His Holiness Srimad Andavan Srivaraha Maha Desikan inaugurated a large Kalyana Mandapam (a marriage hall) belonging to the Thuvar Kothandaramaswami temple in Pudukottai District by unveiling a plaque at a ceremony held on 12 February 2020. Srimad Andavan had been visiting Thuvar to preside over the samprokshanam ceremonies at the temple, which had been held […]
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Originally published by Desika Vidya Except a few pagan religions, all theological texts in the world speak about a kind and benevolent supreme Being who responds to human appeals and helps out people in distress. The Vedas are no exception. In fact, the Upanishads, supported by the Epics and Puranas, tell us that the supreme
Published in the Hindu, May 03, 2019 Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu unveiled commemorative postage stamps on the 750th birth anniversary of ‘Vedanta Desikan’ a religious philosopher, at the Sardar Patel Conference hall at the Vice-President’s secretariat on Thursday. Mr. Naidu praised the postal department for the initiative saying the release of the stamp was “to
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His Holiness Srimad Andavan Srivaraha Mahadesikan embarked on his Bharata Vijaya Yatra 2020, a tour of India that will last around six months. After completing a month-long stay in Chennai, where His Holiness delivered a series of thirty anugraha-bhashanams (divine sermons) on the verses of the Thiruppavai during the month of Margazhi, he has now
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Whenever we refer to the supreme Lord Śrīman Nārāyana, we add the prefix ‘Śrī Bhūmi Nīlā Sameta’, showing that He is always with His three Consorts viz Śrīdevī, Bhūdevī and Nīlādevi. The Purusasūkta – Uttara-anuvāka contains the words ‘Hrīśca te Laksmīśca patnyau’ indicating that both Hrih (another name for Bhūdevī) and Laksmī are His Consorts.
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