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Maa Shailputri on first day of Navratri ? Origin Story of Goddess Shaiputri | Color dedicated to Maa Shailputri and much more to know!

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  Since everyone is now enjoying Navratri. You and others in your family may be fasting right now. I therefore intended to include additional details on each of the nine Devi Maa in each blog post because, well, why not? One of the most divine and calm manifestations of Goddess Durga is Maa Shailputri. On the first day of the Navratri celebration, one of the Navadurgas, she is worshipped. By grouping the Sanskrit words "Shail," which means "mountains," and "Putri," that means "daughter," Mata Shailputri's name is formed- "daughter of the mountains." Other names for Shailputri Maa include Mata Sati Bhavani(relaated to her prior birth), Goddess Parvati, and Maa Hemavati. Similarly, she goes by the name Pratham Shailputri. On the first day of this holy celebration, she is worshipped as the first Devi of Navratri.  She was born as the daughter of Parvat Raj Himalaya, the Mountain King- Himavat. Origin Story Maa Shailputri was King Daksh...

Indian Superstitions And The Logic Behind Them

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India is a country which follows many cultures. It is a perfect mix of tradition and modernity and there are many old age practices we're following even now.  Living in a country like India, I'm pretty sure we have all heard a lot of superstitions from our parents and relatives. A lot of myths and beliefs which make no sense at all and have no logic behind them. And yet we're forced to follow them because that's what we are made to believe. As a child when our parents used to force us to follow these superstitions, we always used to wonder "Why", why do we believe in something which makes no sense at all. So wouldn't it be nice to actually know the science behind these superstitions, to actually understand the logic behind them. There must be a reason our ancestors made this superstitions, some place where these myths came from. Note that I'm not defending them or going against them but it is important to keep our mind open to new ideas and giving a ch...

Why we burn clothes of deceased in Hindu Culture? The science behind 'not' keeping dead person's clothes | About basic physical manifestation of energy according to Hindu Mythology and culture and much more for you to understand the concept|

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  Did you see the Kim Kardashian wearing legendary dress of Marilyn Monroe? Marilyn is dead but still alive in millions of hearts, but did you ever think about why our Indian parents and old being in our family burn or distribute deceased person's clothes in a weird way? Did it make sense to you then every time they did the same over and over again? Honestly it didn’t to me. Thus, I researched about it. Here what I found and think about “One should not keep or wear deceased being clothes or closely related clothes”. Kashi Vishwanath Shamshan Ghat  As I have already talked in my previous blogs that everything in the universe is some kind of energy and that really doesn’t mean that if you don’t know what kind of energy thing contain and purpose of the same; you can’t judge that since you don’t the energy and if you ask me if I believe in the theory “everything  is a form of energy”, then I would say yes, I do. Even science believes the same. Now that we all know that ever...

Everything We Need To Know about Lord Ganesh and his symbolism in the Hinduism| Energies and Anecdotes of Lord Ganesh in Hindu Scriptures| Birth of Lord Ganesh |

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  L ord Ganesh, quite renowned named since our childhoods through cartoons and animated movies mostly, if you are an Indian kid. Chubby-cute god with irresistible cuteness in his almost all of the movies and cartoon characters, but did you know his stories, his elephant head, his every specialty and differences is coded with some great lessons? Here, we would try to decode those code as per our thinking capability. Description      "If we don’t honor the Ganas, then our every action is a form of thievery, as it is unsanctioned. Therefore, instead of propitiating each Gana in order to receive their blessings, we bow to their Lord, Sri Ganesha", this was the boon given by Trideva to Lord Ganesha. 2007 Released on the friendship between Lord Ganesh and his devotee kid      Lord Ganesha clears the obstacles and paves the way for us to move forward in life. The large elephant head of Lord Ganesha symbolizes wisdom, understanding, and a discriminat...