Tag Archives: Lord Shiva

Anantha Chaturdashi signifies the end of Ganeshotsav. It is the day for performing the Pooja of Lord. Ananta Padmanabha, which gives us infinite piety and happiness. This festival also signifies the birthday of my father-in-law. His name was Anantha Padmanabha Rao. He expired on the Triyodashi before Anantha Chaturdashi and ...

Hinduism boasts of several vratas. One of the significant ones is the Pradosha vrata, which absolves all sins, Karmic or otherwise. A Journalist Reveals decided to explore this vrata, during Mahashivaratri 2020.Mahashivaratri 2020The triyodashi and chaturdashi, before Mahashivaratri, are very significant. The terrible poison, Aalakala visha appeared on Shani Pradosha ...

Today is Raksha Bandhan. Previously, on this day, people tied raksha sutra to each other for their well-being. When Lord Indra was defeated by the demons and returned to His abode, Indrani tied a raksha sutra on His hand as He decided to return to the battlefield. Post this, He ...

From the day after the bygone poornima, for some people in North India, Shravan month has begun. In the South and some other places in the North, Shravan begins from the day after the coming new moon day. For the former, from today the Shravan Somwar begins. The moon is ...

On November 24, 2017, Skanda Shashti was celebrated. Every Shashti is important for begetting children and their welfare. Ladies fast without salt. Skanda Shashti is more important because a divine force conquered evil on this day. When Sati consigned herself to Yogaagni in Daksha’s Yagya, demons became powerful and began ...

When Lord Shiva incarnated as Lord Sharabheshwarar, Goddess Pratyankara appeared from one of His wings. Shoolini Durga appeared from the other wing. Shoolini Durga wards off all kinds of dangers. If any difficulties are predicted in our horoscope and this Devi is worshipped, the difficulties are warded off. Even otherwise, ...

On Shani Amavasya, Kala Bhairava and Batuk Bhairava poojas bestow benefits. The appearance of Bhairava is told in the following story: There was a demon named Andhaka. He got a boon from Lord Shiva for his penance that he cannot be vanquished by any Deva including Brahma and Vishnu. Lord ...

Coming to Lord Sharabheshwarar pooja; since it is none other than Lord Shiva, placing a Shiva Lingam at the worship area is important. We also have to place a photograph of Lord Sharabheshwarar because the idol is rarely available. Next, we need to place something that represents Shani Dev. We ...

When Veerabhadra went back to Lord Shiva, he fell at the Lord’s feet and lamented that he could not complete His bidding. Immediately, Lord Shiva transformed Himself into a ferocious animal with the brilliance of 1000 crore suns. The body was of a Yazhi with 2 big wings of a ...

Lord Sharabheshwarar is a more powerful avatar of Lord Shiva. When Maha Vishnu took the man-lion appearance as Lord Narasimha, even after completing His goal, His fury did not die. Looking at His anger, the entire cosmos shook. All the Gods (Devas) requested Him to control His anger. But, His ...