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Q: Why is the lord Hanuman portrayed as splitting their chest and showing lord Rama?

I have seen many images of the lord Hunuman portrayed as splitting their chest and showing lord Rama. Like this: Taken from Wikipedia What is the story behind this?

4:40 AM

@KapilVyas Good. Have any question? Just ask here with some research.

5:09 AM

@KapilVyas just visit here daily and read the newest question and answers. Star your favorite ones. When you read some, there will be doubts in your mind, ask questions to clarify them. Give answers to others that you know. You can also help in moderating the site, so that we can keep good content on it. :)

Morning all

@TheDictator Morning!

@DroidDev hello

@hi

@hims056 @DroidDev i noticed that most posters do not correctly word their questions. i am going to work on a few of those right now. Thanks! Looking to chat with y'all...

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Q: What is the full ancestry of Janaka?

In the Bala Kanda of the Ramayana, during the wedding of Rama and Sita, both families share their respective family trees. Vashishta presents a long genealogy for Rama's family, the Ikshvaku dynasty, going all the way back to the gods including Surya, Brahma, and ultimately Vishnu. Then Sita's ...

mythology ramayana

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Q: What are the teachings of Mahabharta?

This question arose because other gospels like Ramayana, Gita have specific teachings. They teach you how to live your life with certain principles. On the other hand Mahabharta looks more like a story of war between Kaurvas and Pandvas. I was not able to get the reason for it to be considered as...

mahabharata teaching

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Q: What are the steps for a person to take if he/she wants to convert to Hinduism?

What are the steps to take if a person wants to convert to Hinduism? Is it possible for anyone to convert to Hinduism?

5:14 AM

@KapilVyas ya sure, go on. :)

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Q: What are the teachings of Mahabharta?

This question arose because other gospels like Ramayana, Gita have specific teachings. They teach you how to live your life with certain principles. On the other hand Mahabharta looks more like a story of war between Kaurvas and Pandvas. I was not able to get the reason for it to be considered as...

mahabharata teaching

I posted this question, because it got 10 upvotes in committment phase

and some were very interested in answering it

lols someone voted to close it now

ya :(

no worries +1ed :)

@Mr_Green thank you for your vote of confidence :)

I don't think it is too-broad, because it is specifically asked that "is it considered holy book" and "what are teachings"

@DroidDev I sense it as too broad because each story in Mahabharata teach us different things. For example, the Karna - Indra story where Karna knows that the old beggar is Indra, but still he give his golden armour to him without considering he would be defeated in the war. That is a unique and generous quality of Karna. Like so, there are many things to learn from Mahabharata.

Try to repair your post to make it more better. otherwise leave it as it is :)

5:27 AM

@Mr_Green can you suggest something, like what can I add or remove from post to narrow it down or better if you can then please edit it :)

has anyone seen the close vote question regarding mahabharata?

@TheDictator I posted it, and we are discussing it now

@DroidDev sorry busy :(

@DroidDev buddy, delete it and add it again with more explanation, if possible. It will be closed soon anyhow.

@AwalGarg just to remind you, please approve suggested edit wisely

@hims056 yamloka is not naraka

hinduism.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/1327

@Mr_Green sadly, done. Now, I'll work on narrowing it down, if I can. Lets see what happens

5:33 AM

no worries

5:46 AM

@D

@DroidDev your Mahabharat question is too general. Consider narrrowing it down by stating - what are the main carry-on messages or just message from the Mahabharat. Even that is a tricky question - since there is no one single answer

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Q: Whether Gayatri mantra is used to worship Sun or Goddess Gayatri?

I've heard that Gayatri mantra is actually used to worship Sun, the mantra was titled as Gayatri mantra because the mantra is formed using Gayatri meter (a vedic meter). Is it true?

worship gayatri mantra sun

@DroidDev @Mr_Green he is asking what is there in mahabharata that this is consider as a holy book...

Dont he knows abt bhagwat keeta?

@KapilVyas Actually, right now I am working and won't be able to post a narrowed post before weekend. I only posted this because this got much attention in commitment phase both as votes and comments.

@TheDictator I asked is it considered as holy book?

