Garuda Garva Khandan !

GARUDA GARVABHANGAM

One day Lord Vishnu tells Garuda to go for and accompany Hanuman back, who was meditating on a mountain.

Garuda Joyed by the order of Vishnu to accompany Hanuman back as Garuda was delighted on having the opportunity to have all the stories which we heard about hanuman coming to reality as we as going to meet Hanuman, as hanuman is the GREATEST DEVOTEE of LORD RAMA

Garuda fly’s without delay to the Mountain where Hanuman was chanting the Lord’s Name while meditating .Garuda went and stood behind him, and made small sounds and then leisurely touched Hanuman with his wings. Hanuman without any movement stood still as if nothing was touching him. Garuda touched Hanuman again and there was no acknowledgment from Hanuman 

Garuda starts getting frustrated by the annoyance of hanuman and touches him again bit harder this time. Hanuman remains rock solid in his mediation.  On the other hand Garuda gets himself hurt by touching Hanuman Harder and using force against the mighty Hanuman.

Garuda being self righteous and proud of being king of all Birds and the fastest to fly to places than anyone else Infuriated by Hanuman’s in- responsiveness, Garuda Gathers his energy and Lashes hard on still lying Hanuman.

Garuda before he knows what had happened to him was thrown away far back and his wings badly hurt with pain. This made Garuda more angrier, with all his might he jumps again over Hanuman. and Garuda was thrown away far off like a speck of dust.

With the mighty force of Hanuman hitting garunda hard, Garuda ended up hurting himself both physically and mentally were his ego was hurt, and decided to return back to Lord Vishnu

Post reaching lord Vishnu narrates him the sequence of incidents that took place, lord Vishnu with smile, advises garuda to be polite this time and asks him to go back to hanuman yet another time and asks him to inform hanuman on Lord Rama wanting to see him.

Obeying to the Lords instructions Garuda Re-traced his path to Hanuman without   his sense of self and not being proud of his unmatched strength. Garuda standing before hanuman with folded hands, tell hanuman that Lord Rama and Sita wanted to see him, the minute Hanuman Listens to the names of Rama and Sita wakes up from the meditation and jumps to Garuda asking him to whereabouts of Lord Rama and Sita.

Garuda Replies to Hanuman that Lord Rama and Sita Devi were in Vaikuntam waiting for Hanuman and he would transmit Hanuman on his back. As he was the king of birds and was the only one who can carry Hanuman to Vaikuntam .and Hanuman will not be able to make his way to Vaikuntam. But Hanuman instructs Garuda to go ahead and he would reach Vaikuntam all by himself.

Garuda without  reacting to Hanuman , left and goes on his way to vaikuntam as soon as his wings could take him  at the gate of  Vaikuntam Garuda instructs gate keepers to allow Hanuman inside  without confronting him. To Garuda’s Surprise ,the Guards informs him the Hanumanji was already there in vaikuntam and  were instructed to arrange for his refreshment as would reach tired .
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Garuda by now learnt that there are many people  stronger than he was and cover distance faster than the king of all birds. Garuda with all his Ego cracked up  melted and dissolved  and learnt the lesson of not being self righteous and proud . offered his salutations to the Lord Vishnu and Hanumanji.and descended to his place.

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Top 5 Hindu Gods !

Top 5 Hindu Gods!

Categorizing Hinduism and Hindu gods is one of the toughest tasks as these are not just limited to….

Hinduism is an ocean in itself by just not limiting to one scripture or concept of prophet to follow, and it fully differs from the concepts and methodology of other religions across the world.

Hinduism is considered to be the Oldest religion followed in different parts of the world since early 1500 BC, as the religion is vast the liberty of belief is left to the individual and no one is forced by the religion to follow it, as Hinduism is just not limited to be called as a Religion rather “IT IS THE WAY OF LIFE.”

Top 5 Hindu Gods!

In Hinduism the Gods are being worshipped based on their belief in the god

Below are the Most Famous Gods in Hinduism who are being worshipped among all the gods existing.

