Upavaasam Anaga Nemi?

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emani cheppali baa... chepthey sollu antaru.....andukey !@:
google cheyi.....masthu info dorukuthadi.......




[b] [url="http://www.hindu-blog.com/2009/02/why-do-we-celebrate-shivratri-reasons.html"]Why do we celebrate Shivratri – Reasons for observing Mahashivaratri?[/url][/b]





Shivaratri, or [url="http://www.hindu-blog.com/2007/02/importance-of-shivratri.html"]Mahashivratri[/url], is one of the most important days in Hinduism. There are numerous reasons regarding the origin of Shivaratri and most of reasons for observing Shivratri can be traced to the Puranas. A few important legends are detailed below.

[b]Origin of Shivratri based on hunter unknowingly dropping Bilva leaves on Shiva Lingam[/b]

There once lived a tribal man who was a hunter and a staunch a Shiva devotee. He used to go for hunting on all days to feed his family. One day the hunter lost his way while hunting and was trapped in the forest at night.

[url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrPiYD1RcAs/ShJa7XU1U6I/AAAAAAAAEPA/-Xe-_OxBjv8/s1600-h/shivalogo.jpg"][img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrPiYD1RcAs/ShJa7XU1U6I/AAAAAAAAEPA/-Xe-_OxBjv8/s320/shivalogo.jpg[/img][/url]Soon wild animals started to gather around him and he climbed a Bel or Bilva tree. Sitting there he remembered his wife and children and tears started rolling from his eyes. In order to keep himself awake, he started plucking Bilva leaves and dropped it down repeating ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ – the Panchakshari Mantra. The hunter unknowingly fasted the whole day and did not sleep in the night.

In the morning, he discovered that he had been dropping the Bilva leaves on a Shivlingam. The Shivling was also washed with his tears.

He returned home and when he was about have his food, a beggar came at his door. The hunter fed the beggar and then had his food.

The beggar was Lord Shiva himself and the hunter had darshan of Bholenath and was able to feed Mahadeva, who feeds all the living beings.

And the hunter realized the beggar was Shiva when he died and was carried to the Shivaloka.

The hunter was later born as King Chitra Bhanu who could remember his previous births. And he discussed the importance of Shivaratri with Sage Ashtavakra.

The story is mentioned in the Shanti Parva of Mahabharata by Bhismha while on the bed of arrows after the 18-day Great War in the Mahabharata. Thus the world came to known about the importance of Mahashivaratri.

Origin of Mahashivaratri based on Samudra Manthan – Churning of Ocean

This is a famous legend on Shivaratri and happened during the churning of ocean by Devas and Asuras to get ‘Amrit.’ While churning the ocean, highly toxic poison, Halahala, came out and threatened to destroy the universe.
Lord Vishnu asked the ‘devas’ and ‘asuras’ to approach Lord Shiva and request to save the world.
Lord Shiva immediately agreed to help them and drank the poison. For the poison to have no effect, Lord Shiva should not sleep. So the ‘devas’ and ‘asuras’ kept praying the whole night. Pleased with the devotion Lord Shiva said ‘whoever worships me on this day will get their wishes fulfilled.’ (There is another version to this story in which Goddess Parvati stops the poison from spreading by holding Shiva’s neck)

[b]Origin of Shivaratri based on Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma searching for the origin of Shiva Lingam[/b]

Lord Vishnu and Brahma wanted to know who was superior and this led to a fight. Lord Shiva intervened and said whoever can find out the origin or end of Shivling is superior. Lord Shiva appeared before them in the form of a huge pillar of fire. Lord Vishnu went down searching and Brahma went up searching. Both traveled and traveled but never reached the beginning or end.

It is impossible to find a beginning and end to the Supreme Being until and unless the Supreme Being wishes to incarnate in a form which human eyes can accommodate.

After the futile search, Lord Vishnu and Brahma prayed to Shiva and appeared before them in the form of Jyotirlinga and this day of the appearance of Lord Shiva is celebrated as Shivratri.