If you go to commitment phase, there was a user who posted a comment on same question there

can u send me the link?

stating: "You are right, my way of saying was we do not read MAHABHARAT as a holy book, yet a HISTORICAL book"

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/53689/hinduism/57058#57058

@TheDictator Read the comments in above link

5:55 AM

@DroidDev yah it is... its not a holy book.. but atleast bhagvat geta gyan is the part of it...

@TheDictator and for "Dont he knows abt bhagwat keeta?" I am Hindu and I know many things about many questions asked here. But, I only ask the questions to make an information base and question base for reference of future users.

@DroidDev i was just asking telling that that question is not appropriate.. thats why... dont mis interpreat me...

@TheDictator Ok, no worries :)

Shubh prabhat

@AnkitSharma I really didn't know about that. Sorry.

So I asked the question for the same.

5:59 AM

@AnkitSharma Morning!

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Q: What is Yamlokam? How is it different from Naraka?

Before this suggested edit was rejected I had the impression that Yamalokam is Naraka(the hell). And I was told in the chat that Yamlokam is not the hell. So I am really curious. What is Yamlokam? How is it different from Naraka?

yamaloka naraka

@hims056 in short yamlok is like a court and narak is jail.

@AnkitSharma I don't think so.. not sure..

@Shisa Yes. Yama lok is where Yama dev lives. Punishments for sin are offered there. — Awal Garg Jun 20 at 7:21

^ ahh says the same as you did above. I misunderstood it. :)

Aren't you guys starring your favorite questions?

I don't see much starring activity going on here

yeah not much by me though

6:03 AM

@AnkitSharma morning dude

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Q: What is Yamlokam? How is it different from Naraka?

Before this suggested edit was rejected I had the impression that Yamalokam is Naraka(the hell). And I was told in the chat that Yamlokam is not the hell. So I am really curious. What is Yamlokam? How is it different from Naraka?

yamaloka naraka

@DroidDev starring looks unnecessary to me. I rarely do this.

@Mr_Green hehehhehe

6:33 AM

what it is called in english "teer maarna" ?

@Mr_Green Bow and aerrow... ? Thats "Dhanush baan" So shooting aerrows

ahh yes

guys ask some questions yaar

6:50 AM

Ahh....you asking me......nnnnnnnnnnn.....busy :p

@StackExchange ahhhh...i was thinking to answer this :(

@AnkitSharma lolz

my rep is moving slowly :(

Mine too...still stuck on 3rd place in rep chart :(

haha no comparison of you with me

hehehheheh........

If i will not become MOd then i will become Asura muhhahahhahhahahhah

6:59 AM

then I must Incarnate again.. to kill you :P

I will take a boon from Brahma that mr_green can't kill me :p

I will create another account..

heheheh.....i mean my boon will be MR_grenn can't kill me in any incarnation . Update- Even anyone related to mr-green can also not kill me :P

hmmmm :)

7:23 AM

Are we going to accept this kind of question

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Q: Did Yama and Shani got contradicted in there way?

As Yama and Shani are brothers and even they have similar work (to judge our karmas). Did they ever got contradicted in their ways? Is there any kind of this event explained in scriptures?

mythology yama shani

Feel free to express reaction. If its not i will not mind in deleting it but it looked fine to me.

yeah ok I suppose

@Mr_Green and @AnkitSharma i will surely look after ur wishes... :D

hehehehhe

hehe

7:42 AM

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Q: Did Yama and Shani got contradicted in there way?

As Yama and Shani are brothers and even they have similar work (to judge our karmas). Did they ever got contradicted in their ways? Is there any kind of this event explained in scriptures?

mythology yama shani

8:20 AM

lets see who will cross 1000 rep first

@Mr_Green i reached to 200 only

8:47 AM

yeah try to come first from now.. :)

@Mr_Green Teer maarna...wouldn't that be using a bow and arrow...instead of only bow and arrow which as @TheDictator mentioned is dhanush baan.

@AdityaSomani your comment above is confusing to me.. :)

9:00 AM

@AdityaSomani then whats the name of it?

9:14 AM

Is it really about hinduism

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Q: Why is India also called Bharata?

