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Who is Bajrayogini?

Asked by raman rama in Puja & Rituals at 10:48 AM on January 23, 2009

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Bajrayogini, the goddess of yogic practices dances joyfully in bright red color. She is the consort of Heruka and personifies the feminine energy. The temple of Goddess Bajrayogini is situated 3 miles from Kathmandu.

Answered at 12:26 PM on January 23, 2009

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Who are hetaerae ?

Asked by raman rama in Puja & Rituals at 7:07 PM on January 20, 2009

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Hetaerae (hetairai, ‘female companions’), in Greece, a euphemistic name for prostitutes and courtesans. Many were musicians or dancers, hired to entertain at dinner parties. Some of them were highly accomplished and became known as the mistresses of distinguished men, as, for example, Aspasia (mistress of Periclēs), Lais (who loved Diogenēs the Cynic), Phrynē, and Leontion (who loved Epicurus). Hetaerae figured prominently as characters in New Comedy where they inspired infatuation in young men, and are often credited with hearts of gold.

Answered at 8:13 PM on January 20, 2009

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what are the references of Padayani in Mythology?

Asked by Amrita Ravi in Puja & Rituals at 7:22 PM on January 02, 2009

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The references of Padayani in Mythology is as under :

According to Hindu mythology, evolution of Padayani is as follows: Asura Darika delighted Lord Brahma through his hard practice of penance and gained blessings from him. According to this blessing, he would be killed only by a women. Darika went on with his atrocities. Failing to defend the wickedness of Darika, Devas approched Lord Shiva with their complaints. Hearing the wickedness of Darika, Lord shiva kindled with anger and opened his third eye bursting out fire. It is from this third eye, that kaali took her birth. Accepting the request of ‘Devas’ and obeying the instruction of her own father Shiva, Kaali left for the abode of Darika mounting herself on Vethal accompanied by ‘Koolee Ganam’. Fight between Darika and Kaali was really frightening . In the end Kaali cut off his head. Holding head in her hand and with overwhelming anger she returned to Kailasam. To pacify her and to satisfy her lust for blood, Devas consulting lord Shiva performed variety entertainments like dances, mimicry, dialogues, comedies etc. But all there attempts were in vain. As she was going to the inner apartment through the Gopura paused a while seeing the painting depicted angry Kaali. A smile appeared on her face. She asked her father "who drew this?". Shiva answered, This was drawn by Kurup’ (Kurupu Kurichu"). She glanced at the Kalam(Painting) once more and burst into laughter. Attempts made by Lord Shiva and his Bhoothagana to pacify and delight kaali are imitated as such in Padayani celebration. Even today kalamezhuthum Pattum is strictly conducted in Kaali temples with it own ritualistic originality. Kurup ( a caste) draws the kalam even now.

As the people promised to offer their own blood, kaali bacame quiet and delighted. Padayani is celebrated annually for the protection and prosperity of both village and villagers.

Answered at 7:52 PM on January 02, 2009

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What is Sittanavasal?

Asked by raman rama in Puja & Rituals at 7:43 PM on January 15, 2009

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Located at a distance of 58-km from Trichy is Sittanavasal, a site of an ancient Jain monastery with fine fresco paintings in a rock cave. Many of them are typical of the 9th century Pandyan period and include exquisitely detailed pictures of animals, fish, ducks, people gathering lotuses from a pond and two dancing figures. There are also inscriptions dating back to the 9th and 10th centuries. Fresco paintings from the 7th century can be seen on the ceiling of the Ardhamandapam.

There are many pre-historic burial sites around Sittanavasal and among the relics unearthed are burial urns, cists and Kurangupatarai.

Answered at 8:04 PM on January 15, 2009

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Who is Thanesar?

Asked by raman rama in Puja & Rituals at 2:30 PM on January 10, 2009

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THANESAR ("place of the god"), an ancient town of British India, in Karnal district of the Punjab, on the river Saraswati, Ioo m. by rail N. of Delhi: pop. (1901) 5066. As the centre of the tract called Kurukshetra in the Mahabharata, it has always been a holy place, and was in the seventh century the capital of King Harshavardhana, who ruled over all northern India. The bathing-fair held here on the occasion of a solar eclipse is said to be attended by half a million pilgrims.

Answered at 2:48 PM on January 10, 2009

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What is Uttarapatha?

Asked by raman rama in Puja & Rituals at 2:33 PM on January 10, 2009

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The northern division of Jambudípa. Its boundaries are nowhere explicitly stated in Páli literature. It has been suggested (See Law, Early Geog. of Bsm., pp.48ff) that Uttarápatha was originally the name of a great trade-route, the northern high road which extended from Sávatthi to Takkasilá in Gandhára, and that it lent its name - as did the Dakkhinápatha - to the region through which it passed. If this be so, the name would include practically the whole of Northern India, from Anga in the east to Gandhára in the north-west, and from the Himálaya in the north to the Vindhyá in the south. According to the brahmanical tradition, as recorded in the Kávyamímámsá (p.93), the Uttarápatha is to the west of Prithudaka (Pehoa, about fourteen miles west of Tháneswar).

Answered at 2:42 PM on January 10, 2009

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What is Daiva Dasakam?

Asked by Amrita Ravi in Puja & Rituals at 7:33 PM on January 02, 2009

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Daiva Dasakam is a prayer chanted wherever there are followers of Narayana Guru. It was composed by the Guru for young students living with him at the ashrams. The prayer begins devotionally, and somewhat dualistically, with the supplication of a person immersed in despair. But it then takes its readers from that beginning to a more precise, deeper and non-dualistic understanding of ourselves and of the numinous.

Answered at 7:42 PM on January 02, 2009

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What do you know about BADHAKADHIPATI?

Asked by gangadhar ti in Puja & Rituals at 5:57 PM on January 02, 2009

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Badhakadhipati - Lord of obstructions. A planet, which invariably creates difficulties whenever it gets a chance to do so. Such a planet has the capacity to destroy the auspicious effects of lucky planets.

Answered at 6:00 PM on January 02, 2009

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Which form of Ganapathi, we have to search for ?

Asked by vimla s in Puja & Rituals at 3:38 PM on December 31, 2008

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Dumdhi Ganapati is a Ganapati, we have to search for.

He holds in his hands a string of rudrAkSha (rosary), an axe, a pot full of gems and his own tusk. He who is known as dhuMDi and a remover obstacles(viGna rAja), may He give happiness to all of us.

He is of appropriate Red color.

Answered at 4:11 PM on December 31, 2008

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What is AYANAMSA?

Asked by gangadhar ti in Puja & Rituals at 5:56 PM on January 02, 2009

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Ayanamsa - The difference between the starting point of the Tropical and Sidereal Zodiacs, due to the precession of the equinoxes. There are several in use in India today, but the official government-sanctioned Lahiri ayanamsha is the most widely used.

Answered at 6:03 PM on January 02, 2009

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