गणेश चतुर्थी 2016 पूजा विधि, सुभ मुहूर्त, डेट टाइम & सेलेब्रेशन्स

गणेश चतुर्थी 2016 = 5 सितम्बर (सोमबार)

हमारे देश भारत वर्ष में 5 सितम्बर को हर्षोल्लास के साथ गणेश चतुर्थी का पर्व मनाया जाएगा और इस त्यौहार की सारी तैयारियां अंतिम चरण में हैं। हिन्दू त्यौहार गणेश चतुर्थी को 'गणेश चौथ' और 'गणेश जयंती' के नाम से भी जाना जाता है। गणेश चतुर्थी के बारे में ऐसी मान्यता है कि भाद्रपद माह के शुक्ल पक्ष की चतुर्थी के दिन भगवान गणेश का जन्म हुआ था। इसलिए संकट हरण विध्नकर्ता के जन्म दिवस के उत्सव को गणेश चतर्थी के रूप में मनाया जाता है। इस दिन भगवान गणेश को बुद्धि, समृद्धि और सौभाग्य के देवता के रूप में पूजा जाता है। गणेश चतुर्थी का उत्सव 10 दिनों तक चलता है जो चतुर्थी के दिन से शुरू होकर अनंत चतुर्दशी के दिन ख़त्म होता है।

पूजा विधि और सुभ मुहूर्त

नारद पुराण के अनुसार भाद्रपद मास की शुक्ल चतुर्थी को गणेश व्रत करना चाहिए। इस व्रत को रखने के प्रमुख नियम निम्न हैं -

1 - इस व्रत में आवाहन, प्रतिष्ठापन, आसान समर्पण, दीप दर्शन आदि द्वारा गणेश पूजन करना चाहिए।

2 - पूजा में दूर्वा (घास) अवश्य शामिल करें।

3 - गणेश जी के बिभिन्न नामों से उनकी आराधना करनी चाहिए।

4 - नैवेद्य के रूप में पांच लड्डू रखें।

5 - इस दिन रात के समय चन्द्रमा की तरफ नहीं देखना चाहिए, ऐसा माना जाता है कि इसे देखने पर झूठे आरोप झेलने पड़ते हैं।

6 - अगर रात के समय चन्द्रमा दिख जाए तो उसकी शांति के लिए पूजा करानी चाहिए।

ऐसा माना जाता है कि भगवान् गणेश का जन्म माध्यायन काल के दौरान हुआ था इसलिए माध्यायन के समय को ही गणेश जी की पूजा के लिए उपर्युक्त माना जाता है। माध्यायन मुहूर्त में, भक्त लोग पुरे विधि विधान से गणेश पूजा करते हैं जिसे षोडसोपचार गणपति पूजा के नाम से जाना जाता है।

इस साल गणेश चतुर्थी उत्सव 5 सितम्बर को मनाया जाएगा। वैसे तो गणेश चतुर्थी तिथि 4 सितम्बर को शाम 6 बजकर 54 मिनट से शुरू हो रही है जो 5 सितम्बर को रात 9 बजकर 10 मिनट पर ख़त्म होगी। लेकिन सूर्योदय से तिथि का मान होने के कारण गणेश चतुर्थी 5 सितम्बर को मनाई जाएगी। पूजा के शुभ मुहूर्त की बात करें तो 5 सितम्बर को दिन में 11 बजकर 10 मिनट से दोपहर 1 बजकर 39 मिनट तक गणेश पूजा का समय सबसे शुभ है।

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Lord Shiva

Shiva is one of the Supreme Gods of Hindu Trinity that also comprises of Brahma, the Creator and Vishnu, the Preserver. He is known by many names which gives him a status of the chief God, such as Mahadeva (Great God), Maheshwar (Lord of Gods), Devender (Chief of Gods) and Trilokinath (Lord of three realms).  He is the destroyer as well as the creative force. He is a great ascetic but also a family man. He is benevolent to his devotees but also a wrathful avenger. He is the symbol of yogic postures (Yoga is the Hindu Discipline about controlled breathing, prescribed body postures and meditation) and also of sensuality. He is the God of paradoxes.

Shakti and Shiva

Shiva, along with Shakti (the female aspect of nature) is the embodiment of energy. They both together are eternal, transcendental and timeless. They are the energy that drives actions to take place and make existence possible. Shiva is also called ‘Kala’ meaning eternal time and his consort, Kali means time or death, and together they form the masculine and feminine aspects of creation and destruction.

