Hinduism

Mr_Green

5:06 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan wow nice

where you actually visited?

Veda Vani

5:49 AM

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Q: Is Lakshmi an avatar of Durga?

I read that Lakshmi is the Avatar of Durga in this article: Gauri is seen as a milder form of Kali, which is why she wears a saree and ties her hair with a string of flowers. Sometimes, she comes as a single woman, and sometimes in a pair: the Jyestha Gauri (elder Gauri) and Kanishtha Ga...

Veda Vani

7:34 AM

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Q: What are the permissible numbers for japa count that are less than 108?

It is well known that when you do a mantra japa 108 is the minimum number of times you should do to get the wholesome benefit of the japa.Sometimes,a higher number ,1008, is also recommended. But my question is,when there is so much scarcity of time that you can't even do the ideal number 108 th...

mantras japa

Veda Vani

8:27 AM

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Q: Why Mount Kailash is a part of India,not India?

Everyone knows that Mount Kailash is in China but not in India. But why? Is there any reason behind this?

mythology shiva history

Ankit Sharma

9:50 AM

@KeshavSrinivasan Wow nice, where exactly?

Veda Vani

12:21 PM

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Q: Is Naradha Muni is Mischief Maker as Depicted

Few South Indian movies portrays Naradha muni as mischief maker involving in creating quarrels between Devi's of Lord Shiva, Lord Brahma & Lord MahaVishnu. He also involves in creating fights between deva's and the asura's. Vaishnavas describes him as a elevated soul devoted to Narayana bhakthi....

vishnu bhakti narada

Keshav Srinivasan

1:44 PM

@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma It was quite a journey. My family lives in Chennai, but at the time Chennai was inundated by heavy flooding and the airport was closed. So first we were stranded in the Delhi airport. Then we took a light from Delhi to Bangalore, and in Bangalore we stayed in my aunt's house. (She wasn't in India at the time, so her house was empty). Then we hired a car and we went from Bangalore to my Mom's native village of Poondi, Tamil Nadu, which I discuss here:

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Q: Are there any low-caste Vaikhanasa priests?

I recently learned that the priest of the Vishnu temple in my native village of Poondi is a low-caste person. The notion of a low-caste person serving in a temple didn't surprise me, since in the Sri Vaishnava sect it's a well-established practice for low-caste people who have performed Sharanag...

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@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma Then my family drove from Chennai to Poondi and picked us up, taking us back to Chennai. In any case, almost a week of my trip was lost in all that travel, but in the time I had left I got to visit quite a few cool temples, for instance the Veeraraghava Perumal temple in Thiruvallore, which I discuss here:

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Q: What scriptures describe Vishnu marrying a rebirth of a golden Sita statue?

I'm currently visiting India, and I just went to my Mom's Kula Devata, the Veeraraghava Perumal Vishnu Temple in Thiruvallore. Many things have happened in this location over the ages, including Vishnu reteaching the Vedas to Brahma after he forgot it due to his fifth head being cut off (which I...

mythology vishnu ramayana temples sita

@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma And I passed by a Mariamman temple which was visited by the goddess Mariamman herself:

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Q: What scriptures describe Parashurama's mother's head being attached to a low-caste woman's body?

I'm currently visiting India, and as I was leaving my native village of Poondi (which I discuss in my questions here and here), I passed by a temple which was built at a location visited by the goddess Mariamman. Mariamman is a goddess worshipped primarily in Tami Nadu. Her temples are kept on...

mythology vishnu goddess durga parashurama

@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma And I visited Ramanujacharya's birthplace of Sriperumbudur, which led me to post this question:

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Q: Did Krishna's devotee Uttanka ever attain Moksha?

I am currently visiting India, and I just went to the Adi Keshava Perumal Vishnu Temple in Sri Perumbudur, the birthplace of the famous Sri Vaishnava Acharya Ramanujacharya. On the walls of this temple are depicted the Divya Desams, the 108 sacred places of Vishnu which I discuss in my question ...

mythology vishnu krishna sri-vaishnava lokas

@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma I also posted one more question about Sriperumbudur:

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Q: What scriptures describe Vishnu freeing the Bhutas from the curse of Shiva?

I just came back from a trip to India, and one of the places I visited was Sri Perumbudur. As I discuss here, it is the birthplace of the famous Sri Vaishnava Acharya Ramanujacharya. But my question about the Vishnu temple here, the great Adi Keshava Perumal temple. The story of this temple is...

mythology vishnu shiva puranas temples

@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma And I visited the birthplace of the Tamil Vaishnava poet-saint Thieumazhisai Alwar:

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Q: Why did Thirumazhisai Alwar never sing about Thirumazhisai?

