Pranam 1 What are the details of the snake temple in Malesia?-- -(People will also see this and comment that English is and usew the term well learnt from nearby country Syphilis-finger. Knowledge of English is common to all. If you act in the forenoon effect will be in the afternoon. ) 2 Q1 Tulasi : The Greatness of Tulasī: Section 4 - Brahma-khaṇḍa (Section on Brahman) <https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365283.html> Padma puranam
sūta uvāca | tulasyāḥ parisare yasya kānanaṃ tiṣṭhati dvija | gṛhasya tīrtharūpatvānnāyāṃti yamakiṃkarāḥ || 2 || tulasyāḥ kānanaṃ vipra sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham | ropayaṃti narāḥ śreṣṭhāste na paśyaṃti bhāskarim || 3 || ropaṇaṃ pālanaṃ sevāṃ darśanaṃ sparśanaṃ tu yaḥ | kuryyāttasya praṇaṣṭaṃ syātsarvapāpaṃ dvijottama || 4 || komalaistulasīpatrairarcayaṃti hariṃ tu ye | kālasya sadanaṃ vipra te na yāṃti mahāśayāḥ || 5 || gaṃgādyāḥ saritaḥ śreṣṭhā viṣṇu brahma maheśvarāḥ | devaistīrthaiḥ puṣkarādyaistiṣṭhaṃti tulasīdale || 6 || yo yuktastulasīpatraiḥ pāpī prāṇānvimuñcati | viṣṇorniketanaṃ yāti satyametanmayoditam || 7 || tulasīmṛttikālipto yuktaḥ pāpaśatairapi | vimuṃcati naraḥ prāṇānsa yāti harimandiram || 8 || yo naro dhārayedvipra tulasīkāṣṭhacaṃdanam | tasyāṅgaṃ na spṛśetpāpaṃ sa yāti paramaṃ padam || 9 || tulasīkāṣṭhamālāṃ tu kaṇṭhasthāṃ vahate tu yaḥ | apyaśaucopyanācāro bhaktyā yāti harergṛham || 10 || dhātrīphalakṛtāmālā tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhavā | dṛśyate yasya dehe tu sa vai bhāgavato naraḥ || 11 || tulasīdalajāṃ mālāṃ kaṇṭhasthāṃ vahate tu yaḥ | viṣṇūcchiṣṭāṃ viśeṣeṇa sa namasyo divaukasām || 12 || yaḥ punastulasīmālāṃ kaṇṭhe kṛtvā janārdanam | pūjayetpuṇyamāpnoti pratipuṣpaṃ gavāyutam || 13 || nivedya keśave mālāṃ tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhavām | vahate yo naro bhaktyā tasya vai nāsti pātakam || 17 || tulasīkāṣṭhamālāṃ tu pretarājasya dūtakāḥ | dṛṣṭvā naśyanti dūreṇa vātoddhūtaṃ yathā dalam || 18 || tulasyā vipine dhātryāśchāyāsu yo narottamaḥ | piṇḍaṃ dadāti pitaro muktiṃ yānti dvijottama || 19 || pāṇau mūrdhni gale caiva karṇayośca mukhe dvija | dhātrīphalaṃ yastu dhatte sa vijñeyo hariḥ svayam || 20 || dhātrīpatraiḥ phalairvipra śrīhariṃ cārcayeddvija | koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ pūjayā naśyati sakṛt || 21 || yajñādevāśca munayastīrthāni kārtike dvija | māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ brahmantulasyāḥ pāpanāśanam | kurvaṃti sevāṃ ye bhaktyā na jāne kiṃ bhavenmune || 42 || Śaunaka said: 1. O you omniscient one, kindly tell me, for the good of all creatures, the greatness of Tulasī <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tulasi#purana> which destroys the sins of those who listen to it. Sūta said: 2-13. The servants of Yama <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yama#purana> do not come to his house in the vicinity of which there is a grove of Tulasī, due to the house having the nature of a holy place, O brāhmaṇa <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/brahmana#purana>. O brāhmaṇa, the Tulasī-grove is auspicious and removes all sins. Those excellent men who plant it do not see the Sun’s son (i.e. Yama). O best brāhmaṇa, all the sin of him who plants it, nourishes it, attends upon it, looks at it and touches it, perishes. O brāhmaṇa, those high-souled ones who worship Viṣṇu <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vishnu#purana> with tender Tulasī-leaves do not go to Yama’s abode. The best rivers like Gaṅgā <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/ganga#purana>, the best (gods) Viṣṇu, Brahmā <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/brahma#purana> and Śiva <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shiva#purana>, along with deities and holy places like Puṣkara <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pushkara#purana>, remain in a Tulasī-leaf. A sinner who, endowed with Tulasī-leaves, casts his life, goes to Viṣṇu’s abode. I have told (you) the truth. The man who, besmeared with the clay of Tulasī (i.e. in which Tulasī is growing), casts his life, goes, though full of hundreds of sins, to Viṣṇu’s abode. O brāhmaṇa, sin does not touch the body of the man’ who would wear the sandal-like Tulasī-wood. He goes to the highest position. He, who, though impure and of bad conduct, wears the rosary of (the beads made of) Tulasī-wood round his neck, goes, due to his devotion, to Viṣṇu’s house. That man on whose body is seen the rosary made of Dhātrī <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dhatri#purana>-fruits or (beads of) Tulasī-wood, is a devotee of Viṣṇu. He