FURTHER NOTES ON SRI RAGHAVENDRA TIRTHA AND CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI

Further notes on Sri Raghavendra Tirtha and Chhatrapati Shivaji INTRODUCTION: In my previous note on the historical meeting between Sri Raghavendra Tirtha and Chhatrapati Shivaji at Kolhapur, I have given a brief description of the said event. In that write-up, I have written that this meeting was organised by one Naropant Hanumante, a Madhva Brahmin…

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vysaraya with krishnaraya hazar rama temple

SRI VYASATIRTHA’S ASSOCIATION WITH TIRUMALA TEMPLE – A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

SRI VYASATIRTHA’S ASSOCIATION WITH TIRUMALA TEMPLE – A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE Sometime ago, on Facebook, one of my friends wrote a post expressing skepticism over the fact that Shri Vyasarajaru did puja at the Tirumalai kshetra. He pointed out anachronism when the period of Vyasarajaru is compared with that of the ruler who is believed to…

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karma vipaka samhita

KARMA VIPAKA SAMHITA

KARMA VIPAKA SAMHITA FROM BRAHMA PURANA INTRODUCTION: Parama Shiva’s teaching to Parvati Devi about the Karma and its effects on human beings is known as Karma Vipaka Samhita. This Samhita shows the way to achieve ‘withering of Karma Shesha’ and thereby to become nissESha. Maha Shivaratri is the most auspicious day to revisit this sacred treatise. …

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