Revered Hinduism

Kanakadhara Stotram: Mantra with Meaning Kanakadhara Stotram, also known as Suvarnadhara Stotram, is a Sanskrit hymn dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth and prosperity (both material and spiritual). Goddess Lakshmi is the divine consort of Lord Vishnu and is believed to protect Her devotees from all kinds of miseries. This hymn was composed by Guru Adi Shankaracharya, a great Indian philosopher who introduced the Advaita Vedanta philosophy. The hymn contains the description of the beauty, personality, power and graciousness of the Goddess. It is believed that Adi Shankaracharya composed this hymn in the praise of Goddess Lakshmi to request Her to shower wealth to a poor woman. Kanakadhara is literally translated as ‘the shower of gold’. Shankaracharya took renunciation at the age of eight. One day, as a young boy, he was begging for alms, and on the process he went to the house of a very poor Brahmin lady to beg. The lady was upset because there was nothing e...

Beauty of Hinduism that makes it different from other religions It’s probably a great fate to be born in a Brahmin lineage and a Hindu sect. I have got many opportunities to learn the nature of Truth on a timely basis from my parents, old grandma, my spiritual teacher, religious texts, and experience & observations. I might have been ignorant and rude at times, but I have always been guided by my elders to follow the right direction, or atleast not do anything improper or anything that hurt others. I have been taught about the actions that lead one to the state of blessedness or difficulty. I have been taught about the ways of obtaining grace and compassion from the Lord, the method of balancing the past sins, and the way of reaching Godhead again. Although I am not a strict follower, I endure and respect everything I have learnt. Times are changing. We have almost forgotten who we really are, who were our ancestors, and why are we here on this Earth; what is o...