again who, putting round his neck the garland (of the leaves) of Tulasī, would worship Viṣṇu, obtains, for each flower, a myriad of cows. 14-19. Those men who, of wicked minds, are sceptics, and who do not wear the (Tulasī)-garland, being burnt by the fire of the wrath of Viṣṇu, do not return from hell. A man should not abandon a garland of Tulasī-(leaves), especially of the fruits of Dhātrī, which destroys great sins and gives religious merit, worldly prosperity and sensual enjoyments. A man lives in Viṣṇu’s house for as many thousands of years as the hair (on his body) the Dhātrī-garland would touch. That man who after having offered the rosary of (the beads of) Tulasī-wood to Viṣṇu, devoutly wears it, has no sin at all. On seeing the rosary made of the beads of Tulasī-wood, the messengers of the king of the dead (i.e. king Yama) run away as a leaf shaken up by the wind. O best brāhmaṇa, the dead ancestors of him who offers them piṇḍas <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pinda#purana> in the shadow of Dhātrī in the Tulasī-grove, are emancipated. 20-25. O brāhmaṇa, he who keeps the Dhātrī-fruit in his hand, on his head, round his neck or in his ears should be known as Viṣṇu himself. O brāhmaṇa, the sin earned during crores of existences of him who would worship Viṣṇu with the leaves and fruits of Dhātrī, at once perishes. O brāhmaṇa, sacrifices, gods, sages and holy places always remain by resorting to the Dhātrī-tree in Kārtika <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kartika#hinduism>. A man who collects a leaf of Dhātrī or a leaf of Tulasī on the twelfth day in Kārtika, would not go to hell full of torment. O brāhmaṇa, the sin, due to the contact of food of the man who eats food under the shadow of Dhātrī in Kārtika perishes for a year. O brāhmaṇa, a man should worship Viṣṇu in a Tulasī-grove and at the root of a Dhātrī in Kārtika; he certainly goes to Viṣṇu’s world. 26-27. O best brāhmaṇa, if a sinner devoutly holds on his head the water remaining at the root of Tulasī, he goes to Viṣṇu’s abode. He who would hold on his head the water flowing from a Tulasī-leaf, has bathed (i.e. has obtained the fruit of having bathed) at all sacred places, and in the end he goes to Viṣṇu’s house. 28-41. O great sage, formerly in the Dvāpara <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/dvapara#purana> age there was an excellent brāhmaṇa. Once, having bathed and having offered a sacrifice to Tulasī, he went home. He became like the sun in lustre, and like Mārtaṇḍa <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/martanda#purana> in religious merit. A glutton, a great sinner, oppressed with thirst, came there, and having drunk the water at the root of Tulasī, had his sins perished. A hunter named Asimardana, came quickly, and said: “The food is eaten.” Having eaten it and shattered the food in the cooking vessel has he gone? He killed him. Yama’s servants, angry and with nooses and hammers in their hands came by Yama’s order to take him to Yama’s abode. (When) they thought of binding and taking him, Viṣṇu’s servants came (there). Then having cut off the leather-straps, they quickly put him in a charming chariot. They (i.e. Yama’s servants) politely asked them: “O good ones, due to which religious merit of him are you taking him (to Viṣṇu’s abode?)” They said: ‘Formerly he was a king. He has done many (acts of) religious merit. He kidnapped some beautiful woman. Due to this sin, the king went to Yama’s abode. There you tortured him by Yama’s order. Lying there he sported with a woman of a coppery red colour. Due to this sin the king went to Yama’s abode. By Yama’s order you tortured him there. He remained there. He embraced misery and suffered for a long time. In Yama’s abode he was sprinkled with streams of salt water. Then for the remaining part of his stay in hell, he was repeatedly born in sinful stocks, and suffered unhappiness as a result of his own deeds. After drinking the water at the root of Tulasī he goes (i.e. would go) to Viṣṇu’s abode.” Hearing these words of them the messengers (of Yama) went as they had come. The messengers of Viṣṇu went with him to Viṣṇu’s abode. O brāhmaṇa, I have told you Tulasī’s abode. 