Aesthetic yet Family Man

Shiva is depicted sitting in a yogic posture and meditating in Himalayas, his abode but at the same time he is a part of a family that constitutes of his wife, Paravati (the Goddess of love, devotion ad fertility) and his two sons, Ganesha (The Lord who removes Obstacles) and Kartikeya (God of war). He is considered a perfect husband so much so that he even took the form of Ardhanarishvara. It is an androgynous form of Shiva and his consort, making them inseparable and a womb of all creations.

Nataraja

Shiva is also considered the Lord of Dance (Nityanarta, the Eternal Dancer). The two dance forms associated with him are of Tandava, which is masculine dance form associated with destruction and Lasya, the delicate, graceful, feminine dance form associated with the creation of the world. Shiva can be as terrific as benign. On one hand, he might induce fear, terror or wildness on the other he can be delightful, beneficent and auspicious. He can cause both devastation and happiness.

Symbolism

Shiva has six heads, but only five are visible to mortal beings which represent the five elements of life i.e., earth, water, fire, air and ether. The six head is only visible to the ones who attain enlightenment. He has a third eye on his head which is related to both his mediation and his anger. It signifies the truth and reality beyond the physical world. It is the third dimension and gives a spiritual perception... Read More

108 namavali of Lord Ganesh

108 Names of the Lord Ganesha

According to Hindu Mythology, Hindu’s favorite God Ganesha is revered by 108 names by chanting Mantra associated with each name and its meaning. There is the belief that if people chant specific Mantra would imbibe that particular quality in them.

Name                         Meaning                                    Mantra

Gajanana                   (Elephant-Faced Lord )              OmGajananaNamah

Ganadhakshya           (Lord of All Ganas (Gods)         OmGanadhakshyaNamah

Vighnaraja                (Lord of All Hindrances )           OmVighnarajaNamah

Vinayaka                   (Lord of All )                              OmVinayakaNamah

Dvaimatura               (One who has two Mothers)       OmDvaimaturaNamah

Dvimukha                 (Lord with two Heads )               OmDvimukhaNamah

Pramukha                  (Supreme Head of the Universe  OmPramukhaNamah


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Balambika

Balambika- The Child Goddess of Knowledge

Shri Balambika is a Hindu goddesses, majorly worshipped in South India, especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. She is a 9 year old manifestation of Lalitha Tripura Sundari Devi and child of Sri Lalita Devi. She is worshipped for knowledge and wisdom. Though she is a nine year old Goddess, praised for her innocence and beauty, she is also known for her courage and battle skills.

Triumph over Asura Bhanda and his Sons

The Sakthi army was living in a beautifully built fire-walled fortress, which was protected by deities. Bhanda, a powerful Asura lived nearby and was scared of the new power. He made war strategies with his sons and commanders. He believed their strength was unmatchable and could surely destroy an army of women. Though he knew it was unfair to send men against women but he had an insatiable thirst for power. His sons were extremely powerful and wanted to destroy all the weapons and fire-walled fortress. They also had an urge of capturing Sri Lalitha Devi and swallow her army.

Sensing the evil deeds of Bhanda’s sons, Goddess Balambika requested her mother to let her participate in the war. She didn’t get permission at first as she was only nine years old and losing her was not an option for her mother but looking at her bravery and strong determination, she was allowed to participate in the war. She was given an armour and weapons and rode a chariot yoked with swans. She soon broke the will of the asuras and gave them a shameful defeat. She killed each of Bhanda’s son individually and pierced their heads with her arrows.

Balambika’s Beauty

Balambika had four arms and has a small circle made by aalta on each palm. She holds a book in one hand, symbolizing knowledge and education and a japa mala, symbolizing spirituality, in another. Her innocent face is said to emit glow. Her eyes are like sun spreading light in all the directions. Her diamond nose pin is famous among her devotes.

Legend

According to a legend Goddess Balambika wanted to marry Lord Shiva and wanted to devote her complete life to him. She sat under a Vanni tree and started meditating. Lord Shiva did want to marry her but after a confusion created by Narad Muni, the marriage... Read More

Bahuchara Mata

Bahuchara Mata- The Goddess of Fertility

Bahuchara Mata, also known as Bedhraj Mata is worshiped by either woman who are seeking for a baby, man who wants to keep impotency at bay or hijra or transgender community. She is a Hindu Goddess who rides a rooster and carries a trident in one hand and scripture in another. She also stands for non-violence and innocence and is impressed by her worshiper’s selfless devotion. To prove their worth to Goddess Bahuchara, males cut off their genitals and dress up as a woman and become her ardent followers. They sing and dance for her and take her name in a repetitive mode.

