Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt

The period when the sun starts moving northward from the Topic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer is called uttaraayaNa. The opposite period when the sun moves southward is called dakshiNaayaNa. According to our shAstras, one human year corresponds to one day for the celestials; uttaraayaNa is their daytime and dakshiNaayaNa the night. This “night” begins with AshADha shukla EkAdashi (the eleventh day in the bright half of the lunar month of AshADha). Once, on the eve of dakshiNaayaNa, the celestials assembled on the peaks of Mountain Meru and prayed to the Upendra form of Lord ViShNu. When the Lord arrived, the celestials told Him that their “night” was approaching and sought His permission to go to their respective abodes. Then Ratri devi, the patron deity of night and dakshiNaayaNa, took on the form of a beautiful damsel and prostrated before the Lord. She pleaded with Him as follows “Lord, everybody views dakshiNaayaNa as a bad time. Nobody performs any good deeds in that peri...

The power of Sri Sri Raghavendra Theertha can't be expressed in words, but only at the time of his blessings we can come to know! He is like kalpavriksha, the one who gives everything to his beloved devotees. He is also called as Kalyyuga kalpatharu,kamadhenu. Sri Appanacharaya, one of his beloved devotees composed Sri Raghavendra Stotram and there in the 3rd sloka, he says as below All their desires will be fulfilled for those who devote themselves unto the lotus-like feet of Sri Sri Raghavendra Swamy. His merciful grace will destroy mountainous sins. May Sri Raghavendra Swamy of such fame protect us always! And here in this post, I would like to post the powerful slokas which praises our Guru Sri Raghavendra Theertha. He is the only saint who can destroy all our sins in this Kaliyuga and also the only saint who can get the blessings of Lord Sri Hari Vayu Gurugalu. 1) Poojyaaya raghaveandraaya satyadharmaratayacha | Bhajataam kalpavrukshaaya namataam kaamadhenuve || I bow to Sri ...