42. O brāhmaṇa, I have told you Tulasī's importance which destroys sins. I do not know what would happen to them who serve (Tulasī) with devotion, O sage. KR IRS 15//1/22 today 15 4 22 II * important reasons to worship Tulasi Devi at our homes* The sacred Tulasi plant is revered by all especially by the followers of Vedic culture. Let us see what the scriptures say about having a Tulasi plant at home and what benefits we get by worshipping her. - Skanda Purana says that if one worships Tulasi then one attains the same result which one attains by worshippin Saligrama Sila on sravana dvadasi. Text 106 - Garuda Purana says that if one is worshipping Tulasi then one will attain the same result which one obtains by observing fast on Janmashtami or by honouring the fruit, dhatri. Text 107 - Garuda Purana quoting the demigods say that by worshipping Tulasi Maharani one gets the same result which one gets by bathing in Prayaga or leaving his body in Varanasi. Text 108 - Agastya Samhita states that if one is worshipping Tulasi Devi properly then she fulfills the desires of all the men and women of the four varnas and ashramas. Text 109 - Simply by planting Tulasi Devi, watering her, seeing her or touching her purifies one’s existence. Upon being worshipped by love and devotion she fulfils all the desires. Text 110 - If one is circumambulating Tulasi Devi regularly and also bowing down to her regularly then that person becomes free from all the sins. Text 111 - In Narada Purana in the Yajnadhvaja’s story it is stated, “A person’s fortune increases everyday if one begins worshipping Tulasi daily in their house.” Text 112 - There is a conversation in Padma Purana between Devaduta and Vikundala wherein it is said, “In each Dvadasi all the demigods headed by Lord Brahma reverentially worship Tulasi forest.” Text 113 - A person who glorifies Tulsi with beautiful prayers for sure becomes dear to devtas, pitas and human beings. Text 114 - Skanda Purana categorically says that in this age of Kali yuga Lord Hari who is the controller of the universes and the demigods is pleased only by Tulsi and by nothing else. Text 115. - In Kali – yuga, Lord Krishna avoids staying in holy places and in sacred mountains but prefers staying in Tulasi forest. Text 116 - A person for sure attains Lord’s supreme abode if he plants a Tulsi forest or even sees her. Text 117 - A place is like a graveyard if in that place there are no devotees of Vishnu (Vaisnavas), Lord Vishnu’s deity, fruit bearing dhatri tree and no sacred Tulsi plant. Text 118 - Even Yamaraj or his order carriers, Yamaduttas, may be displeased with a person but they cannot do anything to him if he has planted Tulsi for the pleasure of Lord Krishna. Text 119 - A person’s thousands of offenses are forgiven by the merciful Lord if he plants Tulasi in temples or holy places. A place becomes sacred and dear to Lord Vishnu if Tulasi is planted in that place. Text 120 & 121 - A person can please the three worlds by simply offering water to Tulsi. Text 122 - Lord Brahma says to sage Narada that “Shraddha ceremony to please pitas (forefathers) should be done in Tulasi forest.” Text 124 - Brahma tells Narada, “Pinda offering to the forefathers should be done in a place where seeds of Tulasi have fallen. This ensures the success of the shraddha ceremony.” Text 125 - By planting her, seeing her, hearing about her, remembering her, serving her, watering her, bowing to her, serving her, touching her one gets auspicious results. Text 126 - If one worships Tulasi Devi as mentioned above then he becomes fortunate to reside in the kingdom of Lord Hari for ten billion yugas. Text 127 - As soon as a new root appears in the sacred Tulasi plant, the person who has planted the sacred tree in Kali yuga earns ten billion pious credit. Text 128 - The benefits which one get by planting the sacred plant is enormous. As a new branch or a new twig or a new seed or a new flower or a new fruit grows on Tulasi Devi, the person who had the fortune of planting the plant gets several pious descendants. Text 129 - The holy Purana further glorifies the person who worships the Tulasi plant by saying that “all those who were born in his family or who is going to be born in his family from the beginning of the kalpa and extending up to a thousand yugas in future gets to reside in the kingdom of Lord Hari.” Text 130 - Avanti Khanda says that those who plant Tulasi and offer her leaves at the lotus feet of Lord Hari becomes extremely fortunate in this age of Kali yuga. Text 131 - In the age of Kali yuga if someone plants Tulasi, glorifies her, remembers her, baths her, gives her in charity, offers her to Krishna’s lotus feet and after offering eats the remnants of the sacred leaves then all his sins are burned. Text 132 - In Kasi Khanda, Yamaraja instructs his messengers, the Yamaduttas, “Please stay away from a person who chants the names of Tulasi, decorates himself with Tulasi or who has protected a Tulasi forest.” Text 133 - In Kasi Khanda, Dhruva – carita it is further mentioned that, “The