Myths related to Bahuchara Mata

Bahuchara Mata was born in the Charan caste, which is known for its honor. It is believed that Bahuchara Mata was travelling in a caravan with her sisters when a bandit named Bapiya tried to molest her. She neither subjected to his will nor did she try to kill herself. She rather made a point by cutting off her breast, thus shedding her femininity. Her act was to save herself from any kind of sexual harassment and also to curse Bapiya with impotency. As Charan caste was against violence, she asked Bapiya to attain penance by dressing like a woman and behaving like one, thus ultimately shedding his masculinity.

Since then Bahuchara Mata has become the patronage Goddess of hijras. They feel solace in her dedication and find blessings in myths of Hindu tradition based on their community. Because of their attachment to Bahuchara Mata, hijras are believed to have the power of cursing a kid with impotency. Therefore they visit every house with a new born baby and bless him only if they are treated nicely and respected and are given some shagun.

Adhanari

The cutting of genitals and dressing like woman also symbolizes the concept of Adhanari, depicted by Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Any woman is incomplete without her other half, the man and vice-a versa. Therefore respect of every gender and acceptance of both feminine and masculine qualities... Read More

Anjana devi

According to  one of important Hindu epic Ramayana, Ahalya was the sage Gautama’s wife. Ahalya was famous for her beauty all over the worlds. Once  the Sun God was charmed by the beauty of Ahalya. He disguised himself as sage Gautama and made love to Ahalya and gave birth to Bali. Later, Indra was also  mesmerized by Ahalya, and he also disguised as Gautama and made love to Ahalya gave birth to Sugreeva. All three children Bali, Sugreeva and Ananya, were living peacefully.

One bright sunny day, Gautama took his family and visited River Thunga-Bhadra. He was carrying Bali and Sugreeva on his shoulder, and his wife, Ahalya and daughter Anjana Devi, were following him. The sand on the banks of the river was hot from the sun and burnt the feet of little Anjana’s feet. Unable to bear the heat, she suddenly yelled at her father that it was not fair that he was taking care of his stepsons but, he was not taking care of his own daughter.

Anjana Devi’s revelation shocked and enraged the Gautama. He threw both his sons into the waters of the river. He requested river that If those boys were his sons than return them as they were otherwise turned them into monkeys and get washed away into the river. The two brothers were washed ashore & turned into monkeys. They grew up to be the rulers of the monkeys in the forests on the banks of the river.

Ahalya felt sad as she lost her two sons because of her daughter Anjana. She cursed her daughter as her mother's sons turned into a monkey, her son would also be turned into the monkey.

Gautama cursed his wife Ahalya to turn into stone as she cheated him. Ahalya fell at her husband’s feet and asked for forgiveness and later  pleaded for  her innocence... Read More

Angirasa

Brahma created his first son Prajapati to assist him in his work of creation of the universe. After some time, he again gave rise to his other son Budhi from his divine intellect.

With the gap of some time interval, Brahma gave birth to his third son Agnirasa. Brahma granted him the wisdom and spirituality. Brahma instructed his third son that spirituality can fill him with power and divinity that could help him to enlighten all the three worlds.

Brahma further told Agnirasa that he had created the universe where several worlds and species were multiplying. The welfare of that creation was in the hands of Agnirasa.

Brahma instructed Agnirasa to visit him as and when he remembered him.

After that, Brahma ordered him to perform undisturbed long penance and bestowed its fruits to the welfare of all beings of his creation. Angirasa then replied and praised Brahma that he was the reason for his birth and of all the creation of the World. Brahma was thus the Almighty Lord, who had created the whole universe with his unbounded and unconditional love. Agnirasa again praised that Brahma was present in each and every creation.

Agnirasa said that Brahma created him for the benefit of his creation. Though, Brahma does not need anybody’s support, and then also he gave opportunity to Agnirasa to perform severe penance. Agnirasa thanked Brahma to gave him the opportunity to serve... Read More
 

Alamelu

Alamelu is the goddess, who is believed to be the incarnation of Lakshmi. Devotees Of Alamelu recite the name of their beloved goddess by other names also such as Padmavathi, Alarmelmagnai and Alemelmangai. Alarmelmagnai means they are revering Goddess who is seated on Lotus. Alamelu means they are reciting the name of the gentle Goddess.

It is believed that the father of Alamelu was Akasha Raja and later she married to Vakateshwera.

According to Enkatachala Mahatyam Alamelu is the infinite source of love and Kindness. She Incarnated as the golden lotus.