I just came back from a trip to India, and one of the temples I visited was the Madhya Jagannatha Vishnu temple in Thirumazhisai. Most people only know about the Jagannatha temple in Puri (which I discuss here), but there are two other Jagannatha temples in Thirumazhisai and Thirupullani. But m...

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@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma And I visited by Dad's native village of Kuchanoor:

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Q: What scriptures describe Shani as having six eyes?

I just came back from a trip to India, and one of the places I visited was my dad's native village of Kuchanoor. It's the site of the famous Kuchanoor Shanishwaran temple, one of the few temples in the world for Shani, god of the planet Saturn. For those who don't know, Shani is the son of Surya,...

mythology temples shani

@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma Finally I visited the place where Kartikeya and Devasena got married:

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Q: What scriptures mention the location of Kartikeya's marriage to Devasena?

As I discuss in this answer, Shiva's son Kartikeya, aka Skanda or Muruga, has two wives, Valli and Devasena. Now I just came back from a trip to India, and one of the places I visited was the Thirupparamkunram Kartikeya temple, which is the place where Kartikeya married Devasena. For those who ...

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@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma And I also visited a bunch of places I didn't write about, including the Varaha and Venkateshwara temples in Tirupati, the Meenakshi and Kal Azhagar temples in Madurai, and the Kabalishwara temple in Chennai. But I basically used this site as my travel journal :-)

Keshav Srinivasan

2:24 PM

@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma And I got a whole bunch of Hinduism books:

Mr_Green

haha

@KeshavSrinivasan nice linking :)

I hope you would have visited Telangana, we could have met

Ankit Sharma

OMG

@KeshavSrinivasan Quite religious trip.

Mr_Green

yeah a lot.. I don't know how it feels like though

Ankit Sharma

@KeshavSrinivasan On the side note Delhi is my birth place and Bangalore is my work place and you covered both ;)

Mr_Green

I did once went for 10 days trip near tirupathi on temple visiting spree

Keshav Srinivasan

2:33 PM

@Mr_Green I actually visited Hyderabad and Secunderabad a year ago for my cousin's wedding. Does that count as Andhra Pradesh or Telengana? Does Tirupati count as Andhra Pradesh or Telengana?

Mr_Green

It is now Telangana, and I live in Hyderabad

lets hope to meet you next then

Keshav Srinivasan

@Mr_Green Oh, then I could have visited you last year.

Mr_Green

:(

np :)

Ankit Sharma

4 people in this room together.....seems like highest count of the year.

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Haha yeah, all my trips to India tend to be religious.

Mr_Green

2:35 PM

who made AnkitSharma mod? did you bribe someone?

Ankit Sharma

@Mr_Green I won election over Movies.se to become mod.

@KeshavSrinivasan Hmmm..

Mr_Green

@KeshavSrinivasan any idea why everyone pointing to moderation on meta?

@Pandya Welcome

After a long time we are talking here.. feeling good :)

Pandya

"Not many active users to answer the questions." Right @Mr_Green. I think this is because one require sufficient knowledge which I think most of missing and/or we 've not sufficient knowledgeable persons. By the way I am not giving/spending time to this community. But I will try....

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma That's what I like about India, it has so many divinely created statues and temples where important Hindu stories took place. I wish there could be a country with the standard of living of America but with the sacred places of India. Hopefully India will be that country one day...

Mr_Green

@Pandya yeah even I don't have sufficient knowledge in this field

we can just share this site on social networks or approach some guru personally

that is all I can think

Ankit Sharma

2:40 PM

Catch u all later,.....need to leave office.

Pandya

Also community missing a person like this for 10 months

Mr_Green

FYI, there is Keshav who got decent knowledge in this field and also he is moderator too

Pandya

yes @Mr_Green I am planning to visit this site al least once in day now....

Mr_Green

I don't know about Jabahar. didn't hear of him these days

Keshav Srinivasan

@Mr_Green "any idea why everyone pointing to moderation on meta?" It's because two of our four moderators have been inactive for some time. But there will be an announcement on that subject soon.

Mr_Green

2:42 PM

but still you guys are managing it very well.. right?

@Pandya Great

@AnkitSharma ok bye.. I need to leave too.

Keshav Srinivasan

@Mr_Green Yeah, we are managing it will, but it will be even better once we get one more mod to assist us. Like I said an announcement will be made soon.

Pandya

Yes, I think he is only @KeshavSrinivasan who giving his lots of time for this community and also have great knowledge.

Mr_Green

@Pandya yeah.. in other words. It is his own site. :)

Keshav Srinivasan

@Pandya Haha yeah, I definitely give a lot of time to this site. I'm the person who's posted the most questions, the most answers, and the most comments.

