Shrimad Madhavendra Tirtha Swami is one of the very few saints in India who have taken Jeevant Samadhi. Jeevant Samadhi can be achieved by only great yogis. This is a state where Siddhas enters live in to the samadhi state at their own will after completion of their mission on earth and Their mind remaining … Read more
How many times have we entered a temple with complete focus on God and his form and with total concentration in conveying our love and devotion to him? Very often or shall I say almost always, we enter the temple with ten things on our mind, we add a few as we sit … Read more
For online darshan check out this video by Youth of GSB and documentary by Spandana channel History and Background: Kapu (also called Kaup or Rakshanapur) is a coastal town that has several points of historical significance. The GSBs in this region flourished under the reign of the Keladi Nayakas who ruled over parts of Tulunadu after … Read more
As a child, Betal for me meant the pale scary ghost hosted on the back of King Vikramaditya in the programme ‘Vikram and Betal’. One day we cousins gathered around our Ajja for a story. His stories weren’t about Gods or morals. They were more about occurrences in his life. Sitting next to my Ajja … Read more
Long time ago, while we were visiting a temple in Karnataka, I was sad to see that the temple exterior had been painted carelessly with bright colourful paint without paying attention to highlighting the features in the art. This seemed like murder of the art form, of the work the earlier builders would have put … Read more
ॐ देवी महालसायै नम:।। Website: http://kumta.mahalasa.org/ Phone: +91 8386 222119 Check out this Spandana TV channel coverage of the temple here History: The year was 1565 AD (16th century), approximately 450 years ago when Devi Mahalasa’s idol reached Kumta. Her kulavis had somehow managed to escape with her idol hidden in a pot. While they … Read more
Photo Courtesy: ‘Temples of Goa’ by Kamla Mankekar The Portuguese inquisition saw the rampant destruction of the Hindu temples in Goa. Every temple that came into sight of the Portuguese authorities was grazed down and looted. Except for this one temple hidden away in the forest on the present day Goa Karnataka border – … Read more
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् । देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत् ॥ ॐ अथ सकलसौभाग्यदायक श्रीविष्णुसहस्रनामस्तोत्रम् । शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् । प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये ॥ १॥ यस्य द्विरदवक्त्राद्याः पारिषद्याः परः शतम् । विघ्नं निघ्नन्ति सततं विष्वक्सेनं तमाश्रये ॥ २॥ व्यासं वसिष्ठनप्तारं शक्तेः पौत्रमकल्मषम् । पराशरात्मजं वन्दे शुकतातं तपोनिधिम् ॥ ३॥ व्यासाय विष्णुरूपाय व्यासरूपाय विष्णवे … Read more
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् । देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत् ॥ ॐ अथ सकलसौभाग्यदायक श्रीविष्णुसहस्रनामस्तोत्रम् । शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् । प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये ॥ १॥ यस्य द्विरदवक्त्राद्याः पारिषद्याः परः शतम् । विघ्नं निघ्नन्ति सततं विष्वक्सेनं तमाश्रये ॥ २॥ व्यासं वसिष्ठनप्तारं शक्तेः पौत्रमकल्मषम् । पराशरात्मजं वन्दे शुकतातं तपोनिधिम् ॥ ३॥ व्यासाय विष्णुरूपाय व्यासरूपाय विष्णवे … Read more
Srimad.org Contains some interesting articles pertaining to GSBs and in particular Kashi Math Gsbkonkani.net This simple website contains lots of good information about our customs and religious places Vishwakonkani.org The website of the Vishwa Konkani organisation pioneered by a GSB senior Basti Vaman Shenoy focussing on the preservation and proliferation of the konkani language. They … Read more