Religion - No Comments » - Posted on October, 28 at 2:21 pm
Rajneesh was born Rajneesh Chandra Mohan in Kuchwara, a town in Madhya Pradesh on December 11, 1931, in a Jain family. Rajneesh obtained a masters degree in philosophy from the University of Sagar. He taught philosophy at the University of Jabalpur for nine years and worked simultaneously as a religious leader. He attained enlightenment in1953. […]
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Indians believe that every important event of one’s life has to be sanctified with rituals. These rituals are called Samskaras. The word literally means to purify or to cleanse. The word suggests that the ritual purifies a person before he enters a new phase of his life. The total number of Samskaras varies according to […]
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This is the most popular form of Vishnu in Maharashtra and some parts of Karnataka. He is also called Vitthala or Vithoba. He is depicted as black, standing akimbo (with two hands kept on the waist) on a brick, one of it holding a Shankha. He is always accompanied by his wives Rai and Rakhumabai […]
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Puja is any form of idol worship. It can be as simple as offering flowers to the deities in the shrine in one’s home or an elaborate ceremony consisting of a number of rituals. Nitya Puja or Sandhya is the worship of family deity and other deities in the family shrine in the morning and […]
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Tirupati BalajiVenkateshvara or Balaji is a form of Vishnu with dark complexion and four hands. In his two upper hands he holds a discus (a symbol of power) and a conch shell (a symbol of existence) and is adorned by a Tripundra (the tilak on the forehead). He lives on the seventh peak of Venkatachala. […]
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Rama is the seventh incarnation of Vishnu and the central character of the epic Ramayana. He is worshipped in temples as well as in home shrines. He is depicted as holding a bow and arrows and is always accompanied by his brother Lakshmana and wife Sita at his sides and Hanumana sitting obediently at his […]
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The Gita is certainly amongKrishna and Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra the most revered sources of Hindu doctrine and ethics. Its acceptance in all sections of Hindus is total and complete. It is regarded as the holiest of books and the ideas contained in it have inspired philosophers, teachers, kings and the laity and […]
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Deifying and hero worship have been hardwired into the way of life of the subcontinent. There is scarce a square kilometer of land where one would not find a temple, shrine or simply a boulder or tree daubed with Kumkum or some coloured powder and offerings strewn about.
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Shiva, the most complex deity in Hinduism, is commonly worshipped in the Lingam form. It is difficult to point out the origin of the deity. The character of this deity is full of contradictions - he is the destroyer and expresses his fierce nature with the well-known Nataraja form and the third eye, which can […]
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The concept of Shuchi goes far beyond the normal ideas of cleanliness and purity. People believe in a list of dos and don’ts related to everyday tasks as well as special occasions like pujas and ceremonies. The person not fit the bill in the in the list of rules is not supposed to touch the […]
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