When the gods will go green? A week back, Durga Puja celebrations were in full flow. All there was beating of drums, music, lightning, colourful pandals and parikramas. And in another couple of weeks, the king of all festivals ‘Diwali’ will be knocking your door. The country has a gamut of festivals to celebrate and every festival turns out to be a grand occasion to splurge. But unfortunately, many of these festivals are posing a serious threat to environment. The onset of making these idols
Nav-Durga In many temples, homes and calendars, this image is prevalent. It is well known, yet many may not know the meaning behind it. This is an image of the nine forms of the goddess Durga, often called Nav Durga, with ‘nav’ being the word for nine. Together, the symbols and emblems show Nav Durga is a very significant group of goddesses for Hindus. This image shows the goddess Durga in nine of her forms. The goddess in the middle is the main form, Durga. This is evident because she is in the
Female deities in Indian and Aztec cultures. Religion has been an essential component in every culture throughout the history of mankind and has been extremely important in the development of art work from ancient periods. Evidence of beliefs in supernatural aspects of the reality has been found since the Paleolithic period; composite creatures, sacred animals, gods and goddesses are part of the many figures that have been worshipped around the world. Religions have evolved along with society during
The concept of the goddess--especially in her three-fold embodiment as maiden, mother, and crone-is amazingly persistent for writers who want to explore gender roles. In particular, Toni Morrison uses the triple goddess to consider varieties of "male" and "female" thinking and to see how many roles an individual may wind up playing. The goddess we are concerned with in this Essay is many and yet one. She is a moon goddess, with triple aspects. Ths most common names she has traveled under are Artemis
six hundred Nepalese objects in the Rubin Museum’s collection, this sculpture Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon is located in the forth floor of Rubin Museum that the “NEPALESE SEASONS: RAIN AND RITUAL” exhibition. Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon is made by gilt copper alloy in the 13th century in Nepal, which is about 11.125 inches height, 12.875 inches width and 7.375 inches depths. This magnificent sculpture of Durga is a jewel of Nepalese art. She is believed to be a Hindu goddess. She has numerous
Shri Durga is the Mother Creator. She is revered as Mahakali-Mahalakshmi-Maha Saraswati in the Durga Sapta Shati. She is the cause of that “Tatpursha” which is inferred from the Eco-system, perceived through the natural phenomenon and intuited upon by the men of devotion/Bhakta and faith to understand the higher realms of existence or Prakriti. There are thousands of Names of Durga, but She is popularly revered as Devi/Shakti/Durga/Amba. A shloka in Dev Suktam supports this view, which reads as:
standing and statement of faith all through the nation. The fifteen days of festivity happens amid the splendid lunar fortnight finishing upon the arrival of the full moon. Exhaustive out the kingdom of Nepal the goddess Durga in every one of her signs are worshiped with multitudinous pujas, plenteous offerings and a large number of creature penances for the custom heavenly washing, in this way soaking the goddess for a considerable length of time in blood. Dashain recognizes an extraordinary triumph
Religious Festivals "Religious festivals in Christianity and Hinduism" The concept of religion has many different definitions, particularly amongst different societies and cultures. Many of the assumptions we hold about the characteristics of religion are given to us by the society we live in or by our community. Which for some people may be a religious community. When dealing with the signs of religion, there would be general agreement that Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism
Description Durga, meaning "the invincible" is the principal form of the Goddess, also known as Devi and Shakti in Hinduism. Durga the mahashakti, the form and formless, is the root cause of creation, preservation and annihilation. According to legend, Durga was created for the slaying of the buffalo demon Mahisasura by Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and the lesser gods, who were otherwise powerless to overcome him. Embodying their collective energy (shakti), she is both derivative from the male divinities
entered through was much bigger but still maintained that square shape. Though there was only one deity figure in the smaller room, in the larger room there were multiple deities that the worshippers were doing puja for. While observing the worship going on, I saw one specific goddess, Durga, who was actually a North Indian goddess and brought to this South Indian temple because a wealthy North Indian benefactor had contributed a considerable amount of money to the temple and had requested that his
