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I want to become a sadhu. I am planning on going to Haridwar or Rishikesh, & stay in a ashram until kumbh mela (I heard it’s easier to find a guru during this time). The problem is I am a teen. Most ashrams have 18+ rules. It would really be appreciated if someone help in finding a ashram, or a p...
Sinner or virtuous.If a person who is not able to perform any other duty for the cause of his or her religious faith donates huge amount of money to the religious temples and religious institutions. Is such donation (huge amount) equals greater duties performed by others in other spheres of wor...
Devotees visiting the Sabarimala Temple carry with a specially designed bag with two compartments called Irumudi. I need to know more about irumudi can any one explain.
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The Kaliyuga is, especially by Puranic sources, considered to be the deteriorating state of humanity where ethtics, morality and intelligence are spiralling out of control.
For example, at the end of the Shiva-purana is told that the sages observed how this current Kali age slowly defiled every...2
These days, people label any random person as an incarnation of God. However, I would like to know whether Hindu texts tell us how to recognise any incarnation of God? How can we identify a legitimate incarnation of God in the modern day world? What are the common characteristics of all incarnati...
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Vedic Mathematics is a book written by the Indian monk Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha and first published in 1965. It contains a list of mental calculation techniques claimed to be based on the Vedas. The mental calculation system mentioned in the book is also known by the same name or as "Vedic Maths". Its characterization as "Vedic" mathematics has been criticized by academics, who have also opposed its inclusion in the Indian school curriculum.
== History ==
Although the book was first published in 1965, Tirthaji had been propagating the techniques since much earlier, through lectures and classes...
Krishna and Balarama learned from Saandeepani is described in Srimad Bhagavatam (10.45):
SB 10.45.32 — Sāndīpani thought very highly of these two self-controlled disciples, whom he had obtained so fortuitously. By serving him as devotedly as one would serve the Supreme Lord Himself, They show...
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Satya Yuga is the first among the four yugas, where Dharma (religious principles) were followed to the perfection. Dharma can be found to be in perfect practice only in Rama Rajya and nowhere else. Naturally, we can deduce that the citizens of Rama Rajya are first class Vaishnavas, being devotees...
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We have good guidelines on answering in our Frequently Asked Questions as well as in the default help center in How to Answer pages. A good answer should the doubts raised in the question. It should be written in such a way that the readers need not to check external sources or check external lin...
What is the symbolic meaning behind the siva-sakthi triangle? I know there are several vairATIONS OF SYMBOLS that can represent her, but what does this upside-down triangle with the dot in the middle mean specifically?
In search of following queries related to Chhath Puja, I have gone through many links.
What is the historical stories for Chhath Puja?
Who is Chhath Mata/ Chhathi Maiya?
Why Chhath Puja is also called Surya Shashti?
I read many articles. Links say as followings:
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