Mother Lakshmi is worshiped in 8 forms as Ashtalakshmi. What is special about 8? Sage Parasara said, de:vyaha sahasram thattha: Mother Lakshmi emerges in thousands of divine forms to ensure Lord Narayana’s grace is not blocked by our sins when we approach Him for grace. For Audio Click Here Source: JIVA Shamshabad News
Sribhashyam Appalacharya Swami was an unparalleled scholar who built intellectual bridge between scripture and truth seeker. Scriptures such as Bhagavatha Mahathmyam and puranas have a popular verse with four lines below… agnou thishtathi vipra:na:m one who studied Vedas sees God in fire and meditates through fire oblations yogina:m hrudaye: ravou one Source: JIVA Shamshabad News
There are traditionally two sets of navaratri uthsavams celebrated annually. The first one is vasantha navaratri, celebrated from Ugadi (marking of a new year following movement of the moon, lunar calendar) to Sri Ramanavami. The second one is sarad navaratri celebrated at the end of monsoon leading to Vijaya Dasami. Source: JIVA Shamshabad News
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In 2018, Aqua satellite imagery from USA’s NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) showed pictures of a bridge between India and Lanka and named it Adams bridge. However, it is Rama Sethu or Nala Sethu, a bridge from about 1.75 million years ago constructed by a team of vanaras (monkey like), bhalluka (bear like), Source: [...]
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When making a promise, people tend to use nature as a witness to strengthen their vow for the sake of the beneficiaries so that they do not stay in false belief. Lord also pledged using natural elements as witness to put an end to a debate with a stubborn che:thana, sentient being who thinks Source: [...]