How Navagraha Gods got relived from their imprecation?

How Navagraha Gods got relived from their imprecation?


தங்கள் சாபம் நீங்க நவக்கிரக தேவதைகள் எங்கு சிவனையும், பார்வதியையும் பூஜித்து சாபம் நீங்கப் பெற்றார்கள்.?

Invoking the Lord in the form of planetary deities is one of the ways Hindus worship God. Nine heavenly bodies – the Navagrahas – are recognized as having a significant influence on the lives of individuals. They consist of Surya (Sun), Chandra (Moon), Mangala (Mars), Budha (Mercury), Guru (Jupiter), Sukra (Venus), Sani (Saturn), Rahu (northern node of the Moon), and Ketu (southern node of the Moon). Worshipping them is a way to bring peace and harmony in one’s life and avert mishaps. Each of them confers a particular benefit upon the worshipper.


Hindus view the Navagrahas as playing a significant role in the life of an individual. May the Sun give us long life and good health; the Moon, pure fame; the son of the Earth (Mars), charisma and prosperity; the son of the Moon (Mercury), intelligence; Jupiter, respectability; the one possessed of the qualities of a poet (Venus), the capacity for unsurpassed and melodious speech; the one of slow gait (Saturn), continual joy and pleasure; Rahu, strength and the destruction of enemies; and Ketu, growth of the family. While the positions of the various planets at the time of one’s birth determine the life pattern destined at birth, the destined events can be changed through specific prayers (shaantis) offered to the planetary deities.


I am going to tell you thro this video, the story of Navagraha Gods who were relieved of from their curse by worshipping Lord Siva and Parvathi in Suryanar koil.

Kunkulia Kalaya Nayanar. குங்குலியக் கலய நாயனார்.Tamil Speech S.V.Ramani.

Kunkulia Kalaya Nayanar. குங்குலியக் கலய நாயனார்.Tamil Speech S.V.Ramani.


Kunkulia Kalaya Nayanar was known, because he was
carrying always large pots of "kunkuiya" red incense, which is
used for Doopa, like Dasangam. He was born in a pious Brahmin
family, in Kadvaur, a place near Mayiladuthurai, in Tamil Nadu.


Kunkuliya Kalaya Nayanar was a great Siva devotee and spent all
his earnings for buying the incense and burning it regularly in Siva
temple. Soon he became poor, because he was spending all his


wealth for this noble act and also for feeding the poor people everyday
in his house. One day he had no money and his faithful wife, who had
nothing to cook food at home, gave her gold "mangala sutram" for
buying food items. When Nayanar went to the bazaar, he found some
red incense being sold by a trader from overseas.


He liked it and with the money obtained after pledging the gold, he bought the incense and went to the temple and stacked the bags inside the temple, for dhoopa atthe evening arti. He returned home empty handed. His wife expressed disappointment, but did not express any anger. Suddenly the couple
heard some noise at the back yard and when they went, they found
bags of gold coins, being dropped from the sky in the backyard. They
became very happy at the kindness of Siva and continued their life with
regular incense burning in the Kadavur temple.






Once, in the Siva temple of Tiru Panandal, a nearby town, news spread
that in order to accept the garland from a little pious girl, Siva bent and
took the garland and so the Siva Linga appeared leaning without being
erect. The King ordered a rope to be tied and several soldiers pulled the
rope, to straighten the Siva Linga, without any success. They called
Kunkulia Kalaya Nayanar for finding a way out. He said that Siva
would bend only for the ardent devotees and not for power. Hence,
he tied the rope and pulled it by connecting it to his hairs. The devotee
became red in his face, with his hairs stretched, and he was bleeding


in the head. He did not stop. His wife watching the scene cried inconsolably. Soon, the Siva Linga became erect and the devotee fell down in pain.


Lord Siva appeared before him and said: "We shall stoop only to the devotees
and not for anyone else. He took Kunkulia Kalaya Nayanar and his wife to his Abode.


OM Namasivayaa! OM Namasivayaa!!

Instead of Devotion bribe is growing everywhere in Tirupati Temple.

Instead of Devotion bribe is growing everywhere in Tirupati Temple.


பக்தியை வளர்க்க வேண்டிய திருப்பதி தேவஸ்தானம் இலஞ்சத்தை வளர்க்கிறது. இந்திய அரசும். ஆந்திர அரசும் தேவஸ்தானத்தின் நடவடிக்கைகளை கட்டுப்படுத்த வேண்டும்.

The Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanams (TTD) not only manages one of the most revered temples in India but is also the richest temple board in the country. With a mammoth Rs 2,000-crore annual budget, 10,000 staffers in 98 wings, it is not surprising therefore that the menace of corruption has seeped into its system.


