Margasira Lakshmi Puja Vidhanam: Procedure of Margasira Guruvara Laxmi Vratham

Margasira Lakshmi Puja is one of the major vows observed in North Coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh. Though the puja procedure or puja vidhanam is same as other Lakshmi vratham like Deepavali Lakshmi puja and Varalakshmi puja, the naivedyam that is offered to the Goddess is different. Margasira Lakshmi vratam 2012-2013 dates are: December 20, December 27, January 3, January 10 and January 17 in 2013.

 On Thursdays in Margasira month, devotees prepare to perform Laxmi puja either in temples or at homes. Houses are cleaned and kept neat during the festival days and the image or small idol of Goddess Lakshmi is placed at puja place. Some people also place a Kalasham instead of image or idol of Lakshmi.

Lord Vinayaka or Ganesh is worshipped first. Devotees perform Prathama puja to Ganapati to get rid of obstacles or vignas. After Ganapati puja, Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped with shodashopachara puja and ashtottaram and offered special Naivedya on each day during the month. The Margasira Lakshmi vratha katha or the story of Margashira Laxmi puja is recited after puja.

Margarshirsha Maas - Importance

Margashirsha maas or Margashira masam is the ninth month as per traditional Hindu calendar. It is believed as one of the auspicious months for Hindus. In Puranas, Margashirsh maas is mentioned as ‘Maasonam Margashirshoham which means there is no auspicious month as Margashiram.

Margashirsh month is also mentioned in the Bhagwad Gita by Lord Sri Krishna. The below slokam tells about the significance and spiritual importance of margasheersha maas.

Bruhatsama thatha samnam
Gayatri Chandasamaham
Masanam Margashoham
Ruthunam Kusumakarna

It means – Lord Krishna says “I, myself, stay in Bruhathsama in the Samaveda, Gayatri in Chandassu or literature, Margashirsha or Margashira in months and Vasant rithu in rithus or seasons”.

It is said that performing ritual bath in the Ganga river during Margashirsh month gives the result of ten million grahan snan. Vishnu Puja during the month is highly auspicious. Lakshmi puja is observed on Margashirsh lakshmivar or Guruvar during margashira masam. Vishnu Sahasranama parayana and visiting Vishnu temples in the month is most preferred deeds.

Gita Jayanti 2010 – Bhagavad Gita Jayanthi 2010 date

21 Dec. 2012 - Myths & Truth .........

First of all let me thank god giving me life to write this post & these words.
Today, Dec 21st, 2012 passing quietly & calmly.  There were stories about World will end on this date based on ancient Maya Culture Calender.

Maya culture was pretended to exist before 5ooo years & were expertise among astrological science. Myths & rumors said their calender has 21st Dec. 2012 as a last date of world. However, today news bulletins focused was not so & their calender exists till 4772 yr ; where we are just in 2012. NASA statement supports the view.

Proud to say , Mohan Date, Panchang Creater of Date Panchanga gave a statement on Zee 24 taas news channel saying NASA & Indian astrology are ultimately based on science & mathematics. Even Indian Astrology says there are 4 crore years of kaliyug where we are just in 5ooo year of the same. There is much more time to go for our dear mother earth. Brahma dev who is responsible for LIFE on earth has 50yrs of life which are not earth years. These 50 yrs of life are equivalent to many crore years of we human beings.

Conclusively, 2012 was little terrifying , more disastrous year begint with Japan-Tsunami on the very first day of the year. This year was a bad patch / slag for many of us across the word. We came across many financial & corruption problems in this year. We lost many gems of Bollywood.
Let me wish you all a very happy, healthy & wealthy year ahead. * Rather years, I must say !! :)

विवाह लवकर जमावा म्हणून उपाय : कट्यायनी देवीचे व्रत आणि इतर

A. अनुरूप, मनासारखा वर मिळावा म्हणून मुलीने करावयाचे उपाय :

  1. Om hareeng kumaraye namah sawaha  हा जप १ लाख २५ हजार वेळा करणे.
  2.

“Hey gauri shankaradhan yatha twam shankarpriya

Tatha man kuru kalyani kantkantan sudurlabham”

 रोज ५ माळा जप सलग २१ दिवस करणे .
  3.

“Om katyayani mahabhage mahayoginy adhishvarim

Nand gop sutam devi patiam me kurute namah”

एकांत आणि शांत जागी मुलीने पश्चिमेस  तोंड करून ५ माळा  रोज जपाव्यात. सकाळी सकाळी करावे. सलग ४१ दिवसांनी शुक्ल पक्षातील सोमवारी किवा शुक्रवारी ९ माता पार्वतीची पूजा करून ; लहान मुलींना आणि ३ लहान मुलांना भोजन आणि मुलींना ओढणी / रुमाल व मुलांना काहीतरी कापड दान करावे. ब्राह्मणास  यथेच्य दान करावे.

4. कट्यायनी देवीचे व्रत : ( १६ डिसेम्बर-१४ जानेवारी २०१२ )

कट्यायनी व्रत हे देवी रुक्मिणीने श्रीकृष्णाला पती म्हणून प्राप्त करण्यासाठी केले होते , असा पुराणात उल्लेख आहे.
संदर्भ: भागवत पुराण , देवी महात्म्य, तैत्रेय्य अरण्यका, कृष्ण याजुर्वेदाचा काही भाग आणि स्कंद पुराणात हे व्रत अत्यंत पवित्र आणि फलदायी सांगितले आहे.

