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…
prayer or a room devoted to a diete and yantras (diagrams of the universe. Buddhism similarly uses mantras, images and setting aside a room within their home. Hinduism and Buddhism both use temples as a form of worship. The temples often have different places that represent different things, such as Hindu temples having a centeral shrine to symbolise the heart of the worshiper as well as a tower to represent the flight of the spirit going to heaven and…
Hindu and Muslim Communalism 1. Introduction “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 Indian secularism.” ---------- Dr. Subroto Roy Communalism and communal parties and organizations are an integral part of present day politics. Communalism is one of the most serious problems that Indian society is facing since her freedom from colonial rule. It is…
celebrate festivities, decrease in animal sacrifices, and so on. In this paper, I address the culture of animal sacrifice that many Hindu groups practice around the world. It explains how the Hindu communities have adapted to the rules of the modern world, and let go of their ancestral ritual of sacrificing animals by the hundred thousand. The main focus of this paper is on a Hindu ritual, the Gadhimai festival, which is the largest animal-sacrifice ritual in the world. Hinduism is a…
with Mani Bhattar, a Hindu priest with the goal of building a temple in Charlotte. On November 29th at 7:00 pm, I attended the evening puja, or prayer, hosted by Mani. The prayer service was held at Trimurti Temple Devasthanam. At the time, there were a few Hindu worshipers using the shrines that Mani has created. Currently, there is just a house which Mani offers as a temple. However, the Trimurti Temple organization has been active for the past 5 years working to build a temple for the…
Problems of Purity and Novel Ritual Solutions, by Dr. Karapanagiotis. The article answered questions regarding the rules that Hindu followers felt were being violated with cyber-worship. The article concluded that Vishnu cares more about intentional devotion, rather than rules. With new knowledge of the importance of a Vaishnava devotee’s heart, exceeding the violations of Hindu rules. I understand that Vaishnava traditions uphold love, sincerity, and devotional intention are primarily what…
EMPEROR AURANGZEB Aurangzeb, real name was Muḥī al-Din Muhammad was the 6TH Mughal emperor of the sub continent. He was 5th in line as an emperor. He was personable and brave. Aurangzeb moreover was a seasoned general, a good leader of his men and a moral man. He was emperor for 49 years. (1658 till 1707). He had 5 sons, Muhammad Sultan, Bahadur shah, Muhammad kam bakhsh, Muhammad Azam Shah, Muhammad Akbar. He fought his first battle as chief commander. CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY…
king Samudrin(Zamorin) of calicut lived in a palace. On his way to the palace, Vasco stopped to pray at a Hindu temple. He was under the mistaken belief that the Hindus were heretical Christians. His landing party had assumed that Hindu temples were Christian churches, they had misconstrued the Brahmans invocation of a local deity as veneration of the Virgin Mary and they had decided the Hindu…
their buildings. For example, they built the famous temples, in “Cambodia was one magnificent building project of the Indo- Chinese Khmer dating from around the 12th century is in the open Hindu style” (Myers100). Consequently, Indian architecture was the first in Asia to be developed for example the domes on the stupa, then the other countries followed. However, now we see the massively tall gilded stupa was at the center of the Shwe Dagon temple in Rangoon, Burma. Kleiner stated that: “The…
Marijuana’s use as part of religious ceremonies is nothing new. The practice goes back for thousands of years in a variety of cultures such as The Hindu, Rastafarians, and monks. Rastafarians are well known for their religious use of marijuana. Most Rastafarians are vegetarians or vegans, and the most Rastas follow a strict dietary law called ital, which is based on natural vegetarian food. Many Rastafarians wear their hair in dreadlocks. Rastas call the cannabis plant ganja, the holy herb, Iley…