tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339546075959836511.post1827688189482737494..comments2023-05-02T06:33:52.799-07:00Comments on Seed of Devotion: Countdown of FateBhakti latahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13395341453904128560noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339546075959836511.post-50129435553523839702010-11-18T14:25:34.246-08:002010-11-18T14:25:34.246-08:00wonderful as usualwonderful as usualAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024076826738466029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339546075959836511.post-6230698858214023832010-11-15T04:20:30.410-08:002010-11-15T04:20:30.410-08:00You must visit Parthasarathy Temple, (Triplicane, ...You must visit Parthasarathy Temple, (Triplicane, Chennai) & Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple. (Sri Rangam, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu)ramesh sadasivamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120097072859277237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6339546075959836511.post-18146607213040345282010-11-09T04:36:17.418-08:002010-11-09T04:36:17.418-08:00Wow!
Krishna seems to have heard you when you said...Wow!<br />Krishna seems to have heard you when you said to yourself that you would like to go.<br />i live in South India, Chennai to be precise.<br />It's so nice you get to visit.<br />Just a suggestion: you are visiting in the Tamil month of Margazhi, when the Gopis kept their fast for Krishna.<br />As you will be visiting temples down South, you might want to acquaint yourself with the Thirupaavai.<br />It was written by Kothai, and is regarded by Vaishnava scholars to be ''the essence of the Vedas."<br />But, it is just the musings of a girl, madly in love with Krishna. She writes one song a day, to express her love for Krishna, even as she fasts just as the Gopis did.<br />But, the best part is, she not just loves Him Herself, but urges her girl friends to do so too.<br />Actually, she asks the whole world to surrender unto Him, to love Him, and to serve Him. <br />That she finally did get 'married' to Her Lord is another story.<br />There is a story that when she was a kid, she used to wear the garlands meant for the Lord, painstakingly made by Her father, one of His great devotees Himself, and see, in the mirror's reflection the beautiful form of Krishna. Anyways, once her father caught her red-handed, and did not offer that mala in the temple. The Lord lost all His lustre in the temple, as He was forlorn. He came in Her father's dreams, and said that He wished to wear only those garlands which bore the fragrance of Kothai! And, her father affectionately called Her Aandal (the one who ruled over the Lord Himself)<br />These songs are the poetry of highest order. They lead one to His beautiful feet.<br />As you will be visiting in the Margazhi month, it just seemed to me like a phenomenal coincidence i just had to tell you, sorry about the length of this comment.<br />If you'd like, i'll link you to some English translations.<br />Consider this the request of another devotee: do look into the Thirupaavai. Your blogger name is Bhakti Lata, and Thirupaavai is that by itself.In Love With Krishnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885990998291600147noreply@blogger.com