I came back on Wednesday early morning from my amazing visit to India. I am completely tired, and had to work from Wednesday itself. I will be writing about my visit to Mantralaya as well, which was amazing and a miracle by itself. You might know that Mantralaya was flooded last week.
Anyway, my two little [...]
Archive for the ‘Dasara’ Category
9 Oct
2009 Dasara Festival at my Sister’s Place
20 Sep
Navaratri-Dussera in Brief
Compiled by B.R. Ramaprasad and sent to me by my Aunt Lalitha Rao.
• Navaratri and Dussera are festivals celebrated over a period of ten days. The
first nine days constitute the Navaratri festival. Navaratri means nine nights (Nava= nine, ratri = night).The term “Dussera” which is the last and tenth day is derived from the word [...]
25 Aug
Sri Srinivasa kalyana by Sri Vadiraja Thirtaru
Ms. Shubha Sudheendra has provided the lyrics for Sri Srinivasa kalyana composed by Sri Vadiraja Thirtaru. This song is sung during Dasara. The attached PDF is in Kannada. Thanks Ms. Shubha.
Srinivasa Kalyana
10 Dec
Mahishasura Mardini Stotra in Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit and English
Veda Sri has taken the time to translate and share the Mahishasura Mardini Stotra in Telugu. She sent me the baraha script, I have translated and converted to a pdf file. Thank so much Veda Sri.
You can download the lyrics in different languages here:
Telugu
Kannada
Sanskrit
English
8 Oct
Sweet Dosa in Minutes
I had mentioned last year about Sweet Dosa. I prepared the same yesterday for Saraswathi Pooja. So, here comes the recipe with minor changes and also pictures.
In a bowl mix 1 cup wheat flour, 1/2 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup maida. Add two cups of brown sugar, 4-5 tbsp coconut, and cardamom, and also cinnamon [...]
5 Oct
Shri Ashta Lakshmi Stotra
This is yet another Goddess Lakshmi stotra that is recited by many during Dasara. The tune is just like Mahishasura Mardini Stotra. Ashta Lakshmi, are a group of eight Hindu goddesses, who preside over eight sources of wealth and thus represent the powers of Lakshmi. Thus, the ‘Ashta Lakshmi’ are considered secondary manifestations of [...]
23 Sep
Mahishasura Mardini Stotra – Lyrics
This song was composed by the great sage Adi Shankaracharya some time around 810 AD. This song is sung in praise of Goddess Chamundeshwari and describes the way She destroyed many demons.
ayi giri nandini, nandita medini, visva vinodini, nandinute ||
giri vara vindhya shirodhini vasini vishnuvilaasini jisnunute ||
bhagavati he shitikaNthakutumbini bhoorikutumbini bhoorikrute ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini [...]
19 Sep
Sri Saraswathi Slokas
Saraswathi Stora
1. Saraswathi Namasthubyam Varade Kaamarupine
Vidhyarambham Karishyami Sidhir bhavathu mesada
2. Yaa kundendu tushaarahaara dhavalaa
yaa shubhra vastraavritaa
yaa veenaa varadanda manditakaraa
yaa shwetha padmaasanaa
yaa brahmaachyuta shankara prabritibihi
devaih sadaa pujitaa
saa maam pattu saraswathi bhagavatee
nihshesha jaadyaapahaa
Atha MahaSaraswathi Dhyanam
Shrirasthu || Ahsthabahum shubravarnam srushtikaryadhuramdharam
shooladhyayoodhasamyuktham brahmachaitanyaroopinim
shuklamalyambaradharam sarvadevanamaskrutham
mahasaraswathim devim bhaktyatam pranamamyaham ||2||
After I finished typing the above slokas in Baraha, I also [...]
17 Sep
Dasara/Navarathri-September 19th to 28th 2009
Dasara is celebrated all over India as a religious as well as a social festival. Nava means nine and rathri means night and so Navarathri means nine nights. Some call it as Navarathri, some as Vijaya Dashami, and some as Dussehra. Doesn’t matter what you call, does it? Even though all the 10 days and [...]
11 Sep
Srinivasa Bhajane
My mom had written this song and given it to me long back, and asked me to recite this during Dasara. So, here comes the lyrics for this song in Kannada and also a translation in English which you can directly use in Baraha and convert to any other language you need.
You can click on [...]
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