Once, Sri Vaadiraajaru during His desa sanchaara reached a village where the local landlord was conducting the wedding of his daughter. During the course of the marriage rituals an unexpected incident happened; suddenly the bridegroom died due to a snake bite. The Landlord knowing the arrival of Sri Vaadiraajaru in the town approached Him and prayed Him to retrieve his daughter’s Maangalya Bhaagya that was lost before her wedding itself.
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Sri Vaadiraajaru showed pity on the landlord and he immediately composed song in Kannada language ‘Sri Lakshmi Shobane’ comprising 112 verses describing Goddess Lakshmi’s marriage to Lord Sri Hari when she emerged out from Ksheera Saagara (ocean of milk) and this action of Sri Vaadiraajaru brought back the life of the bridegroom and the wedding took place. This song is composed by vadirajaru the way he dreamt of sri mahalakshmi everyday.
Indu svapnadalli kondadisikonda lakShmI-
kAMtana kaMdanenisuva
Shobana means mangala or auspiciousness. Goddess Lakshmi is Sarva Mangala; who is not only the Goddess of wealth but, She is all powerful who is also capable of blessing us with gooD health and life. That was the power in the lines of Sri Vaadiraajaru and Goddess Lakshmi was obliged to revive the bridegroom.
The powerful Lakshmi Shobana is highly meritorious and enhances the marriage prospects for the unmarried and bestow upon the unmarried girls the fortune of a good husband with long and happy married life. It is also believed to bring in peace, prosperity and auspiciousness at the home/place where it is recited and listened.
Madhuveya maneyalli ee pathana padidhare madhumakkalige mudavahudhu
Wake up everyday with a positive thought. Morning gives positive energy. It is the best time of the day to start your prayer.
This shloka is to be recited in the morning. when you get up, just sit in the bed and Relax. Chant this shloka with eyes still closed, and open them by the fourth part (ma~NgalaM karadarshanam) and see your hands and smile.
This exercise is so good, that it helps you stabilize your blood pressure. After lying down for 6-7 hours and if you suddenly get up for alarm or some sound, there can be a pressure drop in the brain and this is known to be the most important factor in early morning strokes. Both shlokas when recited slowly will take about 1-2 minutes which is sufficient for your brain to get used to new blood pressure.
Meaning: The front part of the hands (the finger tips) is credited to Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth. The middle part or palm is credited to Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of learning and the root (the part of hand near the wrist) to Govinda. So, every morning, one should have a look at one’s hand which represents sincere labor.
ಸಮುದ್ರ ವಸನೆ ದೇವಿ ಪರ್ವತ ಸ್ತನಮನ್ದಲೆ
ವಿಷ್ನುಪತ್ನಿ ನಮಸ್ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಪಾದಸ್ಪರ್ಶಂ ಕ್ಷಮಸ್ವಮೆ
Samudravasane Devi Parvatastanamandale,
Vishhnupatni Namastubhyam Paadasparsham Kshamasva Me
Meaning: I bow to Mother Earth, who has mountains and jungles on her body and whose clothing is made by the ocean. The wife of Lord Vishnu, please pardon me for touching you with my feet.
Dreams are so painful, Dreams are like real. We often get up from deep sleep because of some bad dream. Chant this following Hanuman stothram before going to bed to get rid of bad dreams and for having a sound sleep
Kallur(Manvi taluk) is a village, about 13 miles from Raichur. This place is referred as second kolhapur. The temple has statues of both Lord Venkateshwara and Mahalakshmi.The temple has a great significance as both Srinivsa and Lakshmi ( husband and wife) are situated together in this place.
