GoddessGauri‬ is invited home and worshipped for three days

Gauri Puja begins on the third day after Ganesh Chaturthi.

‪Goddess Gauri‬ is invited home and worshipped for three days.

Married women pray to her for marital bliss and the long life of their husbands. And Unmarried girls worship her in order to get virtuous husbands. Goddess Gauri is considered to be one of the many forms of Shakti, the Mother of the universe, with lots of power, symbolic of fertility and motherhood and of the victory of good over evil.

Kaveri, the river and Lord Ganapati

Sage Agastya prayed to Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva to grant him a wish – would they create an abundant river that would water the lands in the south. The wish was granted. The two great Gods filled the sage’ kamandalu or water pot with a river. Wherever he choose to pour from the kamandalu – a river would gush forth.

The wise sage then travelled to the South. He kept wandering from one place to another looking for an ideal location for the river. On the way he felt the call of nature and asked a little boy to take care of the sacred kamandalu for the time being.  The little boy was Lord Ganesha is disguise. He kept the kamandalu on the ground. A few moments later a crow sat on the pot, and overturned it as it flew away on being shooed by Sage Agastya.

The river is known to us as Kaveri.

Moral:

Lord Ganesha has the welfare of all beings in his heart and he will act to ensure prosperity for his devotees even when they do not seek his assistance. Such is his affection. Such is his leela. 

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Tallest Lord Ganesh Idol

Kolhapur hosts the worlds tallest Lord Ganesh idol (85 feet)

 at Chinmaya Mission near top-Sambhapur.

|| Happy Ganesh Chaturthi ||

May Lord Ganesha remove all obstacles and worries from your life this Ganesh Chaturthi And give you tons of peace, happiness and wealth.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi

Happy Birthday Lord Krishna!

Krishna Janmashtami falls on Saturday, September 5, this year. It marks the birth of Lord Krishna - the most attractive male in the universe. 

In the Hindu tradition God in his virat roop is considered incomprehensible to the five senses. He therefore as an act of mercy enables his worship through murtis that are installed as per the prescriptions of the shastras. He is worshipped through the listening of his leelas and glorification of his names. May we live, breathe, sing, dance and behave in ways that are pleasing to the Lord of the Gopis! 

Welcome into our hearts O Lord Gopijana-Vallabha! 

Mahamantra of Goddess Santoshi Mata

ॐ श्री संतोषी महामाया गजानंदम दायिनी 

शुक्रवार प्रिये देवी नारायणी नमोस्तुते ||

Shirdi Sai Baba in Dwarakamai

Sai Baba came to Shirdi and stayed at Dwarkamai many years in his life till the end. In Dwarkamai he solved many problems of the people. He cured the worries of the people and he cured all the diseases of the people.