What is the traditional/cultural significance of piercing(ears and nose) in Hinduism ? Are there any scientific reasons or any mythological influence ?
In India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, there are many sites that are linked with Ramayana. Many are said to have been established by gods themselves.
Have there been any attempts to archaeologically date these sites? The events depicted must have happened during or before the establishment of these site...
If you feel that its suitable for the site then you can surely cast a reopen vote, for me, these types of questions doesn't make sense, if the user asks a generic question like is that wrong if we couldn't help a dying jeeva or something similar, but if you support such situational questions then expect tons of these
@krishna I think we should have less "What does Hinduism say about X?" type questions and more questions that are well-researched and preferably based in scripture.
> lso, am not saying that questions asking for Significance or Importance etc will be closed but I think we need to go a level up now, else new users will continue these types of questions and we will never raise the bar in terms of questions quality.
In case people missed it, my first Hinduism trivia question was, what do Shiva, Brihaspati (guru of the gods), and Sukracharya (guru of the Asuras have in common? My second question was, what do Vishnu, Shiva, and the Pandavas have in common? And my third question was, who is Kumbhakarna's mother-in-law?
Now here is Hinduism trivia question number 4: what do Krishna (the avatara of Vishnu) and Padmavathi (wife of Venkateshwara) have in common?
I am involved in a class focused on studying different civilizations and cultures. I chose to study Indian culture and focused on religion.
If anyone is willing to give me a few answers, I would love to have personal insight about the following:
What is the biggest challenge about being Hin...
What is the traditional/cultural significance of piercing(ears and nose) in Hinduism ? Are there any scientific reasons or any mythological influence ?
I am involved in a class focused on studying different civilizations and cultures. I chose to study Indian culture and focused on religion.
If anyone is willing to give me a few answers, I would love to have personal insight about the following:
What is the biggest challenge about being Hin...
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