Address and contact number:
Sri Mahalakshmi Temple,Sri Mahalakshmi Temple,Kalluru,Manvi Taluk,Raichur District,Karnataka PIN-584118) Ph:08538-262001,09480218833
Story:
Srinivas acharya(Resident of Kallur), was a great devotee of Sri Kolhapur Mahalakshmi. Every year he visited Kolhapur during Navarathri time(8th day) and he offered Sandalwood(chandan) to Goddess Mahalaksmi. But due to his Age, He was not able to travel a long. He was so saddened as he was not able to visit Goddess as before. One day on his dreams, He got a strange dream. He heard the voice saying “I will come to see you in Navarathri”. Next day while srinivas acharya was performing his daily duties, He was recollecting the dream and was stunned on the words “I will come to see you in Navarathri”. Days passed by. Navarathri came. Srinivas acharya was grinding chandan.
The smooth grinding stone was hard at places. he did not pay too much attention but continued the grinding process to collect more chandan. Further he noticed that the roughness was becoming more and more. He took the chandan in a bowl and cleaned the stone. To his surprise He saw smiling face of goddess mahalaxmi was looking at him. The carved form of Goddess has actually caused roughness. Tears of joy filled his eyes. Kallur then attained the status of Karveerpura(Kolhapur). Goddess Mahalakshmi resides there. An year latter Venkateshwara swamy idol was found and installed along with Mahalakshmi
The pure bhakthi and dedication of Sri Srinivasa acharya brought mahalakshmi to his place. Miracles were happened, is happening and will happen!!! Jai sri Lakshmi Mathe!!!
Sri Vyasarajathirtharu [Vyasarayaru] used to meditate everyday on the banks of River Tungabhadra. One day, while he was meditating He visualized an Image of Lord Hanuman. This happened only at that particular place and nowhere else. So next time, he drew that image of Hanumaan on a rock. To his surprise, a monkey came to life from the rock and jumped out of the rock and his drawing disappeared. This happened 12 times. Every time a monkey would come alive, jump out and his drawing would disappear. Finally he drew a Yantra around the picture so that the monkey will not go out of the rock. Please see the featured Image. He bound the Lord Hanumaan inside the Yantra. Here the Lord Hanumaan is in sitting position inside the Yantra. This is the place where he wrote the famous Yanthroddharaka Hanuman sthothram.
Location:
This temple is located at Hampi, Karnataka. Just behind the Kodandarama Temple you can spot this shrine on top of the small hill.
Yantrodharaka Hanuman Temple at Hampi (Source: Google)
In the pala sthuthi it is mentioned, chanting this sloka three times a day with complete dedication and bhakthi for a period of six months, one’s wish will be fullfilled.
Hari Sarvothamah
Also the Last phrase indicates, Never doubt on Lord sri Hari, The Master of universe, And he who doubts this eternal truth would go to hell for sure. Thus Vyasarajaru Emphasizes the concept of Hari Sarvothamah!!!
Naga chathurthi falls on Sravana Maasa Sukhla paksha chathurdhi followed by Garuda panchami the next day. This pooja has to be performed by men and women. This is a very important pooja for ladies. for the welfare of children, Mothers has to perform this pooja.
Ladies should take head bath with milk ghee instead of oil bath.
One who performs Naga chathurthi will not have the fear of snakes(As per sashthras). This pooja has to be performed with utmost Madi. As always Men has to perform saalagrama pooja and they have to keep the naagaru separately in a plate.
Abishekam for a Set of Silver Naagaras at our home
Perform Panchamrutha abhisheka , coconut water, pure water abishekam and later wipe it dry with a clean cloth. Then put the janivaara, gandha akshadha, Gaja wasthra(dipped with turmeric instead of kumkum). Then do Archana, dupam, deepam
If possible go to a near by temple where you can find Naagaras installed under trees or pambu putthu, Do Milk Abhiseka, arathi and pradakshina Namaskara.
Performing Naagara pooja at House entrance:
Draw two nagaras at the side walls of the main door. Out of that one nagara should be small. Perform pooja. Also draw two nagaras in the similar way on the floor near the main door. Perform pooja as well. Similar way draw nagaras on the mane in pooja room and do the pooja.
