Devi Mandir

Temple of Divine Mother


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Story of How Ganesha’s Tusk Was Cut (2 versions)

~~OM~~ Parasuram was one of the avatars of Vishnu. He went to see Shiva and Ganesh was at the door. So Parasuram began to fight with Ganesh. Parasuram had received the axe from Shiva, the Parasu. He was Parasu-Ram. He had the axe in his hand. And the axe was amog, it was infallible. Whatever […]

Story of the Churning of the Milk Ocean

~~OM~~ Now remember when we were gonna churn the milk ocean. The Gods and the Demons got on each side, and they were using Mount Mandara as the churning rod. And they were afraid the mountain would sink to the bottom of the ocean, so Vishnu came as a tortoise and supported the creation. So […]

Story of Vishnu and Brahma’s Competition

~~OM~~ One day Brahma and Vishnu were walking down the path. They came to a place where they met, and Brahma was walking from one direction and Vishnu from the other direction. And Brahma said, “Would you please step aside, I’m trying to pass.” And Vishnu said, “Well, you know, I’m the protector of the […]

The Woodcutter and the Sannyasi

~~OM~~ >Double Click the Video to Play< Remember the woodcutter who met the sannyasi, who said, “Go forward!” And he went past the grove of trees where he was cutting and he found a silver mine. And after becoming very wealthy and mining all the silver he remembered the sannyasi said, “Go forward”, he didn’t […]

Story of Runaway Elephant

~~OM~~ Remember the story about the disciples who were out collecting wood in the forest? One mahout, who was taking care of an elephant, cried out loudly in the forest, “Everybody off the path, everybody out of the way, there’s a mad elephant running down the path!” One of the disciples said, “Guru said God […]

The Three Sadhus

~~OM~~ Remember the story of Narad Muni passing by the tree where the three sadhus were meditating?The first sadhu said, “Narad Muni, you are trikal darsi, you see the past, present and future.How long will it take me to become enlightened?”Narad looked inside, he said, “It’s going to take you ten thousand years.””Ten thousand years! […]

Story of Mahisha

~~OM~~ Remember the great ego performed a tremendous tapasya. And the ego said, “I want to be immortal.” Brahma came and said, “That’s impossible, no one is immortal, everyone that takes birth dies.” And so the great ego said, “Well, my death, if it has to occur, let it occur at the hands of a […]

Video: Story of How Hanuman Came to be on the Pandavas’ Flag

~~OM~~ Draupadi found a lotus, it was a mountain lotus that we call Pahari lotus, (Pahari Pomo) and they grow up above the snow line. She said, “Bhima, I love this lotus, could you go up in the mountains and see if there are any more. Go find me some lotuses. I want to offer […]

Shiva Meditates on Vishnu

~~OM~~ So Shiva always meditates on Vishnu. And it’s very interesting, one day in Kailash, Parvati was looking a little bit bored because Shiva was just sitting there in deep, deep meditation. And she called, “Oh Lord.” And Shiva didn’t respond. And she said, “Shiva!” And Shiva didn’t move. And Parvati just stood there watching […]