Hindu mythology

Mythology is widely known topic because it dominates every culture, religion, and heritage in the world. Hindu mythology is one of mythologies, which contains plenty of myths, stories, and narratives. I am a Hindu, and I do believe in our mythology which helps me to feel positive, thoughtful, and defines right and wrong karmas. Hindu Mythology has broad area that deals with death. According to Hindu Mythology, when a person dies, his or her soul roams near his or her home for the next thirteen days. The mythology explains the reason that the soul just cannot leave the family members because of the close attachment the dead person had with them. On the day of death, family members bury the dead body in the ground nearby the temple, or cremate at the river bank. During the following thirteen days, family members do their best to get that person’s death meaningful by performing different religious rituals, praying to god, and donating food and clothes to needy people. Hindu Mythology also explains that during those thirteen days, the spirit feels hunger and thirst, so family members put the…

Name: Vrinda Datta Roll no : 60065 College: Hindu Professor: Dr Anil Aneja. M.A English fourth semester. The Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits 1) According to Hindu mythology, the valley of Kashmir is said to have been named after the ancient sage rishi Kashyapa. Kashmiri Pandits are said to be the original inhabitants of the valley. The term Kashmiri Pandits refer to the Hindu Brahmins who have a five thousand year old ancestry and culture . There roots can be…

Flowers and colorful, patterned cloth adorn the large bronze statue, the many hands of the Hindu god tinted with pigment. At the feet or base of the shining awe-inducing god, lies a rainbow of food and gifts. Images of yellow, green, red, blue, and purple, plants, animals and gods are splashed and slapped on the walls, red lentil paste splattered over top of them in thick layers. The largest painting is of Shiva and Parvati together, both holding their palms out while standing on a giant…

Coming to mythology, India was a country of Hindus once and it’s known as Hinustan, so their mythology is simply known as Hindu Mythology. Later due to migration, many mythologies can be seen in India. Like Greek Mythology, Hindu Mythology has a remarkable place in the world’s civilization and culture. Greek mythology and Hindu mythology both have many similar qualities but they are only different by their place and names. At present, India is a country with many mythologies of the world due to…

Hinduism is most likely the oldest and most complex religion in the entire world. Traces of the religion go back as far as the third millennium B.C.E. The possible religious views of Hinduism are effectively infinite due to the number of gods both major and minor, priests and temples. Nearly 80 percent of the India population consider themselves Hindu and there are at least 30 million practitioners outside of India making this religion the third largest after Christianity and Islam. The word…

Ultimately he decided to take the spiritual route. He started reading on the different philosophies and the Indian mythologies.[17] One day, while watching a historical program, Tripathi and his family got into the discussion about consciousness and the evil inside man. In the program they learned that in ancient Persia, demons were known as Daeva (a term reserved for the Gods in Indian mythology), and angels were called Asuras (a term reserved for demons in Indian mythology). Tripathi added,…

We think of the caste system as a fairly simple social structure of hierarchy. Astonishingly, the caste system is compiled of “three thousand caste, each with its own characteristics, god, and rituals, rules of kinship, and taboos of sex and food” (Paz 55). Louis Dumont provides us with a great ideological insight into how the caste systems work, in an anthropological sense. Dumont attributes an invisible yet visible ideology surrounding castes, in the they contain, “Social realities: family,…

form, in hopes to gain nirvana to Brahman (Humanities I, 74). Karma can be altered through natural and moral decisions and actions. Hinduism teaches morality of the soul, but not individual or personal morality. This has to do with the gradual rejection of the material world, as personality is part of the illusion and gets in the way of gaining the unity that many Hindu’s seek(Humanities I, 73). Through the belief of reincarnation, the soul of an individual who did not reach the goal of…

further degradation of western culture in India, claiming that they are losing their heritage and that western culture is ruining India. On the other side, modern women in India are trying to earn a voice for themselves and they feel that becoming Miss India will give them access to the power and recognition that many modernized Indian women strive for. The Documentary discusses the problems women face with the Indian Taliban, a group that abuse, beat, and torment women in India that commit acts…

technique to tell a beautiful and classical story of Hindus religious was really appealing and fantastic. From another aspect, it was much easier for our publics and some people who lacked the knowledge of Hinduism to enjoy and understand the connotations and contents of the Hinduism religious. This modern elements and ways were not disrespectful to the Hinduism. For example, at the beginning of the film, Paley used the blues music as the background music of the Sita’s dancing. There was even a…