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Friday, February 21, 2020

Top & Best Inspirational Family Quotes And Sayings

Friday, February 21, 2020 0
Top & Best Inspirational Family Quotes And Sayings

Top & Best Inspirational Family Quotes And Sayings


If you are looking for the best inspirational and wise family quotes? You’ve come to the right place. We’ve compiled the most comprehensive list of popular, inspiring and simply the best quotes and images about family (and love, happiness, blessing, satisfaction, support it brings).


Top & Best Inspirational Family Quotes And Sayings
Top & Best Inspirational Family Quotes And Sayings

Inspirational Family Quotes & Sayings


“I have a great family, I live an amazing life.” – John Oates


“I don’t think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.” – Reba McEntire


“Family always gonna be there. The material things, they come and go.” – Romeo Miller


“I’m surrounded by great friends and family. I don’t know what I would do without them.” – Emma Roberts


“The family is the first essential cell of human society.” – Pope John XXIII


“I believe family first. Blood is thicker than water. I grew up like that, and I want to continue to keep that goal in my heart. Just family first! Just honesty, integrity, and respect. All of that. I live by the code of those things. If you do that you’ll be fine.” – Cory Hardrict


“When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you.” – Guy Lafleur


“Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans.” – John Lasseter


“I’m a strong person, I’m a strong family man, I’m a strong husband and a strong father.” – David Beckham


“Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.”


“It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.” – Philip Green


“A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.” – Frank Abagnale


“I would rather start a family than finish one.” – Don Marquis


Family Quotes


“My family is my strength and my weakness.” – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan


“I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.” – Amos Oz


“I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and sister; this makes me feel that I know always where I belong.” – Jose Carreras


“Our family is a circle of strength of love with every birth and every union the circle grows.”


“The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I’m thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family’s future.” – Jackie Kennedy


“The family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have.” – Ring Lardner


“Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.” – Anthony Liccione


“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” – Desmond Tutu


“When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.” – Alex Haley


“Women’s natural role is to be a pillar of the family.” – Grace Kelly


“I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends.” – Cindy Morgan


“If someone were to harm my family or a friend or somebody I love, I would eat them. I might end up in jail for 500 years, but I would eat them.” – Johnny Depp


“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” – Lee Iacocca


“If you come from a solid family structure, it doesn’t matter what you go through in your life. You’re going to be okay.” – Alyssa Milano


“Think of your family today and every day thereafter, don’t let the busy world of today keep you from showing how much you love and appreciate your family.” – Josiah


“Life is precious and relationships are precious. I’m a great believer in family.” – Len Goodman


“A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.” – Buddha


“The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would share emotionally was to have our dad cry over something the kids did with music.” – Dennis Wilson


“I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” – Harry S. Truman


Family Quotes


“Love your family. Spend time, be kind & serve one another. Make no room for regrets. Tomorrow is not promised & today is short.”


“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” – Alex Haley


“I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values – the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one’s children.” – Ednita Nazario


“In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm.” – Isaac Rosenfeld


“I have a family to support. And I’m not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.” – Patrick Warburton


“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” – Barbara Bush


“Next to hurting my family, cheating on me is the worst thing someone could do.” – Robert Buckley


“Talking with my friends and family every day helps keep me grounded and connected to home. They are the most important things to me.” – Colbie Caillat


“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones you accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you you no matter what.”


“Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.” – Margaret Drabble


“A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met.” – David A. Bednar


“Unconditional love is loving your kids for who they are, not for what they do… it isn’t something you will achieve every minute of every day. But it is the thought we must hold in our hearts every day.” – Stephanie Marston


“The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family and close friends.” – Clayton Christensen


“Cherish your human connections – your relationships with friends and family.” – Barbara Bush


“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible — the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” – Virginia Satir


“No family is perfect… we argue, we fight. We even stop talking to each other at times. But in the end, family is family… The love will always be there.”


Family Quotes


“Children are the keys of paradise.” – Eric Hoffer


“Family is this very deep, complex thing that for most people becomes everything. It informs your entire life.” – Ezra Miller


“Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space.” – Evan Esar


“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.” – Frederick Buechner


“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.” – Henry Ward Beecher


“A mother discovers with great delight that one does not love one’s children just because they are one’s children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez


“The family – that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.” – Dodie Smith


“I sustain myself with the love of family.” – Maya Angelou


“Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.” – Ann Brashares


“Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.” – Bill Cosby


“That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable.” – Deb Caletti


“It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” – Peter Buffett


“What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories.” – George Eliot


“To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” – Confucius


“Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we’re related for better or for worse…and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.” – Rick Riordan


“I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn’t really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.” – Johnny Depp


Family Quotes


“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing.”


“A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss… That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.” – Brad Pitt


“I’ve been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.” – Hope Solo


“I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on.” – Ugo Betti


“Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.”


“Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” – Brad Henry


“Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.” – Lisa Weedn


“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley


Family Quotes


“The love of a family is life’s greatest blessings.”


