Shree Raam Fest and Traditional New Year Day

Today is a very auspicious in the Hindu Calender. It marks the beginning of Shree Raama Nava Raathri. Today is also celebrated as Ugaadhi by people in many states in our country. 

Jai Shree Raam🙏.

ShreeMahaa Vishnu and Sage Fest

Today is a very auspicious in the Maadhwaa community of Brahmins. Being Wednesday, on which Shree Mahaa Vishnu is the presiding deity, devotees offer special worship to Him.

Today is the day on which Shree Sathya Santhushta Theerthaa attained the lotus feet of Lord Shree Krishna.

Today being Amaavaasya, Brahmins perform ancestral worship after performing their daily religious rituals.

Sarvam Krishna Mayam🙏

My niece's birthday

Today is the birth anniversary of Reshma, my niece; she is younger daughter of my beloved sister. She was born in 1992. She works as Electronics and Communications Engineer in a Multinational Publishing Company. She got married a few years ago. Satheesh, her husband is also an engineer.

My best wishes to her.

Following photo was taken on the eve of her wedding:

From L to R: 4th is Sushma, my beloved  sister's elder daughter, 5th is my beloved sister, 6th is Reshma (bride), 7th is Satheesh (bridegroom), 8th is Murali, my sister's husband, 10th is me, and 11th is Ramesh, my beloved brother.

Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum🙏.

Back in my residence

Today I am glad to be back at my residence in Chennai after more than two and a half month's stay at my sister's house in Vellore after having fully recovered from my sudden and serious ill health. 

Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum🙏.

Shree Mahaa Vishnu Fest

Today and tomorrow are very auspicious days in the Hindu Calender. These two days are Ekaadashi days. Devotees offer special worship to Shree Mahaa Vishnu on these two days. They observe fasting tomorrow.

Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum🙏

My visit to the dentist

I had my final visit to the dentist this morning. He made some adjustments so that the dentures would fit perfectly well.

I am thankful to him, his dentist wife, paramedical staff, my niece Sushma (for taking me to the clinic and back), and my sister (for reminding my niece to take me to the clinic), for their kindness.

I was glad to send the following thanksgiving message to them:

Jai Shree Krishnaa🙏. 

NXT Summit in New Delhi

This evening, Shree Narendra Modi, our Prime Minister inagurated the NXT Summit in New Delhi. As usual his speech centered on how our country has begun a new journey in today's world events. 

Today is the anniversary of the day on which Gandhiji led the famous Dandi march.

Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum🙏.

Chaotic roads

Every sane educated person in our country knows how difficult it is to self drive on our roads with careless and arrogant drivers. Our roads have gradually becoming increasingly chaotic. Besides, current AI technology has added fuel to the fire. 

Senior citizens like me are abandoning self driving for obvious reasons, sell their fabourite cars and resort to calltaxi facility, like how I have done.

I and my car in the late 1980s.

A recent article on road chaos in Reader's Digest caught my interest; let me share the article here.

Raamaayana Insight

As every Indian knows, Raamaayanaa and Mahaa Bhaarathaa are two well respected Epics of our great country. 

All Maadhwaa Bramins know that Shree Madhwaachaarya, founder Sage of Maadhwaa Mutts, has given deeper insights into these epics in his contributions that considered authentic. One such contribution is Mahaa Bhaaratha Thaathparya Nirnayaa. 

In this work, he explains that the Seethaa Dhevee who is believed to have been abducted by demon king Raavanaa was a just a human image of real Seetha Dhevee and this image was not real Seetha Dhevee. According to Shree Madhwaachaarya, at the time of abduction and until meeting Lord Shree Raam, real Seetha Dhevee was in Kailaash worshipping Lord Rudraa. No one except Lord Shree Raam can even touch Seethaa Dhevee.

Shree Raam Jaya Raam

Jai Jai Seethaa Raam🙏

Maadhwaa Saint

Tomorrow is a very auspicious in the Maadhwaa community of Brahmins. It is the anniversary of the day on which Shree Udhdhanda Ramachandra Theerthaa.

Let me share a Utube video on this saint here.

Sarvam Krishna Mayam🙏.