Alamelu Mangapuran temple in Thiruchanoor in the suburb of Tirupati City considered as the main abode in Goddess Alamelu. There is a tradition followed by the devotees, they visit  the temple Trumpet Balaji  to have the divine glimpse of Vankateswara must visit the temple of Padmavathi offer obeisance to Alamelu. It is not surprising that, from the long time, these revered temples attracts millions of devotees each year.

Alamelu manifested as a golden lotus in Padmasarovaram in Pushkarini. According to Mahatyam, The lotus has not blossomed without the assistance of Suryanarayana. This is the reason that a temple dedicated to Lord Suryanarayana is found on the eastern side of Pushkarini. 

There is Festival celebrated in Pushkarini to commemorate the incarnation of Goddess Alamelu. This festival lasts for ten days. During this festival, special bath is given to Alamelu (Padmawathi). Thereafter adorned special clothes and jewelry... Read More

Agni Dev

According to Hindu Traditions, fire (Agni) plays the significant part in creating, maintaining and destroying life on the Earth. It plays an important role in various rituals and practices to worship Hindu deities. It is very important to have the knowledge of a correct direction of the fire for different purposes. You have to face in the east direction to give offerings to the Gods through fire. To give an offering to the ancestors there is the requirement of facing south. For cooking remember to place your gas or cooking range in the west direction. Hindus understand the importance of Agni and thus honored the lord of fire as Agnidev.

Historians have found the images of Agni dev as red body, two faces with big, black eyes and long, wild, black hairs. Sharp golden teeth, seven tongues, seven hands and three legs and has the vehicle as male sheep. They have found some images that depicted him riding on a chariot which is being pulled by goats or parrots.

Yet some images of Agni was found that three faced Rudraksha bead symbolizes Lord Agni. There is they believe that the wearer of Rudraksha will get rid of all sins and attain purity of thought and deed like fire that burns all impurities.

There are different accounts are given about his parents.

According to some scriptures Agnidev is the son of of Earth and Dyaus Pita. Some other scriptures mention Agnidev originated from from the lotus of Brahma. Yet there is another version that depicts Agnidev as the son of the ten mothers and ten fingers of the human being are ten sisters of Agnidev.

Agnidev is considered as the intercession between the deities and the people who accepts offerings of the people towards the Hindu deities before starting any auspicious work.

The interesting legend associated to Agnidev is as follows:

According to Hindu Mythology there was the powerful demon Tarakasur who asked for the boon that he would be slain by the son of Shiva. Once Shiva and Parvati united and gave rise to the divine energy that was produced for the birth of their son. The information about the birth of energy reached Tarakasur. He decided to obliterate the divine energy to prevent the birth of son of Shiva and Parvati. Indra asked the Agnidev to protect the energy from the harm caused by Tarakasur. Agnidev stole that energy  to take care of the energy, but unfortunately Shiva and Parvati were not aware of the facts.

Agnidev failed to bear the heat produced by the divine energy and rush towards the forest to save his life. When Parvati realized about the loss of energy, she became furious cursed the deities that their wives that they would not able to conceive. She also cursed... Read More

Som Dev

According to Hindus,  there are nine planets revered as God. The nine planets (Navagrahae)  are Surya(Sun), Som(Moon), Mangal(Mars), Budh(Mercury), Brihaspati(Jupiter), Shukra(Vinus), Shani(Saturn), Rahu(North Lunar Node) and Ketu(South Lunar Node).

The synonym of the Moon is Chandra, Som and Hindus revered him as Somdev (Moon God). Somdev depicted as handsome God with fair complexion attired in white clothes. He is adorned with Golden Crown and pearl necklace. The vehicle of the Somdev is said to be the chariot that has three wheels pulled by ten horses.  All the horses are celestial, unrivaled and are sharp minded. The eyes and ears of the horses are white.  According to ‘Matasyapurana' compared these horses  as white as a couch.

In many temples deities of Somdev has mace in one hand and the other hand is raised in the posture of bestowing blessings.

According to the ‘Srimad Bhagawat’ Moon-God is the son of Maharishi Atri and Anasuya. According to Harivanshpurana, Somdev grew as a young man, he was married to the twenty-seven daughters of ‘Daksha' that are reffered to be twenty-seven constellations. The favorite one of Somdev was Rohini.

Since he ignored his other wives, Daksha cursed his son in law, Somdev that he would disappear gradually. Somdev was frightened and started  praying Shiva to overcome the consequences of the curse of the Daksha. Shiva explained him that he couldnot completly ward off the ill effects of Cures.

