The destroyer of all evil and undoubtedly the most beloved God in the Hindu Mythology is Lord Ganesha. While famous temples with an astounding history behind them are scattered all across the country, there are eight Ganesha temples in Maharashtra known as ‘Ashtavinayak’, which hold a special place in the hearts of devotees. The Ashtavinayak…
Month: August 2020
Invoking Lord Ganesha – by Swami Tejomayananda
Here is a beautiful song invoking Lord Ganesha… Gaie Ganapati jagavandana Sankara suvana bhavani nandana Gaie Ganapati jagavandana… (Praise be to Ganapati, the son of Shankara and Parvati, worshipped by the whole world) Siddisadana gajavadana vinayaka Kripasindhu sundara saba layaka Gaie Ganapati jagavandana (Praise be to Ganapati with the elephant face, the abode of success,…
Thoughts on Patriotism
What is Patriotism? Pujya Swami Chinmayanandaji defines love in three ways. There is first the lower kind of love which is called sneha, and then a higher kind of love which is called prema. The lower kind of love is based on demanding and wanting while prema, the higher kind of love is based on giving. It is…
Krishna Gets a Heart
Here is a beautiful story narrated by a long-time devotee of Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda, Mrs. Anjali Singh. She had the good fortune of not only travelling with Him but also took some of the most enchanhting photographes of Gurudev. This story of her, Krishna, His heart and Gurudev. It not only shows her devotion…