India is a land of temples, churches, mosques & gurudwaras.  Since centuries we have been worshippling God in various forms.  With the advancement in Science & Technology, the numbers of worshippers and faith in God have not diminished.  On the contrary it has increased my leaps and bounds.

While some of our worship God at our homes, others  visit nearby emples, while some others even visit holy places like Tirupati or  Mecca. Whichever religion or caste we belong to, to attain God or if we want God or the supernatural to hear our player we should get the basics right.  Some DOs and DONTs in this regard are:-

 

The DO'S

1) Help everybody whom you meet  in your day to day life in  whatever way you can

2) Always think good of others and always wish them good from your mind.

3) Be kind and compassionate towards others.

4) While praying for yourself, also pray for the well being of everybody in this world.

5) Respect a persons feelings.

6) Respect other religions, their faith and their customs and traditions

7) Spread the message of love & concern for others.

 

The DONT'S

1) Do not harm anybody

2) Do not preach hatred or spread hatred

3) Do not be jealous of people or their achievements.

4) Do not criticize others unnecessarily.

5) Do not criticize other religions or castes.

I know this would be difficult to follow fully, but  we should atleast try to make a effort to try to follow the above sugestions.  Even if we achieve  only 25% of what we have aimed for us, it gives us a tremendous sense of satisfaction and can consider ourselves on the right path.

Regards

Satish

Mantralyam is around 6 hour’s journey from Hyderabad. Mantralyam is a place of Sri Raghavendra Swami’s brundavanam. Holy place of Mantralyam is a great pilgrim center. It is in Mantralyam town Kurnool district Andhra Pradesh. Old name was Manchala village. Manchalamma goddess’s temple is there.

Tungbhadra Rail way station is in the near of the 20km on Mumbai Chennai main track.

Tungbhadra rive flowing there. This is live river. There doing bath. After bath with the wet dress they go to the temple for swami darshanartham.

We do darshanam of Brundavanam. It was less crowded so it didn’t take much time. After having darshanam, we had our breakfast at one of the Brahmin hotels. Then we took one hire car a crossed the river by Madhavaram bridge for Panchamukhi Anjaneya temple, which is situated around 20kms from Mantralyayam. Panchamukhi Anjaneya temple is the place where Rayaru performed tapasya for 12 years. As a result, Anjaneya appeared before Rayaru. It is belongs to Karnataka state.

That day was Amavasya there was huge rush in this temple. We have managed to get into temple and have good darshanam.

There is good free meal facility organizing by the swami mutt. The devasthanam lodges are good comfortable accommodations with the cheeps rent.

These are Parampara of the mutt.

The Moola Ram icon was reverently worshipped by Sita, Sri Hanumanta, and others. During the Dwapara Yuga the icon ended up in the Moon Dynasty and was worshipped by Bhimasena.

Sage Raghavendra swami is avatar purush of bhakta Prahallada. He was devotee of Lord Sri Krishna. Anniversary celebration days are in Sravana Purnima, August month. . A big garden is behind of temple Tulasi dalam plants for swami garlands. And Veda school is there.

About lord Krishna.

Lord Krishna appeared over five thousand years ago in Mathura, north India, to Devaki and Vasudeva in the jail cell of the king Kamsa. The place of His birth is known as Sri Krishna Janmasthana. He appeared with His brother Balarama in response to the demigods' prayers for protection from the widespread influence of demonic administration on earth.

Who is God?

Where is God?

What’ is shape?

Why he is?

 

Before the god’s knowing

Who you know first

Than start search

Your birth’s from mother stomach

How she pregnancies!

Father and mother reason for your birth

 

Next you live how

How many days

After death

Then where you go?

It important to learn

Good and bad for

Hell and heaven

Chose witch you want

Helping do way to go heaven

Violence steps to hell

 

Who is power full?

Sun moon day and night

Who gives birth and death!

Universal in his control

He is great

So for he is god

 

God here and there

In sky in sea

On the hill

In the ground

In you in me

He is in all always

 

No shape

But shine

We cannot see

Not it easy to common man

He is better

He is higher

He is in not only heaven

But also every ware

 

We breathe air

We drink water

We eat food

We are happy

We are sleeping on the bed

Who will give these us?

It will come from where and why?

Search the answer

 

So you behave as good

Men and women brothers

All are equal

No rich no poor in his mind

I have given to you birth

Live happy

Don’t afraid

Be brave

Defeat the bad

Go right way

Earn money from good way

Help some poor

You will be came a gear man

Cooperate with Friends and relation

That is the good society

 

Don’t do badly

Don’t go that side

It is bad to him

After it are dangers to you

 

All are dies before or late

It is true

So be careful in the behaving

Don’t show angry

Give food to the hungry people

 

Birth is gift

Give respect to father and mother

Pray to god for help

Bless you

 

Man birth is good luck

Birds, animals are there

They will be lives

But turns his life to holy man

 

See the world with cool look

We want piece

Dangers enemies in the world

God punishment gives them

Don’t do sin

Pray god

Morning, evening and always

This life for him

 

We leave bad

We do well

O! Gad grant us grace

 

God grace to you

God loves to you

God helps you

God cleans sin

God is great

Prays to god

Every thing is from god

 

God prays in different types

Form the speeches

By the singing

Doing Bhajans and seva karyakramam

 

 

 

Sri Rangam is a temple town, approximately 6.5 kms from Tiruchinapalli (Trichy) in the state of  Tamil Nadu.  The town is situated on an island formed by the two arms of the river Cauvery. The temple is dedicated to Lord Ranganatha, which is actually the name given to the reclining form of Lord Vishnu. Hundreds of people throng the place for a holy dip in the River Cauvery- which has its origin in the Sahyadri Hills- and for witnessing the Lord in His full divinity.

