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contrast makes things brighter
I was reading from Aurobindo.. The sage is a very practical and Independent thinker who would never subscribe to any spiritual rules without first analysing the issue threadbare.. He was saying in one...
View Articlesuch wonderful incidents did happen..Iti ha aasa
Mahabharatam is an Itihasam.. meaning "Iti ha aasa""इति हा आस "" such wonderful incidents did happen" (Wonderful does not mean the incident was right or wrong in itself..)..It is a chronicle.. the...
View Articlebright light after darkness
true, we enjoy nice things as even nicer when we have had occasion to come in contact with ugly things...सुखं हि दुखानि अनुभूय शोभते घनान्धकारेषु इव दीप दर्शनंsukham hi duhkaanyanubhooya shobathey...
View Articlemeasure of success.
But I wonder what is the exact measure of success...Ultimately, if I can convince myself at the end of the day that it was not wasted, I can say I was successful.. But after all the show of mirth and...
View Articleveera swargam and last rites
There was a discussion on the issue that when a warrior dies in a battle, he would reach heaven and in such cases, the obituary rites like offering balls of rice or pinda for a dead soldier was a...
View ArticleSivaratri Lore
Sivaratri LoreThe great importanace of the day is that Shiva got married to Parvathi on this day...Another legend is that in the course of Armritha Madhanam, the serpent Vasuki spewed out Halahalam or...
View ArticleBrahmin power
Brahmin power is Brahmatejas, Brahmavarchas, and the stress is always on developing the mind.. and our ancestors had developed great powers and no weapons or spells could attack and vanquish such...
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the dhyanaslokam of our Lakshminarayanaswamy
the dhyanaslokam of our Lakshminarayanaswamy क्षीरांभोनिधिरत्नमण्डपमहा सौवर्णसिंहासनेवामाङ्गस्थितया प्रसन्नवदनं श्रीकान्तयालिङ्गितम्।दोर्द्दण्डाङ्गित शङ्खपङ्कजगदाचक्रं त्रिलोकेश्वरम्संसारार्ण्णवतारकं...
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Sekharipuram Agraharam Festival Calender 2015-16
Sekharipuram Agraharam Festival Calender 2015-16you may also find the following links usefulGanapathy temple Sankatahara Chaturthi...
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Sekharipuram Mahaganapathy Temple.. Sankatahara Chaturthi..2015-16
Sekharipuram Mahaganapathy Temple.. Sanakatahara Chaturthi..2015-16Sekharipuram Agaraharam Festival Calender2015-16linkhttp://kanfusion.blogspot.in/2015/05/sekharipuram-agraharam-festival.html
View Articlethe glory of Shatarudriyam
the glory of Shatarudriyam ( Chapter 5 of Yajurvedam) also popularly known as Srirudram or Rudraprashnam..in Praise of Lord Rudra or Shankara the Maheshwaraसुरापः स्वर्णहारी च रुद्रजापी जले...
View ArticleThe four gems from Kalidasa:--
The four gems from Kalidasa:--They say that among the poetic creations in Sanskrit, drama is the most enchanting.. Among the dramas, Shakuntalam of Kalidasa is the masterpiece.And the greatest part of...
View Articlebooks should live for ever
books should live for everNo books, either toeing the lines of those who are in power today or those which are branded as tainted or distorted by many ,, should ever be destroyed..We should never...
View ArticleBabus and Dakoos or Dakoos and Babus?
Babus and Dakoos or Dakoos and Babus?चोरराजपुरुषेभ्यो वित्तम् रक्षेत्॥५५६॥॥चाणक्यसूत्राद्॥corarājapuruṣebhyo vittam rakṣet||556|||chāṇakyasūtrād||ചോരരാജപുരുഷേഭ്യോ വിത്തം രക്ഷേത് ചാണക്യസൂത്രം ൫൫൬A very...
View Articlein power, out of power...
For a person in power, especially when the balance of power tilts either in his favour or against him, it can be quite challenging to maintain the golden balance and have his foot firm on the correct...
View ArticleThe false witness and the silent witness
The false witness and the silent witnessन स्यात् कूटसाक्षी॥५५०॥॥चाणक्यसूत्रे॥ na syāt kūṭasākṣī||550|||hāṇakyasūtre||The great Statesman and lawgiver, Chanakya in his Sootram or aphorism 550, declares...
View ArticleTiger for Lunch....an Indian Tale
Tiger for Lunch....an Indian TaleA lady, it is alleged, quarreled with her husband, and was proceeding to her father's house with her two children in tandem..The travel from one village to another...
View ArticleUma, Shankara, Kalidasa and the Environment day..
Today is the Environment Day..Was just thinking how the Divine Couple Uma and Maheshwara Loved the trees growing in the forests abutting their holy abode, is described by Kaalidasa in the second canto...
View Articledeath is just a change of state..
Actually there is no end to anyone or anything ..Death is just a change of state, at the most..Just like birth, it is an enigma..The person who is born as a son or daughter, was there with the father...
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