servants of Yamaraj, the Yamaduttas, will never enter a house where Tulasi is worshipped reverentially daily.” Text 134 - In Padma Purana there is a conversation between Devaduta and Vikundala where it is said, “A person who has planted a Tulasi never ever sees Yamaraj or his messengers. Tulasi forest is so glorious that she removes all sins of a person and fulfils all the desires.” Text 135 - Just by keeping the sacred Tulasi plant at home, the home gets transformed into a holy place. Yamaraj or his servants never ever enter such a house. Text 136 - Those who plant the sacred Tulasi plant, stay for each of its seed and its leaf, in Devaloka, the heavenly planet, for a thousand years. Text 137 - The forefathers (pitas) becomes so happy when they smell the scent of Tulasi. Happily riding on Garuda, the king of birds, they go to the kingdom of Lord Hari. Text 138 - Bathing in the holy Ganges, seeing the river Narmada and touching a sacred Tulasi leaf are three equal pious activity. Text 139 - When a person serves sacred Tulasi by planting her, watering her, touching her, seeing her, protecting her, worshipping her then it burns all his sins which he might have committed with his body, minds and words. Text 140 - Tulasi plant is so glorious that her single branch is equal to hundred pippala trees or thousand mango trees. Text 141 - When a Vaisnava plants Tulasi Devi then for hundred thousand yugas he enjoys in Devaloka. Text 142 - In Padma Purana, Vaisakha mahatmya it is mentioned, “All the holy places including Puskara, all the holy rivers including Ganges, all the deities including the deity of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Lord reside in every single Tulasi leaf.” Text 143 - Just like Haritaki which cures bodily disease similarly the sacred Tulasi swiftly removes all kinds of sufferings, diseases, sins and poverty. Text 144 - When the forefathers are given the remnants of Tulasi and sacred water then they are so pleased. It is like they have been offered water for a period of ten thousand years. Text 146 - Just like it’s an offense to consider Lord Vasudeva who resides in Vaikuntha an ordinary person or to consider saligrama sila an ordinary stone similarly it is an offense to consider Tulasi as an ordinary tree. Tulasi Devi is an incarnation of Lakshmi, goddess of fortune, and she has appeared by the will of Krishna as a tree in this material world for our benefit. In fact, those who plant her, worship her, sings her glories, sees her, touches her then she mercifully destroys all the sins of those person. Text 148 – 150 - In Agastya – Samhita, it is mentioned that “As Sita Devi is so dear to Lord Ram, the Supreme Lord of the three worlds similarly Tulasi Devi who purifies the three world is also dear to Lord Ram. Text 151 - When Lord Ram was exiled to the forest he stayed with his consort, Sita Devi, in a forest which was filled with sacred Tulasi trees and hundreds of beautiful flowers. Text 152 - A single Tulasi plant is so potent that it purifies all the places which is within 2 miles. It is as if the entire area within two miles have been inundated with sacred Ganges water. Text 153 - Those who leave their body near a Tulasi plant do not have to go to hell. In fact, they are so fortunate that they go to the spiritual abode. Text 154 - Those who practice austerity religiously and those who see the sacred Tulasi as soon as they open their eyes in the morning become from that very moment from all the sins which they might have committed in days and nights. - In fact, it is also important that the person should have taken a vow not to again commit any sins. Its not that the person may intentionally continue committing sin and expect that their sins will be abolished if they see the sacred Tulasi plant early morning. Text 155 - In Garuda Purana it is mentioned, “O great Garuda, son of Vinata, those who plant Tulasi Devi attains liberation for sure.” Text 156 - “O Garuda, the king of birds, those who plant Tulasi at home or in a forest or in a beautiful garden has done a wonderful deed. Its akin to creating seven worlds.” Text 157 - “If a person takes rest in a Tulasi forest then he becomes freed from all the sins for sure which he would have committed for ten million births.” Text 158 - If a person circumambulates a Tulasi forest while chanting the thousand names, then he attains the result equivalent to ten thousand yajnas. Text 159 - Hari Bhakti sudhodaya says that Lord Vishnu always stays in Tulasi forest hoping that some devotee will offer him an unbroken Tulasi leaf. Text 160 - Narada Purana glorifies the worship of Tulasi by saying that “If one