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14 unusual facts about Narayana


Anantasaayi Vishnu Temple

It is said that the queen brought this image of Narayana in dowry and the king built temple in honour of the deity.

Brahmapura

Lord Vishnu who is said to live in Vaikuntha is a finite form of the infinite formless, timeless Narayana.


Narayana is also venerated as Para Brahman and therefore to pervade all the 14 lokas and the entire Brahmanda (Universe) which includes both manifested (planets, stars, galaxies, black holes, etc. which constitute 25% of the Universe) and unmanifested (the unknown dark matter which constitutes 75%) energy.

Ganges in Hinduism

Because the Ganges directly touches the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu (Narayana) before descending within this universe, Ganges is known as Bhagavat-Padi which means Emanating from the lotus feet of Bhagavan (God).

Gurjara Kingdom

In the epic Mahabharata, they were mentioned as Narayani Sena i.e. Army of God Narayana who is Krishna himself, 'Gopa Rashtras' and as 'Gopas'.

Jitamitra Malla

To the east of this he erected the temple and statue of Narayana, along with the temples of Dattatrikasa and Pashupati.

Lakshmi Kumara Thathachariar

Sri Lakshmi Kumara Thatha Desikan was a devotee of Lord Narayana specially Lord Rama and the Vaishnava Guru Swamy Vedanta Desika.

Lakshmi Tantra

A minimum is said about the ritualistic side of worship, and iconography is discussed only in the form of the dhyanas of the most important deities, such as Laksmi-Narayana, the Vyuhas, the main emanations of Laksmi, her retinue etc.

Nara-Narayana

Narayana sent this nymph to Indra with them, and from her having been produced from the thigh (uru in Sanskrit) of the sage, she was called Urvashi.

Purusha

The Purusha in the title of Purusha Sukta refers to the Parama Purusha, Purushottama, Vedic Supreme God Narayana, in his form as the Viraat Purusha (Enormously Huge Being).

Triyuginarayan Temple

The word "Triyugi Narayan" is formed of three words "tri" means three, "yugi" denotes the period of time - Yuga and "Narayan" is another name of Vishnu.

Vipra Narayana

He led his life in devotion to Lord Narayana and worked for the Perumal (Lord) by dedicating him with garlands.

Yasoda

Upon witnessing this act a couplet broke forth Sage Narada "Enna Thavam Saidhanai, Yashoda" which in Tamil literally means: "What penance have You (Mother Yashoda) undertaken to be bestowed with the powers to punish the supreme (Narayana)".

Yuga dharma

The ritual initiates one into the protective and saving grace of Vishnu or Narayana.


Ahobila Mutt

Sri Ahobila Mutt Lakshmi Narasimha Lakshmi Narayana Temple, Ahobila Mutt Marg, Chembur in Mumbai.

Ayyavazhi and Hinduism

But only in Kali Yukam are all the powers surrendered to Narayana by Sivan and Nathan because Kaliyan was created by them without discussion with Narayana.

Bhai Sahib Singh

Bhai Sahib Singh was one of the Panj Pyare or the Five Beloved of revered memory in the Sikh tradition, was born the son of Bhai Guru Narayana, in Bidar in present day Karnataka, and his wife Ankamma.

Daridra Narayana

Daridra Narayana or Daridranarayana or Daridra Narayan is an axiom enunciated by Swami Vivekananda espousing that the service of the poor is equivalent in importance and piety to the service of God.

Dolakha District

The idol in the temple is said to resemble three different Gods : Bhimeshwar in the morning, Mahadeva during the day and the Narayana in the evening.

Erickavu N. Sunil

Erickavu N. Sunil was born (on 15 March 1977) to K. Narayana Panicker and V. Saraswathi Amma in Haripad, Kerala, India.

Idakka

Of the current lot of Idakka artists, the most famous include Thiruvilvamala Hari, Tripunithura Krishnadas, Chottanikara Subhash Marar, Tichur Mohanan, Chendamangalam Unni, Kakkayoor Appukuttan, Cherpulassery Krishnakumar Poduval, Payyavur Narayana Marar and Thiruvillwamala Jayan and Njeralath Harigovindan.

Kroni

In order to counteract and destroy the evil of Kroni's manifestations, Mayon (a Tamil name for Vishnu) incarnates as Avatars such as Rama and Krishna.

Matte mungaru

Matte Mungaru is the real life story of an ordinary guy Narayana Mandhagadde from Shimoga district in Karnataka.

Ocimum tenuiflorum

Tulasi leaves is an essential part in the worship of God Vishnu (Narayana) and his Avatars including God Krishna, God Rama and other male Vaishnava deities like Hanuman, Balarama, Garuda and many others.

P N Panicker

Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker is known as the Father of the Library Movement in Kerala.

Pemmasani Nayaks

Some well-known Gandikota Kammas in modern times include Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu,Galla Arunakumari, High court justice Pemmasani Sankara Narayana (P.S. Narayana), Vaiko, Arcot N. Veeraswami and R. Prabhu.

Pulidindi

Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana (also known as Bapu) directed his first movie Saakshi (1967) in the village, and later made many more, including the movie Muthyala Muggu (1975) shot mostly on the Pulidindi Canal.

R. Muttusamy

Muttusamy worked as the Assistant Music Director on the first Sinhalese film Kadawunu Poronduwa in 1941 under the tutelage of R. Narayana Iyer.

Saranagati

Learning to do Archana or Puja or ritual worship of Laxshmi-Narayana from the Guru.

Siva Shankar Baba

Siva Shankar was born on January 28, 1949, to Narayana Sharma and Vijayalakshmi in the Alangayam village, near Vaniyambadi in the North Arcot (now comes under Vellore district) of Tamil Nadu.

Sivagiri

Sivagiri, Kerala where sage and saint His Holiness Sree Narayana Guru's tomb is located

Sree Narayana Trust

Under such circumstances, under the leadership of R. Sankar, a former chief minister of Kerala, the Sree Narayana Trust was started.

Sugama Sangeetha

P.Kalinga Rao, Mysore Ananthaswamy, C.Aswath, H. K. Narayana, Padmacharan, H.R.Leelavathi, Baalappa Hukkeri, Raju Ananthaswamy, N.S.Prasad, B.K.Chandrashekar, B.V.Srinivas, Sunitha Ananthaswamy, Jayashree Arvind, Praveen D Rao, Pravin Godkhindi, M.D.Pallavi, Archana Udupa,chidambara kalamanji, Upasana Mohan,vasantha kanakapur, Gartikere Raganna, Manjula Gururaj

T. K. Madhava Memorial College

R. Sankar, former Chief Minister of Kerala and the Founder Manager of Sree Narayana Colleges, formally inaugurated the college on July 4, 1964.

Tanu Monne Vellipoyindi

Tanu Monne Vellipoyindi is a Telugu film starring Ajmal Ameer and Nikitha Narayana in the Lead roles directed by Vamsy.

Udumalai Narayana Kavi

Udumalai Narayana was born on 25 September 1899 in Poolavadi, a small village in Udumalpet taluk, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India.