by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Jan 12, 2015 | Spritual stories
Lord Nilakantha (shrikantha) Shlokam: With protection and boon giving posture of hands, with axe and deer, wearing moon, snakes, yellow robe, Three eyed, Auspicious, Dark-blue throated, that Divine riding the bull, Remover of the poison, Colorful (peacock) feather...
by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Jan 12, 2015 | Spritual stories
Dakshinamurthy Dhyaana Slokam The leg pressing over a demon, on the top of which the Embodiment of merits is sitting with one leg folded, the one who teaches difficult words (vedas) with ease, the sages enjoying (the teachings, sitting) on ground, with the...
by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Jan 12, 2015 | Spritual stories
Shlokam: In the form of male and female, matted hair with moon, axe, smeared in red (aruNa), wearing snakes and the skin of tiger, embracing the bull and with a bent leg, this the right half, and the left black in color, hand holding a (lily) flower close to the...
by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Jan 12, 2015 | Saivism
Shiva lingam is the holy symbol of Lord shiva that is considered quite sacred and worshipped with devotion by the devotees. The sanskrit word li.ngammeans symbol, so shiva lingam means symbol of shiva. It is considered the foremost sacred symbol for shaivaites and has...
by Srimadhan Varadarajan | Jan 12, 2015 | Books, scriptures and book reviews, Spritual stories
Shlokam: Divine, Out of the symbol (li~Ngam) that arose out of the quarrel of prime-ness (between braHma and viShNu), Matted hair crested, Keeping the hand on the hip, with the other hands holding deer and protection sign, in the right holding axe, having the braHma...
