Saturday, May 31, 2008
SHRI YANTRA
Shree Yantra is one of the most auspicious, important and powerful Yantras, which not only gives the maximum benefit, but also proves beneficial for almost everybody. It is the source of attaining all worldly desires & fulfilling all wishes through inner cosmic power & mental strength. "Sree Yantra" - Sree meaning wealth and Yantra - Meaning "Instrument" - The Instrument for Wealth The Sree Yantra brings about material and wealth Shree Yantra blesses the worshiper with peace, happiness, popularity, power, authority, wealth, prosperity & success. This ancient Yantra has been used since centuries by Kings, political leaders & men in authority for attaining fame, power & financial success, and is of utmost importance to men in 'Kalyuga', since it can help them achieve all they desire in life.
Having this Yantra is undeniably the easiest and best way of bidding adieu to one's forever. And its use can be as diverse as the means for acquiring wealth that manifest once it is obtained.It can never be that an incense stick be lit and no fragrance emanate. Similarly a human under the benevolent effect of Shree Yantra is ever showered upon by wealth, money and comforts. Any person can in fact gain wealth, fame, respect, power, prosperity, vehicles and all luxuries by simply placing a Shree Yantra at home and worshipping it.
For best results, we will recommend two Shree Yantras, one for home and one for work place.
We provide Yantras that are Energized (Pran Pratishta) by learned Purohits, by reciting the mantra of the particular Devi or Deva along with the Homa done. We provide with the Yantra the complete mantras and methodology for worshipping the Yantra.
- Shri Yantra for Success
- Shri Yantra for Wealth
- Shri Yantra for Well Being
- Shri Yantra for Good Luck
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
लोर्ड गणेश LORDGANESH
Lord Ganesha is known as Aumkara, because his body mirrors the shape of the Aum; the elephant god is thus seen as the embodiment of the cosmos. His elephantine head symbolizes the intelligence and beatitude of the elephant, powerful, yet gentle. His vehicle is a mouse (mooshikam), and this symbolizes the intellect, small enough to find out any secret in the most remote of places. It also signifies his humility, that he espouses the company of one of the smaller creatures.
He is the lord of wisdom, intelligence, education, prudence, luck and fortune, gates, doors, doorways, household and writing. He is the remover of obstacles, and as such it is normal to invoke him before the undertaking of any task with such incantations as Aum Shri Ganeshaya Namah (hail the name of Ganesha),
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basaratemple
SRI GNANA SARASWATHI DEVI
LEGEND
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Basara Temple is situated 200 Kms from Hyderabad, AP. Sri Gnana Saraswathi temple at Basara on the banks of river Godavari is the only temple in South India dedicated to the Goddess of learning.
The legend has it that after the Mahabharata war, sage Veda Vyasa embarked on a pilgrimage in search of peace. He reached the serene Kumaranchala hills on the banks of river Godavari and meditated and propitiated the Goddess who eventually appeared before him and granted her presence in the form of the divine trinity.
The Goddess ordered the sage to place three handful of sand at three places everyday. Miraculously these sand dunes transformed into the idols of the divine trinity i.e., Saraswathi, Lakshmi, & Kali.
These are the presiding deities of Basar today. Despite the presence of the trinity,the temple is dedicated to Goddess Saraswathi.
Children are brought here for the ceremony of Akshara puja to start their education with the blessings of the Goddess of Knowledge.The Vedavathi Sila, the Ashtateertha are other places of interest around Basar. Thousands of devotees bath in the river Godavari & seek the blessings of the Goddess during the Mahashivarathri, Dassera navratris and Vasantha panchami.
HOW TO REACH BASARA
Basara is well connected with Road and Rail routes.
By Air : Nearest airport is Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. From Hyderabad one can choose to travel by Bus, Train or by hiring a private taxi.
By Train : Basara has a Rail railway station between Secunderbad Junction - Mudkhed Junction (via Kamareddy, Nizamabad.)
By Road : Number of Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Buses ( APSRTC) are available from Hyderabad Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station ( Imliban Bus station) and from Jubilee Bus Station (JBS Secunderabad)
List of trains and their schedule to Basar.
Note: Information provided may be out dated and need update. Kindly visit the Indian railways web site for the latest.
