Tirupati Tirumala Balaji

Dear BhakthAs : The famous slOkam is :na GaayathryA para manthra: na Maathu para dhaivatham na KaasyA: paramam theertham na EkAdasyA : samam vratham (Meaning ) : There is no manthram that is superior to Gaayathri manthram ; there is no dhaivam superior toone's mother; there is no sanctifying theertham bettertha Kaasi and there is no vratham that is more sacred than EkAdasi Vratham . King RukmAngathA , NampAduvAN Kaisikan , our AchAryAsof all Vaidhika mathams have demonstrated the greatnessand power of observing EkAdasi Vratham .Through his observanceof EkAdasi vratham , a Harijan like NampAduvAn has reached such an exalted status to get an EkAdasiand a chapter of Varaha PurAnam named after him (Kaisika EkAdasi and kaisika MahAthmyam ).Sri ParasaraBhattar wrote a commentary on the Kaisika PurANam inTamil .Parasara Bhattar read this work in fornt ofSri renganathA Vrisichika Maasa (Nov-Dec ) sulka paksah EkAdasi and was recognized by Sri RanganAthAwith a Brahma ratham ( Being carried ...