[Advaita-l] IMPORTANCE OF SATYANARAYANA SWAMI PRASADAM

[KAMESWARARAO MULA]

Dear Members,
                      This is the story of a  King with respect of negligence towards pooja/worship of people. In the  Nemisharanya Forest, Suta  maha muni  narrating the greatness of this satyanaryana Vrata importance in his Puran to Shounaka and other Rishies.

There was a King called Angadwaja. He was good and righteous king  and yet once he ignored the prasad of Sri Satyanarayana Pooja and had to suffer very dearly to that.
Once this king was returning from hunting the wild animals in the forests. He rested under a tree for a while. A few yards away a small group of cowherd boys had gathered to perform Sri Satyanarayana Pooja. They did not have anything except their daily bread they were carrying and a talkative among them, He became their priest and they played the game of doing a pooja. At the end of the pooja, they offered the prasad to the king who, out of contempt and pride, left it untouched, Pretty soon all his wealth was lost, his hundred children died and he now knew, being a good king that this was all on account of his contempt for those children’s pooja. Without any delay the king goes to that very spot where the cowherd boys had done the pooja earlier, gathers them all around him performs the Satyanarayana Pooja with all shraddha and bhakthi.

Thus the king again got all his wealth and kingdom and kins. Suta maha muni tells the Rishis that this Vrita is specially effective in Kaliyuga. This Lord of Lord is called Ishwara, Satyadeva, Sri Satyanarayana and by many other names. He alone has taken names and forms.One who reads this story and one who hears it will be rid of all woes and difficulties.

There is a famous temple in andhrapradesh at Annavaram which is Satya Deva i.e Rama Satyanaryana swami (which is a rare combination of Shiva&Vishnu). There many people does marriages and perform the Satyanarayana Vratam there on all days . Prasadam is very auspicious there which is made of Godhuma (wheat) ravva along with jaggery & ghee.

Here is the link for the Temple:
http://annavaramdevasthanam.nic.in/history.htm

VRATHAM  DETAILS
Seva Particulars Ticket Rate  Persons Allowed Prasadam
1. Sri Swamy vari Vratham  300.00 Couple / Single Person 500Gms Bhogam
2. Sri Swamy vari special Vratham  800.00 Couple / Single Person 600Gms Bhogam
3. Sri Swamy vari Visista Vratham 1500.00 Couple / Single Person 600Gms Bhogam
4. Sri Swamy Vari Nitya Kalyanam  1000.00 Couple / Single Person 500Gms Bhogam
5. Ayush Homam 2000.00 Couple / Single Person

http://annavaramdevasthanam.nic.in/A.htm

Sri Guru Padaravindarpana Mastu

Kameswara