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Kanchi Sri Varadarajar Brahmotsavam - Discourses and Upanyasam

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:58:59 -0500

Brahmotsavam of Kanchi Sri Varadharaja Perumal.

Varadharaja Perumal Temple or Hastagiri or Attiyuran is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in the holy city of Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India. It is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu believed to have been visited by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.

Varadharaja Perumal Temple was originally built by the Cholas in 1053 and it was expanded during the reigns of the great Chola kings Kulottunga Chola I and Vikrama Chola. In the 14th century another wall and a gopura was built by the later Chola kings. It is an ancient temple and one of the 108 divyadesams, the holy abodes of Vishnu. It is located in part of Kanchipuram called the Vishnu Kanchi that is a home for a lot of famous Vishnu temples, including this one. One of the greatest Hindu scholars, Ramanuja is believed to have resided in this temple.

Varadharaja Perumal Temple is a huge one on a 23-acre complex and shows the architectural skills of ancient vishwakarma sthapathis in temple architecture and is famous for its holiness and ancient history. Another significant thing about the temple are beautiful carved lizards and platted with gold, over the sanctum.

The temple is famous for its kodai. During the bhramotsavam in Vaigasi (May/June) thousands throng the temple and that increases at least by a two-fold during the garuda vahanam and ther.

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Sri Parthasarathy Temple Vaikunta Ekadesi - Discourses and Upanyasam

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:27:08 -0500

Video of Sri Parthasarathy Temple Vaikunta Ekadesi.

‘Vaikunta Ekadesi’ celebrated during the Tamil month of Margazhi draws lot of pilgrims to Vaishnavite temples. Legend has it that those who offer prayers on Vaikunta Ekadesi would get ‘moksha’.

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Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Brahmotsavam - Discourses and Upanyasam

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:16:33 -0400

Sri Parthasarathy Swamy temple in Chennai traces its origin back to the 8th century.

Sri Parthasarathy Swami temple is situated in Triplicane, Chennai and is dedicated to Parthasarathy, Lord Vishnu. It was built in the eighth century by the Pallavas and later renovated by the Vijayanagar rulers.

There are five shrines for Vishnu in his various forms.

The main shrine is for Venkatakrishnan with Rukmini, Balaraman, Satyaki, Anirudha, Pradyumna - in a standing posture facing east.
There are shrines for Ranganathar in a reclining posture with a separate sanctum for his consort Vedavalli.
Rama along with Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrugna and Hanuman, facing east.
Varadarajan seated on the Garuda facing east
Narasimhar in a seated posture facing west.

Apart from these, there is a separate shrine for Andal. The annual Bhrammotsavam is celebrated in the month of Chittirai. Vaikuntha Ekadasi celebrated in Margazhi is one of the important festivals. The float festival is held in the month of Feb-Mar.

The Utsavar is Parthasarathy. The image of Krishna bears the scars from Bheeshma's arrows.

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Sri Parthasarathy Swami Thirumanjanam - Discourses and Upanyasam

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:59:58 -0400

The Parthasarathy Temple is an 8th century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Lord Krishna, located at Triplicane, Chennai, India. It is one among the 108 divyadesams or holy abodes of Lord Vishnu. The name 'Parthasarathy', in Sanskrit, means the 'charioteer of Arjuna', and Lord Krishna is worshipped in that role in this temple.

It was originally built by the Pallavas in the 8th century by king Narasimhavarman. One of the distinguishing features of is that it has four of the incarnations or avatars of Vishnu: Narasimha, Rama, Varaha and Krishna.

The temple is one of the oldest structures in Chennai. There are shrines for Sri Vedhavalli Thayaar, Sri Ranganatha, Sri Rama, Sri Gajendra Varadharaja Swamy, Narasimha, Sri Andal, Sri Anjaneya, Alwars, Ramanuja, Swami Manavala Mamunigal and Vedanthachariar. There are separate entrances for Lord Parthasarathy and Lord Narasimha.

According to Hindu Puranas, Lord Krishna was the charioteer for Arjuna during the Mahabharata war when he gave the Hindu holy book of Bhagavad Gita. Hence, the God, Sri Parthasarathy's face is full of scars created by the arrows of the Great Bhishma in the Kurukshetra war. Other interesting thing is that, God Krishna is seen with a moustache and without his weapon Chakra. The reason attributed is that he promised not to take weapons in the Mahabharatha war and hence he has only his conch. As He was the charioteer He sported the moustache keeping with the tradition. The UTSAVAR also has only a stick and not his mace as found with others. This is because the Lord was born in a cowherd clan.

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Thirunangur 11 Garuda Sevai - Discourses and Upanyasam

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:56:05 -0400

Thirunangur 11 Garuda Sevai

Kurai ondrum illai - M.S. Subbulakshmi

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:52:27 -0400

M.S.Subbulakshmi famous song

Azhwargal Darisanam - Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:08:43 -0400

Azhwargal Darisanam as telecast on Vijay TV. Intro by Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy

Vaikunda Ekadasi - Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:17:05 -0400

According to Vishnu Purana, fasting on Vaikunta Ekadashi is equivalent to fasting on the remaining 23 Ekadashis of the (Hindu) year. However according to Vaishnava tradition fasting is mandatory on all Ekadashi of both Shukla paksha and Krishna paksha. Fasting on Ekadashi is considered holier than any other religious observation.

Lord opened the gate of Vaikuntam (his abode) for two demons in spite of they being against the Lord. They also asked for the boon that who ever listens to their story and see the image of Lord coming out of the door (called Dwar) called Vaikunth Dwar they reach Vaikunth as well! Temples all over the India makes a door kind of structure on this day for devotees to pass through that.

According to Padma Purana, the female energy of Lord Vishnu slayed demon Muran and protects `Devas'. Impressed by the act, Lord Vishnu names her as `Ekadashi' and gives her the boon that those who worship `Ekadashi' on the day of her victory over Muran would reach `Vaikunth' (His abode).

Vaikunta Ekadasi is one the important and auspicious days to the Hindus. It is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. It occurs in the Hindu calendar, in the month of Margazi (Between December and January). Also called the 'Mukkoti Ekadasi', when observed, it bestows liberation from the cycle of birth and death.

Azhwar Avataram - Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:52:40 -0400

The alwar or azhwars were Tamil poet saints of south India who lived between the sixth and ninth centuries A.D. and espoused ‘emotional devotion’ or bhakti to Visnu-Krishna in their songs of longing, ecstasy and service. Sri Vaishnava orthodoxy posits the number of alvars as ten, though there are other references that include Andal and madhurakavi, making the number twelve.[1] The devotional outpourings of Alvars, composed during the early medieval period of Tamil history, helped revive the bhakti movement, through their hymns of worship to Vishnu and his Avatars. They praised 108 of this deity's holy abodes in their hymns, known as the Divya Desams. Together with the contemporary sixty three Saiva Nayanars, they are accounted as South India's 75 Apostles of Bhakti because of their importance in the rise of the Hindu Bhakti movement. The collection of their hymns is known as Divya Prabandha.

Thiruppavai Upanyasam - Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:37:35 -0400

Thiruppavai Upanyasam by Sri. Velukkudi Krishnan Swami. Close to 4 hours, this was telecast in Podhigai TV.