Venkateshayanam – The Story of Gosripuresha

[print_link] Many times it is difficult for us to trace our historical records. We do however are able to bring together a view using the scriptures or literature from that era. The composition Venkateshayanam is one such piece of literature containing 74 shlokas composed 400 years ago which traces the history behind how the current … Read more

Why we worship VedaVyasa

व्यासम् वसिष्ठ नप्तारम् सक्तेपौत्रमकल्मषम् पराशरात्मजम् वंदे शुकतातम् तपोनिधिम् I salute him, the great sage Vyasa, the pure and the holy one who is the very embodiment of Taposhakti, who is the great-grandson of Sage Shakti, the son of sage Parashara and the father of sage Shuka. व्यासाय विष्णुरूपाय व्यासरूपाय विष्णवे नमोवे ब्रह्मनिधये वासिष्ठाय नमो नम: … Read more

When Gosripuresha drank poison

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