Krishna Janmasthami is the celebration of the day that Bhagwan Krishna incarnated in human form upon the Earth. It is celebrated at midnight on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadrapada (August-September).

The day is celebrated by worshipping Bhagwan Krishna, fasting and chanting devotional kirtan and bhajans until past midnight.
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Please note that the Shivarathri Puja is now available at our site in Malayalam and Telugu as well.

Please check the Puja page at http://mantraaonline.com/shivarathri-puja/

The Panchang details are available at the Puja page as well as the Puja Calendar pagee http://mantraaonline.com/satsangh-calendar-2011/ – Please update your files accordingly.

Anant Chaturdashi puja falls on the 14th day of Bhadrapad shukla paksha (first fortnight) of the Hindu calender year.

Anant Chaturdashi has two main significances. The first is that it is the day of the immersion of Ganapati (also called Ganapati Visarjan). Thus Lord Ganesha is given farewell, only to be welcomed the next year with equal excitement.
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The Lalitha Sahasranama is about the divine mother Parvati. It is said to have been a conversation between sage Agastya and Hayagriva and occurs in the 36th Chapter of the Brahmanda Purana.

Here we provide a Learn to Chant version from the internet as well as links to the English, Sanskrit and Tamil texts.

The entire text and a lot of details are provided in this Link
Lalitha Sahasranama in English

Here is the Sahasranama in Sanskrit

Click Here for the Tamil Version

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This post contains all the Learn to Chant – Sanskrit Chapters in the same page. You can select and play the chapter you choose.

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Click here for the Learn to Chant Bhagavad Gita Index

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Each chapter has taken considerable time to make – recording the audio, creating the powerpoint slides and proofreading it in the various languages and then synchronizing it all together.

This has been a labour of love and has been possible only by the grace of Lord and the blessings of our elders. It is a wonderful coincidence that we have completed this on the auspicious day of Vijaya Dasami.

I would like to sincerely thank Ram and Saroja Sundaresan both of whom worked tirelessly to make this available in a very short time.
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I dedicate this work in loving memory of my father who first introduced the Bhagavad Gita to me and always loved to listen to Gita chanting
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