Sanatana Dharma originated in India. India also has another name: "Bharata". The term ArshaBharata culture is commonly used for pointing out the Sanatana Dharma in South India. How did the nation get this name?

terminology india

And how??

Not going to close it but want to understand how its relevant here

this is stated in Srimad bhagvatam

as mentioned by jabahar

so it is on topic.. IMO

That's the answer

I am talking for question.

@Mr_Green i hope i can......but still on 3rd place.

I have also seen about India getting name "Bharat" in Mahabharat (t.v serial)

To me its more like Indian history question rather then Hinduism

@AnkitSharma Indian History and Hinduism have quite a lot in common, Bharat is called Hindustan also remember. :P

9:20 AM

hmm seems fine to me.. yeah it seems bit off but it is mentioned in the Hindu religion docs.

Also, @Mr_Green The act of using a bow and arrow would be called "teer maarna"

teer = bow

maara = shooting

my bad

teer = arrow

shooting an arrow using a bow = teer maarna

Actually, I thought to ask the same Bharata question. but the guy asked in more correct way.

OMG, I was going to ask a duplicate question. this was posted 3 days back :/

lol

hehehhehe

Our question are now 155...so duplicates are going to be come more.

Of course. Dupes are good man

Site gets traffic

More questions, more dupes

It's all good ^_^

We can flag em all! :D

9:31 AM

Looks like a sentence from pokemon

catch em all

lol

Those were the days man :'(

I didn't watch pokemon

I saw a good bit

I watch DBZ!! ROCKS!!

And played Ruby

Not an avid fan of either..

9:31 AM

Now things are still good now we have shows like breaking bad an dgame of thrones

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Q: Why did saints used to do Yagna?

In many epic stories, sages always do yagnas. What is the reason behind it? I am assuming there might be a universal reason such as "for the good of the realm". But does someone know the exact reason?

But I'm all caught up with all the good stuff man

^ still no answer

@Mr_Green ahhhh...DBZ was good in start but then it became too much.

I don't know.. I liked all three seasons of it

9:33 AM

I think we need more original answers and lesser CTRL+C CTRL+V answers

Like a direct pickup

Should not be encouraged.

I know y'all posted this.

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Q: The copy-paste issue, Hinduism version

tl;dr Please stop posting answers that are just copied out of Wikipedia or some random blog. If you see these things and they don't cite a source, flag (either "very low quality" or "other" and specify that the post is plagiarized) and downvote. Even if they do cite a source, consider downvoting....

discussion low-quality-posts

But we need to do a better job at this. Like stuff taken from good links, decent amount of research put in.

@Mr_Green 3.....i think it have more. And too many films too.

I watched only few movies related to DBZ

My profile pic is of Super sayan 2 :D

lol

I never got into DBZ :/

do you mean 3 season as Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT?

I only watched Dragon Ball Z. Dragon ball was too kidish and GT not yet because My DBZ is not complete. Left it in middle.

yeah

9:36 AM

OH DAMN

Those are some big seasons dude...lol

My fav is Naruto

Still want to complete it.

It takes years to complete Anime shows man

That's why I never got into them. Once in, you never get out...they're just too long...

hehehehhe

true

Even in India they never got telecast full

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Q: Why do Dragon Ball Z telecasts always stop mid-season in India?

Dragon Ball Z was telecasting on Cartoon Network India from many years. Previously it stopped telecasting it in the middle of season 1. Then it disappeared for years and then repeated telecast till the middle of Freza saga and and then same happened till cell saga. And up-to the last run it stops...

^ yeah it always stopped after frieza's fight.. and then repeated the same telecast.. as if we are kids who will watch it again and again. I used to watch it again though :)

@Mr_Green @AnkitSharma Are you both from India? Where?

Delhi :D

9:45 AM

good

lol@remove :P

Last time it ended on kid buu intro episode but after that my interest got ended.

hehe. I do that always :)

you should watch DB GT

I see. I don't care much myself. But I completely understand your side of the notion as well...

Last time it ended on kid buu intro episode but after that my interest got ended.

9:46 AM

not better than DBZ but still rocks

9:56 AM

@AdityaSomani i am also from delhi but currently in banglore.