1.      Ganesha
2.      Vishnu
3.      Shiva
4.      Krishna
5.      Rama

Lord Ganesha: Lord Ganesha is the Most Famous god across the world, as among st all the gods lord Ganesha is the first one to be offered pooja / prayers before anyone else.

Ganesha is also known as elephant god as his head was replaced with elephant during the fight with his father lord Shiva, since then he is known as trunk headed.

Ganesha is worshiped to avoid obstacles in life and be blessed with Wisdom and knowledge.

Ganesh Chaturdhi is Festival which will be celebrated in the name of Lord Ganesha across the world for 11 days, which mostly occurs in the months of End of Aug or September every year.

Vishnu:  Apart from Ganesha; Broadly the In Hinduism People are either believed to be following Lord Vishnu or Lord Shiva

Lord Vishnu had almost 10 forms [avatars / incarnations] which he took to save the earth and protect it from evil forces and fight against the unusual threats which occurred and to destruct the Brahma’s act of creation.

Shiva: Lord Shiva is one of the most ferocious of god forms in Hinduism, Spiritually lord Shiva is believed to be the strongest god who has the power of continuous meditation without any destruction.

Lord Shiva is believed to be the most non glamorous God in Hinduism, as lord Shiva was born in a Grave yard and has never been attached to the material things in world and has the highest level of spirituality. Shiva is also known as the destroyer of ego and urges towards material things in world if worshiped with utmost belief, Simple living is the Shiva's path and approach towards life.

Krishna:  lord Krishna can said as the god of masses, especially very famous among st the younger generation of the world as Lord Krishna is believed to be god of love, Dance, music and his love story with Radha is birth of love.

Lord Krishna is one of the forms of Lord Vishnu; Krishna is the ninth Form of lord Vishnu appeared to spread the word of love, and arts and philosophy in the world.

Rama:  Lord Rama is the symbol of Truth, a perfect resemblance to an ideal king to rule and an example of leadership and thought

Lord Rama is  also one of the forms of lord Vishnu who has taken his avatar to be the perfect example of an Ideal son, ideal husband, spread the word of Love and most importantly the IDEAL KING the world has even seen.

Meaning of Bhaja Govindam Song !

Meaning of Bhaja govindam Song:

Every hindu might have definitely at one point of time in his life time might have definitely heard the song “bhajagovindam” sung by the Veteran Singer Mrs. M.S. Subbalakshmi, it is the song which is sung in praise of lord Vishnu and it has its own meaning to explain the true way of life and its real essence on how it can be lived in the best way suggested by lord.

Below is brief explanation of the different Stanza’s used in the song explaining the real meaning of life.

The below explanation is divided into parts based on how it is sung, post reading this request you to please listen to the song and relate to its meaning given below.

Meaning of Bhaja Govindam Song: [according to stanza’z Sung]

Oh Fool Worship Lord Govinda for his kindness and love on you. – oh Fool oh fool

Worship / Seek / Pray  Govinda till the last second of your life until you reach to the last second of your breath , these utter praises of this false world will not save you, only Govinda can save you.

Oh Fool never be in the False world filled with Desires and never be a slave to your desires, Give those up and pray Govinda, remove this thirst from your heart for desire.

Occupy your mind only and only Good and holy & Healthy Thoughts, and always be filled with  content and only react to through the actions of past.

As long as you have the ability to earn money and wealth you will be attached to your dependents,

once your body and soul becomes old and you wander with your inability to move at home no one cares to speak a word with the old soul

Hence never take pride in your possessions or wealth which comes from people when you are Young and when you  have wealth with you

Time Changes everything and takes away all that which you have at the moment

As Govinda says, Please free your self from this false world of illusion and from the world of “Maya” and attarin the truth of timelessness

One who Shelters in Temples and sleeps under the Trees by wearing a deer skin and who rest on the naked ground, thus will renounce all the ideas of attachement along with possession.

For whom this indifference will not bring happiness ?

