Friend....friendship....

First Sunday of august every year....friendshipday..celebrated since 1935 in the USA...this one day has seen lot of change...transition ....commercialization....people coming together...people killing each other...in the name of frienfship !! and of course lots of gifts...roses...chocolates...cards ...soft toys...and what not. From "Dosti" to "Dostana". From "Dost dost na raha..." to " Yeh dosati ham nahi todenge" Great friends like Krishna-Sudama, Krishna- Arjuna, Drona- Drupada, Karna- Duryodhan....friend who is a mate also a guide, a philosopher...friendship transcending time, friendship gone sour... to the modern day friendship of laurel-hardy.. even tom-Jerry...can't b with each other can't be without... And what a better way to start the day with your friend and with caramel pudding !! Friends are like crayons ...they all fill colour in your life....make life more meaningful,and u need them all to make your picture beautiful..... cheers to all friends out there....

Aum Gurubhyo Namaha !!

"GURUR BRAHMA GURUR VISHNU GURUR DEVO MAHESHWARAHA
GURU SAKSHAT PARABRAHMA TASMAI SHREE GURAVE NAMAHA..."
Ashadh shudha poornima....Gurupoornima.... day to remember our gurus...our learnings...all those who have helped us in our journey...all those who r with us now... i think its a day of contemplation..taking stock...to show our gratitude to all our teachers...at least in thought...this day is also known as Vyas poornima.....Vyasa... guru of gurus....veda vyasa....
"VYAASAAYA VISHNUROOPAAYA
VYAASAROOPAAYA VISHNAVE
NAMO VAI BRAHMANIDHAYE
VAASISHTHAAYA NAMO NAMAHA"
"salutations again and again to vyasa, the incarnate form of vishnu,and vishnu who has the form of vyasa, the treasure of brahma and grandson of vasistha."
son of sage parashara and satyavati was born on an island so also known as dwaipayana....
compiler of vedas, creator of puranas and bhagavatam,and of course mahabharatam...story of his sons ...

my salutations to all the vyasas in our world...

ashadhi ekadashi...

What is it that attracts lakhs and lakhs to pandhapur on this auspicious day of ashadhi ekadashi....vithoba pulling the strings and heart strings...to His pandhari. culmination of wari....people coming from all over the world...with this belief that Mauli is the one who is going to see me thru this ringan...cycle of life and death....
happened to visit a vittala temple in triplicane in Chennai today... temple is 100 years old. vithoba and rakhumai travelled from pandharpur in the year 1906 in a bullock cart...

not many devotees were present here ...it seems mejority have gone to pandhrpur with a wari. but tomorrow is the Dday and starting with abhishekam tomorrow morning festivities will continue on dwadashi also.

This is also called shayani ekadashi.It is believed that Lord Vishnu will be taking rest from tomorrow , till karthiki ekadashi.

according to puranas goddess ekadashi killed daitya Mrudumanya on this day. as far as the story goes lord shiva granted the boon to the asura that he can be killed only by a female form. soon enough asura Mrudumanya started troubling brahma , vishnu and mahesha...Gods took refuge in cave where they went without food for 3 days..and since it started raining this turned out to b great vrata for them...on the 3rd day from the breaths of the divine trimurties materialised goddess ekadashi...

palakhis of dyanadev and tukaram will reach pandharpur....and meet up with mauli.. journey comes to an end...we can only pray for blessings.....and His grace...

Pandharinath Maharaj ki Jay !!!!!

thursday...story telling..rather listening day...mahabharatm is in progress....in one of the end parvas where kunti, gandhari and dhritarashtra leave hastinapura for vanavasa.........
but the story teller goes back and forth as per the demands of the craft.and go back to dying bhishma who frm his death bed spoke to dharma raja....glory of the LORD....vishnu saharnama...among many other things ... many great people have tried writing commentery....we will be hearing the best ones in the comming weeks...

why can't every day be a thursday !!!

Myself....or....Him.....

"Look at the Moon ....thats beauty of GOD....Look at the Sun...thats power of GOD....and look at yourself in the mirror thats Winning representative of GOD....!!!