Know our roots - Hindu religion

Kasi Temple Visit Most of the people born in India wanted to visit Kasi atleast once in their lifetime. But it is not easy for everyone to go there unless one have lots of punya (good deeds) and they need to visit many other sacred pilgrim's to be lucky enough to visit Kasi. Things to be done to get the Tirtha yatra phala (Benefit of Pilgrimage) There are four important things to be done in Kasi as said in Kasi Kanda. 1)Ganga Thirtha Snanam(Ganga Bath) Manikarnika Ganga  flows in different places in our country but the Ganga that flows in Kasi is considered auspicious and in Kasi it is Manikarnika that is important.  Doing Ganga bath removes all our Sins and is the first important thing to be done. Bath in Ganga In Kasi we can take the Ganga bath at anytime in a day, be it a morning, evening or night and there is no need to see any auspicious timings to take the bath. Bath must be taken at our residence prior to a dip in Ganga . Take 3 dips in Ganga and do sankalpa (need to sa...

Importance of chanting God's name in this Kali Yuga Both Vedas and Puranas says the importance of chanting Lord's name. Paths of liberation in different yugas It is given in Vishnu purana that we can attain liberation by Mediation in Krita Yuga,Yagna's in Treta yuga,Ritual worship in Dwapara yuga and Chanting of Lord's name in Kali yuga . Qualities of People in this Kali yuga Narada Muni in Bhagavatam describes that People in Kali yuga  Living only to please their senses. Have no truthfulness,tapas,mercy,Dhana guna(Donating nature) Always dominated by Anger,Selfishness,ego etc  All the above qualities are influenced by Kali Easiest way to get rid of this Kali All we need to do is to repeat the name of Lord.So simple right.. But it's not that easy for everyone to chant God's name, all we need to have is 'punya' (good karma).Just look at ourselves,how frequently do we remember him?  We hardly think of him..it is because of our works that dominates us,we...

Benefits of Reading Aditya Hrudayam Who gave us the Aditya hrudayam  ? Aditya Hrudayam was written by Sage Valmiki in the Yudha Kanda of Ramayana. Rishi Agastaya says it to Lord Rama in the warfield. What is Aditya hrudayam about? Aditya hrudayam is about the description of the Sun God and his Divine powers. How to read a stotra? Recite Aditya Hrudayam thrice daily or atleast on Sunday's. To get the maximum benefit from stotra one should read it with concentration and bhakti (love and faith) towards the deity in the stotra. Now let's see the benefits of reading the Aditya Hrudayam  Aditya hrudayam punyam Sara satru vinasanam | Jaya vaham japey nityam Akshayam param shivam || If we recite this stotram regularly in our daily life It gives us the ability to win over our enemies (obstacles). It purifies us by removing all the sins. It gives us all the worldly happiness then gives us the ultimate Moksha..all this worldy happiness are temporary only the moskha is everlasting. Sarva...