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The Hindus believe that all living creatures die to be born again. Siddhartha who became the Buddha was no exception. It is believed that several lifetimes as a Bodhisattva go into the making of the Buddha, the Enlightened One.The Bodhisattva has come in many forms ? man, monkey, deer, elephant and lion. Whatever his mortal…

Kali Pooja On the night of Deepavali (Amaveseya, the darkest night), while the rest of India worships Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. Eastern India, particularly West Bengal worships Kali, the Goddess symbolizing strength. Spectacular images of Kali, installed by the community, are worshipped and immersed in rivers or sea. Kartika is the opening month of…

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Apart from the stories of the Lord’s Avatar, the Puranas also narrates a number of interesting stories. Some of them are given below: Lord Ganesh?s Marriage After the birth of Ganesha, one more son was born to Lord Siva and Parvati. He was Kartikeya. The two childrer grew up in the divine abode of Kailash….

The spoken word we understand if we know the language. The silent gestures we understand if we know the mind of the person making the gestures. In olden days the art of making signs and communicating ideas was considered a special science and some pundits used to make a special study of it. It was…

Though references of Indra occur in Hindu scriptures from Vedic times to the medieval age, there had been a gradual erosion in his importance. The Vedic Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, was among the most important deities, but by the Puranic period, he became almost a vassal of the Trimurti ? Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.In…