I would like to know more about the minor gods of Hinduism, especially those connected with the Shaiva traditions. Everyone knows Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna, Bhairava, Durga, Kali, Parvati, Lakshmi, Sarasvati, Rama, Hanuman, Ganesha, Skanda, etc., but Hinduism has so many gods, there should be many interesting other gods.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH ALL OF THEM BY KNOWING? THERE ARE MILLIONS OF GODS. YOU NEED TO CHOSE ONLY ONE FOR YOU AND BE HAPPY WITH HIM. LET THEM BY HAPPY IN A WAY THEY ARE AND

Jai Srimannarayana, Om Asmad Gurubhyo: namaha. For the benefit of Sriman ‘Anand Srinivasan Narasimhan’ who posed the question on Lord Rama worshipping ‘Mahadeva’, I am attaching the answer, that Sri Swamiji gave about two years back. Please read it completely:

Jai Srimannarayana! According to Sri va:lmi:ki Ra:ma:yana, there is no mention about Sri:ra:ma's worship to Lord Siva. Lord Siva appeared before Sri:ra:ma, after the death of Ra:vana, along with all the other De:vathas. And then Lord Siva praised Sri:ra:ma as

Humble salutations to HH Jeeyar Swamiji! I shall be gretful to you if you could clear my doubt. In the valmiki ramayana, Sri Rama is said to have worshipped Lord Shiva at Rameshwaram. In the mahabaratha Sri krishna is said to have smeared himself with ashes and chanted the shatarudriyam. The vedas also acknowledge Lord shiva as a great god.I was told that there are instances in the vedas and kUrma purANam that Shiva, Vishnu and Soorya are one and the same. The Aditya hrudayam testifies that in the verse “ESha Brahma cha vishnushcha shiva skanda Prajapathi…” Then why do the vaishnavites do not go to shiva temple and recognize Shiva and do not accept prsadam. Adiyen Anand

WHEN YOU UTTER NAMES WITH DIFFERENT QUALITIES, YOU ARE ACCEPTING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FORMS. THE SANSKRIT WORD "BHE:DA" CREATED ALL THIS TROUBLE. PEOPLE NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT MEANING OF THIS WORD, MADE EVERY THING MESS. BHE:DA=DIFFERENCE; BHE:DA=CLASH, THERE

Is leaving one’s own country bad? Dear China jeeyar Swamiji, My humble pranamams to you. I am a software professional and I work in Germany. As I hear from puranas & learned scholars one should not leave his own country. And India is a karma country where one can dissolve the karmas. My plan is to earn sufficient money here, come back to india and dedicate my life to do social service to the devotees. Please suggest me if I am wrong., Ramanuja Dasudu Balaji

YOU ARE NOT AT ALL WRONG, IF YOU PLAN TO RETURN OR IF YOU START SUPPORTING YOUR MOTHER COUNTRY, OK!!!!! =chinnajeeyar=