Navratri - Balika Puja (नवरात्र आणि कुमारिका पूजनाचे महत्व )

Durga Puja 2012 date is 16 October. Durga Puja during Navratri is associated with the incarnation of goddess Durga and worshipping of Kanya (little girls). It is a religious and social aspect of Navratra. Worship of the girls has been given great importance in our scriptures. No difference of caste has been taken into account in their worship and it has been advised by scriptures to worship and treat every girl in same manner. Devotees should worship all girls in Navratri considering them to be Goddess herself, because all the girls are personification of wisdom and knowledge of entire universe.
Our scriptures say that the place where all girls are worshipped is considered to be the most sanctified. In the second half of one of Hindu scriptures “Rudryamla Tantra”, the girls have been categorized into different age groups for worship and described as different forms of Goddesses. For example, a one year old girl is called “Sandhya”, two years old is called “Saraswati” and three years old is called “Tridhamurthy”. Similarly, four years old girl is called “Kalika” and five is “Subhga”. At the age of six, she becomes “Uma”. When reached seven, she is called “Malini” and “Kubja” in her eighth years. She is “Kaalsandharbha” in nine, “Aparajita” in ten and “Rudrani” in eleven years of age. A girl in twelfth year is “Bharavi” and “Mahalaxmi” in thirteenth. In her fourteen, fifteen and sixteenth year, she is known as “Peethnayika”, “Chetraja” and “Ambika” respectively.

Durga Puja 2011 : How to Worship Girls

Offering prayers during this Sharad Navratri makes goddess Durga happy. But as per descriptions of mythology, merely fasting, chanting shloka and mantra, performing sacrifices etc cannot make her happy. So, there is a special significance of worshipping the little girls. According to Hindu mythology, offering special gifts to girls is considered auspicious during these nine days.
      On the first day, it is propitious to give them flowers. Moreover, one make-up item is a must to be given along with flowers. Offer white flower to Ma Saraswati in order to please her. If you have any worldly desire in your heart, offer red flowers (e.g. rose, china-rose or gurhal, jasmine, and marigold etc.)
       On the second day, worship by giving them fruits. This fruit can be red or yellow for materialistic desire and banana or coconut for achieving detachment. Remember fruits must not be sour.

Navratri special - Durga Puja Mantras

Kindly consult astrologer / your Guruji before doing any worship your own. Prenounciation has to be perfect ; unless these chants may give you adverse effects as well. Different forms of primeval mother Durga is worshiped by these following mantras: 1. Shailputri Mantra वन्दे वाञ्छितलाभाय चन्द्रार्धकृतशेखराम्‌ । वृषारुढां शूलधरां शैलपुत्रीं यशस्विनीम्‌ ॥ 2. Brahmacharini Mantra दधाना करपद्माभ्यामक्षमालाकमण्डलू । देवी प्रसीदतु मयि ब्रह्मचारिण्यनुत्तमा ॥

Swastika - Hindu Holly Symbol and Yeh ! Of nazi's .. Of Adolf Hitler !

The Oldest Known Symbol

The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE. During the following thousand years, the image of the swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including in China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. By the Middle Ages, the swastika was a well known, if not commonly used, symbol but was called by many different names:

• China - wan
• England - fylfot
• Germany - Hakenkreuz
• Greece - tetraskelion and gammadion
• India - swastika

Though it is not known for exactly how long, Native Americans also have long used the symbol of the swastika.

The Original Meaning

The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.
Even in the early twentieth century, the swastika was still a symbol with positive connotations. For instance, the swastika was a common decoration that often adorned cigarette cases, postcards, coins, and buildings. During World War I, the swastika could even be found on the shoulder patches of the American 45th Division and on the Finnish air force until after World War II.
                                                                   

MARRIAGE - AN ASTROLOGICAL STUDY

MARRIAGE - AN ASTROLOGICAL STUDY

MARRIAGE is an institution with varied association. In Hinduism and in the Catholic religion at least, marriage is taken to be an indissoluble and sacred institution. To these faiths, marriages are literally made in heaven. In some countries marriage is a contract and it is therefore capable of being dissolved. Even where the law of divorce is found on the statute book, some countries like the United Kingdom do not allow a divorce as far as the royal family is concerned. When we turn to astrology, we only know that marriages are largely governed by planetary dispositions. We do not think that astrology would sanction divorce or oppose it, since astrology is neither a legislature nor a judge. Astrology only enables us to make a marriage happy or otherwise.

Since the zodiac begins with Aries (Mesha). the natural seventh is Libra (Tula). The main indicators of marriage are Libra and its lord, as far as men are concerned. The seventh from Libra being Aries, the chief indicators of marriage for a woman are Aries and Mars. In a woman's chart, the Moon too must be taken into consideration since the menstrual period is regulated by Moon and Mars; and in a man's nativity Sun too must be examined carefully.

PLANETARY COMBINATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND HIGH JUDICIAL OFFICERS

PLANETARY COMBINATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND HIGH JUDICIAL OFFICERS

Often there is a question as to how people having different horoscope enter the same profession. The simple answer to this could be that their horoscopes must bear some similar factors.

To locate such factors, an investigation into the nativities of those coming under the same profession would be necessary on the following lines :

1.  The nature and related characteristics of a particular profession should first be ascertianed and analysed. 2.  Likewise, the indications of the Zodiacal houses should also be balanced in the features of the profession (e.g., 6th house in a horoscope is the house of government service as explained hereinafter.)

गणपतीची आरती ( सुखकर्ता - दुखःहरता ) - Ganesha Aarti