Vishnu Sarma

branches, but it is religious controversies that create the biggest divisions among people. It is written in the book that Hinduism has four major branches: Vaishnavism Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. Vaishnavism is the brach of Hinduism that worships Vishnu as supreme god; Shaivas/Shaivities are people who accept Shiva as supreme god; Shaktas worship goddess Shakti in different forms and Smartas leave the choice of worshipping supreme god to individuals. Similar to caste system, religious…

67th Sate level “Van Mahotsav” Mahisagar Van O goddess, you are milk of the earth, queen of exaltation, you are beautiful to attract whole world and manifested as an empress of all rivers, please make me free from my sin. Sow Gujarat, Dynamic Gujarat Yati, Mati and Sati these are main three pride Rivers for Gujarat. Yati means Narmada, Mati means Sabarmati and Sati means Mahisagar. Marriage place (Meeting) of Mahi and Sea is “Vaherakhadi”. Introduction Vaherakhadi village lies on Vasad-Dakor…

1.1.1 Conceptual framework of ShaktivistadvitaDarsana. As Shaktivishistadvaita is also named as Veseshadvita,Visistadvita,Shivadvita,Dvitadviata,Bhedaabheda,Shivayogaand Shatstala. Parabrahma is referred as Shiva or Parashiva. Parashiva is nothing but supreme consciousness, sthala, linga.Sthala is Shiva tatva, according MaggeMayideva the principle of shiva which is the cause of creation, maintaining and destruction is called sthala. Sthala is further divided lingasthala and angasthala.…

Introduction During 2000 BC the Indus Valley was alive with trade. This area flourished economically as it was a hub for many surrounding areas. Throughout history a vast and diverse amount of artwork has been unearthed within the Indus Valley. In particular an art form known as Seals. Seals served many purposes during the Indus Valley Civilization. However one major purpose of Seals were their ability to represent local economic and political powers. This research paper serves the purpose to…

Hope makes people naïve which adjusts their standpoint on the world and the outcome being impractical goals. Lakshmi got ill and Mumtaz took care of Lakshmi, but she took it as a sign of affection as appose to Mumtaz trying to get her back to work. "I love her like a mother, for giving me the medicine that will stop the fever and the sweating and the chills and the shaking. I love her for not throwing me out on the street, for caring for me." (Page 190, McCormick) Lakshmi still considered as a…

For our site visits we decided to do Hinduism and Episcopalians because we felt that they are two different kinds of religions and I had no idea what it really was. My group consisted of myself, Jett, Bill and Joe we decided to go to the Hindu Temple of Southwest Florida and St. Hilarys. The Hindu Temple of Southwest Florida has three main deities which are the focus of the temple. The deities of this temple are Ganesh, Krishna, and Shiva which was very interesting because I was expecting to see…

world, out of all the larger belief systems. The Hindu religion has been around for thousands of years and contains many beliefs, practices, and types of worship. Hindus have a bountiful amount of gods, including the god Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, this idea can be contrasted with the Christian ideal of one God. Hinduism originated in India and is still practiced around the world today.…

.Yoga Vasistha Yoga Vasistha (Sanskrit: योग-वासिष्ठ, Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha) is a philosophical text attributed to Valmiki, but the real author is unknown. The complete text contains over 29,000 verses. The long version of the text is called Brihat Yoga Vasistha, wherein Brihat means "great or large". The longer version is also referred to simply as Yoga Vasistha and by numerous other names such as Vasiṣṭha Ramayana. The short version of the text is called Laghu Yoga Vasishta, wherein Laghu means "short…

Suryanamaskar (The Sun Salutation): Why you do it and How to do it; transforming your life The name Suryanamaskar is self –explanatory. Surya meaning sun and namaskar meaning salutation in Sanskrit. It is a series of asanas, whose origin lies in India, where a large number of its population worships the sun god, Surya. It is a chain of twelve postures, each having its unique and magnificent benefit on your body, mind and soul. You come back from your hectic schedule and crash land on your couch…

New & Trendy Happy Diwali SMS Diwali is a festival of lights, joys, happiness and a win of good over evil. Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights which spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. Its celebration includes millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around temples and other buildings in the communities and even in the sky. People offers and wishes everyone around…