Stunning drone shots of ‘in-the-making’ BAPS Hindu Mandir in UAE
The Dubai Hindu Temple is a place of worship for Hindus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The small temple caters to the large Hindu community in the United Arab Emirates.
The temple, which is said to be UAE's first community-driven temple, is located in Jebel Ali's 'Worship Village' in Dubai. A newly-constructed Hindu temple in Dubai was opened to devotees on Wednesday in a grand ceremony, reported local media.
In Hinduism, the days of the week are associated with certain deities. It is believed that observing a fast or performing special Poojas for these deities on their favorite days can bring their blessings and many benefits.
Monday is Shiva’s favorite day. But Karthika Somavaram, or the Mondays in Karthika month (November-December) of the Hindu calendar, have special importance. One of Shiva’s names is Soma or Someshwara, meaning ‘the one who wears Soma or the crescent moon on his hair or head’.
How to Observe Karthika Somavaram?
On Karthika Somavaram, people wake up before dawn and have a holy bath in a river or pond or take a head bath at home. They visit Shiva temples and perform Rudrabishekam and Archana. They also offer Bilva leaves to the deity.
The fast is from morning till evening. It is broken by eating fruits or dinner. Some light diyas when the stars come out or light a 1000-wick ghee diya in the Shiva temple. They may also do Deepa danam to a Brahmin in the evening. Some devotees seek blessings from an elderly couple. This is believed to be seeking blessings from Shiva and his consort, Parvathi.
Karthika Somavaram Vratham Benefits
Fasting and performing Poojas on Monday elevates our consciousness which gets tuned into the higher realms. The planetary ruler of Monday is the Moon, which rules our minds. It is believed that if one performs Pradosha vratham on Mondays and meditates on Shiva, one can experience God and even attain siddhis. The Scriptures say that a person who fasts on Mondays till evening, feeds a Brahmin, and eats food after seeing the stars will receive Shiva’s grace.
By fasting on Mondays, one can gain mastery over the mind. Shiva bears the crescent moon on his head. This indicates that has control over the movements of the Moon. So he is called Chandrashekara.
ఈ క్రింది నామాలతో యముడికి తర్పణం ఇవ్వడంద్వారా నరక భాధలు ఉండవు.
యమం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
ధర్మరాజం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
మృత్యం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
అంతకం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
వైవస్వతo తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
కాలం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
సర్వభూత క్షయం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
ఔదుంబరం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
ధధిo తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
నీలం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
పరమేష్టినం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
వృకోదరం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
చిత్రం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
చిత్రగుప్తం తర్పయామి ౩ సార్లు
Sankarabharanam is a 1980 Indian Telugu-language musical drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath. Produced by Edida Nageswara Rao under the production company Poornodaya Movie Creations, Sankarabharanam starred J. V. Somayajulu, Manju Bhargavi, Chandra Mohan, and Rajyalakshmi. The soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan and remained a chartbuster. The film throws light on the chasm between Classical and Western Music based on the perspective of people from two different generations.
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Released on 2 February 1980, the film was released in only a very few theatres and opened to almost empty halls. However, in a week through positive reviews and word of mouth theatres were packed. The film had 216-day run at Royal theatre, Hyderabad. The film was dubbed into Malayalam and released in New Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram and Kavitha Theatre, Ernakulam on 12 September 1980, where it ran successfully for over 200 days. It is considered a cult classic in Telugu cinema especially due to the use of carnatic music that is more true to the classical form than for film.
The Shiva Purana is one of eighteen major texts of the Purana genre of Sanskrit texts in Hinduism, and part of the Shaivism literature corpus. It primarily revolves around the Hindu god Shiva and goddess Parvati, but references and reveres all gods.
