుతో &quot; ప్రియా! మేమిద్దరము భిక్ష మెత్తు కోవడం అంతా తెలుసుకున్నారు. నీవు మాకు భోజనం పెట్టడం కూడా అందరూ చూచినారు. మాకు శిక్ష సరిపోయినది. నీవు లేనందున వైకుంటము చిన్నభోయినది. నిన్నువదిలినందున మాకు అన్నీ లోపములె జరిగినవి. గాన, మా వెంటరమ్ము వైకుంటానికి పోవుదము &quot; అని పలుకగా శ్రీహరి మాటలకు లక్ష్మీదేవి యింట అడుగు పెట్టగానే అన్నీ యధా ప్రకారముగా మారిన విధ నాగార మంతా ధనముతో, బంగారముతో నిండినది. వస్తు వాహనాలతో, దాసీజన ములతో భక్త కోటితె వైకుంటము కలకలలాడెను. కాన ఓ నారదా గురువారము నాడు లక్ష్మి పూజచేసి ఈ పురాణము చదివినను, లేక వినినను అట్టి వారలకు వెనుకటి జన్మలొ చేసిన పాపములు నశించి మోక్షము కలుగుటయేగాక లక్ష గొదానములు చేసినంత ఫలితముకలిగి అష్ట ఐశ్వర్యములతో తులతూగుదురు. ఈ లక్ష్మీ పురాణము పటనము ప్రతీ మానవుడు ముక్తి నొందుటకు మార్గ దర్శకము కాగలదు. అని, పరాశర ముని నారదునకు లక్ష్మీ పురాణమును వివరింనాడు.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h4&gt;
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