@Mr_Green very suspicious removal ..hhmmmmm

yeah but nothing imp behind it.. :)

I was thinking to ask about "manthan"

like this: "why manthan was performed?"

@Mr_Green too me dragon ball is over......because there power level thing always bothers me and there story is not consistent. I mean naruto from start knows where they are going BUt DB never have a stable story.

I didn't watch naruto.. so can't compare them. but I do like DBZ most in cartoons. just like tom and jerry :)

Watch it then

Best anime ever

asked a loose question.. working to make it better

10:05 AM

@Mr_Green i can answer the first part but second....ahhhh......long list( contradicts also)

ONly know few

@AnkitSharma why it was performed?

Becuase devta lost their immortality

They need amrit

how they lost immortality?

Danva doesn't need it because there guru can resurrect them after death but devta tricked them in participation because devta are very less to participate

@Mr_Green that's i don't remember at the moment

ohh I see

Sumudra or Samudra?

10:10 AM

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Q: Why Sumudra Manthan was performed?

There was a mention of "Samudra Manthan" in Hindu mythology. Why it was performed? And please also mention the items which come out of Manthan with small explanation to each.

mythology samudra-manthan

^ my question sounds like write a composition for 15 Marks :P

for SSC syllabus

Preparing an answer

me too..

Sagar Manthan?

yeah

10:18 AM

Yeah, didn't notice the question. Lol

ohh I thought you are saying "samudra manthan" as "Sagar manthan"

I don't know much about it

Samudra manthan

In Hinduism, Samudra manthan or Churning of the Ocean of Milk is one of the most famous periods in the Puranas. The story appears in the Bhagavata Purana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana. In literal terms, this tale is an allegorical description of what transpires during a kundalini awakening process. Kundalini is a latent energy that lays dormant in the spine. Upon awakening, it rises in a sensation akin to a slithering snake, up the spinal column (Meru-danda, represented by Mount Meru in the story). *Samudra manthanam — Manthanam is the Sanskrit equivalent of Manthan mean...

wiki does answer splendidly

I should have checked it before

Lol. That's what I was wondering too. It's a pretty well documented topic.

There's a beautiful statue of it on the Bangkok airport.

I hope answers are not from wiki

Ahh...non wiki answer. Then i am opting out :p

Well. Lol

10:27 AM

Busy in work, can't search scripture wordings

Work as in office?

Yup

Lol. I'm in the gym after work. Haha

so u poking me :(

I was at work earlier reee...

But SE at work is a lot of fun...loll

10:31 AM

hehehehhe

Now on maasage chair. Hahaha

Now I'm poking you :P

Where in Delhi are you from dude?

North

Rohini ya Dwarka?

10:47 AM

@AnkitSharma post it. if you already prepared it.

@Mr.Alien Hi

heyaa

@Mr_Green not prepared

ask some good question.

ok

@Mr.Alien hi....where were you. Did scientist kidnapped you. I am hearing too much from area 51 ;)

hehe, broadband was down

just got it fixed

aint sure how much this will last :P

need a secondary backup connection now

10:50 AM

@AdityaSomani near shastri nagar

11:02 AM

@Mr.Alien lolz you got the point.

we realized that after creating that FB page and sharing the post on meta.

:)

If they are accurate to make public beta after a week then we are just one day away.

But as per my experience SE is quite slow in there work.

I don't think they will turn this to public until monday

@Mr.Alien i am not even sure for monday too.

we should make some noise on Hinduism.SE

11:08 AM

On pets.se they took too much time for public beta

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Q: Are we missing anything to end the Private Beta?

We are about a week into Private Beta, and seem to be doing great. Is there anything in particular we need to focus on addressing to get ready for public Beta?

discussion beta

@Mr_Green burst crackers? celebrate diwali?

@AnkitSharma may be cuz of less traffic or less questions

Ghee k diye jalao

@Mr.Alien that time SE people were busy in some summit. Site was good in perfomance that time

Angan me nacho

why image doesn't work for me :(

ERROR: Image extenstion not found

11:13 AM

@AnkitSharma aahhhh

I abandoned SO.. :)

not visiting it as often as I was before

haha

the quality of questions is degrading there

let me know if we want to create a blog, I've a server

sounds good

we will base that on wordpress so multiple users can access

I'll start a post on meta to see if anyones interested and to discuss more over this

create it now itself.. it will help to grow traffic.