Apart from these important legends, it is said that the reunion of Lord Shiva and Parvati happened on the Shivratri day. Another legend states that Lord Shiva performed the Taandava on this day.
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Karuvu tharuvaatha varadha..... Baaa koosantha Naalugu mukkalo cheppe baa

[bottu_seenu]

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nenu adigindi emiti meeru cheppindi emiti...... anyways gud info though.... repu teerigga chaduvuta.....


nenu just upavaasam ki artham unda... oka vela unte adi enti ani adiga............ fasting kakunda

[k2s]

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nenu adigindi emiti meeru cheppindi emiti...... anyways gud info though.... repu teerigga chaduvuta.....


nenu just upavaasam ki artham unda... oka vela unte adi enti ani adiga............ fasting kakunda
[/quote]ila antaru kanukey nenu ippati varaku seppaledu........ malli adigav kada....ani.... aa article icha.......

[Nellore Pedda reddy]

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emani cheppali baa... chepthey sollu antaru.....andukey !@:
google cheyi.....masthu info dorukuthadi.......




[b] [url="http://www.hindu-blog.com/2009/02/why-do-we-celebrate-shivratri-reasons.html"]Why do we celebrate Shivratri – Reasons for observing Mahashivaratri?[/url][/b]





Shivaratri, or [url="http://www.hindu-blog.com/2007/02/importance-of-shivratri.html"]Mahashivratri[/url], is one of the most important days in Hinduism. There are numerous reasons regarding the origin of Shivaratri and most of reasons for observing Shivratri can be traced to the Puranas. A few important legends are detailed below.

[b]Origin of Shivratri based on hunter unknowingly dropping Bilva leaves on Shiva Lingam[/b]

There once lived a tribal man who was a hunter and a staunch a Shiva devotee. He used to go for hunting on all days to feed his family. One day the hunter lost his way while hunting and was trapped in the forest at night.

[url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrPiYD1RcAs/ShJa7XU1U6I/AAAAAAAAEPA/-Xe-_OxBjv8/s1600-h/shivalogo.jpg"][img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OrPiYD1RcAs/ShJa7XU1U6I/AAAAAAAAEPA/-Xe-_OxBjv8/s320/shivalogo.jpg[/img][/url]Soon wild animals started to gather around him and he climbed a Bel or Bilva tree. Sitting there he remembered his wife and children and tears started rolling from his eyes. In order to keep himself awake, he started plucking Bilva leaves and dropped it down repeating ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ – the Panchakshari Mantra. The hunter unknowingly fasted the whole day and did not sleep in the night.

In the morning, he discovered that he had been dropping the Bilva leaves on a Shivlingam. The Shivling was also washed with his tears.

He returned home and when he was about have his food, a beggar came at his door. The hunter fed the beggar and then had his food.

The beggar was Lord Shiva himself and the hunter had darshan of Bholenath and was able to feed Mahadeva, who feeds all the living beings.

And the hunter realized the beggar was Shiva when he died and was carried to the Shivaloka.

The hunter was later born as King Chitra Bhanu who could remember his previous births. And he discussed the importance of Shivaratri with Sage Ashtavakra.

The story is mentioned in the Shanti Parva of Mahabharata by Bhismha while on the bed of arrows after the 18-day Great War in the Mahabharata. Thus the world came to known about the importance of Mahashivaratri.

Origin of Mahashivaratri based on Samudra Manthan – Churning of Ocean

This is a famous legend on Shivaratri and happened during the churning of ocean by Devas and Asuras to get ‘Amrit.’ While churning the ocean, highly toxic poison, Halahala, came out and threatened to destroy the universe.
Lord Vishnu asked the ‘devas’ and ‘asuras’ to approach Lord Shiva and request to save the world.
Lord Shiva immediately agreed to help them and drank the poison. For the poison to have no effect, Lord Shiva should not sleep. So the ‘devas’ and ‘asuras’ kept praying the whole night. Pleased with the devotion Lord Shiva said ‘whoever worships me on this day will get their wishes fulfilled.’ (There is another version to this story in which Goddess Parvati stops the poison from spreading by holding Shiva’s neck)

[b]Origin of Shivaratri based on Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma searching for the origin of Shiva Lingam[/b]

Lord Vishnu and Brahma wanted to know who was superior and this led to a fight. Lord Shiva intervened and said whoever can find out the origin or end of Shivling is superior. Lord Shiva appeared before them in the form of a huge pillar of fire. Lord Vishnu went down searching and Brahma went up searching. Both traveled and traveled but never reached the beginning or end.