“It’s a mini state in itself, giving rise to corruption at every level,” says a senior temple official. Right from the time a pilgrim gets down at Tirupati to catch a bus to the Tirumala hills for a darshan, has his head tonsured, obtains an appointment with the joint executive officer for accommodation, buys laddu prasadam, he has to grease the palms of employees and agents.


Corruption has became a norm, ‘1+1’ has become the code word to get things done. By this, a pilgrim has to pay double of what he is entitled for a service. Madhava Reddy, an onion trader from Hindupur, had the bitter experience of shelling out Rs 5,000 to a tout recently. “Though an AC room costs Rs 1,500, I had to spend Rs 5,000 since they took Rs 1,500 as commission towards accommodation (under 1+1 scheme) and Rs 2,000 more for darshan and prasadam,” he said. Reddy says that he had to depend on the agents because the other option was to run from pillar to post to get recommendation letters for darshan/accommodation from a top official or an MLA.


“Its institutionalized corruption as an artificial demand is created by the staff in cahoots with brokers,” points out a former executive officer of TTD.


At Kalyanakatta, where pilgrims offer their hair in fulfilment of their vows, tonsuring service is free or one can take Rs 10 tokens. But here there is no 1+ 1, it is worse. Every barber takes Rs 50-100 from each pilgrim. There are over 500 barbers. The union president of barber association, was caught handing over the day’s moolah to the superintendent on a close circuit camera last year. The official was suspended but later reinstated. Insiders say that after that episode whenever barbers take money, they look straight into the cameras to avoid detection.


Then, there are TTD publications counters at various places atop the hill, which are always under lock and key. If pilgrims want to buy books, they have to walk 5 km from the main temple. “Thousands of books are printed at the TTD printing press. There is unaccounted corruption to the tune of Rs 150 crore in this wing alone,” alleges advocate Srinivas.


Similarly, there are several AC rooms for pilgrims. But the ACs are always under repair. “There are no records on how many ACs are in working condition but they keep placing orders for new ACs,” says a former official not wanting to be named.


The Andhra Pradesh Government must instruct Tirupathi Devasthanam authorities to curb the bribe activities of its Devasthanam staff and instruct them to take stringent action against the erring officials. Instead of Devotion bribe is growing everywhere in Tirupati.


Our Indian Government must instruct the Andhra Pradesh Government in passing necessary amendments in the law to control Tirupati Devasthanam activities.

Kannappa Nayanar.கண்ணப்ப நாயனார்.

Kannappa Nayanar.கண்ணப்ப நாயனார்.


கண்ணப்ப நாயனாரின் சரித்திரம் கேட்போருக்கு பக்தியையும், இறைவன்பால் பற்றுதலையும் உண்டாக்கும்.ஓம் நமச்சிவாயா.

Nagan was the king of hunters at Uduppur in Pottapi Nadu. His wife was Tattai. They were great devotees of Lord Subramanya. By His grace, they had a child, after a long time. It was very heavy: so, they named him Tinnanar.


One day, Tinnanar went out hunting. A pig escaped from its net and was running away. Tinnanar pursued it accompanied by two others, Nanan and Kadan. The pig was tired and stood near a tree. It was quickly killed by Tinnanar. They were tired, too, and thirsty. They proceeded towards the Ponmukali. Tinnanar wanted to climb the nearby mountain. Nanan, too, volunteered to follow him, saying that on that, the Kalahasthi hill, there was Lord Kudumithevar (God with a Tuft). Kadan was busy cooking the pork.


As he saw the Lord there, he felt supreme love surging in his heart. He embraced the Lingam and kissed It. He began to shed tears of joy. He felt that the Lord was lonely there, and that he should thenceforth remain with Him. Again, he thought that the Lord might be hungry. Though he was reluctant to leave the Lord alone, he quickly came down the hill to fetch some food for the Lord. He took the best pieces of the pork, tasted them and ear-marked the very best for Him. In the mean time, he gathered from Nanan that the Lord was worshipped daily with water, flowers, etc, before the food was offered to Him. So, he began to collect the other articles of worship. He filled his own mouth with water from the river. Flowers, he gathered and wore them on his head! He took the pork, bow and arrow and went up the hill again, alone this time.


At the temple, Tinnanar poured from his mouth, the water that he had brought for His worship. That was his ‘Abhishekam’. Then he decorated the Lingam with the flowers he had brought on his own head. This was his ‘Archana’. He then placed the pork before the Lord. He went out and stood guard for Him, at the entrance, lest some wild animals should hurt Him. In the morning again he went out to hunt and bring fresh food for the Lord.


