Pandigai / Festival Dates :
- 18.07.12 - Aadi Ammavasai
- 23.07.12 - Aadi Poram
- 27.07.12 - Varalakshmi Viratham
Panchangam & Festival dates - July
Panchangam & Festival dates - May
Pandigai / Festival Dates :
- 02.05.12 - Meenakshi Thirukalyanam
- 04.05.12 - Agni Nakashatram begins
- 06.05.12 - Kalazhagar aatril irungudal
- 06.05.12 - Chitra Pournami
- 28.05.12 - Agni Nakashtram ends
Panchangam & Festival dates - April
Pandigai / Festival Dates :
- 05.04.12 - Panguni Uthiram
- 13.04.12 -Tamil New Year (நந்தன வருடம்)
- 14.04.12 - Vishu
- 24.04.12 - Akshaya Thritiya
Karadayan Nonbu
Reposting the same again ...
Karadayan Nonbu , which is also called as Savitri Viratham is observed by married woman for the wellbeing and Long life of their husbands and unmarried girls do pray for a good husband . This nonbu falls on the last day of the Maasi month .
In US : this year it falls on Tuesday (13.03.12)
In India , Uk, Dubai :
this year it falls on Wednesday (14.03.12 ) timings : 9.15Am. - 9.45 Am.
To know more details about this nonbu check this link :
In English :
http://hindutradition.blogspot.com/2009/03/karadayan-nonbu.html
In Tamil :
http://hindutradition.blogspot.com/2011/03/karadayan-nonbu-tamil-version.html
karadayan nonbu adai recipes :
Uppu / Salt Adai :
http://kavithavin-kaivannam.blogspot.com/2009/03/karadayan-nonbu-salt-adai-gayathris.html
Panchangam & Festival dates - March
Pandigai / Festival Dates :
- 08.03.12 - Holi Festival
- 23.03.12 - Ugadi / Gudi padwa
- 24.03.12 - Chet - I - Chand
- 31.03.12 - Ramanavami
25 forms of Lord Shiva
To view the image in bigger size and to read in tamil , check this link :
To read it in English , check this link :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhIe8jzLW3nWdERQVWpqTVl5b05HU2MzUDQySTJrZGc
Source : dinamalar.com
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhIe8jzLW3nWdERQVWpqTVl5b05HU2MzUDQySTJrZGc
Source : dinamalar.com
Why do we offer Vada malai and Butter to Lord Anjaneyar ?
ஆஞ்சநேயருக்கு வடை மாலை, வெண்ணெய் சார்த்துவது ஏன்?
நமது உடல் தசையால் ஆனது. தசை வளர்ச்சிக்கு உளுந்து முக்கிய காரணமாகிறது. ஒல்லியாக இருப்பவர்கள் இட்லி, தோசை, உளுந்துவடை சாப்பிட்டால் சதைப்பிடிப்பு ஏற்படும். ஆனால், சதையாலான இந்த உடம்பு எதற்காவது பயன்படுமா? எனவே, பயனற்ற இந்த உடலை உனக்கே
அர்ப்பணிக்கிறேன் ஆஞ்சநேயா என்ற தத்துவார்த்தத்தின் அடிப்படையிலேயே உளுந்துவடை மாலை அணிவிக்கிறோம். அனுமானுடைய தாய் அஞ்சனாதேவி தன் மகன் திடமாகவும் ஆரோக்கியமாகவும் இருக்க உளுந்து வடைசெய்து கொடுத்ததாக ஐதீகம். உளுந்து எலும்புகளுக்கு நல்ல போஷாக்கு.
நமது உடல் தசையால் ஆனது. தசை வளர்ச்சிக்கு உளுந்து முக்கிய காரணமாகிறது. ஒல்லியாக இருப்பவர்கள் இட்லி, தோசை, உளுந்துவடை சாப்பிட்டால் சதைப்பிடிப்பு ஏற்படும். ஆனால், சதையாலான இந்த உடம்பு எதற்காவது பயன்படுமா? எனவே, பயனற்ற இந்த உடலை உனக்கே
அர்ப்பணிக்கிறேன் ஆஞ்சநேயா என்ற தத்துவார்த்தத்தின் அடிப்படையிலேயே உளுந்துவடை மாலை அணிவிக்கிறோம். அனுமானுடைய தாய் அஞ்சனாதேவி தன் மகன் திடமாகவும் ஆரோக்கியமாகவும் இருக்க உளுந்து வடைசெய்து கொடுத்ததாக ஐதீகம். உளுந்து எலும்புகளுக்கு நல்ல போஷாக்கு.
