Mahishasura Mardhini Stothram Mahishasuramardini Stotra was written by Guru Adi Sankaracharya. The full text of the Keerthana ayi giri nandini, nandita medini, visva vinodini, nandinute giri vara vindhya shirodhini vasini vishnuvilaasini jisnunute bhagavati he shitikaNthakutumbini bhoorikutumbini bhoorikrute jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute suravaravarshiNi durdharadharshiNi durmukhamarshiNi harsharate tribhuvanaposhiNi shankaratoshiNi kilbishamoshiNi ghosharate danujaniroshiNi ditisutaroshiNi durmadashoshiNi sindhusute […]
Shakthi Peeth is a place of worship of Shakti or Devi, the female representation of divine power in Hinduism. It is believed that these places of worship, scattered around Indian subcontinent are the places where the body parts of Lord Shiva’s concert Sati has fallen after Lord Vishnu cut through her corps with his Sudarshana […]
God is hope. But religions are unnecessary and divisive. Generally speaking, Indians in Australia are yet to be divided by the venomous spits of religion. But the nasty heads of religion are hidden among us and will show its nasty faces sooner than we think. So we have come up with Indian prayers that has […]
Gurdwaras and Sikhs in Melbourne Gurudwara is a Sikh place of worship and the word Gurdwara means gateway to Guru. The Gurdwara has a Darbar Sahib where the Holy Scripture Guru Granth Sahib is placed on an elevated throne. All Gurdwaras have a langar hall where people can eat free vegetarian food. All Gurdwaras carry […]
Osho was one of the most well-known and contentious saintly leader of his time. Time to time he came to be known differently. In 1960, he was famous as ‘Acharya Rajneesh’. But, he became famous as ‘Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’ for about 10 years from 1970-1980. Finally, in 1989 he declared himself as ‘Osho’. He […]
Mooladhara Chakra The concept of Chakra is common to many traditions. Ko shos or pressure points in one branch of esoteric Japanese Judo and acupuncture points seated in the spine and acupressure points massaged in shiatsu have similarities with Chakras of Indian tradition. Chakras form through the subtle energy body along the sushumna nadi(spinal cord). […]
Sahaja Yoga Kundalini yoga is the one of the most effective meditation practises from India. Kundalini yoga with some minor modifications was introduced by Late Sri Nirmala Devi as Sahaja Yoga . Sri Nirmala Devi (March 21, 1923 – February 23, 2011) is credited with making this form of meditation popular all around the world .Today the […]
Our reflection of the psychic centres begins from ajna chakra. According to tradition, mooladhara chakra is designated as the first chakra since it is the seat of kundalini Shakti. However there is another system in which consideration and study of the chakras commerce from ajna . Ajna chakra is the point of the confluence where […]
The word Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root ‘yuj’ meaning, to bind, join , attach and yoke, to direct and concentrate one’s attention on , to use and apply . It also means union or communion and needless to say, Yoga is the path to the true union of our will power with that of […]