Sri Jayanthi, The Two Elephants

Lord in the avathar, incarnation as Sri Krushna taught a lesson to an elephant named Kuvalayapidam. Lord Srimannarayana protected another elephant named Gajendra. In an attempt to kill Krushna, Kamsa ordered for the aggressive and violent elephant,

Vasantha Navaratri

There are traditionally two sets of navaratri uthsavams celebrated annually. The first one is vasantha navaratri, celebrated from Ugadi (marking of a new year following movement of the moon, lunar calendar) to Sri Ramanavami. The second one is sarad