Hinduism is the third largest world religion with about 900 million Hindu worshippers. Hinduism began in India over 4‚000 years ago. There are many Hindus elsewhere in the world and not only in India. There are many Hindu’s in Asia‚ Africa‚ the Caribbean‚ and Europe. Their faith can vary in different parts of the world such as some Hindus believe in one God and others have believes in many Gods. But all Hindus share the same the idea of rebirth and that all living things are part of the on-going
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1745 AD. An extensive research done with the help of archives preserved in Saraswati Mahal Library has helped place the time closer to 1650 AD – 1745 AD‚ and he reportedly lived a long life. He mastered music at a very early age and studied Puranas‚ Bhagavata Purana and other Sanskrit works. He renounced family at a very early age and took on a life of a religious devotion. He went to Varanasi to spread his philosophy. Teertha was very well versed in Music and‚ Natya Shastra‚ and a great scholar in Sanskrit
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Jump to: navigation‚ search |Sree Rama Navami | |[pic] | |Ram (center)‚ with consort Sita‚ brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman | |Observed by |Hindus | |Type |Hindu | |Significance |Birth day of Ram; Marriage ceremony of Ram
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Ramayana and Mahabharata. According to the Ramayana‚this city was founded by Amurtaraja son of Kusa and grandfather of the famous stage Viswamitra. There are different options regarding the origin of the name’’Pragjyotisha’’. According to the Kalika Purana‚’’here Brahma first created the stars and hence the city is called Pragjyoitishpur‚a city equal to the city of Indra.’’13Gait says that the name‚Pragjyotishpur ’’is interesting in connection with the reputation in which‚the country has always been
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the Yajur and Atharva Vedas were composed around 2400 BC; the Bhagwad Gita was compiled between BC 500-200; Nyaya‚ Sankhya‚ and Brahma Sutras were recorded‚ which later gave birth to six popular schools of Hindu philosophy and final versions of Puranas‚ Tantras and other sectarian literature were developed (200-750 AD). Development of six popular schools of religious thought‚ establishment of Shankara’s Advaita Vedanta and the decline of Buddhism are the main landmarks of this period (750-1000 AD)
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Krishna Janmashtami (Devanagari कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी kṛṣṇa janmāṣṭami)‚ also known as Krishnashtami‚ Saatam Aatham‚ Gokulashtami‚ Ashtami Rohini‚ Srikrishna Jayanti‚ Sree Jayanthi or sometimes merely as Janmashtami‚ is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna‚ an Avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.[1] Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the Ashtami tithi‚ the eighth day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhadrapada in the Hindu calendar‚ when the Rohini Nakshatra is ascendant.
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the Hindu month of Ashad (July-August) is observed as the auspicious day of Guru Purnima‚ a day sacred to the memory of the great sage Vyasa. All Hindus are indebted to this ancient saint who edited the four Vedas‚ wrote the 18 Puranas‚ the Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavata. Vyasa even taught Dattatreya‚ who is regarded as the Guru of Gurus. Significance of Guru Purnima On this day‚ all spiritual aspirants and devotees worship Vyasa in honor of his divine personage and all disciples perform a ’puja’
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Associate Level Material Appendix G Eastern Religion Elements Matrix | Hinduism | Buddhism | Confucianism | Daoism | Countries of origin | It started in India and was spreading through the East Asia area. | Like Hinduism this also started in India and spread through the East Asia area. | This started in China and then later spread to Japan and Korea. | Like the Confucianism it started in China and later spread to Japan and Korea. | Historical figures and events | Vyasa is the founder of
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Bhakti literature produced in the south is comprised of three great works- The Tevaram‚ an anthology of the poems written by the Shaiva saints‚ the NalayiraDivyaPrabandham‚ an anthology of songs composed by the Alwars‚ and SrimatBhagavata‚ one of the Puranas. The first two works are in Tamil and the third one is in
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reading it once. Collin’s poem After Reading Some Tales of the Hindu Gods is a prime example of this: After Reading Some Tales of the Hindu Gods “She looked into his mouth and saw the whole universe displayed therein beyond his oral threshold. --Bhagavata Purana Usually‚ when I would lock my elbows on the bathroom sink and open my mouth wide in front of the mirror‚ I would see teeth and a quivering tongue and that little glistening punching bag that hangs from the roof of the mouth. But now‚
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