Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai
An abode of God of good fortunes-Ganesha; the destroyer of obstacles, Lord of good beginnings, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom is one such temple famous worldwide. Situated at Prabhadevi area of Mumbai, this temple was venerated on Nov, 19 1801 .Indeed it is a tribute and standing testament of beauty and architecture. It is one of the affluent temples in Mumbai. At the outset, it was built by Laxman Vithu and Deubai Patil .The idol of Lord Ganesh is made from a single black stone. Siddhivinayak temple is well known as “Navasacha Ganapati” or “Navasala Pavanara Ganapati” which means Ganapati bestows his blessings to the devotee.Tuesday is deemed to be the most felicitous days to visit Siddhivinayak temple when devotees converge in great numbers to pray. In the Hindu religion and mythology Lord Ganesha holds the most revered position and all new tasks begin with His prayer.
Ganesha also known as Pillaiyar, Ganapati, Vighnaharta and Vinayaka, is one of the best-known and most widely worshipped deities. The name Ganesha is a Sanskrit compound, joining the words gana meaning a group and isha meaning lord or master. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains, Buddhists, and beyond India.
Temple Timings and Tips
Opening Time: 4 AM
Closing Time: 9:15 PM
Open all days of the week
Aartis
Ganesh Pooja: 4.30 a.m. to 5.00 a.m.
Khichadi Naivaidya: 10.00 o' clock in morning
Panchamrut (milk, curd, honey, ghee) Pooja: 11.00 a.m.
Mahanaivedyam: 12.00 noon.
Third Pooja: after sunset
Dhooparti: from 8:30 p.m to 9:15 p.m. & the temple closes for the day.
Bhadrapada and Magh Shudh Pratipada to Panchmi (from 1st day to 5th day) are celebrated on grand scale.
Mekkikattu' - place with many wooden Bhuta Icons, is situated near Shiriyara village 6 km from Barkur town, of Udupi District (Karnataka State, India). According to a legend jambukeshvara a sage was engaged in a strong penance at this place, installed 'nandi' (Having human body and the oxe head of a spirit or pantheon diety or bhuta) the vehicle of Lord Ishvara as the guardian spirit in order to protect himself from disturbances of evil power. To safeguard the place of sanctity he established a number of bhutas in this shrine.
In a spacious hall near the sanctum there are a number of wooden icons representing vanquished soldiers, horses, elephants of Keladi kingdom. Once Keladi ruler marched in order to loot the wealth of Barkur. (Circa 16th century A.D.) Barkur was the wealthy capital of a chieftain of Tulu kingdom. When Keladi army encamped near Mekkikattu before the final assault, the Barkur chief apprehending defeat invoked Nandikeshvara to protect the country by his supernatural powers, Immediately dumbness and immobility overpowered the Keladi soldiers. The army leaders consulted astrologers and were promptly told to compensate whatever loss was caused to their soldiers. Finally every one became normal, In commemoration of the event their king presented the wooden images to the shrine. These wooden images are called 'uru' and the wooden icons hall is called urusaale. This shrine has more than 150 wooden icons, and more than 200 aniconic (idol less) supernatural spirits associated in the area, some of them believed on the seat of wooden bench which is placed in "T"- shape. Few spirits are under a tree. On every 'sanmkramana' (an auspicious day for Hindus) or eventually on 5th and 20th (day) of every month there will be a trance rites or possession as a grand festival.
In the month of February or March the yearly festival take place on the day of 'sankramana' i.e, 14th onwards. Out side three major iron poles are fixed, on this pole another horizontal pole fixed at its axis. At the one end a cradle will be tied, to the other end remains a fixed long rope. The devotees who have taken the oath of offering the service of sedi or sitting in a ritual cradle. During the festival 'sedi' performance considered an important ritual. The main spirit or Bhuta of this temple is called nandikeshvara' or 'aakasha nandi'. This place is also famous for mother deity, and an interesting wooden icons, sanctity places also could be seen at'Mekkikattu'.
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Icons of this place is having large collection, similarly in 'Soodigadde' (of Belake region) near Bhatkal one can find similar wood icons in thousands. These are all offered by the devotee to overcome his or her disease. The size of the wooden icons varies, more icons belong to the deity called 'maastiyamma'. Wooden icons are worshiped in the 'Garodi' (shrine dedicated to twin hero's of Tulu culture) and as part of influenced culture one can see wooden image i.e, muslim sufi icon, 'joogi' or of Baaranathpanth of North India etc.
There are many numerology systems which assign numerical value to the letters of an alphabet. Examples include the Abjad numerals in Arabic, the Hebrew numerals, Armenian numerals, and Greek numerals. The practice within Jewish tradition of assigning mystical meaning to words based on their numerical values, and on connections between words of equal value, is known as gematria. For example:
1 = a, j, s,
2 = b, t,
3 = c, l, u,
4 = d, m,
5 = e, n, w,
6 = f, o, x,
7 = g, p, y,
8 = h, q, z,
9 = i, r,
based on Pythagorean Numerology, which is the original numerology and was created by the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras
k = 11
v = 22
...and are then summed.
