Om Namo Narayanaya
Mantraॐ नमो नारायणाय
Oṃ Namo Nārāyaṇāya
Meaning — I bow to Narayana, the one who dwells in the hearts of all beings and in the cosmic waters.
Recited for: Daily japa, surrender and protection
Jagannath Temple, Thalassery is a Vishnu temple located at Kerala, India.
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Oṃ Namo Nārāyaṇāya
Meaning — I bow to Narayana, the one who dwells in the hearts of all beings and in the cosmic waters.
Recited for: Daily japa, surrender and protection
शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम्। प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये॥
Śuklāmbaradharaṃ Viṣṇuṃ Śaśivarṇaṃ Caturbhujam, Prasannavadanaṃ Dhyāyet Sarvavighnopaśāntaye
Meaning — Meditate on Vishnu clothed in white, moon-hued, four-armed and serene of face, for the removal of all obstacles.
Recited for: Dhyana before Vishnu worship
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
Oṃ Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya
Meaning — I bow to the blessed Vasudeva, the indwelling Lord present in all things.
Recited for: Japa, devotion, inner steadiness
ॐ नारायणाय विद्महे वासुदेवाय धीमहि। तन्नो विष्णुः प्रचोदयात्॥
Oṃ Nārāyaṇāya Vidmahe Vāsudevāya Dhīmahi, Tanno Viṣṇuḥ Pracodayāt
Meaning — May we know Narayana, may we meditate on Vasudeva. May Vishnu illumine our minds.
Recited for: Gayatri japa, protection
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
Oṃ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ
Meaning — Peace in body, mind and spirit; peace in the three realms.
Recited for: Closing prayer of pooja and homa
विष्णु
Vishnu is the preserver of the cosmos, who sustains dharma through his ten avatars. He reclines on the serpent Ananta in the milky ocean.
The Shree Jagannatha Temple at Thalassery in Kannur district was established by Sree Narayana Guru in 1908, making it one of the later great temples of Malabar. A statue of the guru was added to the compound in 1927.
Varathoor Kaniyil Kunhikannan invited the guru to Thalassery, and the guru is said to have asked whether people would not dismiss the consecration as a stone placed by a stranger from the south. Kunhikannan assured him otherwise, and the temple became a centre of the reform movement in north Kerala.
Source: Wikipedia: Thalassery Jagannatha Temple — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassery_Jagannatha_Temple
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