In Srimad Bhagavatam, when Brahma was created in the navel of Sri Vishnu, he was dumbfounded and lost. Sri Vishnu appeared before him and gave him his hand and then Brahma started creation. The
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The Hindu Gods and their consorts – I
What is the significance behind Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva’s consorts? Brahma is the Lord of creation. To carry out the task of creation properly, the most important requisite is Knowledge or Vidhya,
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The Six Faces
Lord Karthikeya is said to have six faces. The first face represents the syllable ‘a’ The second face represents the syllable ‘u’ The third face represents the syllable ‘m’ Thus the first
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The Mind and the Moon
A few people have mental disorders / behave eccentric on full-moon days. This, modern science, attributes to the effect of the moon’s power on the human mind. In fact, the word ‘lunatic’ comes
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Mars is red — Pathfinder?
In Indian astrology, to address the influence of planet Mars, generally wearing red color attire, wearing coral (which is also red) and offering red colored flowers are prescribed. Recently we find
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Lunar soil
It has been said in the 4th Kaanda of Krishna Yajur Veda, ‘Chandramasi Krishnam’ – That objects on moon are black. Recently when man landed on the moon and collected samples from moon’s
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The rainbow
When one goes to Navagraha temples, he finds that only the Sun God has a chariot. The chariot is driven by 7 horses, not 6, not 8 , but exactly seven horses. Do you know the significance of the 7
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Kritivasan
In Poompuhar where idols are sold, one can find an idol of Nataraja wearing elephant skin. This cannot be found in Chidambaram Nataraja. This Nataraja is known as Kritivasa. When followers of Karma
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The 5 Pranas
There are 5 Pranas in our body: Prana, Vyana, Apana, Samana, Udhana. The 5 snakes entwining the torso of Lord Nataraja (the dancing form of Lord Shiva) represents these 5 Pranas. There are 9 openings
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Avuncular connections
Sri Maha Vishnu married Sri Lakshmi who emerged from the ‘ksheerabdi’ or the ocean of milk. The moon emerged from the ocean too, and hence is considered the brother of Maha Lakshmi. Sri Maha
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Vishnu’s 24 Avatars
Why is Maha Vishnu said to have taken 24 major Avatars? Maha Vishnu sports four different artifacts in his four hands — ’shanka’ (conch), ‘chakra’ (wheel), ‘gadha’ (mace) and
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Mahans, the true patriots
All the Mahans who incarnated in our Bharata Desa have always treated love for the Nation and Love of God as one and the same. Our Mahans have at one time laboured for the freedom of our Country. It
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