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Bharat

Jai Sri Ram! A Dream Realized and a Nation United

Oh, what beauty! a few drops of tears, filled with gratitude and bhakti rolled down my cheeks. A surge of love filled the heart, a sense of fulfillment, exuberance, and celebration, all merging in utter silence in the chant of Jai Sri Ram.

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Bharat

fulfilment of a dream in Ayodhya

it was in May of 1979 when I first visited Ayodhya. the temple of Lord Sri Ram was not there. it was just iron fencing surrounding the statue of Ram Lala, guarded by few police officers with guns. the top of the statue was covered with just a torned blue tarpaulin, an image that is […]

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Sri Rama Navami

साधूनां परित्राणाय, दुष्कृतां विनाशाय, धर्म-संस्थापन-अर्थाय च, अहं युगे युगे सम्भवामि

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Bharat sanskrit

गुर्वष्टकम् – Guru Ashtakam by Sankaracharya

The Body is handsome, the wife is attractive, Fame spread far and wide, wealth is enormous and stable like Mount Meru; But if the mind is not immersed in devotion to the lotus feet of the Guru, Really of what use is all these, what use, what use, what use?

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Bharat

ramayana heritage trip

we discussed the importance of valmiki and his work, about sri rama & sita devi and their understanding and practice of dharma.

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Bharat bliss

i feel so blessed…

i was listening to the victory speech of prime minister narendra modi ji. he was speaking to the workers of bjp this evening at the party office after a landslide victory, for the second term to rule the country. this is what he said: “you, the people of india have given me more faith, so […]

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Bharat

Hanuman and Sri Rama

यत्र यत्र रघुनाथकीर्तनं तत्र तत्र कृतमस्तकांजलिम्वाष्पवारिपरिपूर्णालोचनं मारुतिं नमत राक्षसान्तकम् Wherever praise of Lord Rama is sung,With head bowed and folded palms in veneration, eyes filled with tears of devotion,I salute that Maruti, who is the son of wind, who destroyed the demons. Sri Rama asked Hanuman ji once…Who are you?he saidदेहबुद्ध्या तु दासोऽहं जीव बुद्ध्या […]

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Bharat bliss

sitaram kedilya

with Sri Sitaram Kedilya at Amritapuri. He has a remarkable feat of traveling 23,100 km by foot from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and back, visiting 2350 villages in just 5 years!! the journey was undertaken to know India, be Indian, and to awaken India to the status of Jagat-guru. 17 Jul 2017, Amritapuri

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art Bharat

Ajantha & Ellora – the wonders of the world

The beautiful Ajantha and Ellora Temple caves, architecture and paintings.One of the unrecognised wonders of the world of Indian cultural heritage.This Ellora caves should have been the icon of India’s tourism. When you read the story you will understand it.

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Bharat bliss

stunning poetry in Suchindram temple stones

30 jun 2013 am here in the amritavidyalyam, kanyakumari, came to interact with kids. it was a ‘free’ day. decided to go to suchindram temple. a very famous one. this holy place is only 13 km from Kanyakumari. its believed that indra got purified from here. hence the name – suchi – indra. he met […]