“Sometimes the best families are the ones God builds using unexpected pieces of our hearts.” – Melanie Shankle


“Home is the place where boys and girls first learn how to limit their wishes, abide by rules, and consider the rights and needs of others.” – Sidonie Gruenberg


“I stay in tune with my family and God.” – Regina King


“I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.” – Jet Li


“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the famil.” – Anthony Brandt


“Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” – David Ogden Stiers


“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” – Abraham Lincoln


“I think people that have a brother or sister don’t realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there’s always somebody there, somebody that’s family.” – Trey Parker


“A house is built by hands, but a home is built by heart.”


Family Quotes


“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Theresa


“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” – George Moore


“He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.” – Chanakya


“Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox


“I love all my fam. I have quite possibly the best dad, mom, and sister in the world.” – Ryan Eggold


“Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it’s the most exquisite love of all.” – Maggie Gallagher


“Family faces are magic mirrors looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” – Gail Lumet Buckley


“If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will too. If you spend all your money on yourselves and tithe no portion of it for charities, colleges, churches, synagogues, and civic causes, your children won’t either. And if parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.” – Marian Wright Edelman


“Always kiss your children goodnight – even if they’re already asleep.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


“Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.” – Bo Bennett


“Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.” – J.S. Bryan


“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of humans, are created, strengthened and maintained.” – Winston Churchill


“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” – Angela Schwindt


“The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” – Charles Kuralt


“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns


“Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.” – Willard Scott


“No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?” – Elbert Hubbard


“Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.” – Mitch Albom


Family Quotes


“In time of test, family is best.” – Burmese Proverb


“If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you’ll have a good life.” – Adam Carolla


“Hawaii is a beautiful place to bring up a family.” – Henry Ian Cusick


“I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.” – Jean Dujardin


“I’m very fortunate to have been raised in my family. I learned early about the importance of giving back.” – Patrick Schwarzenegger


“I look to my family for my support. I’m fortunate to have a big family.” – Chris O’Donnell


“You can’t have a happy family if you don’t have a happy marriage.” – Jeremy Sisto


“He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.” – Benjamin Franklin


“I have a really good family. I’m lucky to have people who support me and love me in my life.” – Kenny Wormald


“I’d like to someday see myself married to my true love and starting a big family, and at the same time still having an artistic job.” – Natassia Malthe


“I’m passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin’ to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period.” – Suge Knight


“I’ve got a really good family; I’ve got great friends around me.” – Harry Styles


Family Quotes


“Life is about family and technology.” – Mark Goddard


“My whole family is spiritual. My grandmother, grand aunt, cousins, they’re all preachers and pastors. Spirituality is a part of my family, from generations ago.” – Ziggy Marley


“I prioritize the things that need to get done at work, and I ask myself where I’m spending the majority of my time. The answer to that question always needs to be ‘with my family.’ Elisabeth Hasselbeck


“I can’t complain about my life. I have a really nice life. I have a great family and I live in a gorgeous part of the country.” – Mary Decker


“I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we’re a show business family and we all work.” – Michael Jackson


“Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.” – B. B. King


“Everybody’s family has different values.” – Lewis Black


“At the end of the day, I got to live my life for my family, for my children, and I’m going to do what’s best for them.” – T.I.


“My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.” – Jet Li


“I think family is the most important thing in the world. I think your own family is the most complicated thing in the world, and I think it’s the most beautiful thing in the world.” – Jake Gyllenhaal


“I have a dream of re-creating the fantastic family I grew up in with my brother and my parents. I am lucky that I have such a good image of family life – my father and mother are still in love, still happy.” – Caterina Murino


“I really don’t care what people think of me. I’ve got my family. I’ve got my friends.” – Chris Kyle


“The one thing I’ve always said: Let your family and close friends be the judge of who you are as a person. Don’t worry about being judged by others who don’t know you, because your family and close friends know what you’re all about, good and bad.” – Rick Pitino


“Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.” – John C. Maxwell


“I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around.” – Li Na


“I always put clothes and family photos under the mattress, in case the house burns down.” – Kim Kardashian


“My family and I are so close, it’s important to have a close knit relationship and to make time to spend with each other, especially at the holidays.” – Gia Coppola


“I’m just trying to be the me that I am and not all of this other crap. I just want to be the family man, and if somehow I can make the money to get my ranch and get the hell away from everybody else, that would be awesome.” – Chris Kyle


Family Quotes


“I love spending time with my dog, my niece and my family. I’m very family-oriented.” – Lil’ Kim


“When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.” – Terri Clark


“Since I’m always working, my best holiday memories are definitely when I can just go home and spend time with my family.” – Chris Brown


“My advice: Take a second out of the day today and be thankful for your family.” – Jenna Morasca


“I’m a happy guy. I like to joke around. I’m irreverent. I love my family; I love my son. I was very happy with and proud of the birth of my son. I grew up a lot after he was born. I’m just an easy and happy guy.” – Neymar


“You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters.” – Courtney Thorne-Smith


“It’s nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you’re closer to them by love.” – Olivier Martinez


“Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I’d be now.” – Patricia Velasquez


“Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.” – James Brown


“When I do get free time, I spend a lot of it at home with my family and my close friends and I think that’s what keeps me happy, healthy, grounded, and totally in check.” – Leighton Meester


“I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.” – Barbara Corcoran


“I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn’t be an oddity.” – Sandra Bullock


“If you don’t have your friends and your family, what do you really have? You can have all the money in the world, but with no friends and no family, it’s no good.” – Meek Mill


“My priority is to hang out with the ones I love – my family, my loved ones.” – Cote de Pablo


Family Quotes


“I absolutely love spending time with my family.” – Kevin Alejandro


“We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around.” – Ryan White


“The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.” – Kamisese Mara


“The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.” – Maya Angelou


“If you’re Irish, it doesn’t matter where you go – you’ll find family.” – Victoria Smurfit


“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” – Leo Tolstoy


“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no aw, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” – Agatha Christie


“No man has ever lived that had enough of children’s gratitude or woman’s love.” – William Butler Yeats


“At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable.” – Mark V. Olsen


“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” – John Bowring


“To understand your parents’ love, you must raise children yourself.”


Family Quotes


“Happiness is only real when shared” – Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild


“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching — they are your family.” – Jim Butcher


“One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.” – Jonathan Safran Foer


“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough” – Walt Whitman


“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” – Napoléon Bonaparte


“Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!” – Stieg Larsson


“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley


“You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life” – Matthew Quick


“We must take care of our families wherever we find them.” – Elizabeth Gilbert


“Never be afraid to ask for help, especially when you have good friends or family who are likely more than willing to help out.” – Michelle Stewart


“Let your friends and family officially know what your new venture is. Don’t miss this step. So often people start a business and think all their friends and family might know, but really they don’t.” – Amy Dix


“Building a family plan with expectations and accountability for all members builds up the family and motivates each person to do their personal best everyday.” – Keith and Maya Traver


“When I think of any of my successes, I am thankful to God from whom all blessings flow, and to my family and friends who enrich my life.”


“The family unit is the first group of people that you are a part of. While there are obvious exceptions, there’s usually an intrinsic trust that is built in to your family.” – Tom Meitner


“Family, friends and the typical attitudes of society will, at different stages, try to tell you what you ‘should’ be doing with your life.” – Philip West


“There is a great work/home life balance that you need to achieve. If you let your home life eat into your work life, you lose motivation quickly and if work life imposes too much on your family time, then your family time becomes less satisfactory.” – Dane Taylor


“My family provided me with the proper information and inspiration for me to overcome the challenge of blindness.” – David DeNotaris


Monday, November 25, 2019

Best of Best : God's Quotes

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Best of Best : God's Quotes

God has been conceived as either personal or impersonal. In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe, while in deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe. In pantheism, God is the universe itself.


Brahma is the first god in the Hindu triumvirate, or trimurti. The triumvirate consists of three gods who are responsible for the creation, upkeep and destruction of the world.

“God made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.” – Joel Osteen

Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live.     - Mahatma Gandhi

“When the solution is simple, God is answering.” – Albert Einstein

The greatest contentment comes from devotion alone and not from it's rewards, therefore one who has this devotion seeks nothing else.      - Lord Krishna

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” – Saint Augustine

“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.” – C.S. Lewis

“God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.” – Billy Graham

The three essentials of Hinduism are belief in God, in the Vedas as revelation, in the doctrine of Karma and transmigration.      - Swami Vivekananda

The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results.  - Lord Krishna

You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become. - Bhagavad Gita

 “God will never give you anything you can’t handle, so don’t stress.” – Kelly Clarkson

 “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God’s gift, that’s why we call it the present.” – Joan Rivers

The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.  - Radhanath Swami

“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?” – William Arthur Ward

Affirm divine calmness and peace, and send out only thoughts of love and goodwill if you want to live in peace and harmony. Never get angry, for anger poisons your system. -  Paramahansa Yogananda

The ultimate goal of human life is to transcend culture and personality to the unconditioned pure being. But the means to do this is through our culture and way of life.  - David Frawley

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” – Reinhold Niebuhr

“Every man’s life is a fairy tale written by God’s fingers.” – Hans Christian Andersen

“Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God’s way of moving you in another direction.” – Oprah Winfrey

 “Krishna taught in the Bhadavad Gita: ‘karmanyeva-adhikaraste ma phalesu kadachana’, which means, ‘Be active, never be inactive, and don’t react to the outcome of the work.”  ― Anonymous, Buddhist Scriptures

“Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.” – Joel Osteen

India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.   - Sri Aurobindo

Hinduism at its best has spoken the only relevant truth about the way to self-realization in the full sense of the word.      - Count Hermann Keyserling

“Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.” – Joel Osteen

 “You are a spiritual being with a human experience.”   ― His Divine Holiness Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam

“I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.” – A. R. Rahman

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” – Corrie Ten Boom

“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.” – Martin Luther

Hinduism the perennial philosophy that is at the core of all religions.      - Aldous Huxley