வெண்ணெய் சாத்துதல்:
ராம ராவண யுத்தம் நடக்கிறது அப்போது ராமரையும் லக்குமணரையும் தன் தோளில் சுமந்து கொண்டு சென்றார் அனுமான் அப்போது ராவணன் சராமாரியாய் அம்பு தொடுக்க சக்திமிக்க அம்பால் அவர் தாக்கப் பட்டார், அந்தக் காயத்திற்கு மருந்தாக தன் உடம்பில் வெண்ணெய் பூசிக கொண்டாராம். வெண்ணெய் சீக்கிரமாக உருகும் தன்மை உடையது
அந்த வெண்ணை உருகுவதற்கு முன்பாகவே நாம் நினைத்த காரியம் நடந்து விடும் என்ற நம்பிக்கை, அதனால் வெண்ணெய் சார்த்தும் பழக்கம் உள்ளது.
Why do we offer Vada malai and Butter to Lord Anjaneyar ?
Offerring Urid dhal vada malai :
Urad dal helps in gaining strength to our muscles..but there is no use in a body with just muscle strength therefore,while offering Urad dal vadamala , we pray saying....we surrender our body to you lord Anjaneya and also there is a belief that Anjane, Anjaneya's mother used to give lot of urad dal vadai in order to keep Lord Anjaneya in good strength and also Urad helps in gaining more bone strength..
Offering butter :
Lord Anjaneya carried Lord Rama and Lakshmanan on his shoulder and when reaching lanka, Ravana started to hit Anjaneya by arrows ...and Anjaneya was wounded badly ,and he applied butter on his whole body ...it helped him in healing the wounds quickly...and butter has a tendency to melt easily , one who offer butter have the belief that before the butter gets melted their wish will come true and also their problem will get solved ....this is the reason people offer butter to Lord Anjaneya.
Source : http://temple.dinamalar.com/news_detail.php?id=8283
Recipe for making Milagu vadai (Urad vadai ) for vada malai : check this link :
http://kavithavin-kaivannam.blogspot.com/2011/01/milagu-vadai-gayathris-recipe.html
அந்த வெண்ணை உருகுவதற்கு முன்பாகவே நாம் நினைத்த காரியம் நடந்து விடும் என்ற நம்பிக்கை, அதனால் வெண்ணெய் சார்த்தும் பழக்கம் உள்ளது.
Why do we offer Vada malai and Butter to Lord Anjaneyar ?
Offerring Urid dhal vada malai :
Urad dal helps in gaining strength to our muscles..but there is no use in a body with just muscle strength therefore,while offering Urad dal vadamala , we pray saying....we surrender our body to you lord Anjaneya and also there is a belief that Anjane, Anjaneya's mother used to give lot of urad dal vadai in order to keep Lord Anjaneya in good strength and also Urad helps in gaining more bone strength..
Offering butter :
Lord Anjaneya carried Lord Rama and Lakshmanan on his shoulder and when reaching lanka, Ravana started to hit Anjaneya by arrows ...and Anjaneya was wounded badly ,and he applied butter on his whole body ...it helped him in healing the wounds quickly...and butter has a tendency to melt easily , one who offer butter have the belief that before the butter gets melted their wish will come true and also their problem will get solved ....this is the reason people offer butter to Lord Anjaneya.
Source : http://temple.dinamalar.com/news_detail.php?id=8283
Recipe for making Milagu vadai (Urad vadai ) for vada malai : check this link :
http://kavithavin-kaivannam.blogspot.com/2011/01/milagu-vadai-gayathris-recipe.html
Panchangam & Festival dates - February
Pandigai / Festival Dates :
- 07.02.12 - Thai Poosam
- 20.02.12 - Maha Sivaratri
Thedivantha Chidambaram
This article was published in Dinamalar Aanima malar dated 07.01.12 . Thanks to my friend Lavanya for translating the same in english ..
This story was titled as " THEDIVANTHA CHITHAMBARAM". This was a year before his sidhi, when Maha Periyavaa was not feeling very well, one evening he called his disciples and told that he wanted to go to Chidambaram and pray Natarajar and also wish to see the, kunjithapatham. Kunjithapatham is an offering for Natarajar made out of various herbal roots. This is considered to cure many health related diseases also believed to give moksham. Now his disciples were so worried how to take him to Chidambaram in this health condition. For their surprise, the next day, early morning before sunrise, the priests who do the poojai to Chidambaram temple came to visit Kanchi maha periyavaa with prasadam along with the kunchithapatham and requested to meet Kanchi maha periyavaa and give the offerings. This put every disciples of Kanchi maha periyavaa into a great surprise. They went and informed maha periyavaa about the priests arrival and maha periyavaa signed the priests to come near him. He then accepted the offerings and kept the kunjithapatham on his head. This photo was taken then and this event is called as "Thedivantha chidambaram." The above picture is considered to be one of the rarest picture of maha periyavaa.