He said that while Daksha's curse would cause him to to dimnish, Shiva's boon would cause him to increase. Since then the brighter part of the moon started diminishing for fifteen days and attain the stage of No Moon (Amavasya). After that Moon’s brighter started increases and after fifteen days, And attain the state of Full Moon (Purnima)... Read More

Shubh Labh

According to the Mudgal Purana, Ganesha is married to the Brahma’s daughters- Riddhi (prosperity) and Siddhi (wealth).

Shiv Purana gave the reference of Lord Ganesha had two sons Shubh (auspiciousness) and Labh (profit). Shubh is referred as Kheshma in many scriptures.

Shubh was born from the Ganesha (Wisdom) and Ridhi (Intellect), and Labh was born from Ganesh (knowledge) and Siddhi (spiritual well being).

It signifies that one can have the blessings of favorable conditions in the life or can say that one can start any auspicious work when its Intelligence is guided by the wisdom. Similarly, one can gain profit or can do well in the business or job when its knowledge is blended with spirituality.

Few scriptures even mentioned that Ganesha had one daughters ‘Santoshi Maa’.

Mantra to Invite Ganesha along with his family

"Om Sri Ganeshav Namah, Riddhi Siddhi Shubh Labh"

Significance of Mantra

This mantra is recited to invite Ganesha along with family members so that he has no reason to go back. He could stay lifelong with his devotees... Read More

God Ganesha - Dhumravarna

Ganesha had manifested in the form Dhumravarna that literally means smokeless form. Smoke here depicts the transition between the unreal manifestation that can be perceived by real eyes (Sagun) and the real manifestation that cannot be perceived by real eyes (Nirgun). He gave a message to his devotees that they strive to move from the unreal world of miseries in the real world of Divinism.

Dhumravarna manifested to give the message to his devotees that they can attain the salvation when they don’t have the EGO.

One interesting Hindu Mythological legend is there related to the birth of Dhumravarna.

Long time ago, once Brahma was thanking the Sun that he was responsible for the worldly activities that were happening around the world. After this incident sun became arrogant that the three worlds are governed by him. He considered himself to be the wholly solely in charge of the three worlds.

It is believed that when the thought of the ego passed in the mind of the sun, he sneezed and gave rise to a boy with demonic cult. The boy went down to the world of demon and there he met Sukracharya, the great preceptor of Demons. He christened him with the name “Aham" that literally means Ego. Sukracharya gave this name to the boy as he was born from the ego of the Sun.

Sukracharya advised Ahem to worship Dhumravarna. After many years of severe penance Dhumravarna appeared before him and gave him the boon that he would succeed in conquering all the three worlds. Rejuvenated with the boon Ahem conquered the three worlds... Read More

God Ganesha - Vighnaraja

Ganesha manifested seventh time in the form of Vighnaraja and has the big snake as his vehicle. According to Hindu mythology, he had incarnated in this form to overpower the demon Mamasura that literally means the ego.

The interesting Hindu mythological narration of the birth of the Vighnaraja is as follows:

One day Parvati was chatting with her friends in the relaxed and good-humored mood. During that time Parvati cracked jokes. According to mythological narration, when Parvati was laughing while sharing jokes and out of her laughter one beautiful boy appeared. Parvati was feeling proud that she had given rise to to such a beautiful boy and thus gave him the name ‘Mama’ that is the synonyms of Ego.

Mama then bowed down to seek blessings of Parvati. Mama’s way of showing respect to Parvati pleased her and then advised him to go into the forest for performing severe penance to invoke Vighnaraja for fulfilling his wishes.

As per the advice of Parvati, Mama started his journey towards the forest. During his journey, he met Sambara belong to the demonic world. Sambura tried to lure Mama that he should pray according to the demonic ways. This way Mama with godly nature became the Demon Mamasura. As soon as, he acquired demonic qualities, the greed of conquering all the three worlds inculcated in him.

Finally, he succeeded in his mission and sent all Gods to the exile. Frightened Gods prayed to Vignaraja. He appeared in front of Gods and bless them that he would solve their problems. Thereafter, Vignaraja defeated Mamasura... Read More

God Ganesha - Vikata

Everyone must have experienced a certain mishappenings in its life. God Genesha had manifested in the form of Vikata that literally means reliever of mishappenings in life. He assures his devotees that if they invoke him with true devotion and devoid themselves from worldly desires, then they would not experience any wrong twist in their journey called life.

There is a fascinating Hindu mythological tale related to the birth of Vikata.

There was the demon named Kamasura that literally means worldly desires born out of the seeds of Vishnu.