Here an attempt is made to explain suffering: the outcaste of traditional Hinduism is held to deserve his fetched fate; it is a punishment for the wrongs he did in a previous life.      - Walter Kaufmann

He alone sees truly who sees the Lord the same in every creature seeing the same Lord everywhere, he does not harm himself or others.      - Lord Krishna

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” – Soren Kierkegaard

“Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.” – Socrates

 “Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.”   ― A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, The Bhagavad-gita

“Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.” – Ben Carson

“I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.” – Jim Valvano

“Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

“God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.” – Arthur Young

“God gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends.” – Addison Mizner

Abaya Hastha Swayambu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Agaram Village, Hosur Rayakotta Road

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Abaya Hastha Swayambu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Agaram Village, Hosur Rayakotta Road

Abaya Hastha Swayambu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple


Abaya Hastha Swayambu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple is a holy Hindu religious site in the village of Agaram Agraharam in Hosur taluk of Krishnagiri district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 15 km from Hosur on Rayakotta Road and 65 km from Bangalore.


Hosur is a rapidly growing industrial hub as well as a famous pilgrimage centre, and is also known as Dakshina Kashi ("Southern Kashi"), since the town is surrounded by the three hills of Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma, which are not seen anywhere else in India. 


Abaya Hastha Swayambu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Agaram Village, Hosur

As per Hindu legend, a demon king named Hiranyakasipu was troubling the Devas (celestial deities). He obtained limitless powers from Brahma, that no human could kill him, nor could he be killed in morning, noon or night, nor in air, water or ground. Contrastingly, his son Prahlada was an ardent devotee of Vishnu, whom his father hated. Hiranyakasipu tried to kill Prahalada numerous times, just for him to be saved by the divine grace of Vishnu.


During the last heated argument between the father and the son, Hiranyakasipu asked if Vishnu was present everywhere and went on to break a pillar with his weapon seeking to see Vishnu in it. Vishnu, pleased by the devotion of Prahalada, took the avatar of Narasimha and came out of the opening in the pillar. Narasimha's avatar was a lion-faced human and slayed Hiranyakasipu on an evening time in a doorway, which was neither land nor air. Ages passed by, when the sages were praying Narasimha to seek his blessings. They were guided by the pretext of Vishwamitra gaining the Rajarishi title with his prayers to Narasimha.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Hindu Glossary -The following is a glossary of terms and concepts in Hinduism.

Saturday, June 07, 2008 0
Hindu Glossary -The following is a glossary of terms and concepts in Hinduism.

 Hindu GlossaryHindu Glossary -The following is a glossary of terms and concepts in Hinduism

 The following is a list of several common Hindu terms. We also recommend that you read our article What Is Hinduism , as we have pronunciations of many of ...

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Aalaya - Temple

Abhaya - Fearless; refuge

Abhishekam - Ceremonial cleansing of the Lord's idol

Acharya - One who shows the right path for others to follow; a preceptor

Adisesha - Primeval serpent mythologically conceived to bear the world on his 1000 hoods. Traditionally believed to support Lord Sri Venkateswara upon seven of his hoods, Narasimha on his coiled frame, Mallikarjuna on his twisted tail, and Srikalahastivara at the opening of his mouth.

Aditya - Sun God

Alankaram - Decoration

Alvar - Seer of a specific religious order in the Vaishnavaite Cult

Amrit - Nectar which when consumed, grants immortality

Angapradakshinam - A vow whereby pilgrims lie prostrate and roll around the temple

Ankurarpanam - The start of the Brahmotsavam festival

Alipiri - Starting point at the foot of the hills, for pilgrims who wish to reach Tirumala on foot

Annadanam - Distribution of free food

Annam - Food

Annamacharya/Annamayya - (1408-1503 AD); the earliest musician to compose songs in favour of Lord Sri Venkateswara

Appams - A sweet dish made of rice flour and offered to the Lord

Archaka - Priest

Archana - Worship of the Lord

Arjita Seva - Any seva for the performance of which pilgrims pay a fee

Ashta - Eight

Asthanam - Royal Court/Official Chamber of the King

Asva - Horse

Aushadha - Medicine

Avatara - A manifestation of God on Earth, with a specific mission.

B

BIRRD - Balaji Institute of Surgery, Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled

Bahumanam - Gift

Balaji - Another name for Lord Sri Venkateswara

Bhagaswamyam - Partnership

Bhakti - Devotion

Brahma - God of Creation

Brahmins - Hindu priests

C

Chakra - The sacred disc (weapon of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu)

Chakkera Pongal - Sweet dish made of sugar, milk and rice

Chandanam - Sandalwood

Chandra - Moon

Chaulam - Ear lobe-piercing ceremony

Cherupulu - Food offered to the Lord

Chinna - Small

Chitrannam - A rice preparation, rich in spices

Choultry - Guesthouse where accommodation is free of charge. Also called Dharmasala.

