Before few months I have purchased two books , in thirst of knowing about Lord Narayana and mother Goddess Lakshmi ,The books are 1.An Introduction to Lord Vishnu; 2.Godess Lakshmi an Introduction , By Devdutta Pattanaik In those books there r many things which make me sad , He tells that Draupadi is Bhudevi incarnation, And Mother Lakshmi is like a sister or even wife to Kubera , And many other things. Please kindly give me the truth.

Jai Srimannarayana Sheelaji! We have gone through your mail. Also observed the reply given to you by our Sri Vishnuji. It is nice. In olden days Gods used to play with human beings. Probably to give a repartee, now a

Jai Sreemannarayan! Pujya Swamiji, Can you please enlighten us on the process to perform Sree SeetaRama Kalyanostavam on Sree RamaNavami Day at our homes. Is it enough to read Seeta kalyana sarga from Srimadramayanam? Or is there a similar process as that of Sree Goda Ranganayaka Kalyanam (part of Dhanurmasotsvam) published under with divine blessings.

Jai Srimannarayana! Happy to know about Sitaramakalyana Mahotsavam in your home. 1.Perform Vishwaksena Puja 2.Conduct Punyaha Va:chanam 3.Arrange a place for Kalyanam. Take Sri Rama & Sita to that mandapam. 4.Provide Asanam to Lord RAma. 5.Offer Madhu Parkam, ie mixture

From: “govardhana jayanth kumar” Subject: Q – buddhishm Jai Sri:manna:ra:yana ! When asked by my friend that why Buddhism could not ha dits roots in India. Why scriptures were not found. He also said that when buddhism was in full swing sankaracharya spread hinduism at that time by getting rid of many buddhists. I need a clarification for this.

Jai Srimannarayana! Buddhism, though originally founded by Siddhardha for peace and non-violence, but at a later stage, people following started turning too violent, eating raw meat, even today we can see that. Anything that moves could be taken by them

vinayakuniki muudu naamaalu petti viswaksenuluga chupistunnaru,vishwaksenula nija roopam telupagalaru! venkatesh nyayapati (Translation: “We observed that people put three namas on Vinayaka and show it as Vishwaksena. Can you pleae tell us the real form of Sri Vishwaksena ? “)

Jai Srimannarayana! Vishwakse:na and Vina:yaka were not one and the same. Vishwakse:na appears just like Lord Na:ra:yana Himself. Colour will be ordinary not blue. Along with Sankha and Chakra he will be holding a long stick in his left hand

I would like to know the proper pronounciation for Venkatesa in the Venkatesa Suprabhatam. I am informed that according to some Aacharyas, one should say Vengada and not Venkata. Is this the tradition amoung some schools? If so, what is the Ta:tparyam? Why does the Sanskrit version say”Venkata”. What does the word mean? Would Swami be able to help with this issue? Ramaa Sampath

Jai Srimannarayana! In Tamil there are no many a letter. They have to be adjusted for somany other sounds. Hence there will be some problem in fixing up the usage of particular sound to a particular letter. 'ka' may be