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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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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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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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I only contemplate on Rāma

“I don’t know the day of the week, the phase of the moon, or the position of the stars; I only contemplate on Rāma.” – Hanuman Happy Hanuman Jayanthi Save