Spiritual Heritage of India: August 2012

Friday, August 31, 2012

Lord Dhanwantari philatelic cover from Nepal

This is Lord Dhanwantari philatelic cover from Nepal issued by Nepal Philatelic Bureau in my collection.

Lord Bhairab (Bhairava Swamy) Philatelic cover from Nepal

This is Lord Bhairab (Bhairava Swamy) Philatelic cover from Nepal issued by Nepal philatelic administration in my collection.

Rama Navami philatelic cover from Nepal

This is Rama Navami philatelic cover from Nepal issued by Nepal Postal Administration in my collection.

Sita Jayanthi Philatelic cover from Nepal

This is Sita Jayanthi Philatelic cover from Nepal issued by Nepalese postal administration in my collection. Sita Maa born on Janakpur city of Nepal.

Janak Maharshi philatelic cover from Nepal

This is Janak Maharshi (Janak Maharaja who is father of Goddess Sita) philatelic cover from Nepal.

Lord Sri Manikyamba Sametha Sri Bhimeswara Swami Temple of Draksharama

These are the images of Pocket card of Lord Sri Manikyamba Sametha Sri Bhimeswara Swami Temple of Draksharama.

Lord Sri Manikyamba Sametha Sri Bhimeswara Swami Temple of Draksharama is one of the Pancharama temple (five arama temples) of Lord Shiva.

According to spiritual history Daksha prajapathi performing a yagna and he did not inform the same to his son-in-law Lord Shiva. But Goddess Parvathi went to his father's residence to watch the yajna and at that time Daksha prajapathi blames Lord Shiva and scolded Goddess Parvathi. For that reason Goddess Parvathi became very angry and she sank in the yajna fire. After that Lord Shiva heard this and sent Lord Bhairava to destroy the yajna and also instruct him to kill Daksha. Accordingly Bhairava killed Daksha but after the request of wife of Daksha Prajapathi Lord Shiva gave the life to Daksha Prajapathi with the face of a Goat.

The above story taken in the place of this temple. After that Lord Shiva dance with the immortal body of his wife with angry. Then Lord Vishnu destroy the body of Goddess Sathidevi (Parvathi devi). Lord Vishnu broke the body with his Vishnu Chakra and the body of Goddess Sathisdevi fell into 18 different parts of India and Nepal. These 18 places were called as "ASHTADASA SAKTHIPEETHALU". In Draksharama Goddess Manikyamba is one of the 18 Sakthipeethas i.e. one part of the Goddess fell in this temple location.

This list of Ashtadasa Shakti peethas is collected from a Shloka written by Adi Shankaracharya.

Lankayam shankaridevi , kamakshi kanchikapure /
Pradyumne shrinkhaladevi , chamunda kraunchapattane //

Alampure jogulamba , shrishaile bhramarambika /
Kolhapure mahalakshmi , mahurye ekavirika //

Ujjayinyam mahakali , pithikayam puruhutika /
Odhyane girijadevi , manikya dakshavatike //

Harikshetre kamarupi , prayage madhaveshvari /
Jvalayam vaishnavidevi , gaya mangalyagaurika //

Varanashyam vishalakshi , kashmire tu sarasvati /
Ashtadasha shaktipithani , yoginamapi durlabham //

Sayankale pathennityam , sarvashatrivinashanam /
Sarvarogaharam divyam , sarvasampatkaram shubham //

Pancharamalu(Pancha=Five
Aaramalu=Living places)
These are one of the important Shiva peethas in South India.
These are situated in Andhra Pradesh.
The five places include:
1. Ksheeraraama at Palakollu.
2. Amararaama at Amaravathi.
3. Draksharaama at Draksharamam
4. Kumararaama at Samalkot.
5. Somaraama at Gunupudi Bhimavaram.
These five temples occupy a special place in Indian Temples of Lord Shiva.
The spiritual significance of these places is said based on different facts mentioned in varous puranas like Siva purana and Skanda purana.
One of the important facts aboutthese places lies in their common origin. All the Shiva lingas in these five places have taken their origin from A single Linga that was worshipped and worn by Tarakasura who was a great shiva bhakta.

There will be one special blog on these Pancharamas Temples by Dr.Satyamoorty garu.

http://pancharamalu.blogspot.in/

Sri Raghavendra Swamy of Mantralayam

This is the pocket card of Sri Raghavendra Swamy vari Brindavanam of Mantralayam temple. Mantralayam situated in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh which is the border of Karnataka state.

In Mantralayam there will be Pujya Samadhi of famous Guru Sri Raghavendra Swamy. His mantra for chanting as follows:

"Pujyaya Raghavendraya Satyadharma Ratayacha
Bhajatham Kalpavrukshaya Namathaam Kamadhenave".

Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy of Dwaraka Tirumala

This is the pocket card of photo of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy of Dwaraka Tirumala.

This Dwaraka Tirumala also popularly known as Chinna Tirupathi situated in West Godavari District (because Pedda Tirupati or Tirumala is the most famous and Holy Shrine for Hindus situated in Chittor district of Andhra Pradesh state where Lord Venkateswara Swamy Resides on top of the 7 Hills of Holy Mountains of Tirumala).