11:18 AM

Blog in private beta is not so soon?

@Mr.Alien o/

@AnkitSharma blog will certainly take time to develop

for community bulletins

I will recomend to wait till public beta

have u visited our unoficial page on FB/

@AnkitSharma hello

11:19 AM

@TheDictator hello

I mean anyone can join and comment, but they wont be able to do so when its in Beta

where were you?

@TheDictator hello

@Mr_Green HELLO

i WAS BUSY WITH SOME WORK

@Mr_Green now i am showing in FB page?

11:20 AM

what about the domain guys?

I have decodingweb.com

so I can create sub like

hinduism.decodingweb.com

or if you guys have a cool one than let me know

hinduism.github.com.. is it occupied? checking..

Github?

please check

hehe.. why wordpress then?

not occupied

404

There isn't a GitHub Page here.

11:22 AM

haha

github because we can collaborate together on it

no need to say the owner to do a update

yea but then it will be public

yeah true. any disadvantage of that?

we don't have any content of privacy level. so I think its ok

It would be better to stay limited at start so that pros can share precise data

@AnkitSharma I am not able to check likes on FB. I forgot which page I had visited.

ohh ok.

11:25 AM

@Mr_Green why?

I mean i can see it over movie and tv fb page

I don't hang much on FB.. it is complex to me

FB sucks

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Q: Blog for Hinduism

Now am aware that we are still running on private beta but I would like to start a blog so that we can explain some of the posts in brief which may be too broad for this website. For example, we can write some of the briefs like About Hinduism History Origin Information on Gods (Kinda Almanac)...

discussion promotion

@Mr_Green can you make me a co-owner of fb page. Because i use Fb daily, so can help you.

ok sure

@Mr.Alien not a blggy person but will love to read them

11:29 AM

@AnkitSharma I would like to see an almanac over hinduism gods

which I would like to integrate in that blog

hmmm...souds good.

@AnkitSharma you mail id? it is asking here

can i remove it now?

ya

and my plugin caught your id

11:31 AM

k

done

@Mr.Alien lolz... :D

and where is the blog link?

badass ^^

Omg

Haaaaa haaaa....

11:32 AM

hahaha

:D

@AnkitSharma you became public from private

@Mr_Green is it you real name?

yes

whats your real name?

11:33 AM

@Mr.Alien you are an evil alien

Can you remove it now

ayyo rama chinnaswamy muthu swamy venu gopal ayyer?

something like that :)

@Mr_Green you can trash out the img

I dont get why we created 2 rooms for trashing

→ 1 message moved to Recycle

yeah

Trash can is a private room

but recycle is not.
Anyways i am owner of all 3 ;)

11:35 AM

@Mr.Alien only recycle is an official trash page..

@TheDictator so we should've renamed the room name rather than multipliying rooms

← 1 message moved from Recycle

← 1 message moved from Recycle

@Mr.Alien yah we can do that

lol we already duplicated now no reason to rename again, let the old one get freezed

@AnkitSharma did you join as admin to our FB page?

11:38 AM

@Mr_Green mobile net sucks

Only able to read your name only ;)

ok check it later. np

@Mr.Alien decodingweb.com your site?

ahh footer has your name

yap

We have jasoos here

Hulk becoming batman ;)

where are others? menon, droiddev, senshin

@TheDictator @Mr.Alien @Mr_Green I will say, we should ping mods to delete trash can

11:41 AM

nah let it be

it will freeze out anyways

@Mr.Alien @AnkitSharma github.com/Hinduism/hinduism.github.io

taken :P

Sexy

11:58 AM

what's cooking today?

am i late for the party?

btw, I just wrote an answer

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A: Why Samudra Manthan was performed?

As goes with any Hindu mythology, the culprit of the entire mayhem was Lord Indra. Once upon a time Indra who was riding his elephant came across Durvasa Rishi, who gifted him a garland of flower. Indra, who absent mindedly instead of keeping the garland himself, put it on the elephant. Since t...

and I loved the effort.. it brought back so much good and cosy memories..

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