DIVINEINFORMATION PART 32 Dear friends,
While going through one of my external memorydevice, I came across some good information stored from websites. I thought of sharing interestingones from them as a series. In part 32, I am starting with 117TH item in this posting. Sincerely, GopalaKrishnan 11-6-21 117 SAGEKOUNDINYA Oncethere lived a sage called Koundinya and his wife Ashraya. Sage Koundinya was a great devotee of Lord Ganesha. One dayhe was explaining the importance ofDurva to his wife. Shedid not believe it, so Sage Koundinya told his wife, ' if you have any doubtsregarding the importance of Durva then you go to God Indra and tell him that I want the gold which weighsexactly as same as a Durva.' Following the instructions of her husband,Ashraya went to God Indra. Havingplaced a Durva in front of him, she said, 'My husband has asked you to give him that quantity of gold which weighsexactly the same as a Durva.' God Indra told her the quantity of gold would be very small, he would givethem as muchas gold they want. Butshe said, ' I want the gold as I desired.' Then God Indra sent her to God Kubera alongwith a messenger and ordered him to give her the gold she desired. GodKubera placed the Durva on one pan of the balance and a small piece of gold on the other pan. But to his greatsurprise, the pan containing the Durvaweighed more. ThenGod Kubera put some more gold into thepan, but still the pan of Durva weighed more. Eventuallyhe put all his gold into the pan butstill the weight of the single Durva was more. Then God Kubera sat along with his wife into the pan of gold, but still theweight of oneDurva is more. By seeing this all the deities gathered around and eventually they also sat in the pan. Butstill the weight of a Durva was more! Theyall along with Ashraya went to Sage Koundinya and said, 'Today we came to know the importance of a single Durvaoffered to Lord Ganesha with devotion!' Famous Ganesh Temples inGreater Mumbai. 118) Shri Mahaganapati (Titwala): Bypropitating Ganesh Idol, Consecratedby sage Kanva, Devi Shakuntala & king Dushyant came together after a longperiod of disagreement. Shakuntala& king Dushyant god married hereonly. Andthe king beheld a wonderful, beautiful hermit-age on the bank of the sacredriver Malini; on itsbank was the beautiful hermitage of blessed, high-souled Kanva, whither thegreat sages resorted. Thenthe king determined to enter, that he might see the great sage Kanva, rich inholiness. Helaid aside the insignia of royalty and went on alone, but did not see theaustere sage in the hermitage Sage Koundinya, or Eka Pada Koundiyanasanain Sanskrit, is probably one of the more challenging arm balances in yoga. Asyou bring yourself into the pose, you’ll extend one leg back while the otherwill twist under and out to the other side. Though it can be difficult tomaster, you will experience a strengthening in the arms and wrists as well as atoning of the abdominals and spine. 119 IMPORTANTTOURISM PLACES IN NELLORE DISTRICT 119a Talpagiri Ranganadhaswamy Temple,Nellore: SriTalapagiri Ranaganatha swamy Temple is located in Nellore city and is about 5kms away from Nellore Busstand. Ranganada Swamy Temple inNellore is more than600years old. This temple is situatedon the banks of the river Pennar and is marked by a huge 29 Mts tall Galigopuram with seven gold kalasams and its architectural splendour.The annual Rath Yathra of the God is amuch awaited ritual in Nellore. There are seven kalisams, which brings beautyto the temple. Every year during the month of March-April (variesaccording to Hindu calendar) grandfestival is celebrated. These are called Brahmotsavam. On the bank of river penna sri kashyapaMaharshi performed yagna and as afruit of his penance conferred upon him the gift of establishing himself asRanganadha Swamy at Nellore in 7thcebtury, by Pallava ruler Sri Rajaraja Narendra. Subsequently in 13th century Sri JathaVarma has offered precious stones and metal to LordRanganadha Swamy. The Andhra Maha Bharatam i.e. from Viratprvamto the end of the epic was written bythe poet Sri kavi Brahma Tikkana, on the bank of pennar river. On theeast there is seven storied Mahagopuram, south Sri Ranganayaki Lakshmi Devi) temple and beautiful mirror dias, west is sacred Pennarriver and north Sri Andal Ammavaritemple. 