D

Daanam - Charitable offering

Dadhyodanam - Dish made of spiced rice and curd

Daiva - Divine

Dakshina - South; Offering money to the Lord

Dala - Leaf

Darsanam/Darshan - Viewing the idol of the Lord

Dasavataram - Ten incarnations of Sri Maha Vishnu

Deepam - Lamp

Devas - The Gods

Devasthanam - Abode of the Gods

Dhanya - Cereal

Dharma - Set of righteous principles to be followed

Dharmasala - Guesthouse where accommodation is free of charge. Also called Choultry.

Dhoti - Cloth tied around the waist like a sarong

Dhvajasthambham - A sacred pillar in front of the Sri Venkateswara temple

Dhyana Yoga - Meditation

Divya Ananda Nilaya Vimana - Dome of the abode of divine bliss

Divya Vimana - Divine dome

Dosa - Pancake made with rice flour, black gram flour and oil

Dupatta - Long scarf draped across the shoulders and worn with the salwar kameez.

Dvara gopura - Gateway with a sculpted tower above it

Dvara/Dvaram/Dwaram - Entrance; gateway

Dvarapalakas - Door-keepers

E

Ekangi - Celibate disciple of the Sri Vaishnava Jiyar Matham

Ekantam - Private

Ekanta Seva - Private service conducted for the Lord, to which pilgrims are not admitted

G

Gadha - Mace which is the sacred weapon of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu

Gajam - Elephant

Gangala - Brass vessel

Garbha griha - The sanctum sanctorum of the Sri Venkateswara Temple which houses the idol of the Lord

Garuda - A white-necked Brahmani Kite .He is considered the vehicle of Sri Maha Vishnu

Ghat - mountain. Also see Ghats (Eastern)

Ghats (Eastern) - Mountain range for a part of these ranges that runs along south-eastern India. Tirumala-Tirupati .

Gopuram - The sculpted upper crest of a temple

Gotram - The sect to which a devotee belongs

Grihastha - Donor

Gurkha - Security guard

Guru - Teacher

H

Hamsa - Swan

Harati - Waving a plate (in which a sacred flame is lit) in front of the Lord's image. Also called Nirajana

Harikatha - Musical rendering of divine stories

Hiranyakasipu - Demon King who tried to destroy the Earth

Hiranyaksa - Younger brother of Hiranyakasipu, who succeeded the latter as Demon King

Homam - Sacred fire

Hundi - Receptacle for depositing offerings (in cash and kind) for the Lord

I

Ishta Daivam - Favourite deity

J

Janaloka - One of the seven regions above the Earth

Japam - Sacred word that is chanted repeatedly

Jata - Twisted hair that hangs down in coils at the back of the Lord Sri Venkateswara's idol

Jeghanta - Cymbals

Jilebi - Spiral-shaped sweet dish made of flour and jaggery jelly

Jyeshtha - Name of a month in the Hindu calendar

K

Kainkaryam - Ritualistic offering to God or worship of God

Kali Yuga - The Dark Age

Kalpa - Age or aeon. Also called Yuga

Kalyana Katta - Place where devotees have their hair cut as an offering to the Lord

Kalyanam - Marriage

Kalyana Mandapam - Marriage Hall

Kalyanotsavam - Celebration of the divine marriage between Lord Sri Venkateswara and Sri Padmavathi Devi

Kankanam - Metal bracelet worn around the wrist

Kapila - Grey-coloured

Karma Yoga - deeds

Karpooram - Camphor

Kasturitilakam - Lineament of musk drawn on the Lord's forehead

Katika - Placed on the waist

Keertanas - devotional songs

Kiritam - Crown

Koil - Temple

Koluvu - Darbar

Kula Daivam - Family Deity

L

Laddu - Spherical-shaped sweet made of flour and jaggery/sugar

M

Madhura bhakti - Deep devotion

Maha - Great

Mahatmya/Mahatmyam - Greatness

Mahatva - Importance

Makara Kundalas - ornaments shaped like an alligator, that adorn the ears of the main idol of the Lord

Mandapam - structure or monument with rich sculpture meant for a specific purpose like performing fine arts

Mantra - Sacred word(s) to be chanted repeatedly

Mantrodaka - Sacred water

Matsya Avatara - Manifestation of Lord Vishnu as a fish

Muhurtam - Auspicious time

Mukhadvaram - Main entrance (door) at the front of the temple

Mukkoti - Three crore (merging of three crore teerthams in the Swami Pushkarini).

Mukti/Moksha - Liberation of the soul

Mulaberam - The central idol of Lord Sri Venkateswara

Murthi - Statue

Mutyam - Pearl

N

Nacchimars - The Lord's two consorts - Sridevi and Bhudevi

Naivedyam - Food offering

Namakarana- Naming ceremony

Namam - White caste-mark on the Lord's forehead

Narada - The supreme devotee of Lord Vishnu; a connoisseur of all arts; a devarishi (according to the Bhagavad Gita 10:26)

Narasimha - Lord Vishnu's manifestation, with the face of a lion and the body of a human

Narayana - Lord Sri Maha Vishnu

Nava - Nine

Nayaka - Leader

Nija - Real, Original

Niluvudopidi - Offering to the Lord, the clothes/ornaments that one is wearing when one visits the temple

Nirajana - See harati

Nivedana - Offer/present

O

Om - The sacred syllable

Om Sri Venkatesaya Namah - Saluting the Lord by reciting His name

P

Padmam - Lotus

Padmavathi - Consort of Lord Sri Venkateswara

Pallaki - Palanquin

Panchangam - Indian almanac

Panchanga Sravanam - Listening to the forecast as directed by the Sastras

Pandal - Canopy

Panyarams - Laddus. See Laddus.

