by Shantala Sriramaiah | Apr 24, 2023 | Authors & translators, Festival chanting
श्रुति स्मृति पुराणानामालयं करुणालयम् ।नमामि भगवत्पाद शङ्करं लोक शङ्करम् ॥ śrutismṛtipurāṇānāṃ ālayaṃ karuṇālayam |namāmi bhagavatpādaṃ śaṅkaraṃ lokaśaṅkaram || शङ्करं शङ्कराचार्यं केशवं बादरायणम् |सूत्रभाष्यकृतौ वन्दे भगवन्तौ पुनः पुनः || śaṅkaraṃ śaṅkarācāryaṃ...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Apr 2, 2023 | Festival chanting
Hanumān Jayanti – appearance day of the son of Vāyu, also known as Āñjaneya, is celebrated on two different days in the year. Once in the month of Caitra – April 5 this year, and then again in December in the region I come from – Karnataka! I’m...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Mar 26, 2023 | Festival chanting
Rāmanavami is coming up soon and thanks to my teacher’s daughter Shreeraksha, I have been chanting the powerful Rāma rakṣā stotram in preparation. Said to have been revealed to Sage Budha Kauśika, (or Viśvāmitra with a different name) in his dream and uttered directly...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Sep 26, 2022 | Festival chanting
The chanting of the Devī Mahātyam also known as Srī Durgā Saptaśatī or the Caṇdipāṭhaḥ is a sacred text from the Mākaṇḍeya Purāṇa, which is one of the 18 major Purāṇa-s. Celebrating the divine feminine power, Durgā – Śakti, with her innumerable names, She is the...
