spirituality" and "the mother of all religions‚" The Centre to Hinduism is the God Brahman. He is the universal soul which is found in everything. Brahman is worshipped in a variety of forms‚ including Vishnu‚ Krishna‚ Rama‚ Shiva and several others. Hinduism does not have any founder. Hindus believe that life is a cycle of birth‚ death‚ and rebirth. Hindus believe that every action has an effect and there is a cause for everything. This is called the law of Karma. Hindus believe
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selfishness‚ and pride while also the remover of obstacles. Due to the fact that he is the remover of obstacles‚ Ganesha is one of the most praised gods of the Hindu faith. He is depicted with the head of the elephant. Ganesha was the son of Lord Shiva and his wife‚ the goddess Parvati. One day‚ Parvati was going to take a bath‚ but needed someone to guard her chamber‚ so she made a beautiful son from sandalwood and water from the Holy
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Introduction to Hinduism Hinduism is the religion of the majority of people in India and Nepal. It also exists among significant populations outside of the sub continent and has over 900 million adherents worldwide. In some ways Hinduism is the oldest living religion in the world‚ or at least elements within it stretch back many thousands of years. Yet Hinduism resists easy definition partly because of the vast array of practices and beliefs found within it. It is also closely associated conceptually
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of the gods in my culture‚ namely Shiva. He is said to be the most powerful of the main three gods (Brahma‚ Vishnu and Shiva) and in the divide between Hindus‚ where a family believes that one of either Vishnu or Shiva is the most powerful‚ my family is Shaivite‚ or oriented around Shiva. Furthermore‚ the temple that is our kula daivam (ancestral God or family deity) is the Manapullikavu Bhagavathi‚ which is a Kali temple‚ who is the female incarnation of Shiva‚ and also carries a trisula. The OM
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destruction. The trimorti the three primary hindu devinities regulate this cosmic cycle. Brahma the creator brings this cosmos into it’s being‚ Vishnu the preserver ensures the world continues on it’s path until the cycle comes to it’s close. Then Shiva the god of death and destruction skin smeared white with the ashes of the cremated dead. When the world age comes to a close when the perfect creation so consumed by corruption and vice shiva’s job is to rpess the restart button and send the cosmos
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Amish is an INDIAN Author. He is known for his novels “THE IMMORTALS OF MEHULA” ‚” SECRET OF NAGAS” & “THE OATH OF VAYUPUTRAS”. The three books collectively comprise the Shiva Trilogy. THE IMMORTALS OF MEHULA was a surprise bestseller‚ breaking into the top seller charts within a week of its launch. The Shiva Trilogy has become the fastest selling book series in the history of Indian publishing‚ with 1.7 million copies in print and over Rs 40 crores in sales. Forbes‚ India has ranked him 85
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the poor (Shiva‚ 1991). Instead the Green Revolution was all in favour of the First World countries
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Pandava and draupadi 1. After hearing about Krishna’s death‚ The Pandavas lost interest in the world. Yudhisthira and the Pandavas decided to go to heaven. They along with Draupadi‚ once again they donned deer skin and tree bark. Parikshita was appointed the king. Kripa was his guru and Yuyutsu the regent.After taking leave of them and all the people of Hastinapura‚ the Pandavas and Draupadi started their journey. 2. First they went to Dwarka and saw it immersed in the sea. Their Agni came and
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Godesses • Annapurna is the Hindu goddess of food and cooking. Annapurna is empowered with the ability to supply food to an unlimited amount of people. Annapurna is an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess Parvati‚ the wife of Shiva. Temple art in India often depicts Lord Shiva with his begging bowl (skull)‚ asking Annapurna to provide him food that gives the energy (Shakti) to achieve knowledge and enlightenment.As such‚ Annapurna also symbolizes the divine aspect of nourishing care. The cook provides
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INTRODUCTION: World is becoming multi-faith day by day. There isn’t any single country in the world occupied by the people of a single belief. Each country has different faiths in the form of minorities and majorities. People of different communities are living with each other around the world and coming closer day by day. This is an era of globalization which calls for “interfaith awareness and understanding”. A basic understanding of the diverse range of cultures‚ faiths and their histories has
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