Hanuman

Hinduism What is religion? Religion is a set of beliefs and experience. There are many religions in the world such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Judaism, Shinto, Daoism, and Confucianism. Every religion has own beliefs systems and experiences. It is based on the individuals’ belief and experiences. Hindu religion is not like the other religions, which based on one person. There are 330 million gods in Hindu religion. It is founded by the Aryan…

The object I chose which I believe would be beneficial to children when learning about Hinduism is the Tambura. It is a South Indian instrument that has been around since the Vedic period. The reason why I believe it is a valuable and informative item for children, is because of how historically and religiously symbolic music and by extension instruments is to Hinduism and the Indian culture. In Hinduism, Music, both vocal and instrumental, is considered to be of divine origin. Various Indian…

connection between themselves and the divine world (Cole and Morgan, 2000). Within the Shri Ganesha Temple (2015), it was evident that many deities were rectified as vibrant statues and wall-art. This included sculptures of Sri Laxmi Narayana and Sri Hanuman, as shown in Figure 4 and 5, surrounded by followers performing the Pradakshina (circambulation), symbolising respect (Eveland, 2011). Moreover, Gordon Melton and Michael Baumann (2002) state that the presence of different…

Ram’s brother, had also joined them. Ravan was king of Sri Lanka and the ten headed demon who kidnapped Sita. Ravan kidnapped her because he thought Sita was a prize and wanted her all to himself. Ram and Lakshman, and the god of wind whos is called Hanuman went searching for Sita. After they destroy the warriors of the kingdom in Sri Lanka and Ravan they rescued Sita and brought her back to Ayodhya. The people of Ayodhya help them guide them to the village by lighting up diyas and once they…

Hinduism in America In this paper I am going to talk about the religion of Hinduism and its role in the United States and in the city of Philadelphia. As a Hindu it is a great opportunity to learn more about my religion because Hinduism is complex and interesting religion to research about. In this paper I will talk about Introduction of Hinduism, Sacred texts, Notion of Karma and Reincarnation, Sacred symbols, Hinduism in the United States, Hindu temples in Philadelphia, Hindu Festivals and…

With the rise of polytheistic Hinduistic ideology beginning in South Asia around 2000 BCE, during a time of hunting and gathering and the start of rice cultivation, the process of envisioning a faith and establishing a solid following proved to be difficult. The Indus River Valley civilization in northern India was populated by a diverse community, one group being Indo-European peoples known as the Aryans, who of which founded Hinduism. Acknowledging the large variety of people and beliefs,…

Presentation Postcolonial works have summoned the idea of social Justice, resistance. Opportunity and populism in its endeavor to counter oppressive structures of racial separation, partiality and sick treatment. Subaltern studies 'involved an unmistakable place in post pioneer compositions. The area proprietors, the industrialists and the high societies have constantly overwhelmed and mistreated poor people, hirelings and other unprivileged class. Their voices have been quieted and are…

The Hindu religion have a caste system that they are placed into based on birth. The individual’s placement in the caste system is life long and permanent because they believe their ranking is based off of the sins and deeds of their previous lives. Their belief is that they are “Following the assumed natural law that an individual soul is born into its appropriate environment, Hindus assume an individual belongs to a caste by birth” (Gannon 402). Hindus feel good when abiding by the rules of…

Gupta and Goel (1999) depicted ‘Chutki’ work as the traditional embroidery of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh in the article ‘Rampur folk art: Chutki work embroidery’. Major attribute of ‘chutki’ work was a dot and a leaf, which was set by folding pieces by hand called as ‘patti’. These designs were named after the arrangements as ‘chaddiyan’, ‘jaldaar’, ‘haar’, ‘suraj’ and ‘gamla’. Dresses and made-ups were amazingly supplemented with chutki work. Simple slipstitch was used to fasten small motifs onto…

Islam and Hinduism Before we start with the description of Islam and Hinduism we need to understand what its religion, or at least try to comprehend the meaning of religion. The definition of religion is very difficult, many have try but they focus on only the few aspects of religion, some will exclude beliefs, practices and those religions that will not fit well. As Kile Jones once he wrote trying to define religion “It is apparent that religion can be seen as a theological, philosophical,…