The Shiva Purana asserts that it once consisted of 100,000 verses set out in twelve Samhitas (Books); however, the Purana adds that it was abridged by Sage Vyasa before being taught to Romaharshana. The surviving manuscripts exist in many different versions and content, with one major version with seven books (traced to South India), another with six books, while the third version traced to the medieval Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent with no books but two large sections called Purva-Khanda (Previous Section) and Uttara-Khanda (Later Section). The two versions that include books, title some of the books same and others differently. The Shiva Purana, like other Puranas in Hindu literature, was likely a living text, which was routinely edited, recast and revised over a long period of time. The oldest manuscript of surviving texts was likely composed, estimates Klaus Klostermaier, around 10th- to 11th-century CE. Some chapters of currently surviving Shiva Purana manuscripts were likely composed after the 14th-century.
The Shiva Purana contains chapters with Shiva-centered cosmology, mythology, relationship between Gods, ethics, yoga, tirtha (pilgrimage) sites, bhakti, rivers and geography, and other topics. The text is an important source of historic information on different types and theology behind Shaivism in early 2nd-millennium CE. The oldest surviving chapters of the Shiva Purana have significant Advaita Vedanta philosophy, which is mixed in with theistic elements of bhakti.
In the 19th and 20th century, the Vayu Purana was sometimes titled as Shiva Purana, and sometimes proposed as a part of the complete Shiva Purana. With the discovery of more manuscripts, modern scholarship considers the two texts as different, with Vayu Purana as the more older text composed sometime before the 2nd-century CE. Some scholars list it as a Mahapurana, while some state it is an Upapurana.
Brahminical Oppression and Dalit Victimhood are best trump cards of certain Political and Religious cartels. These cartels have been misusing Sri Ramayanam in a malifide way to serve their own interests. In this doc film, we bring forward the truth...
Shaivites (worshippers of Shiva), for example, smear their foreheads with three horizontal lines of vibhuti, a sacred white ash that acts as a reminder of the temporary nature of the material world. Made of the burnt dried wood from Hindu fire rituals, the three lines of vibhuti are called tripundra, and represent Shiva’s threefold powers of will, knowledge, and action. Tripudra is also frequently worn with a dot made of kumkum (a powdered red turmeric) in the center, symbolizing the creative and energetic force of the Divine known as the Goddess Shakti.
Vaishnavas (worshippers of Vishnu) usually apply tilak using sandalwood, clay, or a mixture of both, in two vertical lines, which connect near the bridge of the nose to form a “U” shape called urdhva pundra. Though the depictions and layers of symbolism of urdhva pundra vary depending on the sect of Vaishnavism a person belongs to, the “U” is commonly seen as the footprint of Vishnu, indicating the wearer’s desire to become his humble and devoted servant.
The word Shruti literally means “heard” and consists of what Hindus believe to be eternal truths akin to natural law. These texts are revered as “revealed” or divine in origin and are believed to contain the foundational truths of Hinduism.
The second category of scripture is Smriti, which literally means “memory,” and is distinguished from Shruti in terms of its origin. Teachings in Smriti texts are meant to be remind adherents the eternal truths of Shruti, and read and interpreted in light of changing circumstances over kala (time), desha (land), and guna (personality).
‘India is a Secular Country!’. People who often flaunt these words attribute the Secular character of India to the Constitution of India – which is technically correct. But how come? and why is that Bharat has always been a Pluralistic society accommodative of any religion since thousands of years?
From a Dharmic standpoint, ISHTA DEVATHA – which means, ‘you worship the God of your choice’ has been part of Bharatiya Civilization. SARVE JANA SUKHINO BHAVANTU – Let us all live together in peace and harmony has been a core societal value in Bharat. Then what additional value Secularism brings to the table? Is Secularism relevant and essential to Bharat?
Shankara resolved many ideological conflicts and harmonized the society in Bharat. If Shankara deals with Secularism, then how would he respond? In this doc film, we will analyze…
Adi Shankara single handedly revived Hinduism when it was on the verge of collapse he went all over India and restore back our Sanatan Dharma by his reasoning,teaching and persistence we should forever be grateful to this person that our culture and Dharma is existing today.
