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Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Temple is a Hindu-Vaishnavite temple located in Annavaram in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh, India. [1] Dedicated to Lord Satyanarayana Swamy, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu , the temple is situated on Ratnagiri Hill. [ 1 ]
The puja narrates the Satyanarayana Katha (story), which dictates the various worldly and spiritual benefits the puja brings to performers. The Katha states how the deity Narayana vows to aid his devotees during Kali Yuga , the last of the four ages in Hindu cosmology, in particular the performers and attendees of the Satyanarayana Puja.
Annavaram is widely known for its religious significance, primarily due to the Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Temple located atop Ratnagiri Hill. Dedicated to Lord Satyanarayana, an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu , the temple was initially constructed in 1891 and later reconstructed in stone during 1933–34. [ 2 ]
Sri Satyanarayana Mahathyam (transl. Glory of Sri Satyanarayana) is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by S. Rajinikanth. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Krishna Kumari , with music composed by Ghantasala .
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In the 1960s, the one of his disciples, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada went to the West to spread Gaudiya-Vaishnavism and establish the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), "the most successful of the Gaudiya Math's offspring," an organization that continues today.
Simhachalam temple resembles a fortress from outside with three outer courtyards and five gateways. The temple faces west instead of east, signifying victory. There are two temple tanks: Swami Pushkarini near the temple and Gangadhara at the bottom of the hill. The temple houses a number of sub-shrines and a few mandapams.
Varalakshmi Vratam (Sanskrit: वरलक्ष्मी व्रतम्, romanized: Varalakṣmī Vratam), also called Varalakshmi Puja, is a Hindu observance to propitiate the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. [1] Varalakshmi is the manifestation of Lakshmi who grants boons (varam).