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Shivling has been found in Gyanvapi, Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh, and the supreme court today ordered to seal the area
The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Varanasi District Magistrate to
protect the ...
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As there is already a question about Jnanavapi, where answers are quoting from Skanda Purana, Kashi Khanda to give the details information about Jnanavapi. It says:
Īśāna who was identical with Rudra ...
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I was watching this video about the Ramayana. Towards the end, it says that several characters in the Ramayana can be called the hero in the context of Hindu beliefs and traditions, because they all ...
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Bagavath Geetha and several other scriptures contain details about 'Prakriti'.
In simple words, Prakriti is the unmanifested seed state of a Jiva that is present in para brahman. I want to know all ...
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It is said that the below quote confirms that one has to worship the image – also see link to the question Is there anywhere in the scriptures where it say we should worship God through an Idol?
Gita ...
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When one eats food from a few vessels, the food as well as those vessels become Ucchista (उच्छिष्ट) (the food and hand touch the mouth, the same used hand touches those vessels to take new food from ...
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There are lots of TV serials that have incidents like Hanuman fighting Siva, trying to swallow the sun and so forth.
Are there canonical scriptures that are centered around Hanuman?
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I always wanted to read Bhagavad Gita but didn't get time. Recently one of my friend suggested to read it.
I have the following questions:
Can anybody suggest me how to get started with Bhagavad ...
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After reading this answer, I am curious to know how many kilometers or miles are equal to one yojana.
Below is some of the information taken from the above link. Here a league equals one yojana
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The Yogis claim that of all the energies that are in the human body
the highest is what they call "Ojas". Now this Ojas is stored up in
the brain, and the more Ojas is in a man's head, the more ...
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I am a volunteer who helps feed elderly and disabled people. They choose their meal from the cafeteria, and I feed it to them.
My role (which I recently began) has led me to a dilemma. As a Hindu, I ...
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Kartikeya is elder son of lord Shiva and goddess Parvati, but he is not worshiped much compared to his dad, mother and brother.
If you visit temples in our country, rarely any temple will have an ...
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ २-४७
Karmanye vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana । Ma Karmaphalaheturbhurma
Te Sangostvakarmani ।।
Meaning- ...
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As you can see in many pictures of Shiva, he wears a naga wrapped around his neck.
Credits for Image
So is there any reason behind keeping that naga around his neck, or is that a vahan for lord Shiv ...
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Can you answer these questions?
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the Mahopanishad citation seems to be authentic
Ēkō nārāyaṇa āsīt na brahmā nēśānō ~ Only Narayana existed In the beginning, Not brahma, not Ishana (Shiva)
The alleged first line of Paingirahasya ...
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Their argument is stated as below:
https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-sarva-darsana-samgraha/d/doc79745.html
If the Śrāddha produces gratification to beings who are dead,
Then here, too, in ...
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some questions relating to Indrajit's killing:
(1) Could he only be killed by someone who didn't sleep for 14 years? did that person also have to be celibate for 14 years?
(2) Would he have become ...
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