It is impossible to find a beginning and end to the Supreme Being until and unless the Supreme Being wishes to incarnate in a form which human eyes can accommodate.

After the futile search, Lord Vishnu and Brahma prayed to Shiva and appeared before them in the form of Jyotirlinga and this day of the appearance of Lord Shiva is celebrated as Shivratri.

Apart from these important legends, it is said that the reunion of Lord Shiva and Parvati happened on the Shivratri day. Another legend states that Lord Shiva performed the Taandava on this day.
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[b] [url="http://www.hindu-blog.com/2007/02/importance-of-shivratri.html"]Importance of Shivratri[/url][/b]





Shivratri is celebrated a night before ‘amavasya’ (full dark night) in the month of Phalgun (February – March) in North India. As per traditional calendars followed in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra this is the Magh Krishna Paksha Chaturdasi. The significance of Shivaratri is closely associated with ‘amavasya.’ Amavasya represents Kaliyuga. Lord Shiva appeared just before the beginning of Kaliyuga to rid the world of evil and ignorance, which is symbolically represented through Amavasya. Therefore Mahashivratri is celebrated to get rid of evil and ignorance.


On the Shivratri day, Lord Shiva is worshiped in a special form of Linga called ‘Lingodabhavamurti or Jyotirlinga.’ It is a lingam in the form of fire which has neither a beginning nor an end. It must be noted here that ‘linga’ only means ‘sign.’ And it is merely an attempt to capture the formless.


Apart from this there are [url="http://hindublog.blogspot.com/2007/02/shivaratri-myths.html"]numerous legends and myths[/url] associated with Shivratri. An important myth is that Shivaratri is the birthday of Lord Shiva – this is mainly because the formless Lord Shiva appeared for the first time in the form of ‘Lingodabhavamurti’ before Lord Vishnu and Brahma.

Other important myths include that of Taandava, the consummation of poison during the churning of ocean, hunter accidentally dropping the leaves of bilva, the loss of importance of ketki flower, which is now only offered during shivaratri.
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[POOLA RANGADU]

manishiki ..NIDRA,AAHAARAM aneedi atyanta avasaram. vaatini saitam tyaagam cheesi..kanisam oka poota ayina..aa samayaani DEVUDI smarana chesukovatam- UPAVAASAM ....naa drushti lo.

[Spartan]

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manishiki ..NIDRA,AAHAARAM aneedi atyanta avasaram. vaatini saitam tyaagam cheesi..kanisam oka poota ayina..aa samayaani DEVUDI smarana chesukovatam- UPAVAASAM ....naa drushti lo.
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[POOLA RANGADU]

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The hunter [size=6][b]unknowingly[/b][/size] fasted the whole day and did not sleep in the night.

In the morning, he discovered that he had been dropping the Bilva leaves on a Shivlingam. [size=6][b]The Shivling was also washed with his tears.[/b][/size]
And the hunter realized the beggar was Shiva [size=6][b]when he died and was carried to the Shivaloka.[/b][/size]

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hmmm....om namah shivaya ani japam chesaadaa? tears washed linga naa???...not convincing.

ayinaa...hunter ade pani gaa..animals kinda untee..sound cheyyakunda undaali kaani..alaa bilva leaves veyyatam enti? paigaa...Shiva naama smaranam cheyyatam..aneedi kudaa not convincing.

intha cheste...aa janma lo..NOTHING..achieved aa...after death..was taken to shivalok a....


hmm..story baaledu...inkoncham ..binding gaa undaali..evoo missing links undi untaayi.

OM NAMAH SHIVAAYA

[bottu_seenu]

K2S bhayya.... thanks for the post........ nice info......

upavasam ante telisindi............. vasam ante undatam kada......to reside ani..... so idi kooda anthe anta....... devudi pakkana vaasam upvaasam.....

method through which one can make themselves place beside god ani telisindi..... mari idi entha varaku correct oo