by Shantala Sriramaiah | Jul 21, 2024 | Chanting practice, Festival chanting
Today (Sunday 21 July), we celebrate Gurupūrṇimā to honour teachers and the source of teaching on this day. It is perhaps the most important day in the year for all Indic knowledge systems based practitioners. We honour the entire teaching “parampara”...
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...
