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Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Brahmotsavams 2025

Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy – Brahmotsavams This year Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Brahmotsavams will be performed from 17- 02-2025 to 26-02-2025 in Srinivasa Mangapuram. The ancient temple of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy is located in Srinivasa Mangapuram, about 12 km to the west of Tirupati, A.P. Legend has it that Sri Venkateswara Swamy stayed here Read More

Magha Masam – The Sacrosanct Month

Magha Masam On the occasion of Magha Masam The eleventh month in the Hindu calendar is Magha. It is considered a pious month for taking holy baths in rivers and seas. During Magha Masam, Lord Vishnu is offered prayers with devotion and reverence. It is believed that Maa Parvati Mata had incarnated as Sati during Read More

Kapila Lingam (Kapileswaram) – The Sacred Shrine for Ablution of Sins

Sri Kapileswara Swamy Temple (Kapila Lingam) – Tirupati “Sarvadosha Parihaaraka Lingam Naumi Maha Kapileswara Lingam” The above Sloka makes it amply clear that worshipping Lord Shiva at this shrine is enough to break free from all shackles in life. Sri Kapileswara Swamy temple at the foot of Tirumala Hills in Tirupati derived its name from Read More

Chaya Someswara Swamy Temple, Panagal (Nalgonda)

Sri Pachchala Someswara Swamy Temple Chaya Someswara Swamy temple is situated in a village called Panagal, 10 km to the east of Nalgonda, but now a part of the town. It is 113 kms away from Hyderabad, on the Narketpally-Addanki Highway connecting the National Highway 65 at Narketpally in Telangana and the National Highway 16 Read More

Sri Shiva Bilvastakam by Sri Adi Shankaracharya

Sri Adi Shankaracharya’s Bilvastakam ‘Sri Shiva Bilvastakam’ is one of the most significant and divine compositions of Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankaracharya, eulogizing the magnificence of ‘bilva’ leaf. Lord Shiva is very much fond of ‘bilva’ leaf, the prime reason being that, per the ‘Skanda Purana’, the ‘bilva’ tree grew from the sweat droplets of mother Read More

Kallazhagar Sundaraja Perumal Temple (Azhagar Koil) – Divya Desam

Arulmigu Kallazhagar Sundaraja Perumal Temple Location Sundaraja Perumal Temple Divya Desam is located approximately 20 km north of Madurai in Tamil Nadu on the slopes of Azhagar Malai which is also the part of a reserve forest. Since time immemorial, monkeys abound in this area. Click here for the temple location on Google Maps. Azhagar Read More

Paruveta Utsavam in Tirumala 2025

Paruveta Utsavam On the Kanuma festival day, Paruveta Utsavam is held in Tirumala every year. On this day, the processional deities of Lord Sri Malayappa Swamy and Lord Sri Krishna Swamy, seated on separate palanquins, are taken for a pleasure hunt to Paruveta Mandapam in Tirumala from the main shrine in a colourful procession. On Read More