Tomorrow is a very auspicious in the Sanaathana Dharmaa Calender. Devotees perform Uma Maheswara Vratham on this day and offer special worship to Shree Rudhraa and His wife Shree Paarvathee.
Shree Paarvathee sametha Shree Rudradeva anthargatha Shree Lakshmi Narasimhaa🙏
Shree Paarvathee sametha Shree Rudradeva anthargatha Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏
Shree Paarvathee sametha Shree Rudhraa Devaa🙏
Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏
This morning I had the opportunity of viewing two interesting documentary shows: One on DW TV and the other on Aljazeera TV. Both feaured multiculturalism. I tried to provide a link to the DW documentary in this post, but in vain.
The Aljazeera doc featured Africans and Indians recruited to work as slaves in sugar plantations in the Carribean. Despite the hardships that these people faced, Indians managed to preserve their cultural and traditions.
Viewing the two documentaries was somewhat like reading a novel by Mark Twain.
I think that our youngsters should be guided to view such serials so that they can appreciate the values handed down by ancestors and follow them to this day.
This morning I heard a news report that violence has erupted again in Tigray region in Ethiopia.
I nostalgically remember a few weeks of my stay in Makelle, capital town of Tigrai, along with my fellow country folks from India; we were teachers recruited to teach different subjects in Ethiopian Government Senior Secondary Schools. I remember our visits to restaurants, shopping centres and cinema halls that showed popular Hindi language movies from our country.
I particularly remember one evening when I and Sebastian (Sebastian Perumcheril John), my Malayaalee colleague from Keralam, had our dinner at Abraha Castle, a castle turned restaurant. The gravy was vegetarian and made of green leaves. It was delicious. There was my favourite 'makkiatho' (strong coffee with milk).
I wish that peace returns to the region as early as possible.
Today is a very auspicious day in the Sanaathana Dharmaa Calender. Devotees perform special worship to Shree Anantha Padhmanaabha Swami and perform Anantha Chathurdhashi Vratham on this day. Today is Friday; Shree Mahaa Lakshmi, wife of Lord Shree Mahaa Vishnu is the presiding Deity on Fridays.
Today special poojaas and functions are held in temples dedicated to Shree Ananthapadhmanaabha Swamee and all His Incarnations and Manifestations all over the world. There are numerous temples dedicated to Shree Anantha Padhmanaabha Swamee, such as this one.
Jai Shree Mahaa Lakshmi sametha Shree Anantha Padhmanaabha Swameejee🙏
Tomorrow is a very auspicious day in the Sanaathana Dharmaa Calender. Devotees perform Anantha Chathurdhashi Vratham on this day. This Vratham is also known as Anantha Vratham. I fondly remember my beloved mother performing Anantha Chathurdhashi Pooja.
There is an old idiom "There's many a slip between the cup and the lip". Something that happened during my dinner some time ago reminded me of the idiom that was popular during my school and college days.
In our indigenous food, rice, wheat pancakes and vegetable gravy (known as "saambaar") are very popular. This evening I found that the gravy served to us had a better aroma than the one served so far. I was glad about the welcome change.
I began eating my dinner with the new gravy. Within minutes, the guy sitting opposite to me coughed out loudly right on the table. He seems a few years younger than me. I am 75. I intended to order for some more gravy. But this guy's cough put me and my intention off.
A few weeks ago, a middle aged guy was seated opposite to me. When both of us were in the middle of our lunch, he broke his 'appalam' with such a force that a large piece fell on my plate, viz. banana leaf, on which our food is usually served.
Three appalams on a plate
There is an elderly woman who comes to our dining hall daily just like myself, the above mentioned guys and many other senior citizens who use the dining hall daily. This woman has the habit of making some peculiar noise when chewing food.
Although I always try to occupy a chair near an empty table, it becomes futile.
Tomorrow is a very auspicious day in the Sanaathana Dharmaa Calender. It is the anniversary on which Shree Mahaa Vishnu incarnated as Lord Shree Vaamanaa, billions of years ago. This day is celeberated as Shree Vaamana Jayanthee.
Lord Vaamanaa setting His foot
on
King Mahaa Bali
Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏
As Ekaadashi, today is a very auspicious day in the Sanaathana Dharmaa Calender. Devotees offer special worship to Shree Mahaa Vishnu and His Wife Shree Mahaa Lakshmi by fasting for the whole day today and the following night. According to Scriptures, those below 8 years and above 80 years of age, and those who lack physical strength can consume fruits and milk on Ekaadashi days.
Among Chaathurmaasya vrathaas, dhadhivrathaa ends and ksheera vrathaa begins today.
Today is also an auspicious day in the Maadhwaa calender as the anniversary of the day on which Shree Sathyesha Theertha Swaamiji attained the lotus feet of Lord Shree Krishna.
Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏
It was highly spiritually enriching to view this morning's episode of 'Jan jan me Raam' telecast on our National Channel of DD.
I tried to provide a link to this morning's episode of the serial, but in vain, as usual.
I think that this highly interesting and informative series featuring all places and events related to Lord Shree Raam's life on Earth, and presented by a team of educated men and youth attired in dignified contemporary costumes should mandatorily be screened in all our schools, colleges and Universities.
Such serials will effectively address the issue of how to be modern as well as purely Vaishnavite in today's context.
Jai Shree Seethaa Raam🙏
Today is an auspicious in the Maadhwaa calender. This day is celeberated as anniversary of the day on which Shree Jagannaatha Daasaa, a popular Kannadaa language Vaishnavite poet attained the lotus feet of Lord Shree Krishna.
Shree Krishnam Vandhe Jagadh Gurum🙏
