by Shantala Sriramaiah | Oct 12, 2024 | Chanting practice, Festival chanting
Vijayadaśamī, also known as Dussehra, holds immense significance in Hindu culture as the day of victory, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. It marks the culmination of the Navaratri festival and is traditionally associated with the victory of Lord Rāma over...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Aug 26, 2024 | Festival chanting
Celebrating Janmāṣṭamī: A Day of Devotion and Joy Janmāṣṭamī, the festival marking the birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa, is celebrated with great enthusiasm and devotion across the world. Falling on śrāvaṇa kṛṣṇa aṣṭamī, this auspicious day commemorates the divine appearance of...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Jul 21, 2024 | Chanting practice, Festival chanting
Today (Sunday 21 July), we celebrate Gurupūrṇimā to honour teachers and the source of teaching on this day. It is perhaps the most important day in the year for all Indic knowledge systems based practitioners. We honour the entire teaching “parampara”...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Apr 24, 2023 | Authors & translators, Festival chanting
श्रुति स्मृति पुराणानामालयं करुणालयम् ।नमामि भगवत्पाद शङ्करं लोक शङ्करम् ॥ śrutismṛtipurāṇānāṃ ālayaṃ karuṇālayam |namāmi bhagavatpādaṃ śaṅkaraṃ lokaśaṅkaram || शङ्करं शङ्कराचार्यं केशवं बादरायणम् |सूत्रभाष्यकृतौ वन्दे भगवन्तौ पुनः पुनः || śaṅkaraṃ śaṅkarācāryaṃ...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Apr 2, 2023 | Festival chanting
Hanumān Jayanti – appearance day of the son of Vāyu, also known as Āñjaneya, is celebrated on two different days in the year. Once in the month of Caitra – April 5 this year, and then again in December in the region I come from – Karnataka! I’m...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Mar 26, 2023 | Festival chanting
Rāmanavami is coming up soon and thanks to my teacher’s daughter Shreeraksha, I have been chanting the powerful Rāma rakṣā stotram in preparation. Said to have been revealed to Sage Budha Kauśika, (or Viśvāmitra with a different name) in his dream and uttered directly...