Sengol is a gold sceptre, installed in India's new Parliament House in 2023. This Sengol was handed over to the first prime minister of the Republic of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, in 1947 by two sannyasis from Sri Amblavana Desigar in Thanjavur, who believed it apt that the first head of the new government of Free India be presented with a symbol of power and authority. Though Sengol is a generic term for sceptre in Tamil, the term got wider national attention after the Government of India decided to install the 1947 sceptre in the New Parliament House. On 28 May 2023, during the inauguration of the New Parliament House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi installed the sengol near the chair of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
A solemn and sacred Tamil tradition of Sengol (Dharma Danda) vesting ceremony accompanied by a recital of 11 verses from the Theveram text invoking the blessings of Shiva for the ruler took place on August 14, 1947, symbolising the transfer of power from British Viceroy Lord Mountbatten to Indian Prime Minister Pandit Nehru. It happened just before Pundit Nehru hoisted the national flag and addressed the nation at midnight.
Vesting the Sengol in the hands of the new ruler by Rajaguru is the Tamil Chola Empire tradition of anointing a new ruler. An ancient Tamil Shaiva Adheenam (Math) performed the ceremony and vested the Sengol in the hands of Pundit Nehru. The Sengol - which symbolises virtual and ethical rule – is highly spoken of in the ancient Tamil texts, and saint-poet Tiruvalluvar has written 10 verses celebrating Sengol and "Songonmai" – which means rule based on "Aram" – the Tamil world for Dharma.
Discover the mesmerizing tale of Kishkindha Kanda, an essential chapter from the epic Valmiki Ramayana. Join us as we delve into the profound significance of Kishkindha and witness the epic showdown between Vali and Sugriva. Lets dive into the Kishkindha Kanda story , katha or charithra or history in this video and the Importance Of Kishkindha in Valmiki Ramayana and Vali Sugriva Fight.
In this immersive video, we unravel the intriguing story behind Kishkindha, a mythical kingdom ruled by the mighty monkey-king Vali. Explore the rich symbolism and deep spiritual lessons embedded in this part of the ancient Indian epic.
Learn about the Kishkindha Kanda Story pivotal role of Kishkindha in the Ramayana narrative and its connection to Lord Rama's quest to rescue his beloved wife, Sita, from the clutches of the demon king Ravana. Understand the crucial alliance between Vali and Sugriva, two prominent Vanara warriors, and the challenges they face along their heroic journey.
Witness the intense Vali Sugriva fight, where loyalty, friendship, and justice collide. Uncover the moral dilemmas faced by these valiant warriors as they engage in a fierce battle for power and righteousness.
BHAGIRATHI was a super Civil engineer who made it possible to bring the Ganga to Plane lands from trapped mountain hills. He did a tremendous civil engineering job of making passage for the Ganga by cutting the mountains trap. The vast boulders which were cut through the hill tops are still present at the Gangotri and downstream passage of Ganga.
In our ancient scriptures this mega job is described as Tapa of Bhagirathi, which indeed was his Tapa, and the mountain traps were symbolized as Jata of Shiva.
Maya is a fundamental concept in Hindu philosophy, notably in the Advaita (Nondualist) school of Vedanta. Maya originally denoted the magic power with which a god can make human beings believe in what turns out to be an illusion. By extension, it later came to mean the powerful force that creates the cosmic illusion that the phenomenal world is real. For the Nondualists, maya is thus that cosmic force that presents the infinite brahman (the supreme being) as the finite phenomenal world. Maya is reflected on the individual level by human ignorance (ajnana) of the real nature of the self, which is mistaken for the empirical ego but which is in reality identical with brahman.
Sruti Smritis, Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas prophesy that there are no virtues beyond rituals. There can be no room for any doubt that the Indian Sanatana Dharmas and customs are applicable to all. This India is like God himself incarnated to destroy evil and is like Sanatana. That means Hinduism is orthodox. Who founded it; when and where established; Who named it; No one can say who propagated it. #Hindudharma has remained intact no matter how many tides it has been exposed to, unlike religions that have merged in the womb of time, it has remained intact even today.
When your children (of any age, especially during Teenage) become aggressive and don’t care parents (or) when you feel that they are getting spoiled, play this Audio everyday in front of them and you will start noticing a drastic positive change in their behaviour.
Alcatraz Island, byname The Rock, rocky island in San Francisco Bay, California, U.S. The island occupies an area of 22 acres (9 hectares) and is located 1.5 miles (2 km) offshore.