Food restrictions on chathurthi
Ladies should not eat food on the day of naga chathurthi. If needed can do palaharam. Try to avoid food during night or take some mild ahaara. few people follow the palahara without salt. Few items that can be consumed as palahaara are rava kesari, upputtu, avalakki, Mosaru avalakki, payasa etc. Do not consume milk in the night.
Under any circumstances if you are not able to perform pooja during sraavana maasa, You must do Naga chathurthi after deepavali amavasya
Garuda Panchami
this Panchami is called as Naga panchami or Garuda panchami. Few people worship Naga idol with Garuda idol. Few people perform pooja for Nagaru. Instead of turmeric dipped gajavasthras and aarthi water, use Kumkum as usual. Instead of raw sesame seed chiguli, use roasted sesame seeds. No need of doing fasting on this day.
Anna thammana habba: For the long lasting life, health of brothers, sisters has to pray on Naga panchami day. Sisters should also pray for the love and affection of brothers, and to live with out anger and enemity. Sisters has to offer soil from Termatite mount(Putthu) and naga panchami prasada to their brothers. As an exchange brothers will honor their sisters with gifts.
This is written by Sri Vijaya dasaru to protect Gopala dasaru from dacoits on his way to udupi.
There was the time, It was not safe to travel from Adoni to Udupi because there were lot of dacoits and thieves on that route. This ugabhoga was composed to remove obstacles from Gopala dasaru travel on his way to udupi.
This sloka protects one from all sort of diseases and bad conditions of their life. This Ugabogha can be chanted daily for getting rid of all dangers in life.
ಒಂದು ಕೈಯಲಿ ಖಡ್ಗ ಒಂದು ಕೈಯಲಿ ಹಲಿಗೆ
ಅಂದವಾಗಿ ಪಿಡಿದುಕೊಂಡು ದಿವಾರಾತ್ರಿಯಲಿ
ಬಂದು ಬದಿಯಲಿ ನಿತ್ಯ ಬಾರಾಸನಾಗಿ ನಿಂದು
ಹಿಂದು ಮುಂದುಪದ್ರವವಾಗದಂತೆ
ಇಂದಿರೆರಮಣ ಕಾಯುತ್ತಲಿರೆ ಎನಗಾವ
ಬಂಧಕಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲ ಧನ್ಯ ಧನ್ಯ
ಕಂದರ್ಪನಯ್ಯಾ ಸಿರಿ ವಿಜಯ ವಿಠ್ಠಲರಾಯ
ದೇವ ಆಪತ್ತು ಬರಲೀಯ ನೋಡಿ ||
Ondu kaiyali kadga
Ondu kaiyali halige
Andavagi pididukondu divaratriyali
Bandu badiyali nitya barasanagi nindu
Hindu mundupadravavagadante
Indireramana kayuttalire enagava
Bandhakagalu illa dhanya dhanya
Kandarpanayya siri vijaya viththalaraya
Deva Apattu baraliya nodi ||
At times, We tend to forget important objects/keys/items where we kept actually(misplaced). This has happened to me most of the times with keys or some documents. Trust me I recovered all my misplaced items.
Sloka:
kartaviryarjuno nama raja bahusahasravan |
tasya smaraNamAtrENa gatam nashtam sa labhyate ||
ಕಾರ್ತವೀರ್ಯಾರ್ಜುನೋ ನಾಮ ರಾಜಾ ಬಾಹುಸಹಸ್ರವಾನ್ ।
ತಸ್ಯ ಸ್ಮರಣಮಾತ್ರೇಣ ಗತಂ ನಷ್ಟಂ ಚ ಲಭ್ಯತೇ ॥
|| कार्तवीर्यार्जुनोनाम राजा बाहू सहस्त्रवान् |
तस्य नामस्मरणमात्रेण गतं नष्टं च लभ्यते ||
Meaning:
Salutations to Karthaveeryarjuna,
The king who has several hands,
Just my remembering him,
The loss which occurred would be restored .
Madhwa 