Tag: Hinduism
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Day 2 of Pancha Ganapati Festival
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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Happy Pancha Ganapati Day 1
Pancha Ganapati is a modern Hindu festival of the Five-Faced (pancha means “five”) Ganesha. My guru, Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami says in his book “Loving Ganesha”, “The winter solstice has always been a festive time of year in all countries and religions, among ...
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New York 5th Graders and Hinduism
A couple of weeks back a friend asked me if I would be willing to teach a class on Hinduism at his son’s school. They have been studying India and Hinduism in their social studies class and he thought it would be nice for me to share some of my experiences and thoughts with them.…
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Pushkar’s Festivities and Parade
Continuing our coverage of our recent spiritual adventure to northwestern India. It’s our last day in Pushkar. So much going on during the Pushkar camel fair that we feel like we have so much to share. The camel trading is winding down and many of the traders are making the long walk home. ...
Read MoreChidambaram’s dedicated priests
One of the joys of traveling is getting to know the locals, their way of life and the things that are important to them. On Vedic Odyssey’s spiritual adventures we take great pride in ensuring our spiritual adventurers get to experience this. During our visit to Chidambaram last year we spe...
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Our next Spiritual Adventure
South India and Malaysia, Jan-Feb 2012 A spiritual adventure of festivals and ancient temples. This spiritual adventure is for those who are serious about making progress on the spiritual path. The journey is very much focused on visiting temples, exploring deeply the mysticism of Hinduism, meeti...
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A Kumbha Mela photo from the archives
I was going through some photos from last year’s Kumbha Mela festival in Haridwar, North India and came across this image of one of the sadhus and I thought I’d share it with you all.
Read MoreSiva Bhajans/Kirtans
Here’s a video of Muni Natarajan, one of the teachers, leading the youth in a few Shiva bhajans/kirtans at the Hindu Youth Camp in West Virginia that took place last week.
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