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Just Out ! Updated 2024 Low-Priced Edition of “Tale of Two Cities – An Outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”… !
The NEW 2024 Updated and Second Edition of my book is now available for sale on Amazon, Blue Rose and Flipcart online retail platforms . The first Edition out last year in 2023 needed to be revised to enable the inclusion of a few more very relevant research material that had not been accessible toContinue reading “Just Out ! Updated 2024 Low-Priced Edition of “Tale of Two Cities – An Outline of the History of Sri Vaishnavas of Tamil Nadu that was never written”… !”
The “chinn mudra”: what does it symbolise in Sri Visishtaadvaita Vedanta ?
The picture above is of a beautifully crafted metal sculpture of the palm of the Buddha depicted in some ancient icon kept in some unknown Buddhist “vihara” perhaps … The graceful pose in which Buddha’s palm is seen… in Sanskrit language … it’s called a “mudra” … A “mudra” in Vedic cultures — and moreContinue reading “The “chinn mudra”: what does it symbolise in Sri Visishtaadvaita Vedanta ?”
“Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition- Part-2
Just to further illustrate the main point, of blog published above ⬆️ yesterday, readers should please go back to it and re-read the short list of a few inconvenient and downright “mocking” questions that anti-Hindu brigades pose to us . Many of you after reading the above blog the first time might have wanted toContinue reading ““Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition- Part-2”
“Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition
In India’s politics today, the questions being posed to Hindus by anti-Hindus and Woke-Secular Hindus are becoming more and more aggressive and disrespectful. The sophistry and sophistication of their arguments is getting better, shriller and more taunting than ever before. It makes it increasingly difficult and awkward for faithful Hindus to counter effectively or adequately,Continue reading ““Wearing down” Hinduism in a cultural war of attrition”
“Tirumala Laddoo-Gate”: a Shakespearean tragedy indeed!
A few people, who had read my blog of yesterday September 20th above, messaged me saying that while they understood the spirit in which I wrote it, and were in sympathy with my sense of outrage , still they felt that instead of focusing on the main issue of adulteration of Tirumala laddoo, I hadContinue reading ““Tirumala Laddoo-Gate”: a Shakespearean tragedy indeed!”
The Prophet is new but his Testament is Old
Congress won 99 MP seats in the Parliament elections 2024. To Congressmen and the Left-Liberal-Secular anti-Dharmic forces in India, the “victory” represents Rahul Gandhi’s great political resurrection… For them it’s as momentous as the “Second Coming of Christ”! Well… to many others it is not resurrection, it’s merely resuscitation that’s most likely to lapse backContinue reading “The Prophet is new but his Testament is Old”
Aravindan Neelakandan on “Thangalaan”: Asks how many Sri Vaishnavas today know Bhuminayagam Ramanujadasar?
This Op-Ed below published in the Swarajya, really rattled my conscience. https://swarajyamag.com/culture/thangalaan-a-phenomenon-and-a-warning As a Sri Vaishnava myself, this is the very first time I am hearing of these two unknown, unheard, unsung heroes of social change who, according to Neelakandan, represented the best traditions of Sri Vaishnavism and its world-view: M.C.Madurai Pillai and Bhuminayagam RamanujadasarContinue reading “Aravindan Neelakandan on “Thangalaan”: Asks how many Sri Vaishnavas today know Bhuminayagam Ramanujadasar?”
The 4 “vyuhas” of Vishnu explained in one chart
Vishnu , the Supreme Godhead of the Upanishads called Brahman or Sriman Naaraayana, is transcendent and beyond mere mortal perception or comprehension. He is also the supreme paragon of limitless virtues and perfections … “Anantha kalyaana gunaan”. While it is impossible to apprehend the Supreme Brahman wholly through the senses, Vishnu’s “gunas”, or multitudes ofContinue reading “The 4 “vyuhas” of Vishnu explained in one chart”
At 68 years of age, again “I’m getting married in the morning …”!
On the sacred Tirumala Hills of my native town of Tirupati, in the presence of the presiding deity there, Sri Tiruvenkatamudaiyan , in the holy premises of Sri Ahobila Mutt, on the auspicious day of August 15, 2024, happening also to be the day of my 68th “janma tirunakshatram” of Moolam in the month ofContinue reading “At 68 years of age, again “I’m getting married in the morning …”!”