Showing posts with label devotional. Show all posts
Showing posts with label devotional. Show all posts
Ankalamma thalli is one of the great and well known Indian grama devatha. She is very powerful mother of Indian people. And also police of the village.She has various names depends upon locality. 
Vennapusavaari palli, Earuvari palli's are small villages In Andhra Pradesh. But it's have wide devotional history. Every year these village peoples celebrate ankallamma jatara (thirunala). Its very popular jatara in Andhra Pradesh. More than one lack people attending to this jatara from all over the india. They are celebrating this event for three days. On the first day they are celebrating this event with wareing new clothes, they prepare Prasad near at temple and They share to the friends and relatives. 
The second day main festival . so many cultural activities arranging by the surrounding villagers. And also they build more than ten current prabhas ( electric settings). Various small business stalls arranging from local business peoples. They arrange cultural events like kolatam, pata kacheri , dramas, and various type of bajanas. On the final day the people celebrating deferent events with animals. The most important events on the day edla pandalu, kola pandalu(cock fight).
Ugadi is celebrated with festive fervor in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. While it is called Ugadi in A.P. and Karnataka, in Maharashtra it is known as "Gudipadava". On Ugadi day, people wake up before the break of dawn and take a head bath after which they decorate the entrance of their houses with fresh mango leaves. The significance of tying mango leaves relates to a legend. It is said that Kartik (or Subramanya or Kumara Swamy) and Ganesha, the two sons of Lord Siva and Parvathi were very fond of mangoes. As the legend goes Kartik exhorted people to tie green mango leaves to the doorway signifying a good crop and general well-being.
The New year festival or Ugadi comes close on the heels of Holi. While the strong colors of Holi start fading away, the freshness of spring lingers on with sprightliness all around.
The flame of the forest (trees with bright red flowers that blossom during holi) are in full bloom signifying an affluent season.It is believed that the creator of the Hindu pantheon Lord Brahma started creation on this day - Chaitra suddha padhyami or the Ugadi day. Also the great Indian Mathematician Bhaskaracharya's calculations proclaimed the Ugadi day from the sunrise on as the beginning of the new year, new month and new day.
Karnataka's minister for tourism and leading industrialist Gali Janardhan Reddy Thursday presented a diamond-studded gold crown, estimated to be worth Rs. 450 million (Rs. 45 crore), The crown weight 30 kg and it took nine months for the diamond workers to make it. He Presented to the famous Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirupati. Janardhan Reddy, who owns Brahmani steel plant and Obulapuram mines in Andhra Pradesh, made the rich offering on the occasion of his birthday. He refused to publicly divulge the value of the crown
He offered prayers along with his family members at the world's richest temple located over Tirumala Hills and later presented the crown to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the affairs of the temple.Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam sources said the crown would adorn "Mool Virat", the presiding deity of Lord Venkateswara. Janardhan Reddy told reporters that it was due to the blessing of the lord of the seven hills that he could set up Brahmani Steel plant, which is providing employment to 20,000 people in Kadapa and surrounding districts.