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Sri Krishna is the God of Gods whose enchanting bravados & tantrums stole everyone’s hearts. He was the heart-throb of the Gopikas, the One who narrated the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna, the envoy of the Pandavas, the One who served Kuchela and the Master of the world. Lord Krishna’s divine Avatar began on the eighth day of Krishna Paksha in Shravana month. For those who follow the Saura Panchangam (Meaning: Solar calendar), Janmashtami is celebrated on Rohini Nakshatra of Krishna Paksha Shravana month. The midnight of Ashtami, when the Nakshatra was Rohini, was the divine moment when the Remover of all sins incarnated on this earth, as per Madhwacharya. In Kali Yuga, performing puja for Krishna is the ultimate solution for all spiritual and materialistic desires. Hence, the puja observance of Janmashtami night is very holy. After a bath in the morning, the Pujas are to be observed in similar fashion as Yekadashi. In the evening, on moonrise, naivedya preparations made out of butter lik

Arruppadai Veedu is something that is sacred and very close to the hearts of devotees and followers of Murugan (Lord Subrahmanya). Know more about Arruppadaiveedu Yatra presented by Pureprayer. Arruppadaiveedu are the places where Murugan conducted campaign against a demon king “Surapadman” and defeated him. This is popular as Surasamhara. In honor of Murugan’s victory, temples of Murugan have been built in these six places.The six sacred places are Palani, Swamimalai, Thiruttani, Thiruchendur and Palamudircholai and Thirupparamkundram.

Let’s continue our Yatra (SpiRitual Journeys) with Swamimalai Murugan Temple and learn about this Kshetra.

About Swamimalai Murugan Temple:

Swamimalai Murugan Temple also known as ‘Thiruveragam’ on the banks of a tributary to Kaveri River, dedicated to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeyan) is located about 8 km from the Temple-Town of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu state. The temple is situated on an artificially created hillock about sixty feet

Shravanmaas (Tamil: Purattasi) is a festival season for devotees of Lord Vishnu. It is said that, Lord Vishnu will shower his grace and benevolence to devotees offering obeisance during Shravanmaas. It is a customary practice among devotees to take up SpiRitual Journeys to various Teertha Kshetras and temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

Pureprayer is presenting some of the interesting Vishnu temples as travel destinations for Shravanmaas. Please visit our website www.pureprayer.com or call us on 9108630444, WA No: 9900821000 to learn more about Darshan-Puja packages to several holy and sacred destinations and many other religious services.

Where is Ulagalandha Perumal Temple?

Ulagalandha Perumal or Sri Trivikraman Perumal Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu is located about an hour’s drive from Villupuram (48 km) and about 82 km from Puducherry and about 200 km from the capital city Chennai in Tamil Nadu.

What is the importance of Ulagalandha Perumal Temple?

Pureprayer takes you on SpiRitual Journeys to famous Lakshmi temples of India on the festive occasion of Shravan Shukravar. In this instalment you will be visiting Ashta Lakshmi Temple in a major metropolitan of South India.

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Temples of South India is not just popular for temples built in the period of Pallavas, Cholas or Vijayanagar Empire. A dream conceived by the pontiff Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswati Swamigal of Kanchi Mutt in modern times, was brought to reality with the efforts of a scholar, Sri Mukkur Srinivasa Varadachariar in company of many other like-minded devotees.

This week of Shravana Shukravaar, let’s embark on a journey to Arulmigu Ashta Lakshmi temple in Besant Nagar of Chennai Metropolitan. Construction of this unique temple which has eight forms of Lakshmi began in 1974. Consecrated was completed in 1976.

Where is Ashta Lakshmi temple in Chennai?

Shravanmaas (Tamil: Purattasi) is a festival season for devotees of Lord Vishnu. It is said that, Lord Vishnu will shower his grace and benevolence to devotees offering obeisance during Shravanmaas. It is a customary practice among devotees to take up SpiRitual Journeys to various Teertha Kshetras and temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

Pureprayer is presenting some of the interesting Vishnu temples as travel destinations for Shravanmaas.

Where is Thiruvellarai Pundarikakshan Temple?

Thiruvellarai Pundarikakshan Perumal temple is located about 27 km from Thiruchirappalli and about 100 km from Temple-Town of Kumbhakonam in Tamil Nadu. This is one of the 108 Divyadesam temples. Vellarai means white rock. This region is also popular as Vuyyakondanr Malai as the saint was born in the region. Goddess Lakshmi here is popular as Pankajavalli. Lord Srinivasa is fondly called Pundarikakshan Perumal meaning the big one with eyes like lotus.