The island had little vegetation and was a seabird habitat when it was explored in 1775 by Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, who named it Isla de los Alcatraces (“Isle of the Pelicans”). Sold in 1849 to the U.S. government, Alcatraz was the site of the first lighthouse (1854) on the coast of California. Thereafter other buildings were erected on the island, and the first permanent army detachment was garrisoned there in 1859. In 1861 the island was designated a residence for military offenders. Later prisoners included some 19 Hopi Indians from the Arizona Territory who passively resisted government attempts to assimilate them and American soldiers fighting in the Philippines who had joined the Filipino cause in 1900. In 1907 the island was designated the Pacific Branch of the United States Military Prison.
From 1934 to 1963 it served as a federal prison for some of the most dangerous civilian prisoners. Among its famous denizens were Al Capone, George (“Machine Gun”) Kelly, and Robert Stroud, the “Birdman of Alcatraz” (the subject of the 1962 film of the same name). Although the Alcatraz penitentiary was able to house 450 convicts in cells that measured about 10 by 4.5 feet (3 by 1.5 metres), no more than 250 prisoners ever occupied the island at one time. Escape attempts were rare, but a few inmates did escape from the island; whether they survived the currents of the bay is unknown. One daring escape was popularized in the film Escape from Alcatraz (1979). Eventually the necessity of transporting fresh water to and waste away from the island resulted in its abandonment in 1963.
Alcatraz, the world’s most notorious prison, reveals its deepest secrets after the deadly waters that surround it are drained away.
There are many interesting facts about Lord Shiva that many people are unaware of.
Lord Shiva is generally worshipped in the form of a Shiva lingam, which is his aniconic form. A lingam is Hiranyagarbha (a golden egg) from which the whole universe originated. Lord Vishnu is also sometimes worshipped in the form of a lingam, which is a Shaligram stone but he is mainly worshipped in his original form or in the form of his incarnations.
Lord Shiva is also known as Adiyogi because he was the first one to practice yoga and penance. He is the progenitor of yoga. He imparted the knowledge of yoga to humans.
This video from lifeorama is about The Mighty Shiva Tatva Telugu, One of the biggest Mysteries Of The World related to Lord Shiva. We shall understand The Shiva Tattva which is the most misunderstood and unexplained mysteries to westernized population.
we shall learn more about lord shiva story in the upcoming videos such as shiva dhyana mantra. In our channel you shall find topics on shivaratri story and the importance of shiva.
Hope you like this video from lifeorama which is about The Mighty Shiva Tatva Telugu, One of the biggest Mysteries Of The World related to Lord Shiva.
Autobiography of a Yogi is one of the best-selling spiritual biographies of all time. The book is not merely read it is treasured and cherished by millions of spiritual seekers throughout the world.
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Paramahansa Yogananda, born Mukunda Lal Ghosh, was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced many westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a Yogi .
As per Drik Panchang, Shankaracharya was born on Panchami Tithi of Shukla Paksha in the month of Vaishakha in 788 CE. i.e., April 25, 2023. Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti has a great importance among Hindus and in the year 2023 people are celebrating the 1235th birth anniversary of Shankaracharya.
Neem Karoli Baba or Neeb Karori Baba, also known to his followers as 'Maharaj-ji', was a Hindu guru and a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman. He is known outside India for being the spiritual master of a number of Americans who travelled to India in the 1960s and 70s, the most well-known being the spiritual teachers Ram Dass and Bhagavan Das, and the musicians Krishna Das and Jai Uttal. His ashrams are in Kainchi, Vrindavan, Rishikesh, Shimla, Neem Karoli village near Khimasepur in Farrukhabad, Bhumiadhar, Hanumangarhi, and Delhi in India and in Taos, New Mexico, United States.
Adi Shankara, also called Adi Shankaracharya was an 8th-century Indian Vedic scholar and teacher or acharya. His works present a harmonizing reading of the sastras, with liberating knowledge of the self at its core, synthesizing the Advaita Vedanta teachings of his time.
