Last night Hindus around the world celebrated Maha Shivratri or the Great Night of Shiva, commemorating Lord Shriva’s favourite day of the year. Three stripes of holy ash from burned cow dung are applied in stripes to the forehead, known as tripunda: This is a reminder of the impermanence of life and the need to [...]
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Maha Shivratri
Posted in Beliefs, Customs, Festivals, tagged Hinduism, Maha Shivratri on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Self Enquiry Life Fellowship
Posted in Beliefs, Religion, Spirituality, tagged Hinduism, Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda Giri, Self Enquiry Life Fellowship, Vedanta on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Self-Enquiry Life Fellowship is a California not-for-profit devoted to practices of the ancient Vedanta tradition, the philosophical religion of self-realisation revealing the ultimate nature of reality and being. His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda Giri is the head monk, teaching Himalayan meditation and Sanskrit philosophy. Vedanta is the final teaching of the Vedas, rooted in Hinduism and known [...]
The Bhil
Posted in Film, People, tagged 'A Narmada Diary' 1996, Bhil, Hinduism, India on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A group of tribal peoples in central India, Bhils number about 4 million and have a variety of Indic languages and Hindu customs. They work cultivating the land using simple tools. Bhils fought against the Moghals, the Maratha and the British to establish and retain their independence, they are experts in handling bows and arrows- the [...]
