Glimpses from Indian spirituality, mythology and way of life.

We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam. I have given a brief introduction about this in one of my earlier presentations. I am presenting Sri Ramodantam in fourteen epi

This is one of the beautiful hymns composed by Adi Sankara on Goddess Parvati. He says, ‘Oh, Mother Bhavani, you are my refuge, you alone are my protector. ‘I am tied in the bondage of worldly existence. It is an endless ocean of misery and I struggle with sorrow and fear. Neither the father nor the mother nor son, daughter, knowledge, profession nor anything in this world can

This hymn on Lord Krishna was composed by Saint Nimbaarkaacharya. He is believed to have lived around the 11th and 12th centuries and is the exponent of the Dvaitadvaita school of philosophy. According to him the Jiva and the world are both separate from, and also identical with, Brahman. Adi Sankara was the exponent of the Kevala Advaita philosophy, Ramanuja of the Visishtadvait

We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam. I have given a brief introduction about this in one of my earlier presentations. I am presenting Sri Ramodantam in fourteen epi

The Bhagavat Gita is one of the main religious literature in the Hindu way of life. It contains about 700 verses divided into 18 cantos. It is the essence of the philosophy contained in the Upanishads and is a part of the Mahabharata which describes the story of the Pandavas and the Kouravas. The development of the various incidents in the life of the Pandavas and the Kouravas ulti

We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam. I have given a brief introduction about this in one of my earlier presentations. I am presenting Sri Ramodantam in fourteen epi

There are a number of stories and parables in the Puranas about Lord Ganesha. The Ganesha Purana and the Mudgala Purana are the core scriptures regarding Ganesha. They consider Ganesha as the Supreme Being, the one Almighty God. The Mudgala Purana indicates eight incarnations of Ganesha like the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu. These incarnations are Vakratunda, Ekadanta, Mahodara,

We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam. I have given a brief introduction about this in one of my earlier presentations. I am presenting Sri Ramodantam in fourteen epi

This hymn is one in praise of Lord Krishna. The author of this hymn is not known. It consists of eight verses each verse ending with the phrase ‘Krishnam vande Jagatgurum’ meaning ‘I prostrate Krishna, the Lord of the Universe’. At the end there is a phalasruti which says that all the sins of those who get up early in the morning and recite this hymn would be completely de

We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam. I have given a brief introduction about this in one of my earlier presentations. I propose to present Sri Ramodantam in fourtee