Jahnu Saptami – April 22, 2018
Ganga-saptami or Jahnu-saptami appears in the month of Vaishakha (Vaishnava month of Madhusudana – April/May) on the 7th day of Shukla-paksha, or the waxing...
Acharyas (Episode 77): Andhra Purna’s intense devotion to Ramanujacharya
Lord Varadaraja’s temple priests told Ramanujacharya that Kuresha had requested the Lord to bless Nalluran with devotion and to mend his ways. Ramanujacharya became...
Acharyas (Episode 76): The King hands over the administration of Sri-Rangam temple to Ramanuja
Being blinded by the Chola king and separated from his spiritual master, who was very dear to him, Kuresha endured a lot of hardships....
Acharyas (Episode 75): Ramanujacharya returns to Sri Rangam
The devotees went to the temple, offered their obeisance to Ramanujacharya’s deity and said, “adiyen dasan”, which means I, your humble servant, am at...
Acharyas (Episode 74): Ramanuja asks his disciples to sculpt a Deity of him
King Vishnuvardhana’s mother lost her eyesight due to old age and the king was worried about ; Vishnuvardhana met Ramanujacharya and told him about...
Sri Gadadhara Pandita – Appearance Day – April 16, 2018
Sri Gadadhara Pandita appeared on a new moon day in the month of Vaishakha. His father's name was Sri Madhva Mishra and his mother's...
Acharyas (Episode 73): Background of Vairamudi day at Melkote
Once, Lord Vishnu was deeply engrossed in Yoga-Nidra, a type of contemplation on cosmic developments, and a demon king called Virochana stole the Lord’s...
Acharyas (Episode 72): The origin of the Deity at Sri Rangam
After Bibinachchiyar disappeared from this planet, Ramanujacharya appointed some very advanced devotees to serve Lord Sampath Kumara as the deity was very dear to...
Acharyas (Episode 71): Muslim prince advised by the Lord to go to Puri Kshetra
Despite being a Muslim by birth, Bibinachchiyar became an adorable deity of the Hindus in general and the Vaishnavas in particular due to her...
Acharyas (Episode 70): Ramanuja allows the Muslim princess to worship the deity at Melkote
Lord Thirunarayana once again appeared in Ramanuja’s dream and asked him to search for the utsava deity in the princess’s room as the princess...
Acharyas (Episode 69): Ramanuja goes to Delhi to get the Deity from the Muslim King
In those days the people from other religions and some scheduled castes and scheduled tribe communities were treated as untouchables and were supposed to...
Acharyas (Episode 68): Ramanuja consecrates the Deity in Yadavadri
The Tirumani, a mound of white clay, that is used to apply Urdhva Pundra on twelve parts of the body by the Vaishnavas, got...