The historic Sri Venkataramana Temple, popularly known as Mallyar Mutt (to distinguish it from another Venkataramana Temple in Mel Gangolli), is one of the oldest places of worship in the Karnataka region. It is one of five temples constructed by the Mahale family of Honavar (originally the Mallya family), who were prominent and influential traders … Read more
Lyrics: Kochi Anant Bhat Singer: Puttur Pandurang Nayak जय जय जय हे वेंकटरमणा । राक तूं आम्का संकटहरणा ।।प॰।। नांव तुगेले वेंकटनायकु । भक्तजनांक तू मोक्षदायकु ।तू सर्वांगेलो जीवनदाता । पालनकर्ता तूंचि विधाता ।।१।। वेंकटेश्वरा! भक्तवत्सला! भक्ति दी तू नित्य निर्मला । तिरुपति देवा ! गोश्रीनाथा ! म्हणताति तुगेली गुणगाथा ।।२।। शरण तुगेलेकोणकी आयले अभयदीव्नु … Read more
‘Nari nayan chakora…..’, the words from one of the most popular Konkani bhaktigeet sung about Krishna we all remember in the divine voice of our very popular GSB singer from Karkala – Mahalakshmi Shenoy. The song is written by R D Kamath, composed by Late Pandit Vasanth Kanakapure. While Ms. Shenoy’s initial version of the … Read more
Gosripuram is another name for present day Kochi (erstwhile Cochin) and Gosripuresha is the Lord of Gosripuram – Shree Venkataramana. According to one version Gosripuram was a name given to the place by Keshavendra Teertha Swami of Kashinath and it is derived from three words “Gomanthak”, “Srimanth” and “Puram” ie., the settlement (Puram) of the … Read more
देवा दयकोर्नु रक्षण करी श्रीवेंकटेशा सप्तगिरी वासा ।।पल्लवी।। कलियुग वरदा तू माक्का पॉंव ।।१।। म्हणताती देवा तुक्का दयेचा सागरू । नेण तुगेलि महिमा तू जगदीश्वरू ।।२।। अपराध मेगेले ते सर्वयि क्षमा करि आपण तुगेलो दासू धनीना तुजेवरि ।।३।। devā dayakornu rakṣaṇa karī śrīveṁkaṭeśā saptagirī vāsā ।।pallavī।। kaliyuga varadā tū mākkā paॉṁva ।।1।। mhaṇatātī devā tukkā … Read more