When Tinnanar left the temple in the morning to get food for the Lord, Sivagochariar, the temple priest, came there for the usual orthodox worship. He was horrified at the desecration that some unknown person had done in the temple. He was well versed in the Agamas (rituals of Siva-worship). He performed the necessary purificatory rites and took bath again and began his formal worship. He brought water in a holy pot, with a bandage around his own mouth, lest the breath of his mouth should pollute it. He brought fresh flowers in a holy basket. He brought fruits and sweets, newly made and unpolluted by anyone tasting it, before the Lord for being offered to Him. He went home after the worship.


Tinnanar returned with fresh meat. He removed the priest’s decorations, and did the worship in his own way, and then as usual, stood guard at the entrance.


This went on for five days. The priest was greatly upset about the desecration of the holy place. He appealed to the Lord to stop it. Lord Siva wanted to show to Sivagochariar the nature of Tinnanar’s supreme devotion. He commanded him in a dream, to hide himself behind the Lingam, when Tinnanar went to the temple the next day, and watch what took place.


On the sixth day, Tinnanar went out as usual for getting the Lord’s food. While returning, he saw many ill omens, which made him feel that something had happened to the Lord: he was so unconscious of himself, that he did not think that something could happen to him. He ran towards the Lord. He was grieved to see blood issuing from the Lord’s right eye. The articles he had brought for the worship dropped from his hand. He wept bitterly. He could not find who had done this to the Lord. He treated the eye with herbs he knew of. Still the bleeding did not stop. A simple idea occurred to him: ‘flesh for flesh’. At once, with his own arrow, he took out his own right eye, and fixed it over the right eye of the Lord. The bleeding stopped. He was very happy. When he was dancing in ecstasy, he noticed that the Lord’s left eye had begun to bleed. But, he had already found out the remedy. There was only one problem: how to locate the eye of the Lord, when his own eye had been pulled out. So, Tinnanar planted his foot at the place where the Lord’s left eye was on the Lingam, and began to pull his left eye out, with his arrow.


At once, Lord Siva caught hold of his hand and said: ‘My dear child, Kannappa! Stop plucking your eye.’ The Lord repeated the word Kannappa thrice. Kannappar was thrice blessed. Tinnanar became Kannappar, because he gave his own eye to the Lord. Lord Siva took him with both Hands, and kept him on His right side. Kannappar regained his vision and lived as god himself. Sivagochariar understood the true nature of devotion.


OM Namasivaya! OM Namasivaya!!

Jayalalithaa asked her partymen to 'gift' her with all 40 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 elections.

Jayalalithaa asked her partymen to 'gift' her with all 40 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 elections.


தமிழகத்தின் நாற்பது எம்.பி. தொகுதிகளையும் எனது பிறந்த நாள் பரிசாக வென்று தாருங்கள். ஜெயலலிதா.


After winning in Sankarankoil by-election AIADMk General Secretary Selvi Jayalalithaa setting her sights on carving out a larger role in national politics, AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa asked her partymen to 'gift' her with all 40 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 elections.


"Winning all the 40 seats in the coming Lok Sabha polls would be the best present my dear partymen you can give me and I request you to start working towards this goal," Jayalalithaa, who will turn 64 on February 24, said.


Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats and the neighbouring Union Territory of Puduchery one. In her address to partymen in the AIADMK general council in December last, she had exhorted them to galvanize the party for a role at national level, saying it would even be in a position to elect the next Prime Minister.


However, riding on a massive anti-incumbency wave in the April 13 assembly polls last year, AIADMK trounced its arch rival DMK, bringing back Jayalalithaa as Chief Minister for the third time.


In her message to partymen ahead of her birthday, Jayalalithaa asked them to desist from any grandeur regarding celebrations saying such a practice by the DMK men did them in as people were not amused by such extravaganza. Holding that she was for simplicity on the lines of her mentor and AIADMK founder, the late MG Ramachandran, she insisted that her birthday celebrations should be low-key.


"It is nine months since the AIADMK has been in government. We have not been involved in any sort of extravaganza and even many government functions have been launched via video-conferencing, to save taxpayers' money."


She told partymen: "You should take a cue from this and celebrate my birthday in simple manner and by distributing welfare to others." Chief Minister Jayalalithaa asked her partymen to 'gift' her with all 40 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 elections. We will wait and see whether her party people will keep up her words in winning all 40 MP seats.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India's vote against Sri Lanka was to enable minority Tamils to get justice.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India's vote against Sri Lanka was to enable minority Tamils to get justice.