119b Jonnawada: Mallikarjuna Swamu kamakshi tai temple, Jonnawada which is located about 12 kms from Nellore. Thedestination is also well connectedfor Railway station at Nellore. A famous Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Kamakhsi tai temple is located on the bank of river Pennar, 12 Km from Nellore. It attractsmany piligirims. The Village is part ofBuchireddipalem Mandal. In tretayuga Mahamuni Kasyapa Brahma performedyagna and pleased Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy thus this place is named as‘Yagnavatika Jonnawada’. Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Kamakhsitai grant to the innumerable devotestheir desires, as their God head. Sincethen he continues conferring boons and his blessings on his devotees. Thistemple is constructed in the year 1150(Tretayuga). The goddess Kamkshi is belived as an incarnation of Shakti. A ‘Sri Chakram’was installed here by Sri JagadguruSankaracharya. Pilgrims take a holy dipin the lake known as Kachpateertham,near the temple, which washes away alltheir bad karma. Brahma Rushi Sri Kashyap Mahamuni visited Bhoolokam (TheEarth) and wanted to perform Yagna and chosen north of vedadri as Yagna Vatika(place to perform yagna) After successful completion of the Yagna a bright light appeared. It has spread over the wholebhoolokam. Later Lord Eswara appeared asLord Mallikarjuna, who came out from fire of Yagna. Thereis bus service from Nellore to Jonnawada. For the convenience of the pilgrims there are choultries of the Devastanam and TTD and also private choultries. Everyyear, during the celebration of Brahmstsavam in the month of Vaisaka, lakhs of devotees throng the holycentre to worship the goddess to attainsalvation and Friday is the day very dear to Kamakshitai. One can find persons, persecuted byevil spirits, circumambulating in thetemple precinct. Abathing ghat has been built on the bankof the Penna, for the convenience of thepilgrims. 119c Narasimhakonda: Vedagiri Lakshmimarasimha Swamy devastanamcame into being nearly 500 years ago, onthe summit of Narasimhakonad. Accordingto the rock inscriptions, this temple was built by the Pallava king Narsimha Varma in theninth century. Legend goes that the sage Kasyapaestablished the temple on the bank ofPinakini. And the vedic scripture“Brahmapurana” reveals that the seven sages (Saptarishis) performed“yagnam” (Sacrifice) on the top ofNarasimhakonda. The seven (Koneru) tankswere renovated with Mandapas on the hilltop . The holy place lies 15Km. away from Nellore, on the southern bank of the river Pinakini.Every year “Brahmotsavams” are celebrated here in the month of May. Jonnawada is to the north of the river. 119d Penchalakona:- Thisis a very ancient sacred place (pilgrim centre). Lord Narasimha manifestedHimself here as a huge of rock in “Yoga mudra” (in an entwinedcontemplative posture) and hence it acquired the name of “Penusila” (huge rock)and in course of time became famous as“Penchalakona”. Legend has it that after slaying the demonHiranya Kasipa, Lord Narsimha bathed in Penchalakona and withdrew that“Avatara”(incarnation) of Narasimha, sheddingHis anger and ferocity. TheLord here goes by the name of Somasila Narasimhaswamy and has become oneof the Nava Narasimhas (nine manifestations). People believe that because the sage Kanva resided in thisarea in the past, the river flowing hereacquired the name Kanva Nadi and that with efflux of time it became Kandaleru. It isalso learnt that the temple wasrenovated in the 10th century. Penchalkonalies at the foothills ofVeligondalu (mentioned earlier), at a distance of 80 km.,from Nellore. Narasimha Jayanthilebrated every year in the month of May and devotees flock specially on Saturday. The Devestanam choultries provide facilities to thepiligrims and there is bus service too. I will continue in next posting. RespectedMr Rajaram Krishnamoorthy. Kindly refrain from making response. This compilation is made by a standard 1 student according to you. You areIRS. Kindly make your own postings if you desire -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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