Famous Nagaraja Temples

            Famous Nagaraja Temples

1.Mannarassala Nagaraja Temple

How to Reach:
Nearest Railway Station: Ambalappuzha
Nearest Airports: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (135 km) and Cochin international airport (130 km).Mannarasala Nagaraja temple is located 3 km from Harippad, Alappuzha, Kerala. It is the only temple having a woman as chief priest.32 kms south of Alappuzha

Contact Address:
Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple
Mannarasala Dewaswom
Mannarasala P.O, Haripad
Phone: +91- 479- 2413788

2.Vettikkottu Nagaraja Temple

http://www.vetticodenagarajatemple.com/

By road:
Devotees coming from Thiruvananthapuram and Eranakulum via NH47 after reaching the K.S.R.T.C Bus Station at Kayamkulam, should take the eastward going Kayamkulam-Punaloor road and after traveling 11 km would reach the temple.

Devotees coming from Main Central (M.C.) road can reach the Adoor K.S.R.T.C Bus Station and from there travel 17 km westward to reach the temple via the Punaloor-Kayamkulam route.

By rail:
Nearest railway station: Kayamkulam, Mavelikkara and Chengannoor.

By air:
Nearest airport: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport and Cochin International Airport.

Address
Vetticode Sree Nagaraja Swamy Temple
Vetticode P.O.
Pallickkal
Alappuzha
Pin - 690 503
Tel: +91-479-2339933, 2115585, 3292544
http://www.vetticodenagarajatemple.com/

3.Pambummekkattu Mana

http://www.pambummekkattumana.com/

Contact Address:

Pambummekkattu Mana P.O. Vadama, Mala Pin: 680 736 Thrichur Ph: 0480 2890453 Mob: 9349002911 mail@pambummekkattumana.com www.pambummekkattumana.com

4.Nagercoil Nagaraja  Temple

The temple can be reached by traveling by train or bus. If one travels by air, he can first go to Thiruvananthapuram and thence, he can reach Nagercoil. From Madurai airport, one can reach the temple traveling by road. From Chennai, there are trains and buses that go to Nagercoil.

The Nagaraja temple is situated here. This town, named after the temple dedicated to Nagaraja, the King of Snakes (Serpent God) is the head quarters of Kanyakumari District. The images of lord Siva and Ananatha Krishna are also enshrined here.The Nagaraja is installed on the ground where it was origninally found and the sand is scooped out and given as 'Prasadam' to the devotees. The entrance of the temple is reminiscent of Chinese architecture of a Buddhist Vihar. Nagaraja Temple of Nagercoil is visited by pilgrims mostly in the month of Avani (August – September). On every Sunday in Avani, huge hordes of pilgrims visit Nagaraja Temple and offer special prayers to the serpent deity. It is the wet sand scooped out from the enshrined ground of Nagaraja idol, which is distributed as prasadam.

Dharshana Time:

4.30A.M to 12.30 P.M. &

 4.30 P.M. to 8.30 P.M.

Phone No. 04652- 232420

Mahavatar Babaji

                 Mahavatar Babaji  (Sri Guru Babaji)

(Mahavatar Babaji - a drawing from Autobiography of a Yogi, commissioned by Yogananda and based on his own meeting with Babaji)

Mahavathar Babaji, the Immortal himalayan master who developed kriya yoga, babaji is said to be about 1,800 years old  but  still stays youthfully in his physical body. It is said that the deathless Guru bears no mark of age on his body; he appears to be a youth of not more than twenty-five. Fair-skinned, of medium build and height, his beautiful, strong body radiates a perceptible glow. His eyes are dark, calm, and tender; his long lustrous hair is copper-coloured. This is the simple description one could begin with about living Mahavatar Sri Babaji.

                                                                             

In the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda in his Autobiography of a Yogi, Lahiri Mahasaya and Yukteshwar there were many references made about Mahavatar Babaji. There were many many great saints who had written or mentioned Babaji. Babaji is referred to an as maha avatar, meaning no birth nor death can ever be attributed to him. Paramahansa Yogananda, Lahiri Mahasaya, Yukteswar Giri nor other direct disciples of Babaji ever mentioned nor attempted to explore Babaji's birth history.

 Kriya Yoga 

Mahavatar Babaji's cave in Kukuchina, Dunagiri, India

                      Mahavatar Babaji's cave in Kukuchina, Dunagiri, India

Route to babaji's cave 

 BOOKS RELATED TO MAHAVATHAR BABAJI

The Voice of Babaji A Trilogy on Kriya Yoga by V. T. Neelakantan, S.A.A. Ramaiah and Babaji Nagaraj (Jul 1, 2003)

Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of the Philosophical library 1946 First Edition) by Paramhansa Yogananda (Nov 1, 2005)

Mahavatar Babaji by Prajnanananda Paramahamsa (1999)

The Yoga of Jesus: Understanding the Hidden Teachings of the Gospels by Paramahansa Yogananda (Aug 24, 2007)

Kundalini & Kriya Yoga: A Complete Practical Guide by Dharam Vir Mangla and Mahavatar Babaji (Mar 1, 2008)

Mahavatar Babaji's new gospel by Gottfried Xaver (Jan 1, 2007)

Shiva Mahavatar Babaji by Pola Churchill (Sep 28, 2006)

                                                

Babaji - The Lightning Standing Still (Softcover) by Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath, Hamsa Yoga Sangh and Babaji - The Lightening Standing Still (Sep 3, 2011)

Journey To Freedom: The Bhakti Sutras of Mahavatar Kriya Babaji by Jean Peterson (Jun 15, 2011)

Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga Tradition by Marshall Govindan (Mar 1998)