Papam - Sin

Parinayam - Marriage

Parishad - Union of Scholars

Pataloka - The nether world

Pati - Husband

Patrika - Letter

Pavithra - Sacred

Payasam - Watery sweet made with milk, sugar, cardamom and cashewnuts

Periya Jiyar - Saint of the Sri Vaishnava Jiyar Matham

Periyatirdadi - The first devotee

Pinda Prasadam - Ceremony conducted in memory of the departed

Pitambaram - Yellow silk cloth

Pongal - Rice dish cooked with cereals and spices

Puja/Pooja - Ritualistic worship of God

Poojari - One who performs rituals, chants prayers and worships God as a representative of the devotee

Poolangi - Of flowers

Poorna - Complete, full

Pracharam - Spreading

Pradakshinam - Path for circumambulating the temple

Pradhana acharya purusha - Chief priest

Prahlada - Son of the Demon King Hiranyakasipu and a staunch devotee of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu

Prakaram - Wall surrounding the temple

Pralaya Kalpa - The Great Deluge

Prarthana - Prayer

Prasadam - Food offered first to the Lord and then distributed (as sacred) among devotees

Prasanna - Pleased

Pratima - Bronze icon

Pratyeka - Special

Pravachanam - Hymn sung in praise of the Lord

Prayoga - Ready for release

Pulihora - A rice dish made with tamarind/lime and spices.

Puranas - Ancient Hindu scriptures

Purohit - Priest

Purohit Sangam - An association of priests

Pushkarini - Sacred water tank

Pushpa Yagam - Vedic ritual involving offering of flowers to God.

Pushpam - Flower

R

Rakshasa - Demon

Rama Pattabhishekam - The coronation of Lord Rama

Ranganayaka - One of the manifestations of Lord Sri Maha Vishnu. Also refers to the Deity at Sri Rangam.

Ratham - Chariot

Rishi - Sage

S

Sabha - Meeting;Group

Sadas - Meeting of intellectuals

Sahasra - Thousand

Sahasra Deepa - Thousand earthen lamps

Sakarabath - Sweetened rice

Salwar Kameez - Traditional Indian dress consisting of a loose knee-length top and a loose pant gathered at the ankles.

Samarpana - Offering

Samrakshana - Protection

Samsara Sagara - The ocean of Life

Sangam - Union

Sankalpam - Desire

Sankeertanas - Songs written in praise of the Lord

Sanku - The sacred conch of the Lord

Saranagati - To fall at a person's feet

Sari - traditional dress of Indian women

Sarovaram - Lake

Sarva - All

Sarvadarsanam - Viewing of the Deity for all; the time allotted for it.

Sastanga Danda Pramanam - prostrating before the Lord

Sastras - Various texts of ethical science dealing with code of conduct, morality, rituals etc.

Seera - Sweet dish

Seshachala - One of the famous seven hills of Tirupati believed to be the manifestation of the Snake God, Adisesha

Seshavahanam - Vehicle of the Lord (shaped like the Snake God Adisesha)

Seva - Service/Worship unto the Lord

Seven Hills - The seven hills of Lord Venkateswara's abode. They are Vrishabhadri, Garudadri, Seshadri, Anjanadri, Vedadri, Narayanadri and Venkatadri; from Tirupati, the seven hills have to be crossed to reach Tirumala

Sikharam - Pinnacle

Simha - Lion

Sishya - Disciple

Sloka - Stanza

Smaraka - in memory of .

Soma - Moon

Somalatha - A plant whose juice intoxicates if drunk; plant offered to the sacred fire in Somayaga

Somayaji - The person who performs somayaga

Sopanamarga - Stairway (Stone footpath leading to Tirumala)

Sravanam - Season of rainfall (according to the Hindu calendar), usually in August

Sri Bhu Devi - Also called Sri Padmavathi Devi; one of the two consorts of Lord Sri Venkateswara, the other being Sri Lakshmi Devi

Sri Lakshmi Devi - Also called Sri Devi; one of the two consorts of Lord Sri Venkateswara, the other being Sri Bhu Devi

Sri Maha Vishnu - 'The Preserver' who is believed to have manifested Himself on Tirumala as Lord Sri Venkateswara, to save mankind in the Kali Yuga

Sri Venkatachala Mahatmya - The sacred text which extols the glory of Lord Venkaterswara and His abode.

