Ammalu is always right

‘Old age has its own rewards, Ammalu. I have forgotten the names of alł your friends and only your name remains in my mind’ ‘What is my name, SP?’ ‘Ammalu, be serious. Even in my dream , I can tell your name without spelling mistake’ ‘Last night in your dream you said, ‘Ammini’ . Not … Read more

05 Madana Mohana Ashtakam

Madana Mohanashtakam ———————————— ‘Madana mohanastakam’ is really ‘mohanam’, a lovely prayer song. You can sing the melody and forget yourself, forget the world around, while at home or in a lonely forest or under a moonlit sky or in the pouring rain. In the ‘karaavalamba stotram’, we seek Narasimha’s hands for our rescue,  whereas in … Read more

04 Guruvandanam

Children, This is for you. After praying to Mahaganapathy to remove obstacles and to Goddess Sarswathy, to enrich us with knowledge, we will now pray to our Guru for his blessings. Guru is practically the one who provides us tools for a purposeful living. Later, you will lean that Guru is an elevator to your … Read more

03 Saraswathi stothrams

Dear children, this is for you: You are familiar with this picture of the goddess Saraswathi , सरस्वती, on the bank of a river, adorned by a pure white silk sari with golden borders, holding a book and beads, playing music on Veena, a peacock  by her side admiring her serene and calm face .This … Read more

01 ‘Agajaanana padmarkkam’

This is for you, children. At dusk, when the reddish divine disc, descends with admirable glory, behind the western hills, visible from our house , we children used to sit before a brilliant big brass lamp that illumined and  sanctified the small enclosure called ‘sree kovil’ in our ‘naalu kettu’ big house, where we were raised. Focusing … Read more