1.Our religions have become a mockery. 2.This is the great truth. 3.We are not going to be saved by our religion; nor is religion going to save mankind if it is to be a practical vocation of getting on in life, to somehow earn a name as a religious man, a pontiff, an acharya, a guru, a sannyasin, a yogi, a minister, a pope. 4.If these are our ambitions and aspirations, God forbid, we do not know what is going to be our future. -FINAL PART.
Ettumanoor Sree Mahadevan Temple, Kottayam, Kerala
Opinion
28/07/2018
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Ref :-
1.Our religions have become a mockery.
2.This is the great truth.
3.We are not going to be saved by our religion; nor is religion going to save mankind if it is to be a practical vocation of getting on in life, to somehow earn a name as a religious man, a pontiff, an acharya, a guru, a sannyasin, a yogi, a minister, a pope.
4.If these are our ambitions and aspirations, God forbid, we do not know what is going to be our future
Sub : The Vision of True Religion - Swami Krishnananda : FINAL PART.
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Every constitution has its own variegated needs. The constitution that I am referring to is very complex. We are not simple individuals as we appear. Our needs are multitudinous on account of the variegated involvements of our personalities in life, and it is not easy for us to say what our needs are. We cannot answer this question offhand because every one of us, every individual, is involved in circumstances which are beyond ordinary human comprehension. We have the very gross needs of this physical body. Hunger and thirst pursue us every day. We need to maintain the health of the physical body; we have the urges of the vitality within us, which press us forward in their own way; our minds think in one way, our intellect argues in another way; we are born of a type of parents who have raised us in a social atmosphere, which also has an impact upon our minds; we belong to a nation; we are human beings of one type, and so on. Our conduct is decided by the various types of individual and social associations in our life.
1.Therefore, a very cautious investigation into one's own self as placed in this multitudinous involvement would be very essential for taking a spiritual step, because, ultimately, there is no such thing as a spiritual life isolated from life in its totality.
2. Again we have to emphasise that this bogey of 'spirituality' which has led us astray by a misinterpretation of its meaning has to be shed at once, because God is not the Father merely of the spiritual seeking souls; perhaps He is the Father of even the devils and demons.
3. The Puranas tell us that the great Father—the progenitor of mankind and the parent of the celestials, such as Indra and others—was also the parent of the demons, who were the opposite of the devas.
4. The Pandavas and the Kauravas were descendants of Kuru, so both were called Kauravas. Diti and Aditi were two consorts of Kasyapa, the great descendent of Brahma, the Creator himself; and from such a great master and spiritual genius, we have these two bifurcations in the characteristics or movements of nature: the celestial, or we may call it the divine, and the demonic.
Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple
1. A true appreciation in a most harmonious manner, as it would be required, is difficult for prejudiced minds of man, for which he needs a complete deconditioning of his prejudices—racial, national, physical, ethical, and even intellectual.
2. Therefore, we have to reiterate that the life spiritual, while it was the supreme ideal and ideology of the great cultural vision of BHARATHAM, was the vision of perfection.
3. This is the reason why today BHARATHAM stands alive and breathes in the same way as it breathed years and years ago, in ages past.
4. While today very unexpected and unfortunate departures from the norm of this perfection can be detected in our practical day-to-day life, we should also be happy that the germ of perfection is still present in India; and I, for one, do not believe that the culture of BHARATHAM will perish at any time.
Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple
THE ENDJAIHIND
VANDEMATHARAM
Ananthapura Lake Temple
NOTE :-
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"Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple is an ancient Shiva temple in Kottayam, Kerala, India. It has brought glory and fame to the place. Myths have it that the Pandavas and the sage Vyasa had worshipped at this temple. The name of the place has its origin from the word 'manoor', which means the land of deer. The temple is one of the major Shiva temples in Kerala counted along with the Shiva temples of Chengannur Mahadeva Temple, Kaduthruthy Mahadeva Temple, Vaikom Temple, Ernakulam Shiva Temple and Vadakkunathan temple.
"Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple is an ancient Shiva temple in Kottayam, Kerala, India. It has brought glory and fame to the place. Myths have it that the Pandavas and the sage Vyasa had worshipped at this temple. The name of the place has its origin from the word 'manoor', which means the land of deer. The temple is one of the major Shiva temples in Kerala counted along with the Shiva temples of Chengannur Mahadeva Temple, Kaduthruthy Mahadeva Temple, Vaikom Temple, Ernakulam Shiva Temple and Vadakkunathan temple.
Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple hosts the arattu festival celebrated on a grand scale on the Thiruvathira day in February–March every year. Lot of people come to this temple on the 8th and 10th day of the festival when seven and half elephants (in Malayalam: ezharaponnaana) made of gold (nearly 13 Kgms) will be held in public view. This statue was donated to the temple by a travancore maharaja. The temple, one of the wealthiest Devaswoms in Kerala, has many valuable possessions.
The Thulabharam is one of the important rituals of this temple. People make offerings to God for favours received. On balance, the child or man for whom offerings were promised to God, is weighed against offerings ranging from gold to fruits."
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"Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple or Anantha Lake Temple is a Hindu temple built in the middle of a lake in the little village of Ananthapura, around 6 km from the town of Kumbla in Manjeswaram taluk of Kasaragod District of Kerala, South India. This is the only lake temple in Kerala and is believed to be the original seat (Moolasthanam) of Ananthapadmanabha Swami (Padmanabhaswamy temple) Thiruvananthapuram. Legend has it that this is the original site where Ananthapadmanabha settled down.
"Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple or Anantha Lake Temple is a Hindu temple built in the middle of a lake in the little village of Ananthapura, around 6 km from the town of Kumbla in Manjeswaram taluk of Kasaragod District of Kerala, South India. This is the only lake temple in Kerala and is believed to be the original seat (Moolasthanam) of Ananthapadmanabha Swami (Padmanabhaswamy temple) Thiruvananthapuram. Legend has it that this is the original site where Ananthapadmanabha settled down.
The lake in which the Sanctum Sanctorum is built measures about 2 acres (302 feet square). An interesting spot to keep in mind while visiting the temple is a cave to the right corner of the lake. According to the local legend, the deity Anantha Padmanabha chose to go all the way to Thiruvananthapuram through that cave. Hence both the places retain similar names, in spite of being on either end of the region.
The temple also has yet another interesting tale to tell – the story of the guardian crocodile. From very ancient times, one crocodile has been seen there. Though devotees used to take bath in the tank there is no instance of it harming anyone. Babia is the name by which this guardian is known to the world. It is the local guardian and the messenger of the temple. The only food that Babia takes is the offerings of the devotees. Usually it is a special gruel made of rice and molasses. After the worship, the feed offered by devotees is given to Babia at noon. Temple authorities claim that Babia is a vegetarian and has never harmed anyone including the fishes in the pond."
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