Mr_Green

Anyway, bye guys leaving office now

Pandya

2:45 PM

ok

Mar 5 '15 at 6:49, by Mr_Green

this site should be renamed to keshav.stackexchange.com :P

I knew @KeshavSrinivasan !!

Keshav Srinivasan

@Pandya haha

Pandya

@KeshavSrinivasan By the what are your areas of interest regarding to Hinduism?

Dinner time for me in India, leaving now.....

Keshav Srinivasan

3:03 PM

@Pandya Well, my areas of interest in Hinduism are shown pretty clearly if you look at my questions on the site. Most of my questions fall into the following three categories: 1. Questions about Hindu mythology 2. Questions about the Sri Vaishnava sect (which I belong to) 3. Questions about the various Vedantic philosophies and their associated commentaries on the Brahma Sutras.

@Pandya And also questions about the Vedas.

@Pandya If I were to summarize all that, I'd say my interests in Hinduism are more about the theoretical aspects than the practical aspects. I am a practicing Hindu, but intellectually I don't focus on learning about practical aspects as much.

Ankit Sharma

3:32 PM

@Pandya Did he said anything? I mean he left us completely ?

@Pandya Dinner, this soon

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3:49 PM

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Ankit Sharma

3:59 PM

@EshanSingh Use of copied content without reference is not allowed even in Tag wiki description

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Ankit Sharma

4:32 PM

@KeshavSrinivasan Most of his tag wiki edit are exact Wikipedia copy paste ^

@Vishu Hi

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Thanks, I'll take a look at it.

@AnkitSharma So have you watched any more Lost?

Ankit Sharma

@KeshavSrinivasan No, got stuck in Arrow/Flash/Legend of tomorrow

Maybe watch some tomorrow and coming weekend

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Oh, those are all shows on the CW network. CW shows are generally not as good as shows on the main broadcast networks, like ABC, NBC, and FOX.

Ankit Sharma

I Like superhero shows

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Have you watched Gotham? It's a prequel series to Batman. It's similar in visuals and tone to the Christopher Nolan Batman movies.

@AnkitSharma And it's a FOX show, so it has a bigger budget than shows like the Flash and Arrow. Another superhero show I watch is Daredevil, which is a Netflix original series.

Ankit Sharma

4:47 PM

@KeshavSrinivasan Yup

Season 1 had too many isshues

2nd is bit better

Daredevil and jessica jones were good

But i am more into DC then marvel

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma I do like Gotham Season 2, but I don't know why they invented this Theo Galavan character.

Ankit Sharma

@KeshavSrinivasan Gotham has serious issue with writing, its too good sometime and too bad sometime. Arrow is far better managed in writing

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Yeah, I like the DC movies better than the Marvel movies. Marvel is making movies about all these obscure superheroes no one has heard of, like the Deadpool movie coming this month. DC has a set of more recognizable superheroes, like Superman, Batman, and Wonderwoman.

@AnkitSharma Although I think the upcoming Batman vs Superman movie will probably not be that good. Certainly not as good as the Christopher Nolan Batman movies.

Ankit Sharma

Deadpool is quite famous in comic world, it was demanded by fan from long and more after lame appearance in X-en origin: Wolverine

@KeshavSrinivasan I am into it and loved the trailer, seems better then Civil war to me but going for both

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Oh, I only knew Deadpool from the X-Men origins movie.

@AnkitSharma I don't like all these Avengers movies, like I watched Avengers 2 in theaters and they just kept showing action scene after action scene. The only Marvel movies I like are the X-Men movies and the Spider-Man movies. And that too I liked the original Spider-Man movies not the Amazing Spider-Man.

@Ankit The only other Marvel movie I liked was the 2003 Hulk movie, I didn't like the Incredible Hulk.

Ankit Sharma

5:00 PM

@KeshavSrinivasan He is funny (over funny), breaks forth wall and regenerate way faster and use swords like hell

@KeshavSrinivasan I hated amazing spider man and i am too happy its rebooted again.

@KeshavSrinivasan Are you reading my mind.

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma haha

Ankit Sharma

I liked Winter soldier more then any avenger and iron man film or all MCU films

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma They should have just continued the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies. Marvel reboots things too much. Like I liked the original Fantastic Four movies better than the reboot they made last year.

@AnkitSharma Oh, I haven't watched Winter Soldier.

Ankit Sharma

@KeshavSrinivasan Its great, Best MCU film

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Do I need to watch Avengers 1 to understand Winter Soldier? Because I've only watched Avengers 2.

