The devas faced a very great enemy Sura Padma who had a boon that he could be killed only by a son of Shiva and Parvathy. So to wake Shiva from his deep meditation the devas deputed Manmatha , the God of love who shot his flower arrows at Parama shiva. Parama shiva woke up and op...
FACT: There is not just one path to God Realization in Hinduism, but many. Tens of thousands of distinct teaching lineages prescribe varying combinations of prayer, rites and rituals, meditation, chanting and the many yogas to guide followers in their spiritual evolution. FICTION: Many wrongly b...
its complex rituals had come under the control of a class of priests or Brahmins. It was one of their special responsibilities to perform rituals correctly and to maintain and transmit the knowledge required for their proper performance. Two major principles emerged in this period: the concepts...
Hinduism - Deities, Beliefs, Rituals: As one Hindu author Sitansu Chakravarti helpfully explains in Hinduism: A Way of Life (1991), Although the specific details of ritual action and the names and appearances of deities vary vastly across the subcontin
such asKannada,Telugu, andMalayalam. In the 16th centuryTulsidas’sHindiretelling of the Ramalegendin theRamcharitmanas(“Sacred Lake of the Acts of Rama”) focused on thesentimentof friendship and loyalty. Many of those poems continue to be recited and sung, often at all-night celebrations....
A festival may be observed with acts of worship, offerings to deities, fasting, feasting, vigil, rituals, fairs, charity, celebrations, Puja, Homa, aarti etc. They celebrate individual and community life of everyone without distinction of caste, gender o
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The conch is an indispensible part of Hinduism and its rituals. It is blown during puja and festivals in temples, sacred places and homes. The custom of blowing conch while taking the corpse to the burial ground is prevalent among some Hindu communities. ...
Ringing a hand-held bell is a common accompaniment of Hindu religious rituals. The chanting in Sanskrit, verses from the Vedas and Upanishads, extolling the grandeur of God, and burning incense and camphor go along with the bell-ringing. This is yet another religious symbol that Buddhism and ...
It still remains a mystery and almost everyone is uncertain of Sai Baba’s true religious leaning – Islam or Hinduism. His teachings combined elements of Islam and Hinduism. He practiced Islamic rituals, but taught using words and figures drawn from both traditions. ...