Have provided the screen shot :
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Source : dinamalar.com
Panchangam & Festival dates - January
Pandigai / Festival Dates :
- 05.01.12 - Vaikunta Ekadasi
- 08.01.12 - Thiruvadirai / Arudra darisanam
- 14.01.12 - Bhogi
- 15.01.12 - Thai Pongal
- 16.01.12 - Maatu Pongal
- 22.01.12 - Thai amavasai
- 30.01.12 - Ratha Saptami
karthigai Deepam
Karthigai deepam is a festival of lights,celebrated on the full moon day of tamil calendar month karthigai (November/december) ,which coincides with the karthigai star. This year Karthigai deepam falls on 08.12.12 (Thursday). The lighted lamp is considered as an auspicious symbol, it is believed to ward off
evil forces and bring in prosperity and joy in life. On this day, People clean the houses and in evening, they draw kolams in front of houses and also rows of oil lamps (agal Vizhakku) is lit up on the festival day.
Karthigai deepam festival is famous in Thiruvannamalai temple. On this day, a huge fire lamp is lit up on the hill, visible for several kilometers around the hill. This deepam is called Mahadeepam.
Legends / Mythological stories :
Lord shiva appeared as a huge flame of light before Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma , who each considered themselves as supreme and said that it can be tested if the two could search for Lord shiva beginning and end. Vishnu was appointed the end, and Brahma the beginning. Each took their journey, Lord Vishnu took the form of a boar and began digging downwards into the earth while Lord Brahma took on the shape of a swan began flying upwards. But neither could find their appointed destination. Lord Vishnu gave up his search and returned back to Lord Shiva. Lord Brahma did not give up so easily. As he was going up, he saw a kaitha(Thalamppu) flower. His ego forced him to ask the flower to bear false witness of Brahma's finding Shiva's beginning. When Lord Brahma told his tale, Lord Shiva, the all-knowing, was angered by the former's
ego. Lord Shiva thus cursed him that no being in the three worlds will worship him. and that the thazhambu flower should not be used while praying to Lord Siva.The place where Lord Shiva stood as a column of fire to eliminate the ego is Thiruvannamalai.
The birth of Lord Muruga also holds special significnce to the celebration of karthigai deepam festival, It was on this day Lord Muruga who first incarnated as six infants in saravana poigai.
This festival is also celebrated to commemorate the bonding between brothers and sisters. Sisters pray for the prosperity and success of their brothers and light lamps...there is a legend relating to this and also as to :
evil forces and bring in prosperity and joy in life. On this day, People clean the houses and in evening, they draw kolams in front of houses and also rows of oil lamps (agal Vizhakku) is lit up on the festival day.
Karthigai deepam festival is famous in Thiruvannamalai temple. On this day, a huge fire lamp is lit up on the hill, visible for several kilometers around the hill. This deepam is called Mahadeepam.
Legends / Mythological stories :
Lord shiva appeared as a huge flame of light before Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma , who each considered themselves as supreme and said that it can be tested if the two could search for Lord shiva beginning and end. Vishnu was appointed the end, and Brahma the beginning. Each took their journey, Lord Vishnu took the form of a boar and began digging downwards into the earth while Lord Brahma took on the shape of a swan began flying upwards. But neither could find their appointed destination. Lord Vishnu gave up his search and returned back to Lord Shiva. Lord Brahma did not give up so easily. As he was going up, he saw a kaitha(Thalamppu) flower. His ego forced him to ask the flower to bear false witness of Brahma's finding Shiva's beginning. When Lord Brahma told his tale, Lord Shiva, the all-knowing, was angered by the former's
ego. Lord Shiva thus cursed him that no being in the three worlds will worship him. and that the thazhambu flower should not be used while praying to Lord Siva.The place where Lord Shiva stood as a column of fire to eliminate the ego is Thiruvannamalai.
The birth of Lord Muruga also holds special significnce to the celebration of karthigai deepam festival, It was on this day Lord Muruga who first incarnated as six infants in saravana poigai.
This festival is also celebrated to commemorate the bonding between brothers and sisters. Sisters pray for the prosperity and success of their brothers and light lamps...there is a legend relating to this and also as to :
Why elephant lamp is lit on Karthigai deepam day ?
Once there lived a king and he had only one daughter. She loved an elephant as her own brother. After her marriage she missed her brother elephant very much, so for every karthigai she lits up elephant lamp and prepares Milagu adai, Pori, Appam, Adhirasam for neivedhiyam on this day .
Panchangam & Festival dates - December
Pandigai / Festival Dates :
- Karthigai Deepam (Annamalai Deepam ) - 08.12.12
- Hanumath Jayanthi - 24.12.12
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