Brahma Hindu god of Creation According to the ancient Hindu texts‚ called Purana‚ Brahma was either born in a lotus flower or water born from an egg that later turned into a golden egg from which he was born. In the Purana‚ it is also written that he is the son of God and is not to be confused with Brahman which is a general term for the Supreme Being or Almighty God. He is considered one of a trinity‚ but he is not as popular as the other two gods Vishnu and Shiva. Brahma is to be found to
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from the psychological limits imposed by nature. Karnad’s play poses a different problem‚ that of human identity in a world of tangled relationships. When the play opens‚ Devadatta and Kapila are the closer of friends-‘one mind‚ one heart’‚ as the Bhagavata describes them. Devadatta is a man of intellect‚ Kapila a ‘man of the body’. Their relations get complicated when Devadatta marries Padmini. Kapila falls in love with Padmini and she too starts drifting towards him. The friends kill themselves
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The striking similarities between Greek and Indian mythology Although the general topic of my interpretation presentation and my 5 essays is Greek mythology and considering how vast Greek mythology is I could talk strictly about Greek mythology in all 5 of them; I decided to base my first essay on the similarities between Indian and Greek mythology since I felt simply talking about Greek mythology would become too monotonous. I will begin my essay with a basic introduction of what mythology
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The very first elaborate account of the holy city of Gaya (then Gaya-kshetra) is in the concluding section of the Vayu-Purana (Hindu Religious text‚ dedicated to the wind God‚ Vayu)‚ which comprises a total of eight chapters (Source : Barua‚ Benimadhat; Gaya and Buddha Gaya‚ Volume -1‚ 2014). In the Vayu-purana‚ “Brahma is said to have declared that the entire tract of Gaya was 5 krosas (a distance of two miles) [2] in extent; that Gaya proper representing the inner zone of the tract of Gaya was
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Roots of Indian Culture in Sindhu Saraswati Civilisation The Saraswati Civilisation A fresh study by a group of international scientists peesh confirms the dominant role of Saraswati river in sustaining the so-called Indus Valley Civilisation. [28] A new study titled‚ ‘Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilisation’‚ has concluded that the Indus Valley Civilisation died out because the monsoons which fed the rivers that supported the civilisation‚ migrated
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Sun temple. The Modhera sun temple is situated on the bank of the river Pushpavati‚ 25 km from Mehsana and 102 km from Ahmedabad. HISTORY- According to the Skanda Purana and Brahma Purana‚ the areas near Modhera were known during ancient days as Dharmaranya (literally meaning the forest of righteousness). According to these Puranas‚ Lord Rama‚ after defeating Ravana‚ asked sage Vasisthato show him a place of pilgrimage where he could go and purify himself from the sin of Brahma-hatya (the sin of
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The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between Samrat Hem Chander Vikramaditya or popularly called Hemu Vikramaditya and forces of Akbar on November 5‚ 1556. Hindu King of Delhi‚who had his coronation or ’Rajyabhishake’ on October 7‚ 1556 at Purana Quila in Delhi had a fight with the army of Akbar. Akbar along with Bairam Khan at that time was stationed about 8 miles away from the war zone and had not participated in the war. On 24 January 1556 Mughal ruler Humayun slipped while climbing down the
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past. It is also known as ’Shreekshetra1‚ Niladri‚ Sankha kshetra and Martya-baikuntha. According to Vedas and the Puranas the Purusottam appears in the Puri. Therefore it is called Purusottamkshetra‚ the place of Jagannath or Purusottam‚ i.e.‚ the Supreme Being or the Lord of the universe is a place of great antequity. According to old tradition‚ Sanskrit Brahma Purana and Scandha Purana as well as in Oriya Mahabharata of Adikavi Sarala Das and Darubrahma Gita of Jagannath Das‚ a Savara leader named
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Konark Sun Temple Konark-Sanskrit word Kona- Corner Arka- Sun The Mahabharata‚ Ramayana‚ Bhagavad Gita‚ Vedas‚ Upanishads‚ Puranas and Smriti teach us the need and significance for loving and caring nature. Nature‚ or Earth‚ was always considered as sacred and wasn’t a hostile element. The basic concept of Sanatana Dharma is that ‘God is in everything and everything is God’. Each and every organism in our universe is considered divine. While taking a look back at
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world. He became every rock‚ animal‚ river‚ and anything else we see. Stories of the creation and all the gods and events that follow‚ are passed down in the Puranas and the Vedas‚ through the scripture or sruti and smrti. Sruti is the scripture while smrti is the tradition. These are passed down with great precision as the Vedas. Furthermore‚ Purana is all the myths and legends of Hinduism that are widespread unlike the sruti and smrti. In the Hindu religion‚ there are three main gods‚ Brahma‚ Vishnu
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