Saturday, August 29, 2026

TALK ON " THE HIDDEN CONTINUUM OF INDIAN KNOWLEDGE - FROM VEDA MANTRA TO SAMA GANA, SANGITA, SAHITYA AND NATYA"


Delivered a talk titled “The Hidden Continuum of Indian Knowledge: From Vedic Mantra to Sāmagāna, Saṅgīta, Sāhitya and Nāṭya” at Chennai on 29 August 2026, as part of the Bharatiya Jnana Parampara programme jointly organized by Samskrita Bharati, Tamil Nadu and the Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai.
Chairperson : Smt.Nandini Ramani.
Observer: Prof.C.S.Radhakrishnan.
जय जय श्रीराधे

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

SRI VAMANA MANGALAM (श्रीवामनमङ्गलम्)

श्रीवामनमङ्गलम्
महाबलिनिमित्ताय महाविष्णुस्वरूपिणे।
महामङ्गलदात्रे च मङ्गलं वामनाय ते॥
mahābalinimittāya mahāviṣṇusvarūpiṇe ।
mahāmaṅgaladātre ca maṅgalaṃ vāmanāya te ॥
All auspiciousness to You, O Vāmana—the incarnation
who appeared on account of Mahābali,
the very embodiment of Mahāviṣṇu,
and the bestower of supreme
auspiciousness.
जय जय श्रीराधे

Thursday, August 20, 2026

SRI VARALAKSHMI PRARTHANA


वरलक्ष्मीप्रार्थना
अष्टैश्वर्यप्रदात्रीं ताम् आधिव्याधिनिवारिणीम्।
महाविष्णुप्रियां देवीं वरलक्ष्मीं नमाम्यहम्॥

Varalakṣmī-prārthanā
aṣṭaiśvarya-pradātrīṃ tām ādhivyādhi-nivāriṇīm ।
mahāviṣṇu-priyāṃ devīṃ varalakṣmīṃ namāmyaham ॥

I bow to Goddess Varalakṣmī, that bestower of the eight forms of prosperity,
the remover of mental and bodily afflictions, and the beloved Devi of Mahāviṣṇu.
जय जय श्रीराधे