Hinduism

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Sumerian antiquities at the Louvre – 11

Posted by hbhatnagar ⋅ 29/11/2020 ⋅ 2 Comments

Votive offerings Little models of homes/temples were offered to Sumerian gods and goddesses as part of worship rituals, asking the deity to protect the supplicant. What struck me immediately I saw these were the similarities with certain Hindu ritual offerings. On Diwali in Northern India, Hindus create a small temple of sorts at home and … Continue reading →

Manu Temple, Manali

Posted by hbhatnagar ⋅ 27/01/2018 ⋅ 4 Comments

Standing in the cool crisp morning mountain air, in an ancient wood temple, the scent of incense heavy around me, the sound of drums and cymbals and trumpets reverberating around, I could see why faith moves people.

Hadimba Temple

Posted by hbhatnagar ⋅ 20/10/2017 ⋅ 4 Comments

Hadimba (Hidimba) is a small figure in the Mahabharat, the great INdian epic. She is a rakshas (inhuman, probably a reference to her purported hill tribe origin). She marries one of the heroes of the epic and has a son who goes on to play a small but significant part in the great battle the … Continue reading →

On Creation…

Posted by hbhatnagar ⋅ 11/10/2011 ⋅ 8 Comments

There’s an ancient Hindu verse that goes: “Why is it that Brahma (the god of creation) made this world and leaves it so? If, being all powerful, he leaves it so, he is not good. And if not all-powerful, he is not god” I never found a believer who could answer this to my satisfaction.

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