Monthly Archives: August 2020

INTRODUCTION The Vedas are one of the holy texts of the Hindu Scriptures. They are very useful in the present day. The Vedas consist of several kinds of texts, which were written during the ancient period. The recitation of Vedas is formed by the Mantras which contains prayers, and rituals etc. The Vedas are divided […]

INTRODUCTION Upanayana is one of the Hindu rituals and the wearing the sacred thread by the boy from the Vedic Guru, and to recite the Vedic mantras from therein after.In ancient times, young boys in the age of 7 would wear the sacred thread by conducting a simple ceremony, and they used to regularly perform […]

INTRODUCTION Ghanta is the other name for ritual bell used in the Hindu religious places and in the homes of Hindu devotees. The ringing of the bell produces the sound of “OM”. ‘Om’ is an eternal, universal sound, the Brahmanand it denotes the supreme spirit, also called as almighty. Hindu temples generally have one big metal bell which would be […]

Devyaṣṭottaraśatanāmāvalī108 names of the Divine Mother with Meaning OṃmahālakṣmīnamaḥGlory to MahāLakṣmī OṃīśvarīnamaḥGlory to the Goddess OṃkamalānamaḥGlory to the lotus [-like] (Lakṣmī) OṃchālānamaḥGlory to the moving (shaking, stirring) One OṃbhūtīnamaḥGlory to Existence Oṃhari-priyānamaḥGlory to the One who is dear to Viṣṇu OṃpadmānamaḥGlory to the lotus [-like] (Lakṣmī) Oṃpadmā-layānamaḥGlory to the lotus-dweller OṃsampatnamaḥGlory to the One who […]