Kindly visit South central railway website for detailed schedule
TRAIN NO | TRAIN NAME |
7058 | DEVAGIRI EXP |
PARBHANI - NIZAMABAD PASS | |
NIZAMABAD - NANDED PASS | |
NANDED-NIZAMABAD | |
NIZAMABAD-NANDED PASS | |
NIZAMABAD - MUDKHED PASS | |
NIZAMABAD - NANDED PASS | |
NANDED - NIZAMABAD PASS |
Station |
Telephone Numbers |
Centralised enquiry about arrival and departure of trains at Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Kacheguda and Begumpet. | 131 |
Centralised reservation enquiry about Accommodation availability and Confirmation for all classes at Secunderabad | 135 |
IVRS for train enquiry at Secunderabad | 1331 (English) |
Vijayawada | 131 577775 |
Guntakal | 131 |
(Note: Kindly reconfirm the train numbers and the destinations with the proper railway authorities. Web site is not responsible for an misinformation)
BUS Transport
Number of APSRTC buses, as frequent as every half-hour, are available from Imliban Bus station (MGBS), Hyderabad and Jubilee bustation, Secunderabad, Nizamabad and Bhainsa.
Contact APSRTC for a detailed Schedule.
APSRTC Enquiry phone numbers:
040 - 23434268 General Enquiry
040 - 23434280 General Enquiry
040 - 24618685 General Enquiry
040 - 23434264 General Enquiry
040 - 24613955 and 040 - 23434269 - Reservation Enquiry.
From Maharashtra busses run from Nanded, Bhokar, Hadi Gaon and Mudhkhed.
(Note: Kindly reconfirm the phone numbers with the proper APSRTC authorities. Web site is not responsible for an misinformation)
Monday, May 5, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam, Vemulawada
Sri Raja Rajeshwara Kshetram (holy place) is one of the most sacred spots in the southern part of the India. There are many evidences of inscriptions on stone to provide information of historical, political, religious, cultural and greatness of this holy place. The greatness of this sacred place came with the very existence of Sri Raja Rajeshwara swamy Suyambulingam, which is ancient than the Vemulawada village.
Once upon a time god Indra went to many holy places after he killed Vrithasura and still could not purify his life. Then he took the advice from the guru of gods, Bruhaspathi to visit Sri Raja Rajeshwara kshetram. There he took the holy dip in dharma-gundam and took the blessings of lord Sri Raja Rajeshwara and ruled a golden age of the history. By this ancient story, history gives us the evidence of existence of lord Sri Raja Rajeshwara in Krita yuga.
Another historical story about how the dharma-gundam was built. Once upon a time a king named Sri Raja Raja Narendra came to this place while hunting wild animals. But accidentally he killed a Brahmin boy with an arrow while the boy was drinking water from a pond. Then with the curse of Brahma hatya he got an incurable disease and went on pilgrimage to many holy places and returned back to this place. One day he drank the holy water from the dharma gundam and slept the night praying the lord Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy. In his dreams lord shiva asked him, that to take lord’s existence, the lingam from the dharma-gundam and put in a temple.
When the king woke up in the morning he found that his incurable disease got cured. Then he built steps to the dharma gundam and cleaned lord Sri Raja Rajeshwara swamy lingam and built a temple on the hill to keep the lingam inside the temple. But while he was sleeping in the night holy sidhas came and established the gods idol inside the temple. When king was worried about missing the chance to establish the shiva linga, god came in to this dreams and promised that kings name will be associated with the place forever.
It is been said in many mythologies that Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy lingam existed in Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dwapara Yuga. And this holy place was visited and praised by many holy persons in Indian ancient history and got never ending importance in holy pilgrimage. Even though the main deity is Lord Shiva at this place, Sri Kodanda Rama Swamy Aalayam, Sri Ananta Padma Nabha Swamy Aalayam are also have the importance from long time for many pilgrims. Because of that reason this place is also called as “ Hari Hara Khestram”.
Daily sevas (Nitya Kainkarya) timings
| Time | Seva Name |
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| Morning | |
| 4:00 AM - 4:15 AM | Mangala Vaidyamulu |
| 4:15 AM - 4:45 AM | Suprabhata Seva |
| 4:45 AM - 5:00 AM | Aalaya Shuddi |
| 5:00 AM - 6:00 AM | Pratah Kaala Pooja |
| 6:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Dharma Darshanam and Abhishekamulu |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Anna Pooja, Special Darshanamu and Nitya Kalyanamulu |
| Afternoon | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Madyahnika Pooja and Maha Nivedana |
| 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Dharma Darshanam |
| Evening | |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Pradosha Pooja |
| Night | |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Dharma Darshanam and Aakula Pooja |
| 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Nishi Pooja |
| 10:00 PM - 10:15 PM | Pavalimpu Seva |
| 10:30 PM | Temple will be closed until next day. |
| *details as of dated 2005,January. |
Note: On Mondays, Shani Pradoshamu (Shani Trayodashi) and Maasa Shivaraatri auspicious days devotees can offer Abhishekam's from morining 11:00AM to afternoon 2:30PM and Annapooja from afternoon 3:00PM to 4:30PM.
