Guru Bhakthi – Spiritual Story
One of the famous stories of Guru and Disciple from our Indian Myth is that of Aruni and Sage Dhoumya Once upon a time, there was a Aashram ( residential school) …
Mahavishnu getting manmata as the son
Shlokam: Like the rising sun (bright), with four hands, necklace and bracelet, in sacred robes, hair wound as crown, with three shining eyes, pArvatito the left, Fragrant, with kumAra in …
Dance of God
Natarajar Shlokam: A face with four shoulders, three eyes, to the left destructive fire (in the hand), moon and leaves on the head, hand stretching downwards, the raised foot pointing …
Holding Ganges on the head
Gangadharar Purana of the deity: ga.ngA dharar : Lord wearing ga.ngA (river to head). bhagIratha was the renowned king forefather of rAma of raghu vamsa. His forefathers known as sagaras …
Ripping away the elephant daemon
Shlokam: Standing on the head of the elephant with the right leg, with the hands ripping open the skin (of the elephant) and covering Himself with it, holding dreadful trident …
Giving sudarshana disc to Mahavishnu
Chakrapradar (Giver of Chakra) How did Vishnu get chakra? Dhyana shlokam of chakra prada murthi : In one side vishNu, standing with folded hands, offering at the Feet of the …
Cutting the head of Demon Jalandhara
Shlokam: Smeared in red (blood), moving fierce, with three nice eyes, Protection posture, axe, deer, bow decorating the hands, cutting the head of jala.ndhara who is trying to hold the …
Protecting Markandeya from death
Shlokam: Red in color (sin^dhUram), Three eyed, shoulders like yugas (four shouldered), with hands holding up thesUlam , noose, axe in hands, with frightening teeth, nice face, with the left …
Wedding Parvati
Kalyana Sundarar Shlokam: Red in color (si.ndhUram), Three eyed, shoulders like yugas (four shouldered), wearing necklace and bracelet, Colorful in divine wonderful dress, Shining in the wedding robe, ornated, with …
Blessing arjuna with Pashupatastra
Shlokam: Body black in color, two shoulders holding bows and arrows, hair falling on the forehead, posing comfortably, with two piercing eyes, blossomed nice face, with feathers and fragrant flowers …
Burning the Tripurasuras
Tripurantakar Shlokam: Smeared in red (blood), a full-moon face, with the deer, and the bow to the left (in His hand), in the right hand an arrow and axe, wearing …
Buring the kama (lust) to ashes
Shlokam: The body smeared with ash, moon on the head, ornated by gangA, snakes, axe and deer, Pure, sitting comfortably in vIrAsanam, with the left palm over the right, in …
Establishing devotion in the heart of sages of Darukavana
Bhikshatanar Shlokam: Smeared in white, with good omen in eyes, fingers with grass to the right, with shUla and kapAla in the left lands, nice wear (pAduka) in feet, with …
Lord destroying the rite of daksha – The story of vIrabhadrar
Karalar (virabhadrar) Shlokam: With four shoulders, three eyed, with the matted hair wound as a crown, sword and arrow in His right hand, bow and mace in His left, with …
Lord shiva wearing Crescent to the head
Chandrashekharar Shlokam: With the hands in abhaya (protecting) and varada (boon giving) postures, with a pleasing and decorated expression, a blossomed face and eye, with the shadow created by moon …
Drinking the terrific poison and saving the worlds
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 …
The story of Dakshinamurti
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 …
Ardhanarishvarar
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 …
Lingodhbhavar
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 …