Posts Tagged ‘ Hinduism ’

Yaksha Prasana – Q & A between Yaksha and Yudhishtra

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April 14, 2009

Yaksha Prashna is an episode from Mahabharata . It is the dialogue between Yaksha and Yudhishtra . The pandava brothers one by one goes to fetch water from a pond . Out of Ego and maya , Ignoring the voice of a Yaksha  ,warning them not to drink the water, each one of the...
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A conversation with my aunt

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January 25, 2009

I was having a conversation with my aunt 3 weeks back when I visited my native. She is spritual. She has followed various path of hindu philosophies and finally she found her way in the teachings of  Vethathiri  Maharishi and Jaggi Vasudev , the founder of Isha foundation  So I asked her about God and...
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Diwali Damaka Memories

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October 26, 2008
Diwali Damaka Memories

This is festival season and now its Diwali time. Diwali is always a much awaited, fun filled festival. It evokes in me childhood memories.  Let me recap my childhood memories of Diwali. Diwali is a celebration of light. As a kid, I always looked forward to this festival mainly cause its time for crackers and  lights! Those...
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Someone stole the moon in bangalore

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October 18, 2008

So yesterday was Karvachauth day. In south , we dont have the celebration of the festival. So naturally i had no clue of the festival during my growing days. First time , i came to know that such festivity exists was through the hindi movie Hum dil de chuke sanam. I was quiet dazzled by...
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I give you three wishes

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October 16, 2008

“I Give You Three Wishes” A man who was very poor thought that he might be able to please God in the form of the image in a famous temple. If he succeeded, he would ask for a boon — a special favor. He used to take to the temple whateverhe could scrape together...
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Crossing the Waters

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October 13, 2008

This is one story that my father often used to say when i was child. Its a story narrated by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahans about the belief and faith. This story is about a farmer’s daughter whose duty it was to carry fresh milk to customers in various villages. One of the customers was a...
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A study on Soul

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October 2, 2008

A Study on Soul SOUL – the life force / energy that keeps a body moving . Science has made so much of advancement but still the concept of the life force/energy is still a mystery or uncharted path for scientists. In this context, it is definitely worth proud of and worth admiring a...
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Dasara Celebrations

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September 30, 2008
Dasara Celebrations

  Navratri starts today. This one used to be my much awaited festival during my childhood for two reasons. First, we get 10 days of school holidays. Second, the way we celebrate Dasara or Golu as we call in Tamil. Let me go back to flashback days and recall the Golu days. The arrival of Golu proceeds...
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Ghatti Subramanya Temple

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September 15, 2008

So one day my dad consulted the family astrologer , who is some 85+ years now . He did prasanam and after checking horoscope told him that i should perform a puja for sarpa dhosha !! So i was told that i should do the sarpa dosha puja . I tried googling to study about sarpa...
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Kalki Avatar and Mohammed

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September 11, 2008
Kalki Avatar and Mohammed

Other day i came across a community topic relating Kalki Avatar and Mohammed . Many points made to argue that Mohammed is indeed the Kalki Avatar mentioned in the Hindu scriptures. If one is determined , we can corelate any two incidents in this world by hook or crook by selectively avoiding major faults...
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