Swamiji(Swami Vivekananda) lived the ideal of fearlessness even as a small child. When he was barely 8 years old.He used to visit a friend of his,whose family had a Champaka tree in their compound. The Champaka flowers are said to be liked by Shiva and were incidentally a favorite of Swamiji’s too. This was Swamiji […]

Sivaramakrishnan who later came to be known as Sadasiva Brahmendra, was born in the family of “Moksham Somasundarar” at Tiruvisanallur. Exact details about his date of birth etc are lacking; as he was contemporary of Sri Bodhendra Swamigal and Sri Ayyaval, his time is presumed to be between mid 17th century and mid 18th century. […]

Alvars(˜those who are immersed in the love of Godâ) SriVaisnavism, the religion and Vishistadvaita, its philosophy, are of hoary antiquity. If the philosophy is traced to the Upanishads, the religion is traced to Narayana Himself. However, this religion is rooted to Bhagavatam, Narayaniya section of Mahabharata, Visnu Purana and Pancharatra. The Alvars are important, even […]

Trailinga Swami was a great Hindu yogi famed for his spiritual powers who stayed most of his life in Varanasi(Kashi). He lived for a longer period of around 280 years.He is regarded as an incarnation of god Shiva, and Ramakrishna, a contemporary Bengali saint referred to him as the “The walking Shiva of Varanasi”. In […]

We wish all our readers a very happy Kanakadasa jayanthi Kanaka Nayaka being of the warrior community, his defeat in the field of battle, directed him to the path of devotion. He came to be called Kanaka Nayaka by the people as they found a treasure-trove of gold. Kanaka Dasa was well educated and capable […]

Basaveshwara) or Basavanna (1134–1196 A.D) was a philosopher and a social reformer. He fought against practice of caste system and rituals in Hinduism. He is also called as “Vishwa-guru”. His teachings and preachings go beyond all boundaries and are universal and eternal. He was a great humanitarian. Basava advocated a new way of life wherein the divine […]

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu [pronounced Chaitanya] (February 27,1486 to 1534 A.D.) was born in Navadvipa, Bengal, on a full moon night during a lunar eclipse. It is typical for people to bathe in the Ganges during an eclipse and chant the Lord’s holy names for spiritual purification. So, everyone in the area was chanting the holy […]

In 1896 a sixteen-year-old schoolboy walked out on his family and, driven by an inner compulsion, slowly made his way to Arunachala, a holy mountain and pilgrimage centre in South India. On his arrival he threw away all his money and possessions and abandoned himself to a newly-discovered awareness that his real nature was formless, […]