Kamasura belong to the demonic cult thus went to the mentor Sukracharya as his trainee. Sukracharya was the most powerful and intelligent master of demons.

Sankracharya advised Kamasura to perform penance on Shiva and after long and strenuous austerities, Shiva appeared in front of Kamasura and gave him the boon that he would become a most powerful demon... Read More

God Ganesha - Lambhodara

According to Hindu Mythological tale, once Indra, king of Gods showed disrespect to the powerful sage Durvasa. This incident infuriated the sage and he cursed Indra. As a result, Indra lost his strength. When demon Bali came to know about this. He attacked  war against the gods with Indra and defeated him. Indra then went to Vishnu for the help. Vishnu advised Indra and Gods to churn the ocean and get the nectar from the ocean.

Vishnu incarnated as the Mohini to duped demons and gave nectar to the Gods. Meanwhile, when Shiva saw Mohini, he was mesmerized by the beauty of Mohini. When Vishnu came to know about the Shiva’s infatuation, he immediately came in his usual form. This unpleasant event made Shiva annoyed  and opened his third eye(eye of destruction). The heated rays of the Shiva gave birth to the demon Krodasura.

Krodhasura then pray to Sun to seek his blessings. Pleased with devotion of Krodhasura, Sun had given him the boon that he would become a powerful king.  After getting the boon, he started threatening Gods. Terrified Gods, prayed to Ganesha to help them at the time of crises and get their Kingdom back. Ganesha appeared in front of Gods in the form of Lambodra (Large stomach) and assured them that he would solve their problem.

Lambodra then challenged Krodhasura to fight with him. Krodhasura agreed and then Lambodra started swallowing Krodhasura in his large stomach... Read More

Ganesha - Gajanana

Fourth manifestation of Ganesha is Gajanana that symbolizes Ganesha with an elephant head. Ganesha had taken this avatar for the conquering the demon Lobha that literally means greediness. 

There is an an interesting Hindu mythological tale behind the birth of Gajanana.

One day Kubera, the God of riches, visited Mt. Kailasa, the abode of Shiva. When Kubera reached there he saw Parvati, who was looking unsurpassably beautiful. Kubera started looking Parvati with his salacious eyes. On the knowledge of this indecent behavior, Parvati became infuriated. Kubera realized his mistake and thus started quivering with fear. At that moment, from the fear of Kubera, demon named Lobhasura had taken the birth.

Lobhasura was the demon and thus started living in the demon world. He got the education from the Sukracharya, the teacher of demons. Sukracharya advised Lobhasura to chant the divine name of Shiva. The demon Lobhasura started performing severe penance for Shiva. After the long period, pleased the devotion of  the Lobhasura, Shiva appeared and blessed him with the boon to be victorious in his future endeavors. Lobhasura overjoyed with a boon that he started conquering the kingdoms and finally became the monarch of all the three worlds.

In the meantime, Lamboasura became overconfident that he could win anyone. In this illusion, he went to Kailasa and ordered Shiva to leave his abode. Shiva knew what would happen in the future, so he calmly left his abode.

All the Gods were terrified by the demonic rule of Lobhasura and thus they decided to visit sage Raibhya. He instructed them to pray to Gajanana. On seeking the advice of Raibhya, all Gods started praying to invoke the blessings of Gajanana and sought his protection... Read More

God Ganesha - Mahodara

Ganesha manifested  in his third form famous as Mahodara to slay the demon Mohasura. The demon Mohasura literally means hallucination and uncertainty.

There is interesting yet little confusing story behind the manifestation of Mahodara. Once Shiva was in deep meditation for a long time.  In the meantime, there was the powerful demon Mohasura. He had prayed Sun and then got the boon from him that he would be regarded as the king of demons.  He was overjoyed and started conquering kingdoms and ultimately able to conquer all the three planes of existence.

All Gods were worried and they went to the Sun to seek help. Sun advised all of them to worship Mahodara. After seeking Sun’s advice they started worshiping Mahodara with full devotion.

Mahodara was pleased and granted them with a boon, saying that he would banish Mohasura. Demon’s teacher and priest Shukracharya came to know about this incident in his meditative state. He advised Mohasura to surrender in front of Mahodara.Vishnu also advised Mahasura that if he surrendered in front of Mahodara,he would not be killed or destroyed.

