Apologies for not posting as often as I want to. There are some unavoidable personal situation that is keeping me busy..I hope I will pick up more pace soon. Govindashtakam is my most favorite stuthi by Adi Acharya. I don’t… Read More ›
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Happy English New Year!
Dear readers, Namaskarams Although we have some more time for our Tamil new year, thanks to western influence, we largely celebrate english new year for all practical purposes. However, violating agama shastras and keeping the temples open till midnight is… Read More ›
Bilaspur Swamigal narrates a small incident with Mahaperiyava
Thanks to Sri Kicha Kasi for FB share… Key message – “Hold on to His holy feet and be in His smaranai” Hara Hara Sankara Jaya Jaya Sankara!
Murthy Street, W.Mambalam Periyava
I came to Chennai around 10th of December as my mother was just discharged from hospital. When I left Chicago, I was hoping to go to Kanchipuram for Aradhana. However, few days later my mother was re-admitted and my plan… Read More ›
Important – Surya Grahana Guidelines by Sri Rajagopalan Ganapadigal
Don’t miss! Important dos and donts for this important day!
Dhanur Maasa Mahimai by Sri Sarma Sastrigal
Thanks to Sarmaji for the FB share. Very timely and helpful. Aum Namo Narayanaya!
Very rare Mahaperiyava photo
Thanks to Kanjira Sri Ganesh Kumar for this wonderful share…. When I opened the image, I was shocked to see how thin Mahaperiyava is in this photo! Entire chest area has absolutely no flesh at all. I have no words… Read More ›
Sarva dhukka nivarana pose of Mahaperiyava
Thanks to Sriram Raju for this short clip. If I am not mistaken this pose was captured by Sri Photo Kannan (mama) Swamigal. Each devotee is connected to some photo – this devotee is connected through this photo – a… Read More ›
Sri Ugar Swamigal and Mahaperiyava
Thanks to Sri Bharath Subramanian for this wonderful coverage. Beautiful place and very serene… Unfortunately, I was not able to understand the Hindi interview as my Hindi is very rusty. Hope someone could do a translation. One very heartening thing… Read More ›
Experience of Smt Umamaheswari (Matunga) with Mahaswami
Sai posted this last year or so. I happen to run into this interview few days back. Phenomenal interview – extremely blessed mami. There are 5 parts to this interview. I finished only 2 – yet to finish the rest…. Read More ›
Nithyagnihotri Brahmasri Gopalakrishna Deekshitar
Sri Sriram Raju has been doing a very great work in identifying each and every agnihotris and honoring/paying respect for quite some time. I think he has a list of 40+ of them in TN only. He takes few minutes… Read More ›
Sampradhaya – an integrated patashala of Sri Matam
Hats off to Smt Sowmya Arvind for a very short and sharp intro and overview about this. We all need to know. As I mentioned earlier, Sri Periyava’s biggest focus is to bring these kids in the right direction –… Read More ›
Sahasradhala Padma Aradhana event – Chennai
Couple of days back a mega event was organized in Rani Meyyamai Hall in Chennai – called Sahasradhala Padma Aradhana. 1000 school girls and women attended this event and Periyava gave a beautiful speech. I saw those clippings in… Read More ›
Veda kainkaryam and Shri Shivarpanam Trust
As some of you might know that Shivarpanam trust has been doing lots and lots of veda kainkaryam under the direct guidance of Sri Periyava(s) for quite some time. Almost in every important occasion, they sponsor veda parayanam both in… Read More ›
Happy Deepawali!
Dear readers, On behalf of the blog, I wish each of you and your family members a very happy Deepawali. Being devotees of Kanchi Acharyas, let us pray them for their blessings and hope that the light of knowledge… Read More ›
Experience of Sri Krishna Sastri Joshi with Mahaperiyava
(Thanks to Echangudi Ambi for sharing this rare photo!) Thanks to Bharath Subramanian for this interview. Since it is in Hindi, I was able to partially understand as my Hindi is lot rusty. Thankfully, someone did a translation in English… Read More ›
Experience of Dr Biswakumar with Mahaswami
Thanks to Pudhuyugam TV for this wonderful interview. Dr Biswakumar is a relative of my manni. I have been to him as a patient, accompanied my parents to him. In contrast to what we see him here, he is a… Read More ›
Dont expect acharyas to talk to us always! Just their drishti is enough!
Thanks to Hari Ramasubbu for this share. Beautiful video. We have heard lots and lots of incidents from Mahaperiyava’s devotees also – Sri Ra Ganapathi Anna is the first example, Sri Panchami Nagarajan is another living example – there are… Read More ›
Mahaperiyava Temple in Theni
இயற்கை சூழலில் ஒரு பெரியவா கோவில், தேனி மாவட்டம் பெரியகுளத்தை அடுத்து மதுராபுரி அருகே உள்ளது. மலைஅடிவாரம், வழி முழுக்க வாழை, செவ்வாழை, மா, தென்னை……ஒத்தையடி பாதையில் (approx 1km) நடக்க வேண்டும்….. பிள்ளையார், அம்பாள், பெரியவா சன்னதி ….சுற்றிலும் விதமாக பூத்து குலுங்கும் பூக்கள் அம்பாளை பற்றி ஒரே வரியில் சொல்ல வேண்டும் என்றால்….அழகியை… Read More ›
