Shivaratri vrata in Kannada script – How to observe the puja with mantras?The Shivaratri vrata is observed especially on the night of Krishna paksha Chaturdashi of month kumba – masi (mid-Feb – mid-Mar). The complete night of Shivaratri is spent in the worship of the Lord. In the four quarters (yamas – 3 hours) of … Read more
॥ श्री शिवरात्रि व्रत पूजाविधि ॥Mahashiva Ratri Vrata (in Sanskrit) – How to observe the puja with mantras?The Shivaratri Vrata is observed specially in the night of krishna paksha chaturdashi of month kumba – masi (mid Feb – mid Mar). The complete night of shivaratri is spent in the worship of the Lord. In the … Read more
Shivaratri vrata in Kannada script – How to observe the puja with mantras?The Shivaratri vrata is observed especially on the night of Krishna paksha Chaturdashi of month kumba – masi (mid-Feb – mid-Mar). The complete night of Shivaratri is spent in the worship of the Lord. In the four quarters (yamas – 3 hours) of … Read more
மஹா சிவராத்ரி பூஜை: மகா சிவராத்திரி 2017 – பூஜை காலங்கள்முதல் கால பூஜை – இரவு, 7:30 மணிக்கு, இரண்டாம் கால பூஜை இரவு 10:30 PM மூன்றாம் கால பூஜை நள்ளிரவு 12:00 AM நான்காம் கால பூஜை அதிகாலை, 4:30 மணிக்கு. [காலம்: பிரதி வருஷம், மாசி மாதம், கிருஷ்ணபக்ஷ சதுர்தசி (மஹா சிவராத்ரி) யன்று, மாலையில் ஸ்நானம், ஸந்த்யா வந்தனம் முதலியவைகளைச் செய்தபின், ராத்திரி வேளையில் நான்கு யாமமும் சிவராத்ரி பூஜை … Read more
Maha Shivaratri – Puja Timings: First Kala Puja – 7:30 PMSecond Kala Puja – 10:30 PMThird Kala Puja – 12:00 MidnightForth Kala Puja – 4:30 AM Shiva rathri is one of the most auspicious vratas for the devotees of Lord shiva. The puranas explain the grand significance of this vrata. Especially Skandha Maha purana has … Read more
॥ Hindu Festivals, vratas and the Importance – Ashta Mahavratas ॥ skandha puranam which is one of the 18 major puranams describe eight vratas as the pleasent vratas for Lord shiva. The puranam also prescribes the way in which these vratams could be observed. Please note that these are suggestions to observe these vratams taking … Read more
॥ Introduction to the Sacred Cento ॥ This remarkable poem contains a hundred especially flowing and harmonious verses of varying metres. These are divided into ten decades, and the whole are connected by the law which requires that the last word of each verse shall begin the following verse. The whole ten with their hundred … Read more
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.HE CAUSED THE PHENOMENAL UNIVERSE TO APPEAR.॥ This seems to the translator to read more like a work of Umapathi, than of our sage! ॥ ॥ Lines 1-10 The Feet of Civan ॥ While the Four-faced and other heavenly dwellers rose,Adoring, sacred MAl, whose head with rays is crowned,With His two … Read more
This poem has an introduction of twenty eight lines, after which the praises of Civan are intermingled with somewhat intricate but ingenious allegories. The whole partakes of the nature of a rhapsody, – not without some sublimity, – and can be fully appreciated by those only who have studied the whole Caiva system as shown … Read more
The sacred ash, which adorns the bodies of Lord Shiva and Shaivites, is very sacred and there are recipes on how to adore and adorn oneself. Here are a few. The two forms of adornment with sacred ashes are the tripundram, uddulanam. The first is to apply the sacred ash in the form of three … Read more