Persons who are suffering from serious illnesses who want to get cured and those who want to attain Mukthi & Moksha, they should .................

Persons who are suffering for a long time from serious life threatening illnesses and who want to get cured and persons who want to attain Mukthi and Moksha at the end of their life time, they should visit the most sacred and famous Chidambaram Sri Nataraja Temple, which is located in Chidambaram Town, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu. 

They should visit the temple and offer a type of worship called as Sri Kunjithapadam. During Sri Kunjithapadam, a collection of rare and special herbal mixture is offered as worship to Lord Sri Nataraja. The pooja vidhis, process and methods of offering may

be enquired from the Dikshidars who are the custodians of the temple. This type of Parihara has been graciously offered to the world by the most revered saint of our time, Kanchi Paramacharya, Sri Chandrasekara Saraswathi Swamigal.

In addition the Sri Nataraja Temple is famous also for the following specialities.
(1) Maragatha (Emerald) Lingam - The temple is in possession of a small but extremely powerful Maragatha (Emerald) Lingam, whose darshan is allowed for public and devotees only on Monday during Brahma Muhurtha time (early mornings around 5.00AM).
(2) Temple Bell "SIGANDI POORANAM" - Sigandi Pooranam is the official temple bell present in Sri Nataraja Temple, which is the most sacred and most auspicious temple bell in the whole world. It is the only one in this whole world, where it is said that if a person hears the bell ringing sound continuously for 1 minute with complete faith, devotion and bhakthi, it will increase the person's life span by a few seconds.
(3) There is also a very sacred Mukthi Lingam installed in the Sri Nataraja Temple by the foremost saivate saint, Bhagwan Sri Adi Shankara

For giving relief and good status to persons who died in unnatural circumstances and those who are on their death bed due to illness, disease etc., they should ..............

Persons who are on their death bed for a long time and who are suffering due to illness, disease etc. and for providing relief and giving good status to persons who had an unnatural death, their children should visit Sri Pathanjali Manoharar (Lord Shiva) Temple at Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, South India. This temple is located at a distance of 2 kms from Thiruvarur Bus Stand on the Thanjavur-Thiruvarur Road.

It is said the principal deity Lord Shiva is a Swayambu Linga made out of mud. People who require relief for their near and dear ones should visit this temple and offer sincere prayers with utmost devotion, faith and single minded focus. The speciality of this temple is that on each Amavasa (New Moon) day, people perform Annabisheka to Lord Shiva and perform Pitru worship.

The procedure to be followed is to take a bath in the Sacred Theertha (Pitru Ghat) of the Thiruvarur Thyagaraja Swamy temple located nearby and then take bath in the Agni Theertha of the Pathanjali Manoharar temple and then worship Goddess Mathurabashini Amman, then worship Lord Pathanjali Manoharar, then do Annabisheka to the Lord and then light the Moksha Deepa and complete the worship procedures as advised by the vedic pundits available at the temple.

   

For couples to prevent divorce, get united and sustain their mutual understanding and maintain mutual love and affection and to sustain familial ties, they should................

Couples who are facing problems in their married life, those who are on the verge of divorce and those who are intending to file for their divorce application, they should visit Sri Lalithambika Samedha Sri Meganatha Swamy Temple and pray with complete sincerity, devotion, faith and self belief. 

It is preferable that those who are undergoing family and marriage related problems should visit this temple as a couple and offer their sincere prayers, do Kumkuma Archana and offer Vastra (Saree) to the Goddess. In addition it will be highly beneficial if the couple together face the goddess and read the Sri Lalitha Sahasranama Stothra at least 12 times continuously.

This temple is located in a place called Thirumeeyacchur, near Peralam, Nannilam Taluk, Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu, South India.

A very significant point to note here is that Sri Lalitha Sahasranama Stothra was brought to this world by the Vak Devatas which came out of the mouth of the goddess at this place.  An additional highlight is that the Great Sage Agastya created a set of Stothras called as "Navaratnamala" at this place.

At this temple Sri Lalithambika sits in a Raja Simhasan on a Lotus Pedestal (Peetam) and in an Abhaya, Varada Hasta Mudra, which is a speciality.

Musicians, who are interested in excelling in their chosen path, especially those who play stringed instruments like Veena, Violin, Sitar, Tambura they should...............

Musicians, who are interested in excelling in their chosen path, especially those who play stringed instruments like Veena, Violin, Sitar, they should visit Shri Ranganatha Temple, Srirangam, Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, South India and offer sincere prayers to Lord Ranganatha and meditate on him.

It is especially beneficial if they attend and take part in the Ekantha Veena Seva performed as part of the Ira Pathu Festival, at least as spectators, in the temple.

In addition it is suggested that they sit and mediate on Lord Ranganatha and chant his moola mantra Om Namo Narayana at least 10,008 times continuously, in close proximity to Naazhikaettan entrance and Rajamahendran Sutru, located inside Srirangam temple. 

The importance, benefits and sacred nature of Veena can be found in Chandogya Upanishad, Divya Prabandham as well as in Acharya Hridayam.

For obtaining LORD KUBERA's blessings (Blessings of the LORD of WEALTH), persons should ...........

For obtaining the blessings of Lord Kubera, one should do the following.

(1) Do a Nivedanam of ‘Chakkarai Pongal’ or ‘Pal Payasam’ along with different kinds of fruits after performing a Lakshmi Pooja, on CHITRA POURNAMI day, for the blessings of Lord Kubera, the Lord of Wealth,
(2)  By doing a Nivedanam of Chakkarai Pongal along with different kinds of fruits and by lighting a Ghee Lamp on Fridays, blessings of Lord Kubera, the Lord of Wealth are obtained. 

To give exalted status to 21 generations of pitrus, a person should.............

Persons who are interested in providing exalted status to their 21 generations of pitrus, they should do the following.

• Contribute towards the building of Pitru Karya Sthans (also called as Gnanavapis), buildings where all pitru karyas are done 
• Contribute to pitru karya sthans in the form of donations of fruits, vegetables, rice for the feeding of brahmins
• Provider green fodder to cows
• Contribute to establish Goshalas for the care of old, infirm and sick cows
• Contribute for lighting lamps in temples which are suffering from lack of finances for conducting the daily poojas
• Contribute to the building fund of temples which are dilapidated, collapsed due to passage of time and which  are badly in need of repair.

Lord Ganesha and his most beloved nivedhans as offerings 

Lord Ganesha showers his blessings on devotees who offer him various eatables, sweets etc.

The List of 21 eatables which are most beloved to him have been give below. This information appears as part of the hymns composed by Saint Arunagirinathar starting with the verses "Pakkarai Vichitramani..........."

1. Sugarcane
2. Fruits
3. Sugar
4. Ghee
5. Honey
6. Appam
7. Kozhukattai (Modak)
8. Raw rice
9. Puttu made of raw rice
10. Peanuts
11. Sesame
12. Avaraikkai (Broad Beans)
13. Thuvarai (Pigeon Peas - Red Gram)
14. Chitrannam (Coconut rice, Puliodhara, Lime rice etc.)
15. Roots & Tubers (Sweet Potato)
16. Cucumber
17. Green Gram
18. Pori (puffed rice)
19. Aval (pounded rice)
20. Dal
21. Tender Coconut Water

Let the supreme lord’s blessings bring abundant fruits of peace, health, wealth, prosperity, serenity, divinity and spirituality for you and your family.