Ankit Sharma

5:05 PM

@KeshavSrinivasan Tobey film is long canceled and AMazing spider man didn't liked by hardcore fans, so now Sony and Disney merging together to make new spider man

I am more positive for this version. I hate sony, Disney have way better mind

@KeshavSrinivasan No, you should know about SHIELD, Captain america 1 and black widow

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma I think the thing about Spider-Man is that it's supposed to be set during Peter Parker's high-school years, so whenever the actor becomes too old they keep rebooting it with a teenage guy.

Ankit Sharma

SHIELD have big part in it

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma That's what I don't like about Marvel, they require so much knowledge just to understand it. It's the same problem I had with the Bourne movies. Like I watched the Bourne trilogy, but I had forgotten a lot of it, and then when I watched Bourne Legacy I couldn't follow the plot.

Ankit Sharma

@KeshavSrinivasan Spider man have good story after teen age too but Sony is too dumb and they can't retain director for too long. Toby film were canceled because the director was pissed. He didn't liked the Studio over interfere

Sam raimi didn't even wanted to introduce Venom in Spider man too but sony forced him to do so and Spider man 3 was too disliked by fans too.

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma I wish Hollywood would stop making all these sequels and prequels and just make fresh stories. But they don't want to take risks.

Ankit Sharma

5:10 PM

Same happen for new fantastic four, studio vs director, first half of the film was good until studio changed the second half story.

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Yeah, Spider-Man 3 wasn't nearly as good as Spider-Man 2.

Ankit Sharma

@KeshavSrinivasan I love sequel/prequel films, but the problem is always with director vs studio fights.

Director version are mostly better, studios are mostly money hungry

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Well, studio interference has been a problem for a long time. Like the studio forced so many changes to Superman 2, which led to Richard Donner leaving half-way through and another director being hired.

Ankit Sharma

Lol, this room look like Screening room now.

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Have you watched Richard Donner's director's cut of Superman 2? It's like 10 times better than the theatrical version.

@AnkitSharma haha

Ankit Sharma

5:14 PM

@KeshavSrinivasan I am not into old superman films. And i didn't liked superman return eitehr. I liked Man of steel and i didn't hate it like most of the internet

@KeshavSrinivasan No watched superman 1 only. Then superman returns and man of steel

skipped rest

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma I thought the old Superman movies were fantastic. Yeah, I didn't like Superman Returns either. Man of Steel was ok, but it was a disappointment because I had such high expectations after watching the Christopher Nolan Batman movies, so I thought a Christopher Nolan Superman movie was going to be amazing. But Nolan only executive produced Man of Steel.

Ankit Sharma

Have you watched Watchmen?

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma No, I generally don't watch rated R movies. Like I heard Watchmen has nudity.

Ankit Sharma

Watchmen is best superhero movie for me ever.

Its bit dark, dark then dark knight

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma But I've watched other movies based on Alan Moore comics: Van Helsing and League of Extraordinary Gentleman, which were both really bad, and then V. For Vendetta which was great.

Ankit Sharma

5:20 PM

I don't remember nudity in it

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma I think the blue guy is naked for the entire movie.

Ankit Sharma

@KeshavSrinivasan Almost but they have shown his thing once only

But go for extended version

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma Oh, what I've heard is they show his "thing" throughout the entire movie.

Ankit Sharma

@KeshavSrinivasan imdb.com/title/tt0409459/parentalguide

Keshav Srinivasan

"Dr. Manhattan (although mostly CGI) is shown numerous times in the film completely naked in which his buttocks as well as his genitals (i.e. Penis) are clearly seen."

@AnkitSharma Yeah, this movie seems too inappropriate for my tastes.

Ankit Sharma

5:24 PM

@KeshavSrinivasan Ohhhhh,

Search if they have any PG-13 version

Keshav Srinivasan

@AnkitSharma No, they don't have a censored version unfortunately.

Ankit Sharma

ohhh

You are missing a good film

Veda Vani

6:16 PM

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Q: Why is "Nama:" pronounced as "Namaha" when it appears at the end of a Mantra?

And not as Namah as in, say,Namah Sivaya? Few examples: Om Gum Gurobhyo Namaha Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha. Which rule regarding the pronunciation of visarga(:) is applicable in this case? Can someone please post a citation?

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Q: What is the purpose of life

This question my be childish or even rubbish but I have this doubt for a long time, Note: I am also in Hinduism(Sanathana Dharma). According to my religion God has created all form grass to all forms of life. then why he did created heaven and hell because if he/she/it(refers to God - Peculiarly...

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Q: Lord shiva and pride

Did lord shiva ever fell prey to pride. As we hear in hindu mythology most of the lords have fallen prey to prides and at last regretted heavily. Did lord shiva too fall its prey?

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8:26 PM

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8:50 PM

@AnkitSharma Congratulations!

Ankit Sharma

@sv. Thanks

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