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Aarjita Sevas
| S.No. | Seva Name | Cost per Ticket (Rs.) | Details |
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| 1 | Rudrabhishekam(In nagiredday mantapam) | 100.00 | only for couples |
| 2 | Rudrabhishekam(In kalyanamantapam) | 300.00 | only for couples |
| 3 | Rudrabhishekam(In maha mantapam) | 516.00 | only for couples |
| 4 | Laksha Bilvarchana | 500.00 | |
| 5 | Maha Lingarchana | 750.00 | |
| 6 | Kalyanotsavam | 750.00 | |
| 7 | Anna Pooja | 100.00 | only for couples |
| 8 | Aakula Pooja | 100.00 | only for couples |
| 9 | Kumkuma Pooja | 50.00 | |
| 10 | Shivarchana | 50.00 | |
| 11 | Pallaki Seva | 100.00 | |
| 12 | Pedda Seva | 250.00 | |
| 13 | Sri Satyanarayana Vratamu | 250.00 | |
| 14 | Maha Pooja | 100.00 | |
| 15 | Odi Biyyam | 10.00 | |
| 16 | Pratyeka (Special) Darshanam | 15.00 | |
| 17 | Tula Bharam | 10.00 | |
| 18 | Kesha Khandanam(tala neelalu) | 5.00 | |
| 19 | Laddu Bhogam | 250.00 | |
| 20 | Sira Bhogam | 200.00 | |
| 21 | Dadhojanam | 750.00 | |
| 22 | Pulihora Bhogam | 100.00 | |
| 23 | Lorry,Bus,Tempo,Jeep Pooja | 150.00 | |
| 24 | MotorCycle,Vespa Pooja | 50.00 | |
| 25 | Ganda Deepam | 2.00 | |
| 26 | Kodenu Kattuta | 40.00 | |
| 27 | Special Kodenu Kattuta | 150.00 | Special darshanam for two |
| 28 | Tenkaya Rusumu | 1.00 | |
| 29 | Haarati | 5.00 | Special darshanam for two |
| 30 | Vaishnava Alayamulandu Haarati | 3.00 |
Note: On Mondays, Shani Pradoshamu (Shani Trayodashi) and Maasa Shivaraatri auspicious days devotees can offer Abhishekam's from morining 11:00AM to afternoon 2:30PM and Annapooja from afternoon 3:00PM to 4:30PM. Devotees are hereby informed to purchase tickets for Bhogamulu, Kalyanotsavamu and Satyanarayana Vratamu until morning 10:00AM and before evening 4:00PM for Pallaki Sevas, Pedda Sevas and Aakula Poojas.
Main Temple
First of all pilgrims take holy dip in dharma gundam. Then enter the temple from main entrance and visit Bala Rajeshwara and Koti Lingas. Then they proceed further visiting Lord Uma Maheshwara, Lord Someshwara, Goddess Bala Tripura Sundari Devi, Lord Shanmukha, Lord Dakshina Murthy, Lord Chandikeshwara and other deities. 
Proceed further to visit Nandishwara in the north side of Sri Raja Rajeshwara Temple and enter the main temple from north side. Here pilgrims will find Sri Laxmi Ganapathi statue in north-east part of the temple.Facing south-side is the importance of the Ganapathy statue.
After visiting and offering prayers and abhishekam to Lord Sri Raja Rajeshwara pilgrims proceed further to visit Sri Parvathi Devi. Parvathi Devi statue is located in south side of the temple. The other name of this goddess is “Varaahi”.
After completing prayers at Sri Parvathi Devi, pilgrims visit Sri Parvathi Raja Rajeshwara Swamy and Laxmi Sameta Padmanaba swamy’s festiv idols in the glass house located in the south side of the main temple.
Then devotees visit Sri Ananta padmanabha swamy and Sri Ramachandra swamy temple and take their blessings and come out of it and go around the temple and complete the visit to temple.