Srinivasa - Lord Venkateswara

Srivaru - Lord Venkateswara

Sthala Mahathmya - The greatness of a place

Sudarsana - The sacred disc weapon of Lord Vishnu

Suddhi - Cleansing

Sukhasana - A Yogic pose

Suprabhatam - Auspicious time at dawn, when the Lord is woken and prayers chanted

Surya - Sun

Sveta - White

Sveta Varaha - The incarnation of Sri Maha Vishnu as a fearsome white boar, to restore the Earth after the Great Deluge

Swami - God

T

Takeed - Receipt

Tatva - Substance

Tene - Honey

Thiru/Tiru - Respected, holy

Thirumanjanam - Fragrant powder prepared out of sandalwood and turmeric

Thomala Seva - Worship with garlands

Teertham - Holy water

Tirumala - Meaning 'the holy hill'; abode of Lord Sri Venkateswara situated atop the seven hills in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India

Tirumala Raya - a chieftain of the Araviti family, who renovated the Tirumala Raya Mandapam in the Sri Venkateswara temple

Tirupati - The sacred town of Lord Venkateswara at the foot of the seven hills in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh in India

Trimurthi - The holy trinity, comprising Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and Lord Vishnu

Tulabharam - Offering one's weight in coins to the Lord

U

Ubhaya Nacchiyars - The two consorts (Sri Devi and Bhu Devi) of the utsava murthi of Lord Sri Venkateswara.

Unjal - Cradle

Upanayanam -The ceremony of the investiture with the sacred thread

Utsava Murthi - Processional image of the Lord

Utsavam - Festival

Uttariyam - Garment for covering the shoulders or upper half of the body

Uyala Mandapam - Place where the Lord's idol is placed in a cradle and worshipped

V

Vada - Food item made of cereals and spices

Vaggeyakara - Composer

Vahana - The Lord's vehicle

Vaikuntam - Celestial abode of Sri Maha Vishnu

Vanabhivruddhi - Improvising gardens

Vanam - Garden; forest

Varada - boon

Varaha Kshetra - Place belonging to Varaha

Varahavatara/Varahaswami/Sveta Varaha - Incarnation of Sri Maha Vishnu as a boar with a human body

Vasantam - The Spring season

Vasanthotsavam - A festival held in Spring

Vastram - Clothes

Vayu Deva - The God of Wind

Veda - That knowledge which is worth knowing

Vedic Mantras - Sacred hymns

Venkateswara - He who cleanses the sins of His devotees

Vigraham - Statue

Vimana/Vimanam - Dome

Vinjamara - Whisk

Visesha - Important

Vishnu - (Vyapana Seelanath Vishnuhu) That which is all-pervading; the Supreme Being who is the saviour of the universe; also see Sri Maha Vishnu

Vishvaksena - Chief commander of the Lord's army

Y

Yaga/Yagna - Vedic ritual in which various items are offered to God through a sacred fire

Yajnopavita - sacred thread worn by males of certain Hindu castes

Yuga - Aeon

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Kotilingeshwara Temple - This temple hosts more than 86 lakhs Shivalingas

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Kotilingeshwara Temple - This temple hosts more than 86 lakhs Shivalingas
Kotilingeshwara Temple - This temple hosts more than 86 lakhs Shivalingas

Kotilingeshwara temple hosts more than 86 lakhs Shivalingas and has the world's tallest ShivaLinga measuring 108 Ft height and Basava measuring 35 feet. It is surrounded by plush greenery amidst the Kammasandra village 5 km from Kolar Gold Fields.



TENS OF THOUSANDS The biggest linga in Kotilingeshwara is 108 ft tall

The adventurous foursome that we are, we set off to discover a few places we found in KSTDC pamphlets. With a load of hearsay and a couple of maps, we hit the road in a small family car to Chikka Tirupati via Whitefield. Most travelogues and guides flood you with dated info on popular tourist beeline ends, motorable beaten tracks and cushy spots to eat and sleep. For a change, we veered away from any such repeats and that is how we found our way to a Vaishnavaite temple in the middle of a handful of hamlets.

A homely but clean-on-the-inside mess nearby provided us with staple idlis, puris and avarekalu baath. We wended our way on routes frequented more by tractors than plush cars. We passed rose and marigold expanses, tomato, chilli, potato, cabbage, cauliflower, Bengal gram, mulberry plantations and mango and eucalyptus groves. Roses and tomatoes beckoned. We stopped to admire and even had a small chat with the locals.

Uniformly, they stand

On the way, Kotilingeshwara, we found, was one big park of lingas, lining pathways in all sizes amidst bilva and amla trees, but all in one single colour and shape, tens of thousands of them. The temple houses shrines for Manjunatha, Panduranga, Srinivasa, Panchmukha Ganesha, Panchamukha Hanuman, Rama-Sita-Lakshmana, Ayyappa, Annapoorneswari, Santhoshima and Kannika Parameswari, besides Navagraha and Raghavendra.

The biggest linga is 108 ft tall, matched by a huge figure of Nandi. Prasada lunch of anna, saru and majjige is served to all visitors between 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m.