Examples:
3,489 → 3 + 4 + 8 + 9 = 24 → 2 + 4 = 6
Hello → 8 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 6 = 25 → 2 + 5 = 7
In South India, mostly Tamil nadu, the numbers assigned to English alphabets is different. The list is shown below:
1 = A, I, J, Q, Y
2 = B, K, R
3 = C, G, L, S
4 = D, M, T
5 = E, H, N, X
6 = U, V, W
7 = O, Z
8 = F, P
There is no assignment for the number 9. Numerologists analyze double-digit numbers from 10 to 99.
Some Chinese assign a different set of meanings to the numbers and certain number combinations are considered luckier than others. In general, even numbers are considered lucky, since it is believed that good luck comes in pairs.
This world has been created by lord Brahma and the entire world is controlled by TRIMURTHI (Bramha,Vishnu & Mahesh). It is worshipped by people in various forms across the globe or universe. There is no physical form for it.
There is no birth or death to the soul that exists in all of our bodies as we all believe.Changes are only to the physical bodies.They are birth, childhood, teenage, adulthood, oldage, and death. Only athma enters into different body and takes form at time as per the good deeds and bad things it has done. There is no birth or death to athma. It can neither be created nor destroyed. Athma takes birth as per the karmas which it has done. It is like a person who is working in an organization gets promoted when he does his duty sincerely, honestly and efficiently or degraded if he does not perform his duties. The same way, an athma gets good and bad birth as per the good and bad things it does.
Naadi Astrology is like a mirror of your karmas in past birth. And there are two options associated with your past sin. Either you can get the bad fate for your sins or you can overcome them by doing the right things with the world ( including all living things).
The texts are mainly written in Vatteluttu, which is an ancient Tamil script. There are different schools of thought as to the author of these leaves. They were written by a Tamil sage called Agathiyar who is said to have had divine revelations. This doctrine of astrology was made famous by astrologers around the Vaitheeswaran Temple in the state of Tamil Nadu. Based on the thumb impression, Nadi leaves are found.
These Nadi leaves were initially stored in the premises of Tanjore Saraswati Mahal Library of Tamil Nadu. The British rulers later showed interest in the Nadi leaves concerned with herbs and medicine, future prediction etc.; but ironically left most of the Nadi prediction leaves to their loyal people. Some leaves got destroyed and the remaining were auctioned during the British rule. These Nadi leaves were obtained and possessed by the families of astrologers in Vaitheeswaran Temple. This was passed down the years from one generation to the other.
BASICS
All the human beings irrespective of country, religion, caste, status, rich, poor, language are controlled by Navagrahas (nine planets). Navagrahas are very sincere in their duties and never go out of their path in performing their duties. They never work for any favour. They act on individuals as per the Karma (bad and good things done by human beings in this world) of each individual. The life of each individual is determined by their past karmas. For example, if a person is blessed with huge wealth in this birth then it means he has done so many punyas (good things) in his previous births and he is enjoying the benefits of it in this birth. It is like a person who has saved lot of punyas in his account as we save in bank accounts, then cash it when the need comes.
Birth, death, rebirth and moksha are all controlled by our old karmas. Sins are like big mountains which will take very long time to dilute whereas punyas earned will get emptied very soon so it is very important that we always think of good and do not do any harm to any other living things. Sin is considered as committed even if we think of any bad things in your mind.
What is to be given to you, when, how and where everything is decided by Brahma through Navagarahas and Siddars. As the Brahma cannot come and do all the things in the world directly it has created 84,000 Siddars to perform duties on its behalf. Siddars are only next to god, and they have all supreme and divine powers and energy to act like god. Of the total siddars, 84000 are identified as very powerful and these informations are told by siddars itself by way of Nadi. Agastiyar is the leader of all Siddars. Few other Siddars like Vashistar, Kakapujandar, Bokar. Agastiyar always thrive for Jeeva Karunyam (not to do harm to any living things), i.e., taking care of all living things in this world and guide them to the path of Gnana to reach the divine feet.
Tension or stress is a natural reaction of the events that take place in our
day-to-day life. It can be a friend or a foe of a person. When under control, it
can ignite creative power and productivity in a person and can make him or
her prospective as well. But when out of control, it can take horrible toll on
his or her mental, physical and emotional health and ;) relationships and
this is this second form of it that prevails the world over -whether, in family
or in the office, in park .or in travel in the present age of matter when
everybody tries to grab every pleasure of life by this way or that.
In todays fast-paced world, we are experiencing more stress than ever
before. A study ! conducted until recently shows that more than 45 percent
people suffer adverse health effects from stress.
We all know that anxiety disorders cannot be stopped. We cant simply wish
them away. In fact, they grow on most of us and eventually become chronic.
So, the big question is what to do? Doctors and scientists are trying to find
ways out. Researches are on but the situation is still far from satisfactory.
But then there is hope as well in the form of different astrological paths and
systems such as Ayurveda, Yoga, Pranic healing, acupressure, acupuncture
and herbal medicines.
Where Ayurvedic medicine and Yoga can help us in keeping our body fit
and healthy, consultancy by consultants of different streams can really help
us in easing out the stress and tension people are going through these days.
Astrology acts as a psycho treatment to a person going through a bad phase
and feels very lone. Depression and increased tendencies to commit suicide
can be effectively controlled if correct astro advice is given to a person in
advance to prepare him to accept the upcoming event. One can prepare
oneself mentally to accept the rough patch without much problems.