enculturate themselves for satisfaction and emotional emancipation. They organize ceremonies, family occasions like birth and death days, marriage and pujas in Hindu tradition and teach him about Hindu God- She teaches him to memorize a four lines children’s poem by Tagore, and the names of deities adorning the ten- hundred goddess Durga during puja: Saraswati with her swan and Kartik with his peacock to her left, Laxmi with her owl Ganesh with his mouse to her right. Pg 54
first festival that is talked about is Navarati. In southern India this is a festival for Devi, and her battle against Mahisha. During this festival, there are altars for the Goddess. In the first three days, people worship Devi in her display as Durga (p. 135). Eventually they worship her as Lakshmi, and then in the last three days she is worshipped as Sarasvati. This festival includes street processions, and the last day, or the “victorious tenth day”, is celebrated by all. This last day is about
which was eventually known as Hinduism. Hindu’s have many different practices such as Sanatana Dharma, Vedic worship, yoga and many other different rituals. Hindu’s also have many other beliefs and celebrations such as reincarnation, karma, prana, puja, samsara and many more. Hinduism is known for its beliefs, practices and gods and as the years pass by the religion still stands strong to what they believe. It is not unknown when Hinduism began, but Veda scriptures state that they were written in
The Namesake is a documentary of the ongoing quest of identity of the immigrants.. Diasporas often live in one country as community but yearn to reconnect across time and space to their origin. Culturally they experience fragmentation, marginalization and displacement in their migrated countries. There is a threat to their ethnic and cultural identity and often they are victims of mockery and domination. Thus, the diaspora are stuck in their perpetual dilemma of having lost their sense of belonging
2. Artist: Biren Pal Biren Paul the inhabitant of Ghurni is 48 years old, national award winner has done ultimate and eye catching creations in clay. He is famous for his human figures and mould works. Due to grievance& dissatisfaction in work and the low demand he went to lucknow for job and got a few thousand rupees monthly. But due to the costly livelihood there he came back to Ghurni. The other reason for returning Ghurni was his children and family. He has a shop there in Ghurni but income
actress became uncomfortable and even requested that fan to stop shooting, but he didn’t listen. Bipasa Basu During the promotion of her film Raaz 3 in 2012, a man in Ahmedabad tried to pull up Bipasha's skirt. The same year, she was felt up at a Durga Puja pandal. In 2003, when Bipasha was at a nightclub in Mumbai, a man tried to feel her up and then John Abraham came to her rescue. Anushka
support. Sri Adishanakaracharya disapproved extreme methods of tantric worship which included animal and human sacrifices. During his travels in the subcontinent, he encouraged the worship of shaktis through the traditional methods of rituals and puja rather than sacrifices and offerings of blood and
can escape the wheel samsara which was called moska. Hinduism mainly teaches that the universe is one and that we all one transcendent reality called Brahman. Brahma is creator, Vishnu is the preserver, and Shiva is the transformer or god of dance, Durga is the fierce and overprotective divine mother, Ganesh is the wise patron of success who is portrayed with an Elephant head. hinduism is almost the largest religion in the
Market For over 50 years, life insurance in India was defined and driven by only one company - the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). With the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Bill 1999 paving the way for entry of private companies into both life and general sectors there was bound to be new-found excitement - and new success stories. Today, just three years since their entry, their cumulative share has crossed 13% (Source: IRDA), far exceeding expectations. Clearly
At first, we could be mistaken that Rammohun Roy doesn’t share the ambivalence which other people such as Walter Ewer had but the idea of sati continues to provoke ambiguity into the arguments of even the most committed abolitionist. In the defense of the weak character of the Hindu women, Roy says “…the name of death makes the male shudder, that the female from her firmness of mind offers to burn with the corpse of her deceased husband.” Here Roy unintentionally agrees to the possibility of good