Divine Turtle Fest

Today is a very auspicious day in the Sanaathana Dharmaa calender. It was on this day that His Almighty Shree Hari incarnated as Divine Turtle (known as "Koormaa Avathaaram" in Sanskrit) billions of years back. This was second among His Almighty's ten most popular Avathaars.

Lord Narasimhaa Fest

Today is a very  auspicious day to Hindus in general and Vaishnavites in particular. This is the day on which Shree Mahaa Vishnu took Avathaar as Lord Narasimhaa to kill the demon king Hiranyakashipu and bless Prahalaadha (the king's son and His greatest devotee), billions of years back. Many years later, Shree Mahaa Vishnu took Avathaar as Vaamana to bless King Mahaa Bali  (grandson of Prahalaadha). It is believed that in the present Kali Yugaa,  the divine sage Raaghavendra Swamy was born as an incarnation of Prahalaadha.

Vedavyaasa Fest

Today is celebrated as the birth anniversary of sage Vedavyaasa. He wrote the two great Sanaathana Dharmaa epics Raamaayanaa and Mahaa Bhaaratha. He also compiled the four Vedaas.

Paanduranga Temple Fest

A few minutes back I had the joy of viewing the Kumbaabhishekam ceremony of Shree Paanduranga Swamy Temple in Bengaluru via Sankara TV Channel.  While the program itself was filled with divine radiation from Shree Hari, the background music aptly contributed to the program. It was an instrumental version of the famous classical song "Krishnaa nee begane baaro..." meaning "Krishnaa, please come quickly...". This song was one of the most favourite songs of my beloved mother. I fondly remember her.

27 April was the 2nd death anniversary of my beloved mother according to the English calender. I fondly remember her. I tried to write this post on that day, but couldn't as my mobile net was too slow.