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What Chaplin stood for..

The film stars of Karnataka are going to now protest – against the protest – to install a Charlie Chaplin statue. It does not matter if the only people claiming it as having a communal tinge are the ‘anti-protesters’ themselves. Looks like appropriateness should never be questioned. It does not matter if the statue looks [...]

Update on the Vishnu Sahasranama Portal

Its been 15 days since the portal became available. Some updates to the website have been made.

A facility to read the stotra online in Kannada, English and Devanagiri
An amateur attempt at providing a Vishnu Sahasranama screensaver!
The English translation of the specific portion of the Mahabharata where the Vishnu Sahasranama appears

With regard to the development of the portal, [...]

Sri Vadiraja Jayanthi

Namaskara,
I am moving all my spirituality and religion related content to a dedicated site. Please click here for this article.
Regards, Hari

Navagraha Mantras in Kannada

I have uploaded the “Saswara” Navagraha mantras in Kannada to my mantras page. These include the mantras for the Adhi Devata and the Pratyadhi Devata for each of the nine grahas.
The Graha – Adhi Devata – Pratyadhi Devata list is as below.

Aditya – Savitru – Agni
Angaraka – Prithvi – Kshetrapala
Shukra – Indrani – Indra
Chandra – [...]

Novel protest

Vatal Saar is at it again! The man who brought donkeys to Vidhana Soudha and beat a gong continuously to disrupt the Governor’s speech has made news once again. And this time, it is even the more bizarre.
He has served a warning that if 20,000 toilets are not built in Bangalore by January 1 2009, [...]

Argala and Kilaka Stotra

I have uploaded the kannada transliteration of the Argala Stotra and the Kilaka Stotra to my Mantras page. Both the stotras are part of the initial stotras recited as part of the Devi Saptashathi Parayana.

Palayachyuta Stotra

The Palayachyuta Stotra, also known as Krishnaashtaka or the Krishna Stuti is another great composition by Sri Vadiraja Swamy. It has only 9 stanzas and very easy to chant. It praises Lord Krishna as the one adorning Udupi (Raupyapeeta pura).
This stotra praises Krishna starting from his face and then goes on to describe his neck, [...]

Sri Rama Raksha Stotra

I have uploaded the Kannada transliteration of Sri Rama Raksha Stotra to my mantras page today.  As usual, comments and corrections are welcome.

Dashavatara Stotra and other mantras

I have uploaded the Kannada transliteration of Dashavatara Stotra by Sri Vadiraja Swamy at my mantras page. Just like all his other compositions, this one is a pleasure to recite. Even for someone like me who is a novice with music, I find his compositions very rhythmic!
Along with this, I have uploaded two other stotras at the [...]