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Gulabrao Maharaj Jayanti at Madhan – Amravati in Maharashtra

Gulabrao Maharaj (1881 – 1915) is a famous Hindu saint, writer and poet. Gulabrao Maharaj Jayanti is the birth anniversary of the saint and is observed on the Guru Purnima day. Gulabrao Maharaj Jayanti 2024 date is July 21. Gulabrao Maharaj wrote about 133 books on various subjects, 130 commentaries and about 25,000 stanza in poetry – all this after losing his eyesight at the age of nine. The blind sage is popularly known as Pragya Chakshu Madhur Advaita Acharya Gulabrao Maharaj. The name Pragya Chakshu because of his intellectual eyesight. A saint in the Vedanta school of teaching, he was not bound by any rules – he openly declared that the path of self realization is not through rules but through practice. And a person has to do the practice and should not depend on borrowed knowledge. The 12th century Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj was a great influence on Gulabrao Maharaj. In fact he is believed to have had darshan of Sant Dnyaneshwar. As per Maharashtra Government webs

Sant Mama Dandekar Punyatithi

Sant Mama Dandekar Punyatithi is the death anniversary of Sant Mama Dandekar. It is observed in the Marathi month Ashada. Sant Mama Dandekar Punyatithi 2024 date is July 20. It is observed on the 14 th day of the waxing phase of moon in Ashada month as per traditional Hindu lunar calendar followed in Maharashtra . Sant Mama Dandekar was a great saint in the Bhakti tradition that flourished in western parts of India especially in Maharashtra and North Karnataka . His death anniversary as per Marathi tithi is the Ashada Shukla Paksha Chaturdashi Tithi. On the same day Sai Baba Utsav begins in Shirdi.

Story Of Sri Krishna And Rukmini

The story of Sri Krishna and Rukmini is found in the Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavad Purana. Sage Narada once revealed that Rukmini was an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi and she was destined to get married to Sri Krishna in the Treta Yuga. Rukmini was the daughter of King Bhishmaka of Vidarbha. The king had five sons and a daughter. Rukmini was the youngest and was noted for her beauty and piety. Rukmi, the eldest of the brothers, had married granddaughter of Jarasandha - king of Magadha and enemy of Sri Krishna Jarasandha, Rukmi and Shishupala (prince of Chedi) had made an alliance to fight Sri Krishna. When Jarasandha asked Rukmi to get her sister married to Shishupala, he readily agreed without consulting Rukmini. He then arranged a namesake Swayamvara in which Sri Krishna was not invited. Rukmini had grown up nursing the dream of getting married to Sri Krishna. She had heard the wonderful stories of Sri Krishna from her father and Sage Narada. However, when Ruk

Book – The Vedas: An Introduction to Hinduism’s Sacred Texts by Roshen Dalal

Book titled “The Vedas: An Introduction to Hinduism’s Sacred Texts provides an exhaustive analysis of Hinduism’s holiest texts. The book is authored by Roshen Dalal – She has composed a couple books on Hinduism the famous being ‘Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide.’ Arshia Sattar writes in the Indian Express  Apart from separating the Vedas from each other and reminding us that the Rig Veda does merit a different kind of attention, Dalal provides detailed analyses of the content, attitude and spirit of these sacred books, all four of which are considered the foundational texts of what we today call Hinduism.   Although the volume under review is called an “Introduction,” it is far more encyclopedic — it contains a veritable dictionary of Vedic deities, an entirely useful list of tribes and clans, a catalogue of sacrifices and rituals, a description of archaeological sites and what we can glean from them, speculation on how such sites might be related to each other and what they mi