Affliated Temples
- Sri Bheemeshwara aalayam
- Sri Baddi Pochamma aalayam
- Sri Nagareshwara aalayam
- Sri Venugopalaswamy aalayam
- Sri Kedareshwara aalayam
- Sri Hanuman devalayam (uppu gadda)
- Sri Mandapa Hanuman Devalayam
- Sri Mahalaxmi Devalayam
Offering Kode (calf) to Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy
There is an unique and famous tradition at this devasthanam, which one cannot find in any other temples in India , called "Adde Kodelanu Kattuta (offering rented calfs to swamy)". The legend for this tradition is very interesting. When Dharma devata did tapassu (to do penance) at southern ocean banks for Lord Shiva. After some time he gave darshan. At that time Dharma devata asked a divine gift, "Vahanamto Bhavishyaami Sadaham Parvathi Pate" (always keep me as your transportation mode). Then Lord Shiva gave her the divine gift by saying "Vaahanam Bhavamedarsha Sarvada Loka Poojitha" (you will always be my transportation mode and also prayed by my devotees). So as per the legend, offering calf (kode) to Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy is praying Dharma devata in first place and keeping the legend alive.
Sri Ganapathi Devalayam
HISTORY
From time immemorial, Temples in India have been pioneering Centres, spreading spiritual messages and propagating the unique cultural and civilizational values of ancient India. Among such ancient and holy temples, Devaiay&mui Secunderabaii deserves a special mention in terms of
its architectural grandedur and spiritual sanctity. Historians opine that resplendent icon of Lord Ganapathi was found out in 1824 by the Madras Regiment Sepoys, white they were digging a well of portable water there. With great devotion, the Sepoys consecrated the idol and installed it in an architecturally marvellous temple, built according to Aagama Sastra. This temple is situated just beneath Secunderabad Railway Station and about 2 KM from R. T.C. Bus-stand.
This temple is now acclaimed as one of the gigantic temples in the Twin Cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, enthralling the devotees with its rare spiritual ambience. It is also said that the Icons of Sri Navagraha Valli Deva Sena Sametha Sri Subrahmanya Swamy and Sri Anjaneya Swamy were consecrated and installed in the vicinity of Sri Ganapathi Devalayam in 1932. Again, in the year I960, the temple underwent extension so as to accommodate the evergrowing influx of devotees for the Lord's darshan. The Ganapathi Devalayam was taken over by the Department of Endowments, Andhra Pradesh in 1968. The architectural splendour and spiritual sanctify of the temple is not only kept in- tact, but also a number of such constructional activities - as housing Sri Uma Maheswari Alayam in the vicinity of the temple and building the Maha Mantapam and the Vimana and Raja gopurams (pinnacles of the temple over the sanctuary) have been taken up, thereby making the temple a *Centre of Spiritual and Religious pursuits'.
The icon of Lord Vinayaka is consecrated daily in the morning with Paftchamruthabhkhekam by renowned Archakas and rendered pujas in adherence to the Vedic injunctions. Every year, on the occasion of* Vinayaka ChaturthV, the idol of Lord Ganapathi is worshipped in conformity with the Mahanyasa and Vedic traditions. Till the day of immersion of the sacred idol of Lord Ganapathi, a Nine-Night long celebration of the festival (Nava Rathri) is held during which, traditional dance performances, recital of Harikatha, Purana Pravachanam and music concerts by the well-known artistes are conducted with great gaiety and piety.
The celebrations etui on the last day Le.f Anautka Chaturdasi and come to a dose the next day when 'Poornahoothi' and poor feeding are conducted. Traditional celebrations awe also conducted on the occasions of Hanuman Jayanthi, Siva Ratri, Dasara and Subrahmanya Swamy Farther, the temple fe known for Us meticulous performance of Vratams such as Kedar Vratham during Aswayuja ; VaraLakshmi Vratam during the month of Sravana; mass Sotyanaroyana Swamy Vratham during the month ofKaarmika and a host of other pious Vratams every year. The construction of Maha Mandapam, Satakaram, the carving of Sri Smodasa Ganapami and the Mahadwara reflecting the architectural style and Mil of the Kakateeyas, fascinate mnHons of devotees and pilgrims reminding them of the pristine purity of Andhra culture and civilization.
The presiding Deity of this Temple — Lord Ganapathi is known for his boundless benevolence in fulfilling the wishes of the devotees who throng this temple day in and day out through-out the year. During me last two decades, the temple's popularity has steadily increased along with the income because of lot of developmental activities taken up. The main source of income to this Temple is through votive offerings and hundial collections. The annual assessable income of mis temple is Rs,63,81,900/- and the establishment charges » 27 %. Tim temple h manned by the Executive Officer in the cadre of Deputy Commissioner of Endowments Department There are religious staff numbering (22) and secular staff numbering (31) with supporting duty wages staff numbering (10)worting in me Temple.
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