According to Hinduism‚ three Gods rule the world. They are Brahma the creator‚ Vishnu the preserver and‚ Shiva the destroyer. The three Lords that rule the world have wives and they are goddesses too. The wife of Brahma is Sarasvati‚ goddess of learning. Vishnu ’s wife is Lakshmi‚ goddess of wealth and prosperity. Shiva ’s wife is Parvati who is worshipped as Kali or Durga. Besides these‚ there are a number of other
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Bhakti movement Bhakti movement swept across the medieval India with loving devotion to Rama and Krishna as the incarnations of Vishnu‚ the supreme lord‚ as its core message and philosophy and as a rebellion against the superficial Brahminical customs and rituals and caste distinction and discrimination prevalent in the society. The movement was headed by Ramananda who was the first to present Rama as the supreme lord. In the later years‚ Kabir‚ Ravi Das‚ Meera Bai‚ Chaitanya and many other lesser
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was not there either. It was only the brahman (divine essence) which was everywhere. The brahman was neither hot nor cold‚ neither thick or thin. It had no beginning and no end. There was water everywhere. Lord Vishnu manifested himself in his great form and slept on the water. While Vishnu was sleeping‚ a lotus flower (padma) sprouted from his navel. It had many petals and its stem shone like a thousand suns. From the cells of the lotus Brahma was born. He began to wonder‚ There seems to be nothing
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In the Hindu religion‚ there are nine essential beliefs that you must believe in to be considered a Hindu. One of those beliefs is the belief in one supreme being‚ saying that there is one “being” who creates and destroys the universe. The second belief is the belief that the Vedas‚ the Hindu sacred texts‚ are Divine and that they are truly a representation of how to live in the religion. The third belief‚ relating to the first‚ is that the universe goes through cycles of formation and deformation
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HANUMAN This article is about the divine entity in Hinduism. For other uses‚ see Hanuman (disambiguation). "Bajrangbali" redirects here. For the film‚ see Bajrangbali (film). "Anjaneya" redirects here. For the 2003 film‚ see Anjaneya (film). Hanuman | Raja Ravi Varma’s lithograph of Hanuman fetching the mountain | Vanaras | Sanskrit Transliteration | हनुमान् | Affiliation | Devotee of Rama | Abode | Earth | Mantra | Rama’s Name | Weapon | Gada (mace) | Hanuman (IPA: hʌnʊˈmɑn)
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Tillich Broken Myth; Paul Tillich explains to us that a myth is a story or sacred narrative about life and it’s meaning/purpose. Myths are stories that covey truth and meaning but are still able to relate to the operating modern world. A broken myth‚ is something that is recognized as a story. Ex. Noah’s Ark and the story of Adam and Eve. the Holy; In Dynamics of Faith Paul Tillich explains to us the dynamics of the Holy. He starts by saying that whatever is the ultimate concern to someone
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customs of Hinduism are still celebrated and adhered to. The trishula is a weapon carried by many 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
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because he presents a graphic description of Puri as a central as a place for the four ’ dhams ’or ’sacred cities’ but also for the ’math’ or the monastery set up by Shankaracharya . Lord Jagganath is the main deity in Puri who is in the form of Lord Vishnu. The way Mahapatra delineates the events and incidents in the poem shows us that he disapproves of what is going on under the cover of tradition and practices. You will notice how life lies like "a mass of crouched faces without names" and you also
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Hindu civilization has been considering teacher as the true representative of the Almighty. The ancient Vedic Sloka states with conviction - Guru Devo Maheshwaraha‚ Guru Brahma Gurur Vishnu‚ Tasmai Sree Gurave Namaha‚ Guru Saakshat Para Brahma‚” This means that Guru (teacher) is in truth the representative of Brahma‚ Vishnu and Shiva and is responsible for creating‚ sustaining knowledge and destroying the saga of ignorance. What should be the ideal form a teacher then? If you want to find a role model
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Kerala (English pronunciation: /ˈkerələ/)‚ regionally also Keralam (കേരളം)‚ is a state located in the south-west region of India on the Malabar coast. It was formed on 1 November 1956 per the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam-speaking regions. Spread over 38‚863 km2 (15‚005 sq mi) with a population of 33‚387‚677‚ it is bordered by Karnataka to the north and north east‚ Tamil Nadu to the east and south‚ and the Laccadive Sea to the west. Thiruvananthapuram is the state capital
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