Many Hindu festivals feature a grand parade in which the Deity is taken through the streets. The procession attracts huge crowds, energizing devotees and bringing God’s blessings out to the city from the confines of the temple. It is not the temple’s main Deity image that is paraded, bu...
Most suitable for any and all kinds of auspicious and religious ceremonies, the presiding deity of the first lunar day is Agni. Dwitiya / Vidiya Suitable for the laying of foundations for buildings and other things of a permanent nature, Vidhatr or Brahma rules the second lunar day. ...
Vishnu is another important deity in Hinduism, known as the preserver. He is often depicted with four arms holding a conch shell, a discus, a lotus flower, and a mace, and is associated with compassion, love, and devotion. According to Hindu mythology, Vishnu has incarnated on earth ten ...
Another story in connection with Brahma's four heads is that when Brahma was creating the universe, he made a female deity known as Shatarupa (one with a hundred beautiful forms). Brahma became immediately infatuated. Shatarupa moved in various directions to avoid the gaze of Brahma. But wher...
most Hindus consider their religion to be monotheistic (having a singular Universal God), as opposed to being polytheistic (having different gods). The majority of Hindus adopt a chosen deity (known as an Ishtadevata) which they worship as an anthropomorphic (human like) form of the one Univer...
Although depicted in many forms throughout South Asia (and now much of the world), Kali is most often characterized as black or blue, partially or completely naked, with a long lolling tongue, multiple arms, a skirt or girdle of human arms, a necklace of decapitated heads, and a decapita...
Devi Mahatmya, Sanskrit text, written about the 5th or 6th century ce, that forms a portion of a larger work known as the Markandeya-purana. It is the first such text that revolves entirely around the figure of the Goddess (Devi) as the primary deity. Wh
A yoga-pīṭha is the “seat of union” where the deity is stationed in the center of a maṇḍala and is used as a focal point in meditation. For an extended analysis of the Vṛndāvana Māhātmya, which is an independent unit consisting of fifteen chapters (69–83) that form...
We also offer Hindu Deity murtis of various sizes in granite, semiprecious stone and brass, all imported from India, and many items using the rudraksha prayer beads grown at the monastery and prepared by temple devotees to support Iraivan Temple. There are also altar supplies, crystals,...
The TENBU group includes the Deva and many other divinely spiritual beings, including creatures like theDragon, the bird-manKarura, plusCelestial Nymphs & Heavenly Musicians. Most originated in ancient Indian myths, but once incorporated into Buddhism, they became protectors of Buddhist Law (Dharmain...