Category: Hinduism
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Day 3 Pancha Ganapati Festival 2012
We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 3 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book “Loving Ganesha” DECEMBER 23, RED The family sadhana for the third day is to create a vibration of love and harmony among business associates, the casual mercha...
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Day 2 Pancha Ganapati Festival 2012
We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 2 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book “Loving Ganesha” DECEMBER 22, BLUE “The family sadhana (spiritual practice) for the second day of Pancha Ganapati is to create a vibration of love and har...
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Day 1 Pancha Ganapati Festival 2012
Pancha Ganapati is a modern Hindu family festival of the Five-Faced (pancha means “five”) Ganesha. The festival was created by my guru many years ago and extends over a 5-day period. Each day has a particular focus and a spiritual practice for all members of the family to perform. Her...
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Worship at the Madurai Meenakshi Temple, India (Part 3)
This is part 3 of our series of posts on the Madurai Meenakshi temple in Tamil Nadu state in South India. Today’s images show Hindus worshiping in the temple. From statues carved into pillars to small shrines tucked away along the long corridors to the sanctum sanctorum, there is no shortag...
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Hanuman, Hinduism’s beloved Mahadeva (Part 2)
Morning at the Madurai Meenakshi Temple. Tamil Nadu, South India. (Part 2) Within the walls of Madurai’s famed Meenakshi temple we explore the area in front of the Siva Sanctum. The pillars in this area are amazing in beauty and in size, and probably the best in the entire temple. Most of t...
Read MoreIs God Siva male or female?
8 year old Rohan from the Caribbean asked his mother if God Siva is male or female? She replied that she thought Siva was genderless. Rohan then asked his mother if Siva is genderless then why is he married? Mom at this point said to Rohan “let’s email Dandapani and ask him”. I ...
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Extraordinary display of will at the Kumbha Mela
This is a photo of Naga Baba Amar Bharti Ji taken at the last Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, North India in 2010. According to those present at the location I was told he has been holding his arm in the air for 28 years. Many Hindus perform tapas or austerities of varying degrees and this…
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Thanjavur’s great temple
This morning on the way to the heart of the Chetinad region we stopped in Thanjavur to visit the temple built by the great south Indian king Raja Raja Chola. The temple’s name is Brihadeeswarar and is an architectural marvel. The 216 feet (66m) tower with its monolithic 80 ton dome is spect...
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