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Meghnad in Ramayana – Story of Meghnad in Epic Ramayana

In the epic Ramayana, Meghnad was the son of demon King Ravana and Mandodari . Meghnad means ‘one whose speech was like the thunder.’ He was the greatest warrior in the army of Lanka and he was noted for his formidability. Meghnad had defeated Indra, the king of Devas, and had thus got the name Indrajit. To free Indra, Brahma appeared before Meghnad and gave him the boon that he will not be defeated in any battle if he performs a yajna to his kuldevi Nikumbala. So before venturing into a battle, Meghanad performed the yajna and a chariot would appear and he used to go to battle in this chariot and remained invincible. Thus Meghnad was able to defeat Sri Ram and Lakshman. He was able to capture both the brothers using the divine weapon Nagapasha. But Garuda appeared on the scene and rescued the brothers. Lakshman was mortally wounded by Meghanad. He had used his magical powers and disappeared into the sky and use the arrow ‘Shakti’ against Lakshman. Hanuman bought th

Story of Rama Nama On Stones Used To Build The Bridge To Lanka In The Ramayana

Ram Sethu is the bridge built by the Vanara Sena (Monkey Army) for Sri Ram to crossover to Lanka to rescue Sita from Ravana. The stones used to build the bridge floats on water. The stones also had Rama Nama written over them. The story how Rama Nama came to be written on the stone is associated with Hanuman. The building of the bridge occurs in the ninth chapter of the Yuddha Kanda of the Ramayana. According to the instructions from Nala and Nila, the monkeys in the army hurried to collect the materials needed for the bridge. As promised by the God of the Seas, the stones did not sink. The stones were floating like logs. But the stones did not fall in line to form a bridge instead they dispersed in the waters. Nala tried hard to keep the stones together to form a bridge but all his attempts failed. The Vanara Sena found it impossible to join the stones together. Then Hanuman proposed to write ‘Ra’ one stone and ‘ma’ on another stone. As Rama Nama is the greatest

Story of Origin of Saptamatrikas – Seven Divine Mother Goddesses in Hinduism

Story of origin of Saptamatrikas, the seven divine mother goddesses in Hinduism, is found in the Mahabharata, Varaha Purana and Kurma Purana. The popular story is that the Saptamatrikas appeared to defeat the thousands of Anadhakas that were born from the blood of demon Andhaka . Andhaka was actually the third son of Shiva. Lord Shiva injured demon Andhaka when he tried to take away Goddess Parvati. Andhaka had received a boon that a single drop of blood spilled from his body will create thousands of Andhakas. So when Shiva injured Andhaka thousands of Andhakas appeared from the blood split. To defeat the Andhakas, Shiva created Yogeshwari and the other gods created Saptamatrikas. They then fought and defeated the Andhakas. The Saptamatrikas are Brahmani , Vaishnavi, Maheshwari, Kaumari, Varahi, Indrani and Chamundi.

Story Of The Name Mallikarjuna – Why is Shiva known as Mallikarjuna Swamy?

Mallikarjuna Swamy, or Mallanna, is name used to refer to the Shivling worshipped at the Srisailam Jyotirlinga Temple in India . The temple is also known as Srisailam Shiva Temple . The origin of the term ‘Mallikarjuna’ is associated with a flower and a tree. It is believed that the original Shivling worshipped in temple was found by a girl under an Arjuna tree. The Shivling was worshipped with jasmine flowers plucked from a creeper on the Arjuna Tree. Jasmine flowers flower is known as Malle Poolu or Malle Poo in local language. The name of the flower and the tree was combined to give the name to the Shivling – Mallikarjuna.

The Journey Begins From I And Ends In WE

This, then, is the final state of our journey: to recognize everything belongs to That, and not to our little ego. The disillusion of possessiveness and pride will disappear, and we will discover that this search for pleasure, fame and recognition, and all the struggles born of it are just a case of ‘searching for the right thing at the wrong place.’ The search has been right but the method to obtain it was wrong. We search for the infinite in the finite, for the unlimited in the limited and for the eternal peace and joy in the momentary objects and person. After all trials and tribulations we discover that infinite can be found only in the infinite. Having reached that stage, one arrives at the end of the journey which begins from ‘I’ and ends in ‘we’. The seeming I indeed becomes seeming and the journey reaches its culmination in ‘we’. Such a person is spontaneously selfless, strong and compassionate – and what else makes one spiritual? Source – Excerpt