Here in Cambodia, from the 1st to 6th centuries, the early civilisation of Funan is thought to be the oldest Hindu culture in Southeast Asia. Before I tell you all about our best curry recipes from Southeast Asia, South Africa and beyond, I have a favour to ask. Grantourismo is reader-...
Article Open access 06 January 2022 Swami Dayananda Sarasvati’s vision of Golden Vedic Age in contemporary Birla Mandirs: the idea of the Birla Temple as an inspiration and reflection for modern Hindutva Article Open access 20 December 2024 Introduction...
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pūjā,‘Hindu ceremonies in idol-worship;’ see Yule and Burnell (1903: 722)] which means a flower offering. When the season of the year will not afford the flowers which the Hindoos offer to their gods, the women spread out shawls, in the middle of which the embroidered basket of ...
Her father and mother both met Somaka Maharaj, a sanyassin who was building an ashram in the middle of the jungle “Chapare” in Chocabamba, Bolivia. They both went with him to build this ashram in the jungle and it was here that they were married in a Hindu ceremony. ...
In this mill, the wheel’s bottom is submerged in flowing water, where there are no head differences. In some parts of Dezful, these are locally known as “Louvineh.” The “Sassanid Bridge” is located in the old part of the city known as the “Qaleh” (the Castle) Neighborhood. Fol...
160). However, Sōmanātha’s work came at least a century later. So, we cannot equate his ideas with whatever the author of the inscription had in 1101 CE. 40 Handwritten notebook of A. Subramanian, Lecturer in Veena, Banaras Hindu University, containing Harikesanallur L. Muthiah ...
Here are just some of the many Hindu gods and goddesses: Brahma, the Creator Brahma is the first member of the Hindu Trinity and is “the Creator” because he periodically creates everything in the universe. (The word periodically here refers to the Hindu belief that time is cyclical; every...
Compared with it the Hindu pagodas look like brightly painted Easter eggs. Generally they are consecrated to Hanuman, the monkey-god and the faithful ally of Rama, or to the elephant headed Ganesha, the god of the occult wisdom, or to one of the Devis. You meet with these temples in ...
Water was the top priority, in order to make concrete for a sturdy structure. But bringing water to the village meant bypassing two Hindu villages. David and his crew built a dam and laid pipe, providing water to them first. That project yielded another blessing. Now the villagers could irr...