๐ฉThe famous Krishna Matha (monastery) in Udupi was established by the Dwaita philosopher Shri Madhvacharya in the 13th Century. Shri Krishna in this temple, is also known as Anna Brahma and He faces towards the West instead of the usual norm of facing towards the East.
๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ. The spiritual meaning of the Kodagolu or the butter churner is that the ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ.
๐ฉ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐:
Shri Madhavacharya saw a boat braving against the storm near the Malpe beach when he was praying at the sea shore. He immediately threw one end of his shawl towards the people on board, & drew the ship to safety.
๐ฉThe captain of the ship offered everything on board to Shri Madhavacharya as a token of gratitude,but he denied everything. Surprisingly, Madhvacharya chose to take a lump covered with Gopichandana which was being used as a ballast.
๐ฉIt turned out to be Vigraha of Shri Krishna. He installed the divine and beautiful Vigraha in the Udupi Matha.
๐ฉ Baji Rout was one of the youngest freedom fighters of India from Odisha. Baji Rout lost his father during infancy; started working as a boat-boy from a young age to run the family. He ferried people on the Brahmani river.
๐ฉ On the night of Oct 10, 1938, the British police, who carried out brutal murders of innocent freedom fighters in a nearby village, asked him to ferry them to the other side of the Brahmani River. Baji Rout flatly refused.
๐ฉ 'This boat can't be hired to the enemy of the people' said Baji Rout. British police asked him again to obey their orders. Baji Rout refused again. They manhandled him and threatened him with death. Yet he remained adamant.
๐ฉGayatri Janmotsav is a very significant festival in India. Since Vedas are central to Hinduism, and Gayatri Janmotsav celebrates the birth of Goddess Gayatri, the mother Vedas, so Gayatri Jayanti has come to acquire a lot of importance.
๐ฉGoddess Gayatri is worshipped as Veda Mata or the mother of Vedas, Dev Mata and Vishwa Mata. IIt is believed that the Goddess appeared in the form of knowledge on Shukla Paksha Ekadashi in the month of Jyeshtha. This day is also known as Nirjala Ekadashi.
๐ฉThe knowledge which She represented was shared by Sage Vishwamitra to the world, leading to the elimination of ignorance. According to Atharvaveda, Maa Gayatri has the power of age, life, fame, and wealth. She is also known as Panchmukhi in Sanatana Dharma.
๐ฉ In Vishnu Purana the Maruts are said to be the sons of Rishi Kashyap and Diti. Diti having lost her children, propitiated her husband, who promised her a boon.She asked that she should have a son of irresistible prowess & valour, who should destroy Indra.
๐ฉ The Muni promised to grant this request on one condition. โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐," he said,โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐,
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.โ Diti accepted the boon with this condition.
๐ฉRajmata Ahilyadevi Holkar was a Holkar Queen of the Malwa Kingdom. She was a brave warrior and an excellent archer, who led the army many times to protect her kingdom.
๐ฉShe respected art, music, literature, sculpture, poetry and her court was always open for artists.
๐ฉHer capital was known for its distinct craftsmen, sculptors and artists who were paid handsomely for their work and kept in high regards by the queen. She also moved on to establishing a textile industry in the city. She developed Indore into a big and flourished city.
๐ฉWhile the Pandavas were in exile,the wind brought a beautiful Saugandhika flower & dropped it near Draupadi.She was delighted with its sweet fragrance & divine beauty.She asked Bhima to bring her more such flowers.
๐ฉBhima went in search of the flower.As he was walking through the forest,he saw an old monkey sleeping in his path.He made sound to scare it away.But he didn't move. Bhima ordered the monkey to give him the way.
๐ฉThe monkey said, "๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ & ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐."
Bhima tried very hard to move its tail but failed.
๐ฑShani Jayanti is an extremely auspicious Hindu festival, which commemorates the birth anniversary of Shani Dev, son of Surya Dev. It falls on Amavasya of the Vaisakha month.
๐ฑShani is associated with the planet Saturn and exerts an enormous influence on the life of all individuals.
Astrologers recommend the worship of Shani Dev to nullify the malefic effects of the planet in ones horoscope.