HINDU BLOG: August 2015

Lord Hayagriva Temples

· Tiruvahindapuram Hayagriva Temple, near Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Tirumala Hayagriva temple on North Mada street of Balaji Temple, Tirumala, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh

Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva Temple, Tank Bund Road, Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka

Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva Temple in Sri Ramakrishna Nagar, Muthialpet, Pondicherry

Chettypunyam Hayagriva Temple, near Chengalpattu,Tamil Nadu

Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva Temple, Nanganallur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Sri Lakshmi Hayagriva Swami Temple, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Sri Hayagreeva Swamy temple, Medipally Hyderabad, Telangana.

Most of the major Vishnu temples in Tamil Nadu have a separate shrine for Lord Hayagriva.

HINDU FESTIVAL CALENDAR 2016

Here is list of Festivals in 2016 :

January 2016

Date	Festival Name
05th January 2016 (Tuesday)	Saphala Ekadashi
15th January 2016 (Friday)	Uttarayana Sankranti , Pongal
20th January 2016 (Wednesday)	Pushya (Paush) Putrada Ekadashi
24th January 2016 (Sunday)	Pushya (Paush) Purnima
27th January 2016 (Wednesday)	Sankasta Chaturthi

Karthigai Deepam - the festival of lights that is celebrated throughout Tamil Nadu during the month of Karthigai (November-December).It is one of the oldest festivals celebrated in the State, perhaps even before people began celebrating Deepavali and Navarathri. Karthigai is basically a Tamil festival and is virtually unknown in most other parts of the country.Karthigai is essentially a festival of lamps.

Masa Shivaratri 2016 Dates

The Shivaratri vrata is a very powerful and auspicious vratham that is dedicated to the Supreme Lord Shiva. The greatness of this vrata is mentioned in the all the major Hindu puranas. The Skandha Purana especially provides all the details and other information for observing the Shivaratri vrata. There are four main Shivaratris mentioned in the Skandha Purana.

Sankranti Calendar 2016

There are total twelve Sankranti in Hindu Calendar.Among them Makar Sankranti is celebrated throught out india.

Sankranti days are considered good for charity activities and all auspicious ceremonies are avoided on the day of Sankranti(s).

Purnima Dates 2016

According to the Hindu Calender Full moonday is called as purnima. Purnima is also spelled as pournami, punnami, Poornima. Poornima marks the end of a month and is considered a highly auspicious day by Hindus and some people in India even fast on Poornima. Many important rituals and festivals take place on Purnima.

Amavasya 2016 Dates

The new moon day is called Amavasya (Amavasi) and is observed as a day of fasting in India.Since the Hindu calendar is organized according to the lunar month, Amavasya is the beginning of the new lunar month which last 29/30 days.

Sri Bedi Anjaneya Swamy Temple - Tirumala

Sri Bedi Anjaneya Swamy temple is located exactly to the opposite of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirumala. This ancient temple enjoys priority after Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy temple and Lord Sri Venakteswara Swamy temple. Every day, after offering naivedyam to these deities, it is brought to this temple.

Kanwar Yatra

Kanwar Yatra is an auspicious pilgrimage observed by the devotees of Lord Shiva annually.The people who are a part of this yatra are called as Kanvarias. This yatra takes place in the month of shravan (saavan) which falls in, July-August, in Hindu calendar.