What is the legend behind

Arruppadai Veedu is something that is sacred and very close to the hearts of devotees and followers of Murugan (Lord Subrahmanya). You can click here to know more about the Arruppadaiveedu Yatra presented by Pureprayer. Arruppadaiveedu are the places where Murugan conducted campaign against a demon king “Surapadman” and defeated him. This is popular as Surasamhara. In honor of Murugan’s victory, temples of Murugan have been built in these six places. The six sacred places are Palani, Swamimalai, Thiruttani, Thiruchendur and Palamudircholai and Thirupparamkundram.

Let’s continue our Yatra (SpiRitual Journeys) with Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple and learn about this Kshetra.

About Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple:

Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple is located about 10 km from the Temple-Town of Madurai. This is one of the Arruppadai Veedu Kshetras dedicated to Lord Subrahmanya also known as Kart

Pureprayer greets you all for the festive occasion of Shravan Shukravar and Varamahalakshmi Puja-Vrat.

Varamahalakshmi Puja-Vrat is celebrated on the Shukravaras (Fridays) of Shravanamaas. It is considered that the second Friday occurring on 12 August in 2022 in Shukla Paksha (Bright Fortnight) before full moon of Shraavan to be most auspicious.

Pureprayer takes you on SpiRitual Journeys to famous Lakshmi temples of India on the festive occasion of Shravan Shukravar and Varamahalakshmi festival. In this instalment you will be visiting Sundara Maha Lakshmi Temple in Arasar Koil.

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Pureprayer takes you on SpiRitual Journeys to famous Lakshmi temples of India on the festive occasion of Shravan Shukravar. In this instalment you will be visiting Kamala Narayana Temple. Where is Kamala Narayana temple? Kamala Narayana temple is located in Degaon near Belgaum about 465 km from the capital city Bengaluru. This temple is about 50 km from Belgaum known for the winter sessions of Vidhana Sabha. The temple is just five kilometres away from the historic place of Kittur famous for Rani Chennamma, who fought against the British. What is the history of the temple? This is a 12th Century CE temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, built by Kadambas. Goddess Lakshmi has been installed in a separate shrine here. The name Degaon is believed to have been derived from the word Devagrama or Devagana, meaning the group of gods or the place of gods. Kamala Narayana temple was built by the queen Kamala Devi of Kadamba dynasty. She was the queen of the feudatory king Shivachitta Perm

Thirupanar was a peasant belonging to the community that played musical instruments or sang in temples. But he was an ardent devotee of Sri Ranganatha Swamy. He was so devoted to lord, that he would forget this physical world and go into deep trance whenever he started singing or praying. That day, it happened again. He started praying to the lord near the Kaveri River. Soon as he started praying, he got into deep trance again. When Sage Lokasaranga came by, Panar was blissfully unaware. The sage in service of lord had come to draw water for the daily worship at the temple. But, Panar was sitting in the path. Sage tried calling out loudly for the young man to make way, but elicited no response. As it was getting late for serving Sri Ranganatha Swamy, the agitated sage somehow made way and threw a stone to awaken Panar and went about his way to carry out his duties. The stone hit hard and Panar started bleeding in the forehead. Blood started gushing out from the wound, which caused Panar

Shravanmaas is a festival season for devotees of Lord Vishnu. It is said that, Lord Vishnu will shower his grace and benevolence to devotees offering obeisance during Shravanmaas. It is a customary practice among devotees to take up SpiRitual Journeys to various Teertha Kshetras and temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Pureprayer is presenting some of the interesting Vishnu temples as travel destinations for Shravanmaas. Great poet Kalidasa has praised two holy cities of our ancient India. One is Kashi and the other Kanchi. He has said, they were both built by God Almighty himself. The city of Kancheepuram or Kanchi has been praised in the poem that begins with Nagareshu Kanchi…! Kanchi also finds mention as one of the Seven Sacred Places of India. History records that the great emperor Sri Krishna Deva Raya had made two visits to this sacred city. Also, the singer saint of Karnataka, Purandara Dasa sang about Kanchi Varadaraja Swamy as “Kannare Kande Achyutana”. What is the story