The coat of arms of the Indian state of Karnataka depicts a strange two-headed bird:.
This creature comes from certain versions of the story of Narasimha, the man-lion avataram (incarnation) of Vishnu. As most people know the story, Narasimha kills the demon Hiranyakashipu and rescues his devote...
Bhagavad-gita 18.3 and 18.5 specifically mentions them as separate.
In Christianity they are understood as giving something up and giving something to others, which is quite similar, and these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Could we also use both "yajna" and "daana" for any donation? ...
Manu is supposedly the progenitor of mankind. Even the English word "man" is derived from his name. There are 14 manus every day of the Brahma. The current Manu is Vaivasvata, and he is currently supposed to be alive, but we don't see him on the earth. Manus are also not mentioned among demigods,...
Hindu sanyasis/monks wear saffron colored robes. Is there any scriptural reasons for saffron? Or is it just cultural since Buddhist monks also wear saffron ?
In Ramayana Shri Ram was avatar of Vishnu, in Gita or Mahabharta Shri Krishna was avatar of Vishnu. Why gods had to take human avatar or take a human form in order to come and live amongst normal people?
@AvinashRaj I'm a Hindu, I don't love chatting about Hinduism all the time. But I still want to know more about it, because I feel that I don't know enough about it.
I've seen that hindus worship lord Ganesh before starting any puja or important tasks (Act of worship)
I've also seen people worshipping lord Ganesh before they start off the marriage precedings.
They also keep idol of lord Ganesh in their cars, home entrances etc...
So why they worship lord ...
What is the significance of Number 9 in Hindu mythology?
Even that every important numbers when summed up ends to a number 9.
For example, the life span of four yugas from this link
Krita or Satya-yuga is 1,440,000 human years (sum of digits is 9)
Treta-yuga is 1,080,000 human years (sum of d...
What is the significance of Number 9 in Hindu mythology?
Even that every important numbers when summed up ends to a number 9.
For example, the life span of four yugas from this link
Krita or Satya-yuga is 1,440,000 human years (sum of digits is 9)
Treta-yuga is 1,080,000 human years (sum of d...
I could see many images of Ramasethu between SriLanka and India in google maps, which was built in the period of Lord Rama. Recently I saw a video in which villagers are putting big stones in water and those stones are floating in the water. In Ramayana it is told that Ramasethu was made up of st...
What are the different concepts/philosophies available about how universe is created, how soul bonded to material.
ie; Describe the whole creation process. with different philosophies available.
Ganesha is a god which is followed fron north to south. And even he is to be called first in all Puja and karam kands. Then our logo should be tribute to lor ganesha. And Om is also a big part of Hiduism.
So our logo should be like this
Image source.
And site design should be with cream and...
@AvinashRaj inner text is seeking for human verifcation.
@Mr.Alien I would recommend against spawning new chatrooms so early into the private beta - we don't have so much traffic in this room as to necessitate splitting off discussions yet.
@Mr.Alien That I am. Alas, there are no sites for any Indian languages yet. If any of you guys are interested, there are proposals for Tamil and Hindi that you might like to look at.
@Mr.Alien It isn't (between one and two weeks, or so), but my point is that it's not likely that you're going to get enough people in that other room to have a meaningful discussion.
@Mr_Green unfortunately we cannot delete the room now but lets see if its useful in the future, for now we will discuss the issues here, and also to clear out the on topic and off topic fuzz, I have posted a question on meta
What is going to be standard for God tags. There is a Shiva tag as shiva and Ganesha tag as lord-ganesh.
I mean there should be a standard for this. Its better to remove lord from Ganesha tag or add this to Shiva too. What you guys think?
1000 Mahā-Yugas = 1 Kalpa = 1 day (day only) of Brahma
(2 Kalpas constitute a day and night of Brahma, 8.64 billion human years)
30 days of Brahma = 1 month of Brahma (259.2 billion human years)
12 months of Brahma = 1 year of Brahma (3.1104 trillion human years)
50 years of Brahma = 1 Parārdha
2 parardhas = 100 years of Brahma = 1 Para = 1 Mahā-Kalpa (the lifespan of Brahma)(311.04 trillion human years)
1 human fortnight (15 days) = 1 day (light) or night of the Pitṛs
1 human month (30 days) = 1 day (light) and night of the Pitṛs
30 days of the Pitṛs = 1 month of the Pitṛs = (30 × 30 = 900 human days)
12 months of the Pitṛs = 1 year of the Pitṛs = (12 months of Pitṛs × 900 human days = 10800 human days)
The lifespan of the Pitṛs is 100 years of the Pitṛs (= 36,000 Pitṛ days = 1,080,000 human days = 3000 human years)
12000 Deva Years = Life Span of Devas = 1 Mahā-Yuga.
it's really stupid, at least for me to ponder on this stuff...
In Ramayana Shri Ram was avatar of Vishnu, in Gita or Mahabharta Shri Krishna was avatar of Vishnu. Why gods had to take human avatar or take a human form in order to come and live amongst normal people?
I've seen that hindus worship lord Ganesh before starting any puja or important tasks (Act of worship)
I've also seen people worshipping lord Ganesh before they start off the marriage precedings.
They also keep idol of lord Ganesh in their cars, home entrances etc...
So why they worship lord ...
What is the significance of Number 9 in Hindu mythology?
Even that every important numbers when summed up ends to a number 9.
For example, the life span of four yugas from this link
Krita or Satya-yuga is 1,440,000 human years (sum of digits is 9)
Treta-yuga is 1,080,000 human years (sum of d...
What are the different concepts/philosophies available about how universe is created, how soul bonded to material.
ie; Describe the whole creation process. with different philosophies available.
Ganesha is a god which is followed fron north to south. And even he is to be called first in all Puja and karam kands. Then our logo should be tribute to lor ganesha. And Om is also a big part of Hiduism.
So our logo should be like this
Image source.
And site design should be with cream and...
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