Prana Kishore was teaching his blind students to sing and play Tabla, when one blind student asked him “Is there any way I can see the sounds in my mind and feel the sounds surrounding me to be Happy” This made Prana Kishore to do research on sounds of nature and how he can use t...
2018. Sabarimala Temple. The Washington Post, November 18. 25. One of the landmark studies of sannyasin ascetics, set in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, can be found in: Obeyesekere (1981). Engaging in acts of personal deprivation and pain could intensify the devotional experience. 26. The number...
Hinduism has still another section within it, and that is the guru—the teacher, the illuminator, the spiritual preceptor. The guru is the remover of darkness. He is one who knows the philosophy, who knows the inner workings of the temple, and who in himself is the philosopher and the te...
" Besides the Arabian Umar-bin-e-Hassham having been a priest at the temple, another point that some people make is that the black stone at the Kaaba is actually a Śivalinga. Kṛṣṇa was also worshiped in Arabia and his tale is written in an Islamic Hadith. The text ...
Hindus hear and enjoy the Azan as dusk falls, Muslims walk past and enjoy the smells of Hindu flowers and incense and the sounds of chants and temple bells — that is India, that is Kolkata, that is Indian secularism… Revisiting “On Hindus and Muslims” (2009) November 3, 2009 It is...
ornaments adorning the deities in temples, vehicles of gods and goddesses, domestic animals, chariots used in the temple rituals, elephants associated with temples, sacred diagrams (yantras) drawn on the temples walls or on the ground, conches, and objects temporarily made of sandal paste, clay ...
scenes (www.indiancentury.com/kha.htm). There is one temple that stands out as a very special construction; this is the Kailashnath temple in the Ellora 'caves' complex in Maharashtra state. This temple, which is larger than the Parthenon in Athens but is sculpted from a single large ...
In every house and temple, oil lamps are lit as well as floated down rivers to welcome the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. Fireworks are also let off to ward off any evil spirits. Hindu people go on pilgrimages, religious journeys, to vist places that are sacred to the Hindu faith. The riv...
Near Nagarkot in Nepal there is a Vishnu temple dating to the time of King Manadeva, who is also associated withthe stupa of Bodhnath.In the courtyard is a pillar inscribed with one of the earliest histories of Nepal. The place is called Changu Narayana. Atop the pillar is a kneeling fi...
To illustrate, consider two individuals who lived good lives. One is just a typical, every-day adherent. Most of us know someone like them. They’re kind, decent, and upstanding. They live their lives ethically and responsibly. They go to whatever church, temple, or mosque their religion ...