Tag: Sita Devi

  • What is real prayer? A lesson from Ramayana month

    What is real prayer? A lesson from Ramayana month

    The test was simple but demanding: whoever could lift and string the mighty bow of Shiva, a gift to King Janaka, would win Sita’s hand in marriage.

  • Sri Rama – an excellent role model of Dharma and values

    Sri Rama – an excellent role model of Dharma and values

    Defeating adharma is not the foremost priority of avataras. Their primary goal is to nurture devotion in the hearts of humankind.

  • Navaratri, Dussehra and the Ramayana

    Navaratri highlights the principles elucidated by the Ramayana. This is hinted at in the other name by which Vijaya Dashami is known in India, Dussehra. “Dussehra” is derived from “Dasha-hara”, which means “victory over the ten-faced one”. This ten-faced being (Dashamukha) is none other than Ravana, Lord Rama’s adversary. His ten heads symbolise the ten…

  • Rama’s children raised in Wayanad

    Brahma Mystified by Vishnu Sthala Puranas of Bharat The Tirunelli Maha-Vishnu Temple Once upon a time, Lord Brahma was flying through his creation on his swan. At one point he was drawn by the beauty of a hill in what is today known as the Wayanad District of Kerala and decided to land there. (Thus…