chants the names of Ganga then Ganga destroys all his sins. But when someone chants the holy names of Lord Hari then Tulasi Devi grants him the gift of devotional service.” Text 161 - Lord Hari prefers to be in that place where there is a lotus forest or forest of Tulasi or at the place where Puranas are read. Text 162 *Note*: Reference to the text is from Sri Hari Bhakti Vilasa, Chapter – Ninth Vilasa KR IRS 3/4/22 to day 15/4/22 On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 at 08:53, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > QUES ANSW DIVINE 04-2022-16 > > *Dear friends,* > > These are information compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2014’s and stored in > my computer. They are posted by *very learnt members*. > > *BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS.* > > Sincerely, > > *R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 16-04-2022* > > Q1 Do Tulsi is worshipped in different forms? > > A1 Generally, worshipers of Vishnu will envision Tulsi as Lakshmi or > Vrinda; devotees of Rama may view Tulsi as Sita; while Krishna bhaktas > revere Her as *Vrinda, Radha or Rukmani.* > > Q2 What is the legend behind Tulsi ? What are its special attributes? > > A2 A plethora of Puranic legends and village stories relate how Tulsi came > to grow and be worshiped on Earth. The classic Hindu myth, Samudramathana, > the "Churning of the Cosmic Ocean," explains that Vishnu spawned Tulsi from > the turbulent seas as a vital aid for all mankind. > > *Kalyani - Normally poisonous snakes and* mosquitos do not come close to > it due to some smell that it emits. That explains why it is a must in every > house. > > *The leaves as well roots are a cure for several* diseases like malaria, > cold, fever. The wood of this plant is used for Mala, ie a rosary for > worship of Lord Vishnu and when worn in the neck it prevents diseases of > the throat. > > Stephen P. Huyler summarizes, > > "Aside from its religious merits, Tulsi has been praised in Indian > scriptures and lore since the time of the early Vedas as an herb that > cures blood and skin diseases. > > Ancient treatises extol it as an antidote for poisons, a curative for > kidney disease and arthritis, a preventative for mosquito and insect bites, > and a purifier of polluted air. > > Funeral pyres often contain tulsi wood to protect the spirit of the > dead--as Bhutagni, destroyer of demons. tulsi leaves and sprigs are hung > in the entryways of homes to keep away troublesome spirits, and the mere > presence of the Tulsi shrine is said to keep the entire home pure, > peaceful and harmonious. > > Q3 What are the details of the snake temple in Malesia? > > A3 There is in Malaysia on the island of Penang, a place as the Temple > of Snakes. > > Here live the most dangerous species of snakes - rattlesnakes. The temple > is infested by them: on the floor, in corners, even on the altar. Here they > are gods, they had to bow to the faithful. > > 1. In the Snake Temple in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, has a place and people, > and one of the most dangerous creatures on earth - the snakes. > > > > 2. Located at Sungai Kluang, on the island of Penang, Snake Temple is also > known as Temple of Azure Clouds, or the Temple of pure clouds - in honor > of the clear sky Penang. > > 3. In this temple, home to rattlesnakes, which the locals believe the > servants Chor Soo Kong and deities. > > 4) Legend of the development of the temple says that he is standing there > an ulterior motive, the legend, by the way, you can watch movies online at > specialized sites. Earlier, before the advent of the holy palace here, on > this place was a lonely hermit shack believer, who was always happy to see > the snakes in his house. > > 5. And they did not refuse his hospitality and often crawled here, many > lived permanently here. When the hermit had died, and the shack collapsed, > and the snakes are gone from these lands, and when he was elevated to an > elegant temple, they began to consider themselves in one piece with a > sacred institution.