Saturday, November 17, 2012

Ashtadasha Punyakshetras and their location

I came across a very informative document regarding the famous mythological story where the body of Sati is cut asunder by the Sudarshan of Lord Vishnu and the various pieces of the body fell in and around India.


Part of the body
Name of the deity
Place of Pilgrimage
State / Country
1
Kali gajjalu
Sri Sshnakari Devi
Trinkomali
Srilanka
2
Veepu
Kamakshi Devi
Kanchi
Tamil Nadu
3
Udaram
Shrunkhala Devi
Ganga Sagar
West Bengal
4
Tala Ventrukalu
Chamudeswari Devi
Mysore
Karnataka
5
Danta Pankti
Jogulamba Devi
Alampuram
Andhra Pradesh
6
Meda
Bhramarambika Devi
Sri Sailam
Andhra Pradesh
7
Moodu Kallu
Mahalakshmi Mata
Kolhapur
Maharashtra
8
Kudi Hastam
Eka Veerika Devi
Mahu
Maharashtra
9
Pai Pedavi
Sri Mahakali
Ujjaini
Madhya Pradesh
10
Yedama Hastam
Sri Puruhutika Devi
Pithapuram
Andhra Pradesh
11
Nabhi Bhagam
Sri Girija Devi
Jajipur
Orissa
12
Yedama Chekkili
Manikyamba Devi
Draksharamam
Andhra Pradesh
13
Yoni
Sri Kamaroopi Devi
Guwahati
Assam
14
Hastanguli
Sri Madhaveswari Devi
Prayaga
Uttar Pradesh
15
Sirassu
Sri Vaishnavi
Kangra
Himachal Pradesh
16
Vakshojalu
Sri Sarvamangala Devi
Gaya
Bihar
17
Manikarnika
Sri Visalakshi
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
18
Dakshina Hastam
Sri Saraswati
Kashmir
J&K


Thursday, January 19, 2012

Cribbers Crib

As the title goes, The Cribbers (TC) have already decided that they are going to crib... mind you, not intentionally! They have it in their sub-conscious to crib.

They believe that anything in the world that comes in contact with them ( in the sense what they see or hear or even imagine!!) has something sinister to spring upon them.

Obviously!, you don't believe me!

If they hear that someone wants them to become good, they want THAT someone to practice first and then preach forgetting all the while icons in Mahatma gandhi, Lal, Bal and Pal! that had actually set a trend for them in the social strata or Ekalavya, Satya Harischandra in the realm of the spirit.

Pausing here can do us some good. Are TC actually interested in getting themselves on the path  (assuming that  there is one!) to goodness? If so, have they made any attempt towards practicing their ideals?

If they are not interested, TC would take the road largely traveled- gossip and slander. This would comfort them and assuage their fear of being the bad egg in the community!

Ultimately, losers are the ones who take TC seriously! Let them be... as the prayerful poem goes- " Lord God made them all.."