 

 

Facts at a Glance

 

Latitude and Longitude: 10 degrees 52’N , 78 degrees 41’E

Climate: Tropical

Main temple deity: Lord Ranganatha and Goddess Ranganayaki

Native Language: Tamil

 

 

RANGANATHA TEMPLE

 

This is the main temple in Srirangam, situated in the midst of the town. It is because of this temple that Srirangam is considered a sacred place, especially by the Vaishnavites and the followers of the spiritual guru Ramanuja.

 

Brief History

 

The temple has a glorious history which dates back to approximately about a 1000 years.

 

It is said that the vimana of Sri Ranga temple came out of the “parkadal” (milk of ocean) as a result of the penance of Lord Brahma. Legend has it that when Lord Rama performed pujas to this vimana, he gifted it to Vibhishana, with a condition not to place it on the earth. But, due to the Lord’s intervention, the vimana, had to be placed on the ground where it then got rooted to the spot. Vibhishana felt sad. In order to console him, the Lord himself came and said that he would be present in the place in a sleeping posture facing southwards (towards SriLanka, the kingdom of Vibhishana). Enclosures were then built around the sanctum by the emperors of various dynasties like Chola, Pandya and Hoysala.

 

Religious Significance

 

Sri Rangam is considered the first and the most important of the 108 Divyadesams- shrines where the Tamil Alvar saints were supposed to have sung verses in the praise of the Lord at the time of the Bhakti movement.

 

Temple architecture and Layout

 

The temple complex covers a total area of approximately 160 acres. As with many temples in Tamil Nadu, the Sri Rangam temple was also built using the Dravidian style of architecture, which consists of

-- Pyramid-shaped gopurams with a ‘vimana’ which contains the deity’s emblem

-- Mandapas (or porches).

 

There are seven ‘prahakaras’ or enclosures surrounding the temple; these are considered to denote the seven lokas (worlds). This is only temple in the world with such a distinctive feature. The prahakaras, from the outer to the inner, are named as:

 

• Kaliyugaraman tiruveedhi
• Trivikramam tiruveedhi
• Akalankan tiruveedhi
• Alinadan tiruveedhi
• Kulasekhram tiruveedhi
• RajaMahindran tiruveedhi
• DharmaVarnan tiruveedhi

 

 

There are a total of 21 gopurams in the temple complex, the highest one being the ‘Raja Gopuram’ at the Southern entrance of the seventh (outermost) ‘prahakara’.

 

 

 

The temple elephant stands near the banks of the River Cauvery.

 

Salient features of the Temple complex

 

-An Art museum, in the third enclosure, that has miscellaneous items like statues of granite ivory and bronze, old coins etc.

 

-A 1000-pillared mandapam in the fourth enclosure; opposite to this is the Sesharaya Mandapam which bears beautiful sculptures of horses carved from a single stone.

 

-A tall, magnificent, white gopuram at the Eastern entrance of the fifth enclosure.

 

 

Festivals celebrated in the temple

 

Eleven major festivals are celebrated in the temple.  They cover practically the entire year. They are:

 

Jastabhishekam (Tamil month-Avani , June-July)

Pavithrotsavam (Tamil month-Aani , Aug-Sept)

Sri Jayanthi (Lord Krishna’s birthday)

Oonjal(Tamil month Aipasi, Oct-Dec)

Kaisiga Ekadasi (Before 30 days of Vaikunta Ekadasi)

Vaikuntha Ekadasi(Tamil month Margasi, Dec-Jan)

Viruppan (Tamil month-Panguni , Mar-Apr)

Chitra Poornami (Tamil month-Chaitrai, Apr-May)

Kodai Thirunal (Tamil month- Chaitrai, Apr-May)

Sri Ramnavami (Lord Rama’s birthday)

Vasanthotsavam(Tamil month Vaikasi, May-June)

 

However, even during the other days, there would be chanting of the Vedas and other religious scripts.

 

LAKSHMI NARASIMHA TEMPLE

 

There is also a Lakshmi Narasimham temple at SriRangam wherein Lord Narasimha is seated with Goddess Lakshmi, together facing the Sri Ranganatha temple.

 

 

How to reach Srirangam?

 

Srirangam  has a railway station and so can be reached by rail. The nearest air port is at Trichy from where buses ply regularly to and from Srirangam.