Read a little pieces of Bhagavad Gita or atleast take few drops from River Ganga and worship the lord Krishna [murari] atleast once and hence you will have no quarrel with Lord Yama [the god of Death]

As said in Bhagavad Gita, birth and Death are the two things which are bound to happen, Rebirth, Re death and rebirth will happen

Samsara is the toughest path to corss, Save me oh Lord Krishna / murari with your infinite Kindness

Regularly Read few stanzas from the Bhagavad Gita, continuously perform meditation, Fill your heart with Lord Vishnu by chanting his glories he will come to rescue you.

Only take pride in the noble and holy Causes and share your wealth with the needy in this world

Wealth would only stay for some time in life and there is no joy in it, reflect on this ideal truth in your entire life.

With the wealth even a rich man with un imaginable wealth has to fear with his own son, this is the cruelty of having wealth and it is the way

By worshipping Lord, may your be pass through Samsara in all well fashion

It can only happen through continous efforts to control your mind and training your senses, only though which you can fill your heart with lord and purify your soul

Festivals of AUGUST - 2012

Hindu Festivals for the month of AUGUST - 2012

Hinduism is so vast that we have so many important days in our life’s to Celebrate.

August is the month which is considered to be one of the most important months for Hindu’s as this is the month which immediately falls soon after the start of Monsoons in the Country

The Good Days start with the start of most important month for the year for all the married Women of this country, i.e. The Sharavan Month [Most important for the followers of Lord Shiva]

Below are the Dates on which the Most important Festivals are Celebrated for the Month of AUGUST - 2012

• August 1^st – Purnima [Poornima] Vrat – Also this falls on Shravan Star
• August 2^nd – Raksha Bandhan [The Festival for all the Sisters of this country, tieing Rakhi to their Brothers]
• August 2^{nd -}  Avani Avittam  - It is the day which comes after Dhanista nakshatram [Dhanishta Star], where in the Brahmins [iyers] as a ritual change their upanayana.
• August 2^nd - Few more Festivals / Important days which fall on 2^nd of August are to start with Gayatri Japam comes first, and then it’s followed by up karm ...It’s also the Purnima on August 2^nd of 2012
• August 3^rd – The VaralakshmiVratam which is the Most important day of Shravan month where women perform pooja to Goddess Lakshi [the consort of Vishnu]
• August 4^th – Ashunya Sayana Vrata – The Day Dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi and Vishnu.
• August 5^th - Kajari Teej Vratam or Kajari Teej Pooja – it is celebrated in the Bhadra month of the year... and this year it falls on     5^th of August 2012
• August 6^th – August 6^th Falls Monday, and across Maharashtra and Gujarat, it is Celebrated as Shravan Somvar [i.e. Somvar mean – Monday in Hindi] ..And across, Different States like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Hindu women perform MangalaGouri Pooja As well on the same day.
• August 9^th – The Birthday of Lord Krishna “Janmastami” is being celebrated in some parts of the Country.
• August 10^th – Due to the changing nakshtra’s and the time zones, the birth of Krishna “Janmastami” is celebrated at different days in the country, it starts on 9^th and on 10^th the Jan mastami is celebrated in Northern INDIA
• August 11^th – Goga Navami is celebrated across the Country
• August 13^th – Its again Monday, its again Celebrated as Shravan Somvar in Gujarat, this would continue for the entire month of ShravanAnd EKADASI also falls on the same day
• August 14^th – across Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka, MANGALA GOURI Pooja is celebrated on this Day
• August 17^th - It’s the Start of Chingam month for Keralites [people of Kerala]
•  It is also the AMAVASYA of the Month.
• August 18^th – According to Bengali Calendars’ 18^th is the start of Bhadrapad Month of the year
• August 21^st – The Most Famous Festival across the World “Vinayaka” Chaturthi [Ganesh Chaturthi] Celebrated on 21^st of August and would continue for next 11 days until the final Nimarjan of Ganesh Idle Takes Place
• August 27^th – It’s EKADASI
• August 28^th – The Most Important Festival for Kerelaites – “THE ONAM” falls on 28^th it’s the First Day of ONAM which is celebrated
• August 31^st – It’s Poornima Day [Purnima / Pournami]

Vishnu Dev

Lord Vishnu - Garuda - Gajendra Moksha