Due to his later fame, over 300 texts are attributed to him, including commentaries, introductory topical expositions and poetry. However, most of these are likely to be written by admirers or pretenders or scholars with an eponymous name. Works known to be written by Shankara himself are the Brahmasutrabhasya, his commentaries on ten principal Upanishads, his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, and the Upadeśasāhasrī. The authenticity of Shankara being the author of Vivekacūḍāmaṇi has been questioned and mostly rejected by scholarship.
Ramanujacharya
Ramanuja, also known as Ramanujacharya, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and a social reformer. He is noted to be one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement.
Ramanuja's guru was Yādava Prakāśa, a scholar who according to tradition belonged to the Advaita Vedānta tradition, but probably was a Bhedabheda scholar. Sri Vaishnava tradition holds that Ramanuja disagreed with his guru and the non-dualistic Advaita Vedānta, and instead followed in the footsteps of Tamil Alvārs tradition, the scholars Nāthamuni and Yamunāchārya. Ramanuja is famous as the chief proponent of Vishishtadvaita subschool of Vedānta, and his disciples were likely authors of texts such as the Shatyayaniya Upanishad. Ramanuja himself wrote influential texts, such as bhāsya on the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, all in Sanskrit.
Ramana Maharshi 30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950 was an Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta. He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
He was born in Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, India. In 1895, an attraction to the sacred hill Arunachala and the 63 Nayanmars was aroused in him, and in 1896, at the age of 16, he had a "death-experience" where he became aware of a "current" or "force" which he recognized as his true "I" or "self", and which he later identified with "the personal God, or Iswara", that is, Shiva. This resulted in a state that he later described as "the state of mind of Iswara or the jnani". Six weeks later he left his uncle's home in Madurai, and journeyed to the holy mountain Arunachala, in Tiruvannamalai, where he took on the role of a sannyasin, and remained for the rest of his life.
Astrology is a pseudoscience that claims to divine information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the movements and relative positions of celestial objects. Astrology has been dated to at least the 2nd millennium BCE, and has its roots in calendrical systems used to predict seasonal shifts and to interpret celestial cycles as signs of divine communications.
What is Jyotishya?
Jyotisha or Jyotishya is the traditional Hindu system of astrology, also known as Hindu astrology, Indian astrology and more recently Vedic astrology. The term Hindu astrology has been in use as the English equivalent of Jyotiṣa since the early 19th century, whereas Vedic astrology is a relatively recent term, entering common usage in the 1970s with self-help publications on Āyurveda or yoga.
Maha Shivaratra is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in honor of Lord Shiva. The name also refers to the night when Lord Shiva performs the celestial dance called Tandava.
In each month of the Hindu luni-solar calendar, there is a Shivaratri - the "night of Shiva" - on the day before the new moon. But once a year, at the end of winter and before the arrival of summer (February/March) this night is known as "Maha Shivratri" - "The Great Night of Shiva". This day falls in Falguna month according to North Indian Hindu calendar and Magha according to South Indian Hindu calendar.
It is a significant festival in Hinduism, and the festival is solemn and marks the "overcoming of darkness and ignorance" in life and the world. It can be observed by remembering Shiva and offering prayers, fasting and meditating on ethics and virtues such as honesty, not hurting others, charity, forgiveness and finding Shiva. Devout devotees keep vigil throughout the night. Others visit one of the Shiva temples or go on a pilgrimage to the Jyotirlingas. The festival is an integral part of Hinduism and its origin predates recorded history, although some Western Indologists believe that the festival originated in the 5th century BCE. According to South Indian calendar, Maha Shivaratri is still celebrated on Chaturdashi tithi in Krishna Paksha of Magha month and in other parts of India, Krishna Paksha 13/14th night of Phalguna in Hindu calendar is still celebrated as Gregorian. . Same date.
In Kashmiri Shaivism, Shiva devotees from the Kashmir region call the festival Hara-ratri or Herat or phonetically simple Herat. In recent years, the Isha Foundation has been one of the main sponsors of such festivals in India and even Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the celebrations at the Giant Adiyogi site in Coimbatore.