சிறுபான்மைத் தமிழர்களுக்கு நியாயம் கிடைக்கவே இந்தியா இந்த தீர்மானத்தை ஆதரித்ததாக இந்தியப் பிரதமர் கூறினார்.

India is among 24 countries that voted against Sri Lanka today at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. The UN's top human rights body has passed a resolution, sponsored by the US, for 'promoting reconciliation and accountability' in Sri Lanka after its army won a 26-year-long civil war by defeating the rebel Tamil Tigers.


We do not want to infringe on the sovereignty of Sri Lanka but concerns should be expressed so that Tamil people can get justice and lead a life of dignity," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.


Sri Lanka had rejected the resolution.telling "After 30 long years of instability and violence we have achieved stability and peace.


15 countries including China and Russia backed Sri Lanka, which had rejected the resolution, saying it unduly interfered in the country's domestic affairs and could hinder its reconciliation process. Eight countries abstained from today's vote. The resolution says the Sri Lankan government could benefit from advice by the UN human rights office. Today's resolution followed an inquiry conducted by a United Nations panel which said last year that it had credible allegations of serious violations committed by both the government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which was classified as a terrorist organisation .


The UN resolution adopted today [22-3-2012] asks for Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of a committee it created internally, the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Process, to study the allegations of war crimes. The US delegation in Geneva today referred to the government's "lack of action to implement the recommendations" of that commission. It described the resolution it has moved as one "that encourages Sri Lanka to implement the recommendations of its own LLRC and to make concerted efforts at achieving the kind of meaningful accountability upon which lasting reconciliation efforts can be built."


China has thrown its weight behind Sri Lanka, saying it is against any country putting pressure on others in the name of rights violations. China, in recent years, has made big investments in Sri Lanka besides assisting the island with major projects like building a modern port at Hambanthotta. Earlier this month, Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited Beijing to seek its support to stave off the US-led move.


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today[22-3-2012] said India's vote against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC was in line with its stand and wanted to ensure that concern was expressed to enable minority Tamils in that country to get justice.


Thanks to American President and Indian Prime Minister.

The huge mandate of dalit and thevar voters raised Jayalalitha’s Victory in Sankarankoil.

The huge mandate of dalit and thevar voters raised Jayalalitha’s Victory in Sankarankoil.


ஜெயலலிதாவின் அதிமுகவிற்கு மாபெரும் வெற்றியைத்தேடித்தந்த சங்கரன்கோயில் தலித்,தேவர் மற்றும் அனைத்து மக்களின் நல் நம்பிக்கைக் காப்பாற்றப் படவேண்டும்.

In Sankarankoil strange combination of upper and lower caste votes has helped the ruling AIADMK win the reserved Sankarankoil assembly seat for the sixth consecutive term, thereby preserving its traditional stronghold. The huge mandate from the dalit and thevar voters in the March 18 byelection cannot be doubted as winning candidate S Muthuselvi has trounced her DMK rival by 68,757 votes, a margin which is the highest this constituency has recorded so far.


Political observers note that the electoral verdictclearly proves that dalits have not deserted theAIADMKleader and chief minister J Jayalalithaa despite the police firing on a dalit mob in Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram district last year in which six persons were killed. Similarly, the thevars have also not deserted her despite Jayalalithaa expelling her close aide and influential member of the community Sasikalaa Natarajan and her family members from the AIADMK for alleged antiparty activities. The multi-cornered contest with four major parties in the fray evidently divided the votes of the opposition parties even as dalit-thevar votebank, believed to be more than one lakh in an electorate of 2,05,870, consolidated in favour of the ruling party.


Since 1991, this dalit reserved segment has stood by the AIADMK in all the six polls, including the 1996 assembly elections contested against the backdrop of a strong anti-Jayalalithaa wave. Even if a common opposition candidate had been fielded this time, as discussed in hushed voices in the run-up to the bypoll, the ruling party would still have won by a margin of around 35,000 votes as the AIADMK secured 94,977 votes, compared to the 59,038 votes secured by DMK, MDMK and DMDK together.


“The people of Sankarankoil constituency have stood by us during our good and bad times,” Jayalalithaa said in a statement. The issues like power cuts and hike in milk prices and bus fares apparently did not affect the electoral outcome, much to the chagrin of opposition parties which were hoping to cash in on perceived anti-establishment sentiments.


This is the first time that Sankarankoil voters have elected a woman candidate. The fact that the Jayalalithaa government will complete one year in office in May and has four more years to go, would have also influenced the people to vote for the AIADMK candidate in the expectation of more welfare schemes.


Now it is the duty of Puratchiththalaivi Jayalalitha and AIADMK party members to keep up the faith of people in fulfilling their welfare schemes.