In the Hindu epic Ramayana, the vanara Vali (, nominative singular of the root वालिन् Valin), also known as Bali (, , , Yuan: Bari, , Lao: Palichan) was king of Kishkindha, a son of Indra and the elder brother of Sugriva. He was killed by Rama, an Avatar of Vishnu.
Early life
Vali was famous for the boon that he had received, according to which anyone who fought him in single-combat lost half his strength to Vali, thereby making Vali invulnerable to any enemy. Once Ravana called Vali for a fight when Vali was doing his regular Sandhyavandanam. He took Ravana in his tail and took him ar...
In Christianity God dies, similarly in Norse mythology. So is there any story in Hinduism about death of Gods?
Why did Pandavas i.e Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva married the same woman i.e Draupadi?
In hinduism , everything has cycle of life and death. Universe has a life of 100 brahma years (311 trillion 4o billion human years), Devtas 1 day equals 1 year of humans. So yes everything has age.
But for all practical reasons, God's are immortal. Godess Parvati (incarnation of Godess Sati) be...
Hindus prefer to wear red tilak and sandal wood tilak on foreheads. Is there any specific reason behind this?
I am currently confused between these alternatives:
the sum total of all traditions followed in modern day India?
the value system of Canakya Pandita, the principal creator of the modern-day India?
the value system of Mahatma Gandhi?
the value system of emperor Ashoka, whose emblem India still ...
I read from a mythological story that the Fire(Agni Lingam) is entirely different and very important than other pancha bhoota like Water (Appu Lingam), Sky(Akasha Lingam), Air(Vayu Lingam), Land(Prithivi Lingam).
Is it completely true? If yes what are the reasons for that?
We don't need to speculate; we can look at the justification Rama himself gave for his actions: (This is all taken from this translation of the Valmiki Ramayana.)
1) In response to Vali's claim that Rama has no jurisdiction to enforce laws there, since they're not in Ayodhya, Rama says that the ...
Hindus believe in worship of Murthi (statue). What is the reason for this? I am believing that God exist in statue from my childhood but I don't have exact clarification or history behind it.
There are many gods in Hinduism and hence many questions would arise about gods of Hinduism. This post intends to decide, that whether we should make or create a canonical question on main site, in which the definition of god will be explained according to Hinduism.
The post will contain:
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The Abramic religions have Biblical apocrypha sections of the work claimed by some to be authentic but excluded by the main body of the religion. Does the Gita have any similar sections?
In Hindu cosmology, particularly long periods of time are reckoned in terms of units like "days of Brahma", where one day of Brahma is equal to 4.32 billion "human" years.
I always thought that the "Brahma" here was Brahma as in the creator deity of the Trimurti. However, in another answer, it ...
