Sphoorthi Theatre

 Yellara Amma Yellamma Goddess Yellamma is renowned for her prodigious power in southern India. She also goes by the names Renuka, Jogamma, Holiyyamma, Ekvira, and Ellai Amman in the public eye. Her temples are situated in the Karnataka State districts of Soudathi in the Belgaum District, Chandraguthi in the Shimoga District, and Hulgi in the Bellary District. There are well-known temples devoted to Yellamma in nearby states including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. Shakthi Peethas include Mahur in Maharashtra and Soudatti in Karnataka. The Mahabharata, Harivamsa, and Bhagavata Purana all feature legends about Renuka. The Legend Story King Renu, Renuka's father, staged a Yagna. a fire ceremony carried out to preserve tranquility and health in his realm. The celestial Gods were pleased with his devotion and gave him a daughter from the yagna's fire as a gift. She was given the name Renuka because she was king Renu's daughter. When sh...

Shree Narayana Guru well known as Shree Narayana Guru Swami was a Hindu saint & a social reformer of India. Narayana Guru was born on August 20, 1856, in the village of Chempazhanthi near Thiruvananthapuram to Shri Madan Asan, a farmer, and Smt. Kutti Amma into an Ezhava family, a backward community in Kerala. Billavas of Karnataka, Irava in Tamil Nadu racially the same as of Ezhava community of Kerala.  He was fondly called Nanu. His father was also a teacher and learned scholar in Sanskrit, Astrology, and Ayurveda. As a child, he was exposed to narratives and stories from the Puranas and Itihaasas like- Ramayana and the Mahabharata- He was also initiated into the traditional formal education Ezhuthinirithal by Chempazhanthi Pillai, Sanskrit, Tamil, traditional subjects such as Siddharupam, Balaprobhodhanam, and Amarakosam and Ayurveda from his father and Uncle Sri Krishnan Vaidyan-an Ayurvedic Physician.    As a young boy, he would criticize his own people for...

History and Significance of Bandi Chhor Divas Bandi Chhor Divas, also known as "Day of Liberation," is a festival that is observed by Sikhs to celebrate the day that Shri Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru of the Sikhs, was freed from Gwalior Fort. He had been detained there in the Gwalior Fort by Emperor Jahangir for a number of months. The phrase "Bandi Chhor Divas" means "Prisoner Release." The term "Bandi" means "imprisoned," "Chhor" means "release," and "Divas" means "day." Together, these words indicate "Prisoner Release." Both Bandi Chhor Diwas and Deepawali are considered to be distinct celebrations by Sikhs, and the two holidays actually occur on different calendar days. Despite this, it is usual practice for popular calendars to have both of these holidays falling on the same day. Due to this, a lot of people have a tendency to conceive of both of these events as taking place on th...