Then a short drive to Bangaru Tirupati. You can't miss the arch marking the entrance from the road to Mulbagal. The temple dates to Brigu Maharishi's days and is built on rocks. You reach the shrine after a climb of several hundred steps and see the deity through a chequered window. At a different level is the shrine for the consort Padmavathi, dating back to mid-19th Century.

Mulbagal lies just off the NH4. This taluk shows signs of rural progress. The well-known place here is the temple for Hanuman, said to be installed by Arjuna, one of the Pandavas, after the Mahabharata war. Sage Vasishta is believed to have installed the idols of the main deity Srinivasa, Padmavathi and Rama-Sita-Lakshmana.

Off the Srinivasapura road going north from Mulbagal, we reach Kurudumale. Two temples, within a hundred feet of each other, are now protected monuments. The Someshwara temple, where restoration work is under way, was built and dedicated to the locals by Raja Raja Chola. The priest patiently took us through the Chola king's times depicted on some of the pillar sculptures worked on by the king's sculptor, the legendary Jakanachari.

After military plunder some centuries later, just about 15 of the original 30-odd idols have been found and reinstated. The Ganesha temple has dates back to the Krta Yuga. The idol is said to have grown from a salagrama stone (originally from the Gandak river of Nepal) through the four yugas to attain its present size.

Legend has it that the Hindu trinity together installed the idol — hence the name Koodadri, now known as Koodumale or Kurudumale. The Vijayanagar king Krishnadevaraya built the temple around the idol at the request of the locals.

A recently built Prasanna Venkataramaswamy temple is located along a 1.5 km detour on the road back to Mulbagal. The place is called Doddaguruki/ Vedagiri.

Getting back to Mulbagal, it is a smooth turn into NH4 towards Bangalore. Five kilometres down the highway is a fairly huge Ayyappa Kshetram. Then Kamat group's Upachar, located after the Kolar bypass, is a good refreshment halt, 20 km short of Hoskote and is a standard stop for the KSTDC bus services. With an early start and a couple more hours in hand, it is possible to complete the day with a trip to Kaiwara, a forest department-maintained resort via Chintamani, travelling northwest from Mulbagal and get back on the highway near Hoskote.

How to get there

Chikka Tirupati (35 km from Bangalore): Turn right at Farm Cross, Whitefield; Kotilingeswara: On the right, three km short of Betamangala. Travel on Bangarpet-Betamangala- route via Malur, Tykal, Bangarpet; Bangaru Tirupati; Eight km from Kotilingeswara on the road towards Mulbagal. Entry marked by a stone arch; Kurudumale: Northeast from Mulbagal, off the Srinivasapura Road.

Surrounded by verdant greenery, Kammasandra is famous for its Kotilingeshwara temple. The temple houses 108 ft tall Shivling and 35 ft tall Basava. The shrine is surrounded by lakhs of small shivlings, which spread over an area of 15 acres. These icons are installed by the devotees to seek the blessings of the lord. The entrance from the highway to the central courtyard is majestic. Other major attractions here are ancient temples dedicated to Sri Manjunatheshwara, Trimurti, Ashta-Lakshmi, Subramanya, the Navagrahas and many other deities.


A three hour journey from Bangalore brings one to this place.


Formerly, Kolar was known variously as Kolahala, Kuvalala and Kolala. Kolar was called Kolahalapura during the middle ages, but later came to be known as Kolar. Kolahahapura in Kannada meant "violent city", as it was the battlefield for the warring kingdoms of Chalukyas in the north and Cholas to the south. It was the capital of the Gangas till 4th century AD when they shifted the capital to Talakad in Mysore. In 1004 A.D., the Cholas annexed Kolar till 1116 A.D,. Vishnuvardhana (1108-1142AD) freed Gangavadi from the Cholas, and in commemoration of his victory.

Gold was first mined in the area in the 2nd and 3rd century AD by the digging of small pits. During the Chola period in the 9th and 10th century AD the scale of the operation grew, but large-scale mining only came in the 1850s under the British with more manpower and sophisticated machinery. In 1873, M.F. Lavelle, a resident in Bangalore, applied to the Mysore Government for the exclusive privilege of mining in the Kolar district. His request was granted and he commenced operations by sinking a shaft near Urigam (Oorgaum) in 1875

There is a legend about why the Kolar Gold Fields are so full of gold. The story goes back to the Tretha Yuga, the time of Lord Rama. During his 14 years of vanavasa, Rama along with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana wandered through the dense forests of the present day Avani village, which is about 10 miles from the gold fields, where they set up their hut and lived. Surpanaka, sister of Ravana, one day happened to see Rama and asked him to marry her. He refused, as he was already married, so she approached Lakshmana.

People from many different places are settled in the Kolar Gold Fields today, with the majority of them being tamil speaking people from the north and south Arcot districts of Tamil Nadu. There are also Telugu speaking people from Kuppam, Ramakuppam, V-kota and other places in Andhra Pradesh. Given the mixture of population, many festivals are celebrated; the most famous and popular one being the Lakshmi Venkateshwara Jaatre.