Today is Shri Narada jayanti 🙏🙏 In every TV serial or shows we see him getting portrayed as some comical character who makes people fight each other but this is the worst kind of crime someone can do to the greatest Bhakta of Shri Hari.
You see the story of the great Bhakta of Shri Hari is incomplete without his presence. It was him who Gave Hari Bhakti to Prahlada and which resulted in destruction of Daitya Raja By the hands of Narsimha prabhu
And the greatest Glory of Shri Rama is available to Us and we can enjoy the bhakti Rasa of That King of Ayodhya because Of Shri Narada Guiding Valmiki ji and Giving him motivation to Write such a great text named Ramayana
It was Narada Who Guided Shri ved vyas too who Wrote all the purans and The legendary Mahabharata which is still the greatest Thing written on This Bhuloka
When we take names of the great Bhakta we always remember Bhakta Shri Dhruva Maharaj. When he was Going to the forest because of apamana and wanted to do Tapasya of Hari it was Narada muni who gave him mantra diksha so He can do Tapasya of Shri hari
But it is not the end of Narada contribution to this Bhuloka. He was called devrishi who has Important roles in Spreading vaishnava dharma In this Samsara by Narada bhakti surta and Narada pancharatra
Not only that Narada muni has played a great Role in the Astrology Vidya.
Shri Narada samhita is a famous Mundane astrology Grantha in which He has shared his Jyotish vidya for common people
One of the major purans of 18 purana is narada purana which is one of the few purana which contains Astrology/Vastu/Vyakarana/Ayurveda/maths/Fastival by Tithi and Mantra Updesh of atleast all major Devi and devta
Narada Muni is the one who wrote Narada smriti as he believed that manusmriti is too big and in kaliyuga people won't be able to follow that so he shortened many smriti and gave it to markandeya muni which we called narada smriti today
The Narada Kund is situated in Badrinath dham and it is said that Shri Narada is still doing tapasya here in his sukshma Swaroop and He Visit Badrinath temple everyday to take darshan
There are a few temples of Narad Muni in the country. One is Sri Narad Muni Temple in Chigateri(Karnataka) Other temples dedicated to Devrishi Narad Muni in Bharat are located at Narad Muni Temple in Bhuntar & Kullu