Mahasura accepted the advice of Sukracharya and extending the hand of friendship towards Mahodara. He sang his praises and asked for forgiveness for his evil sins. Mahasura then returned all the kingdoms of Gods and assured that he would be always on the path of righteousness... Read More

God Ganesha - Ekadanta

Many Decades ago, there was the sage Chyavana. He had created a boy with the power of his severe penance and named him  Madasura that literally means ‘Pride’. When Madasura grew up, he had the desire to conquer the whole universe and thus with the permission of his father, he went to his uncle Shukracharya. Sukracharya was very powerful Demon’s teacher and priest. He advised Madasura to chant the Mantra’Hrim’. Madasura chanted this mantra for thousands of years to invoke the blessings of Shakti.

Finally, Shakti, appeared and gave him the boon for the fulfillment of all his desires. Thereafter the Madasura went on the mission of conquering the three worlds. At the end he succeeded in his mission and became the ruler of all the three worlds.

In Madasura’s kingdom, there was no place of  moral virtues and rightness. Later, he married to the daughter of Pramada Asura’s daughter Saalasa. The couple had three children Vilasi, Lolupa and Dhanapriya.

Gods were very worried with increasing power and dreadful acts of Madasura. All Gods decided that they should approach Sanat Kumara to seek the advice of Sanatkumara to overcome their dilemma. He advised them to pray for Ekadanta to seek his protection.

Sanat Kumara also described the glory of Ekadanta thus "Eka” stands for Illusion (Maya) and “Danta” stands for Truth (Satya).

Ekadanta thus represents the incarnation of Ganesha who had taken this form to give the message of ultimate truth that can help to get rid of illusions.

On the advice of Santkumara, Gods started praying for Ekdanta for thousands of years. Ekdanta was pleased with the devotion of Gods and thus appeared before Gods and assured them that he would remove their miseries.

Saint Narada gave news to Madasura that Ekdanta had given the boon to Gods and later he advised Madasura to fought a war against Ekadanta. M Many Decades ago,there was the sage Chyavana. He had created a boy with the power of his severe penance and named him Madasura that literally means ‘Pride’. When Madasura grew up, he had the desire to conquer the whole universe and thus with the permission of his father, he went to his uncle Shukracharya. Sukracharya was very powerful Demon’s teacher and priest. He advised Madasura to chant the Mantra’Hrim’. Madasura chanted this mantra for thousands of years to invoke the blessings of Shakti.

Finally, Shakti, appeared and gave him the boon for the fulfillment of all his desires. Thereafter the Madasura went on the mission of conquering the three worlds. At the end he succeeded in his mission and became the ruler of all the three worlds.

In Madasura’s kingdom, there was no place of moral virtues and rightness. Later, he married to the daughter of Pramada Asura’s daughter Saalasa. The couple had three children Vilasi, Lolupa and Dhanapriya.

Gods were very worried with increasing power and dreadful acts. All Gods decided that they should approach Sanat Kumara to seek the advice of Sanatkumara to overcome their dilemma. He advised them to pray for Ekadanta to seek his protection.

Sanat Kumara also described the glory of Ekadanta thus "Eka” stands for Illusion (Maya) and “Danta” stands for Truth (Satya).

Ekadanta thus represents the incarnation of Ganesha who had taken this form to give the message of ultimate truth that can help to get rid of illusions.

On the advice of Santkumara, Gods started praying for Ekdanta for thousands of years. Ekdanta was pleased with the devotion of Gods and thus appeared before Gods and assured them that he would remove their miseries.

Saint Narada gave news to Madasura that Ekdanta had given the boon to Gods and later he advised Madasura to fought a war against Ekadanta. Madeira got ready for a battle with the Ekdanta. Finally, when Madasura reached the battlefield and saw the horrifying form of Ekadanta, he surrendered at the feet of Ekdanta... Read More


 

God Ganesha - Ekadanta

Many Decades ago, there was the sage Chyavana. He had created a boy with the power of his severe penance and named him  Madasura that literally means ‘Pride’. When Madasura grew up, he had the desire to conquer the whole universe and thus with the permission of his father, he went to his uncle Shukracharya. Sukracharya was very powerful Demon’s teacher and priest. He advised Madasura to chant the Mantra’Hrim’. Madasura chanted this mantra for thousands of years to invoke the blessings of Shakti.

Finally, Shakti, appeared and gave him the boon for the fulfillment of all his desires. Thereafter the Madasura went on the mission of conquering the three worlds. At the end he succeeded in his mission and became the ruler of all the three worlds.

In Madasura’s kingdom, there was no place of  moral virtues and rightness. Later, he married to the daughter of Pramada Asura’s daughter Saalasa. The couple had three children Vilasi, Lolupa and Dhanapriya.

Gods were very worried with increasing power and dreadful acts of Madasura. All Gods decided that they should approach Sanat Kumara to seek the advice of Sanatkumara to overcome their dilemma. He advised them to pray for Ekadanta to seek his protection.