**** > > 6. Thousands of believers come to the Temple of snakes in Penang every > year. > > 7. Someone said that this act of Chor Soo Kong, others believe that > rattlesnakes - one of the most aggressive species of snakes - calm down > under the influence of smoke from smoking. > > 8. Unfortunately, the number of snakes in the temple fell sharply due to > the urbanization of the area. > > 9. However, do not worry. Most of the guests of the temple (ie, snakes) > poisonous glands removed, so that they can embrace and even photographed. > > 10. Scientists still cannot explain the fact that on certain days in the > temple slides a huge number of snakes. On ordinary days in the temple can > be seen only a few snakes, which mainly lie in the dark corners and do not > stir. > > Q4 What are the details of Dharmasthala temple? > > A4 Situated on the banks of river Nethravathi and surrounded by the lush > green forests and hills of Malnad, Dharmasthala is known for it's beautiful > surroundings and Sri Manjunathaswamy Temple. > > In Dharmasthala, charity is a way of life, extended to all without > discrimination. Sri Dharmasthala which is one of the sacred places in South > India and is a famous pilgrim centre. *It is situated in the village of > Dharmasthala, in Beltangady Taluk of South Kanara district about 75 kms > from Mangalore*. > > Originally this place was called Kuduma, it has rich history of over > 800 years. The History of this place says that, one day about 800 years > ago, angels in the form of human beings came to house of pious people, > Barmana Heggade and his family. > > The couple received the visitors with joy and respect. Impressed with the > hospitality and the treatment given by the family, the angels appeared in > their dream and promised to stay at Kuduma. They also ordered Barmana > Heggade to give donations and food for the needy everyday. > > As per the wish of the angels Barmana Heggade built temples for Kalarahu, > Kalarkai, Kumarswamy and Kanyakumari and performed the rituals and > ceremonies from time to time. > > Sometime later when Annappa Swamy, the messenger of the angels brought > Shivalingam from Kadri in Mangalore, Heggade built a temple of Manjunatha > Swamy and installed the Kadri's Shiva Linga there. > > Henceforth, several ceremonies were held together for Manjunatha Swamy, > Chandranatha Swamy and the angels. Kuduma became Dharmasthala, the place > where Dharma is a way of life. > > Now Dharmasthala is beautiful city with modern houses, magnificient > buildings and tourist bungalows. There are many educational institutions > providing basic and higher educations. > > Even after several years, the Heggade family have continued to serve the > place with donations etc. Some of the prominent in the Heggade dynasty > are Kumarayya Heggade, Manjayya Heggade (the second), Chandayya Heggade, > Rathna Verma Heggade. > > Following the footsteps of his ancestors, the present Dharmadhikari, Sri > Veerendra Heggade has successfully accomplished several revolutionary > developmental projects. Soon after he took charge, Sri Veerendra Heggade > completed the installation of the 39 ft., 170 ton Bahubali in Dharmasthala. > > > In 1982 the Mahamasthakabhisheka of Bahubali was held in a grand fashion. > It was an important milestone in the history of Dharmasthala. > > *The temple has Vaishnavite Archakas and is administered by Heggade, a > Jain Trustee.* Charity is a way of life here & is extended to all with no > distinction of caste or creed. Thousands throng the temple and every > visitor is fed free of charge. During Laksha Deepothsava, one lakh lamps > are lit and literacy and religious discourses are held. > > Free mass weddings which were started in 1973 have gained popularity. It > is a boon to those who cannot afford weddings on their own. The Siddavana > gurukula started by the Late Manjayya Heggade has become a model > educational institution. > > Sri Kshetra is known for Annadhaana, Vidyadhaana and Abhayadhaana. It is > one of the few pilgrim centers which provides free boarding and lodging to > all the visitors. The exponentially increasing number of visitors is a > proof of the good work being done here. > > Dharmasthala is also a famous educational center. The educational trust of > Sri Kshetra manages colleges in Ujjre, Mangalore, Udupi among other places. > > The medical trust also provides services to eradicate and prevent many > diseases in local villages. The Dharmasthala trust has also executed > projects to provide basic medical aminities. > > The Yakshagana group of the trust is moving forward with the aim of > popularising yakshagana through out the country. Yakshagana training > programme is held every year. There is also a yoga training center. The > monthly magazine Manjuvani publishes articles of religous importance and > local information. ; > > Dharmasthala: Tel: 91 8256 77141 Enquiry: 91 8256 77123 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/682125816.172160.1650079395884%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/682125816.172160.1650079395884%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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