Om. Arunachala Mantras for the 2008 Karthigai Deepam Festival. These Siddha Mantras were given to us by Sathguru Venkataraman of the Agasthiar Siddha Lineage. These mantras should be chanted during our Arunachala Girivalam during the 11 days of the "Kleengkulaadhi Beeja Mantra Shakti Karthigai Deepam" Festival of 2008 in holy Arunachala. For more...

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Daily Mantra Hymn for 2008 given by the Siddhas of the Agasthiar Lineage. Composed by Kunchithapaadha Kaviraya Siddha and given to us by Sathguru Venkataraman, this is a hymn that glorifies the Lord of 2008, Sri Shiva Tripura Samhara Thandava Moorthi. Recite this hymn daily throughout 2008. The subtitles in this clip contain the text of this hym...

Sri Sarabeswara Shiva, the Great Protector, is an avatar of Lord Shiva. In this clip, we present the 108 divine name mantras of the Lord revealed to us by Sathguru Venkataraman, the founder of the Agasthiar Ashram. These 108 divine name mantras are used to glorify the Lord. For the text of these 108 divine name mantras and their meanings, please...

Lord of 2008 - Sri Shiva Tripura Samhara Thandava Moorthi The Ego "Capturer," Mind Purifier and Destroyer of Evil The Agasthiar Ashram painting shown here depicts the Tripura Samhara Thandava dance form of the Lord. With 16 hands, 21 devas and deities, 51 maharishis, countless Siddhas as ornaments, decorations and weapons, with Sri Tripura Sam...

"If there is a God, why can we not see him?" This is the standard question posed to those who believe in God. Sathguru Venkataraman, the founder of the Agasthiar Ashram located in holy Arunachala, made it a point to address this question in his numerous full length public lectures. We provide a few short excerpts of the Sathguru's words and follo...

Om Mother Ayur Devi is a Siddha revelation given to us by Sathguru Venkataraman, the founder of the Agasthiar Ashram located in holy Arunachala. During the 1992 Navaratri festival, in the course of ten lectures at the Veleeswarar temple in Mylapore, Chennai, Sathguru Venkataraman revealed the Mother's glory, Her unique form and worship procedures...

The most blessed event! The lighting of the Karthigai Deepam at the peak of the holy Arunachala Hill at 6 pm IST on November 24 2007! This event occurs every year on the Krittika nakshatra day of the Karthigai month in the November/December timeframe. The deepam jyoti is lit in fond remembrance of the Arunachala avatar as an infinite pillar of...

Om. One of the many spiritual projects of Sathguru Venkataraman was the reintroduction of worship procedures like Vishnupathi. Over the past many years, the Sathguru revealed information about many important Vishnupathi temples in the pages of Sri Agasthia Vijayam, the monthly magazine of the Agasthiar Ashram. This short clip shows you the templ...

Simple Siddha Mantras for worshipping Lord Shri Ram. First revealed by Sathguru Venkataraman in a public lecture on April 10, 1984. The voice in this clip is that of the Sathguru himself culled from his April 10, 1984 lecture. Monday - Sri Ram Jaya Ram Siva Ram Tuesday - Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram Wednesday - Hari Rama Hari Rama Rama Rama Ha...

Om. Circling the Arunachala Hill is the most potent spiritual practice. Sathguru Venkataraman has been communicating the greatness of Arunachala and the importance of Arunachala Giri Valam for decades, right from the time he was a boy. In his hundreds of lectures at some of the most important temples in and around Chennai, he would point out that...

From the night of Nov 23 2007 to the early morning hours of Nov 25 2007, they came in droves! More than one million (1,000,000) people circled the holy Arunachala Hill on the occasion of the most blessed event - the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam. But this is not something new. Arunachala is home to such devotee throngs on every Pournami full mo...

The ego annihilator and soul emancipator avatar of Lord Shiva - Sri Shiva Gaja Samhara Moorthi. The Lord who quells our ego - the "big I" - and helps us advance on the spiritual path. This clip contains Siddha information that was first released to the world by Sathguru Venkataraman in the 2007 January and February issues of Sri Agasthia Vijayam,...

Part 2. The most blessed event! The lighting of the Karthigai Deepam at the peak of the holy Arunachala Hill at 6 pm IST on November 24 2007! This event occurs every year on the Krittika nakshatra day of the Karthigai month in the November/December timeframe. The deepam jyoti is lit in fond remembrance of the Arunachala avatar as an infinite pil...

Om. 101 verses on Mother Angaali ("Angala Parameswari Andhaadhi") sung by Sathguru Venkataraman after "seeing" Mother Goddess Angali in a divine darshan (vision), by the grace of his Siddha Sathguru, Sri La Sri Idiyaapa Eesa Siddha. Selections from this scintillating work (in Tamil) are featured in this clip. Also featured: Scenes from the pow...