Sanat Kumara also described the glory of Ekadanta thus "Eka” stands for Illusion (Maya) and “Danta” stands for Truth (Satya).

Ekadanta thus represents the incarnation of Ganesha who had taken this form to give the message of ultimate truth that can help to get rid of illusions.

On the advice of Santkumara, Gods started praying for Ekdanta for thousands of years. Ekdanta was pleased with the devotion of Gods and thus appeared before Gods and assured them that he would remove their miseries.

Saint Narada gave news to Madasura that Ekdanta had given the boon to Gods and later he advised Madasura to fought a war against Ekadanta. M Many Decades ago,there was the sage Chyavana. He had created a boy with the power of his severe penance and named him Madasura that literally means ‘Pride’. When Madasura grew up, he had the desire to conquer the whole universe and thus with the permission of his father, he went to his uncle Shukracharya. Sukracharya was very powerful Demon’s teacher and priest. He advised Madasura to chant the Mantra’Hrim’. Madasura chanted this mantra for thousands of years to invoke the blessings of Shakti.

Finally, Shakti, appeared and gave him the boon for the fulfillment of all his desires. Thereafter the Madasura went on the mission of conquering the three worlds. At the end he succeeded in his mission and became the ruler of all the three worlds.

In Madasura’s kingdom, there was no place of moral virtues and rightness. Later, he married to the daughter of Pramada Asura’s daughter Saalasa. The couple had three children Vilasi, Lolupa and Dhanapriya.

Gods were very worried with increasing power and dreadful acts. All Gods decided that they should approach Sanat Kumara to seek the advice of Sanatkumara to overcome their dilemma. He advised them to pray for Ekadanta to seek his protection.

Sanat Kumara also described the glory of Ekadanta thus "Eka” stands for Illusion (Maya) and “Danta” stands for Truth (Satya).

Ekadanta thus represents the incarnation of Ganesha who had taken this form to give the message of ultimate truth that can help to get rid of illusions.

On the advice of Santkumara, Gods started praying for Ekdanta for thousands of years. Ekdanta was pleased with the devotion of Gods and thus appeared before Gods and assured them that he would remove their miseries.

Saint Narada gave news to Madasura that Ekdanta had given the boon to Gods and later he advised Madasura to fought a war against Ekadanta. Madeira got ready for a battle with the Ekdanta. Finally, when Madasura reached the battlefield and saw the horrifying form of Ekadanta, he surrendered at the feet of Ekdanta.

Madasura pleaded in front of Ekdanta that he would return all the kingdoms that he had conquered and in return he wanted the boon of Ekdanta’s Protection. Ekdanta then told Madasura that he should not remain at the place where Ekdanta is worshiped. Devotees of Ekdanta thus worshiped him for spiritual wisdom and to keep their pride at bay. Madasura got ready for a battle with the Ekdanta... Read More 

God Ganesha - Vakratunda

Ganesha’s First manifestation is of Vakratunda that literally means Ganesha with twisted trunk.

As we already discussed that Ganesha had eight manifestations (avatars) and the Vakratuda was his first avatar.

The Avtar of the Ganesha in the form of Vakratunda is depicted as the Brahmin elephant god is riding a lion. He takes this avatar to slay the demon Matsara that literally means rivalry. This avatar guides us that we all must avoid rivalry with our fellow beings and maintain the harmony among ourselves. Vakratunda gives us protection and bless us with success in all our good causes.

The story behind the birth of Vakratunda

Once there was a demon named "Matsara" was born out of the nonsense thoughts of Indra, the king of Gods.

Demon Matsara performed severe penance to seek the blessings of Shiva and obtained the boon of fearlessness from Him. By obtaining the boon from Shiva, he became so powerful that he went on conquering all the three worlds. He became the king of Gods and taken the place with the help of the guidance given by most eminent  Demon’s teacher Sukracharya.

The defeated Gods ran to Kailasha and there they found Shiva in a deep meditation. They prayed to him  for the protection. On hearing the mission of Gods, Demon Matsara went to Kailasha and he started fighting with Shiva.

At that time, Gods were very upset and afraid. They were puzzled and don’t know what to do next. Fortunately Dattatreya came there. He advised the Gods to invoke the grace of Vakratunda.

All the Gods did severe penance along with Shiva and pleased with their prayers, Vakratunda appeared and assured them that he would slay the Demon Matsara. The demon was so terrified at the sight of angry Ganesha in the avatar of Vakratunda that he surrendered to his divine feet... Read More