Anu Satheesh 🇮🇳🚩 Profile picture
Oct 11, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Ashta Sakhis of Radha Rani

8 Sakhis who are very dear to Radha Rani are called Ashta Sakhis. Love and Care showed by these Sakhis towards Radha and Krishna are unmatched. Ashta Sakhis are Lalita, Visakha, Chitralekha, Champakalata, Tungavidya, Indulekha, Rangadevi and Sudevi.
Lalitha Sakhi
Most famous as Radharani's constant companion. Her mother is Saradi devi and father Visoka. Her husband is Bhairava who is a close friend of Shri Krishna.

Vishakha Sakhi
Second important of all gopis. Her attributes, activities are all like those of Lalita Sakhi.

Champakalata Sakhi

Campakalata is expert at collecting fruits, flowers from the forest.

Chitralekha Sakhi

Chitralekha is expert in music created from water filled mud pots.

Tungavidya Sakhi

Very short tempered, Tungavidya Sakhi is well versed in music.



Indulekha Sakhi

Indulekha is well versed in Naga Sastra and Saumudraka Sastra

Rangadevi

Very beautiful and younger to Radha who always tell jokes and make her smile infront of Sri Krishna.

Sudevi
Rangadevi's sister Sudevi is expert dealing with parrots.

Radhe Radhe
🙏



• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Anu Satheesh 🇮🇳🚩

Anu Satheesh 🇮🇳🚩 Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @AnuSatheesh5

Apr 25
Srinivasa who resides at Saptha Giri
(7 Hills)

Tirupati Venkateshwara Swamy resides at Saptha Giri ( 7 hills) which are Seshadri, Neeladri, Garudadri, Anjanadri, Vrushabadri, Narayanadri & Venkatadri
The Seven peaks of Tirupati represents 7 hoods of Adhisesha

Vrushabadri : Hill is the home of Nandi, Paramashiva's Vahana. Once there lived an Asura Vrushabhasura, who fought with Shiva who was defeated & he requested Paramashiva to name the hill after him which is Vrushabadri
Anjanadri : Anjana Devi did tapasya here & Hanuman was born after vayu deva gave her divine fruit.

Neeladri : Whoever donates hair here are blessed by Neela Devi as a wish received from Mahavishnu for offering her own hair. Giving our hair is the symbol of leaving our ego.
Read 5 tweets
Apr 4
Papamochani Ekadasi Tomorrow

As the name refers Papamochani removes all sin which is committed. Significance of this Ekadasi is mentioned in Bhavishya Purana. Image
There lived a Sage named Medhavi, an ardent Shiva Bhakt who spend life meditating Shiva. Indra Deva who felt disappointed send apsara Manjughosha to stop his meditation. She was successful & Medhavi forgot his poojas & rituals.
Later Manjughosha requested Medhavi her wish to return, Sage remembered his meditation was lost due to her. Out of anger, he cursed Manjughosha to transform into an ugly & dreadful women. Medhavi went to Sage Chyavana, his father guided to observe Papamochani Ekadasi Vratham
Read 4 tweets
Mar 18
Pancha Bhoota Sthalas of Shiva

Temples of Shiva which represents 5 Elements (Earth, Water, Air, Space, Fire) are called Pancha Bhoota Sthalas. 4 temples are situated in TN & 1 in AP Image
1. Ekambareswarar Temple is located in Kanchipuram of Tamil Nadu. Temple represents Earth (Prithvi). Paramashiva is worshipped here as Ekambareshwar. The Shivlinga here is known as Prithvi Lingam. Ma Parvathi made this Lingam using sand.
2. Thiruvanaikal /Jambukeshwar temple represents Water. Paramshiva is worshipped as Jambukeshwar and Devi Parvati as Akhilandeshwari. Shivalingam has an underground water stream which flows continuously.
Read 6 tweets
Mar 14
16 divine names of Mahavishnu

Vishnu Shodasha Stotram reveals 16 different names of Mahavishnu which we should chant daily. Which are

1.औषधे चिंतये विष्णुं
While taking medicine think of Vishnu, Dhanwantari
2.भोजने च जनार्धनमं
While taking food think of Janardhana

3. शयने पद्मनाभं च
Think of Padmanabha while in bed

4.विवाहे च प्रजापतिम्
Remember Prajapathi at time of  marriage

5. युद्धे चक्रधरम् देवं
During fight think of Chakra daari
6. प्रवासे च त्रिविक्रम्
While on travel Trivikrama

7.नारायणं तनु त्यागे
Narayana during death bed

8.श्रीधरं प्रिय संगमे
When with beloved think Sridhara

9. दुःस्वप्ने स्मर गोविन्दम्
Govinda to avoid bad dreams

10. संकटे मधुसूधनम्
When in trouble think of Madhu Sudan
Read 5 tweets
Mar 7
Mahashivratri Tomorrow

Mahashivratri is celebrated on Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi in the month of Magha. Shivratri vratam is one of the most important ritual performed for pleasing Mahadev. "Ratri" here denotes darkness in one's Mind, thus one can overcome darkness from life. Image
Shivaratri pooja is observed in four times in night. It is mentioned in Shiv Mahapuran that Shivratri vrat is very favourite for Shiva. It is believed that on Maha Shivaratri, Mahadev married Maa Parvati, also Shiva perfoms heavenly dance Shiv Tandav. Another story says about
Mahadev drinking Halahala poison. Shiva drinks Poison and held in his throat. The poison stuck in throat & thus name Neelakanda. It is said that Parvati Devi stayed awake all night praying that the poison should not affect him staying awake whole night.
Read 4 tweets
Mar 4
Why is Shiva worshipped in Linga roopa

Shiva, one among Trinity is known as Auspicious one. Mahadev is worshipped in Linga Form, which in Sanskrit means symbol or sign. Image
According to Linga Puran, the lingam is a symbolic representation of the Brahman. Devi Saraswati herself clarifies in Linga Pura about Shiva Linga.

अथांतरिक्षे विपुला साक्षाद्देवी सरस्वती
अलं मुनीनां प्रश्नोऽयमिति वाचा बभूव ह
सर्वं लिंगमयं लोकं सर्वं लिंगे प्रतिष्ठितम्
तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य स्थापयेत्पूजयेच्च तत्

Meaning is
Whole world & everything is immersed on linga. So, without any question by anyone, Linga should be worshipped.
Read 5 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(