Whats with Russia (starting letter र-ra) and the places having starting letter च (cha) like Chelyabinsk or Chernobyl? At least prima facie we find the letter च (cha) in the sign Pisces which is the 6th house of troubles, accidents and suffering from the name letter of Russia. Apparently, at about 09:30 local time, a [...]

Devaguru Bṛhaspati Center announces a new program on Mantra Śāstra titled “Mantra Śāstra Foundation” to be taught by Pt. Sanjay Rath. Objectives The Mantra Foundation program is to be taught in the tradition of Puri, India and includes spiritual instructions to develop the mind in order to grasp the entire subject. The student is to [...]

Parāśara Jyotiṣa Program | Himalaya Batch-II Description The course for each academic year of the Parāśara Jyotiṣa Paṇḍita program shall commence from Makara saṅkrānti (about 14 January, 2013) and shall be taught online at http://aum.srath.com Fee Details: http://www.omguravenamah.com/cost/join/pjc-year-1/146 Admission Forms: http://www.omguravenamah.com/category/study/application Himalaya Contact The contact course shall be for about 10 days (as required for [...]

The five Mahāpuruṣa of Orissa are the initiators of the lineages. Our lineage of Vedic astrology comes from the holy feet of Sri Achyutananda. अच्युताय नमस्तुभ्यं गुरवे परमात्मने। सर्वतन्त्रस्वतन्त्राय चिद्घनानन्दमूर्तये॥ acyutāya namastubhyaṁ gurave paramātmane | sarvatantrasvatantrāya cidghanānandamūrtaye ||

Śrī Pranab Mukherjee is the presidential candidate of the ruling Congress Party while the other serious contender of the opposition is Śrī P.A.Sangma who was originally pushed by Naveen Patnaik and later supported by the BJP. Pranab Mukherjee has now got the support of Mulayam Singh (UP) and Bengal. Ajai Bhambi gives a chart of [...]

In the Bhagavat Gita, Kṛṣṇa reveals His universal form (Viśvarūpa) to Arjuna which was so formidable for the great hero to even behold. Therefore, before jumping to worship Viśvarūpa, we need to see the teachings in the Śrīmad Bhagavataṁ. Bear in mind that the Viṣṇu avatāra are sustainer of things based on their specific forms. [...]

The five Mahāpuruṣa of Orissa are the initiators of the lineages. Our lineage of Vedic astrology comes from the holy feet of Sri Achyutananda. अच्युताय नमस्तुभ्यं गुरवे परमात्मने। सर्वतन्त्रस्वतन्त्राय चिद्घनानन्दमूर्तये॥ acyutāya namastubhyaṁ gurave paramātmane | sarvatantrasvatantrāya cidghanānandamūrtaye ||

॥प्रार्थना॥ दुश्टस्थम्बनमुग्रविन्घ शमनं दरिद्यविद्रवनं विग्नैघं बगले हर प्रतिदिनं कल्यणि तुभ्यम् नमः। कञ्चन पीठनिविष्टं मुनिवरसादरघूर्नितप्रभं करुणपूरितनयं श्रीबगलपीतम्बरां वन्दे॥ |prārthanā|| duśṭasthambanamugravingha śamanaṁ daridyavidravanaṁ vignaighaṁ bagale hara pratidinaṁ kalyaṇi tubhyam namaḥ| kañcana pīṭhaniviṣṭaṁ munivarasādaraghūrnitaprabhaṁ karuṇapūritanayaṁ śrībagalapītambarāṁ vande|| ॥ध्यानं॥ मध्ये सुदाब्धिमणिमण्डपरत्नवेद्यं सिम्हासनोपरिगतां परिपीतवर्णं। पीताम्बरभरणमाल्यविभूषितांगीं देविं स्मरामि धृतमुद्गरवैरिजिह्वं॥ ||dhyānaṁ|| madhye sudābdhimaṇimaṇḍaparatnavedyaṁ simhāsanoparigatāṁ paripītavarṇaṁ| pītāmbarabharaṇamālyavibhūṣitāṁgīṁ deviṁ smarāmi dhṛtamudgaravairijihvaṁ|| ॥त्रिश्तुप् च्छन्द मन्त्र॥ [...]

Devaguru Bṛhaspati Center is a subsidiary of SJC (Śrī Jagannāth Center) with the objective of bringing out the traditional wisdom of the vedic seers which has been passed down through generations of vedic astrologers residing in the coast of Puri at Odissa state. Meanings Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) has been extolled in the Vedas as the giver [...]

The Ṛk Veda gives nineteen ṛk (prayers) in two hymns for Bṛhaspati (devatā) also referred to as Brāhmaṇaspati and Gaṇapati. When using aṣṭottari daśā each of these ṛk are recited for one year of the daśā. These are from the second mandala hymn 24 and 25 although the version of the Ṛk veda by Śrī [...]