Driven by electronically mediated reconfigurations of temporality and territoriality, Hindu symbols, ideologies, and practices have become mundane acts of consumption anchored in weekly routines in the intimate private sphere. The two shows, Ramayan and Mahabharat, telecast back-to-back, are credited ...
In Hinduism, religion (dharma) influences the way people live and view themselves. The very act of living is regarded as an obligatory duty and an opportunity to fulfill the aims of creation and participate in God’s eternal dharma. Tradition holds that religious duty (dharma) is the primary ...
According to Vaishnava tradition, Vishnu also manifested in the mortal world in the form of images and symbols called Arcavataras. They are the living images of God. Unlike the incarnations, which happened once and the Vyuhas which are abstract and beyond the reach of the perceptual world, t...
and destruction. Brahma is thegodof creation and often depicted as having four faces looking in all directions and eight arms holding symbols of power. Vishnu is the god of preserving the universe and is often depicted as having four arms holding symbols of power and usually wears a tall crow...
ornamented with symbols evocative of Murugan. Some of these heavy structures many feet tall and covered in peacock feathers. For weeks before the festival,kavadicarriers observe celibacy, take only fresh, light foods, while striving to think continuously of the Deity. Just before the sacred walk,...
~ Loden Sherap Dagyab Rinpoche.Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture.Wisdom Publ., Garuda in its form as part-human is certainly in this category.Garuda Bherundais a double-headed form that may have led to the Austro-Hungarian and American forms called the Double Eagle (as in the title of ...
This image is embedded within a political narrative, which declares its affinity for ideas of resolute masculinity through an array of symbols, historic icons, and myths. Given that Indian women are very visible in the politics of Hindutva, this paper interrogates how women have created a ...
and the saints of our religion. The music is devotional and depicts the tones of the higher chakras, echoes the voices of the Gods; and the dance emulates the movements of the Gods. We are never far away from sights, sounds and symbols of our religion. A mountaintop represents Lord Siva...
Thomas La Gru, however, struck a discordant note by contending that the Greeks owed their learning neither to the Jews nor to the Egyptians as suggested by Andre Dacier in The Life of Pythagoras with His Symbols and Golden Verses but to the Brahmins. He maintained, nevertheless, that even ...
(their wrath). In the post Vedic period, Vayu became the lord of the north western quarters and father of Hanuman and Bhima, symbols of immense strength, loyalty and brotherhood, which were the original qualities of Vayu as a trusted friend of Indra and protector of people. Blue in color...