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POPSMusic For Children Indiayogi an online spiritual music store for children’s/kids, offers slokas for children, ganesha Sloka, shiva Sloka, Dakshinamurthy Sloka, Saraswati Sloka, Hayagriva Sloka, Rama Sloka, Krishna slokas, english nursery rhymes and lots more.
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POPSGet to know my culture- Thaipusam Thaipusam, an annual festival that is celebrated by the Tamil people which commemorates both the birthday of Lord Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. read more about Batu Caves and Thaipusam in the links below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaipusam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Caves
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POPSAcharya Vimal Kirthi - Awakened Gaze
Mudra (Mudhra) is a word in Sanskrit language that is used to signify a gesture, or a mystically significant position using the hands or body posture. The word Mudra is derived from the Sanskrit words Mu (as in Mudhaavaham or welcome) meaning bliss, and dhra meaning dissolving, Mudra is that which dissolves duality and brings together the divine and the devotee. Mudras are meaningful gestures with a specific attitude or frame of mind, performed with the hands, eyes and head position, body postures, with bhandans (locks as in hands or legs locked in a particular positon) and adhara (how they support their body in a particular position) and are used in a process of expansion of awareness. Mudras influence the mind through direct stimulation of the brain via the nervous system, and indirect stimulation through the brain via a manipulation of the prana (life force). Mudras in a spiritual context, are not a mere creation of an inventive mind of some Yoga teacher, but originally came spont
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POPSTraditional Holi Hindu Beverage Made with Cannabis Some say cannabis is used to numb one out of reality. I say Western Society has a very poor understanding of enlightenment and how to achieve inner peace. Either way, there is a strong historical precedent towards cannabis as a pathway to enlightened thought, aka "spiritual ecstasy." sounds good to me.
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POPSLingam Puja : How to Worship at Home? Quoted:"After the panchamrit abhishek, the lingam is cleaned with water from Ganga. (This is might not be possible always so just normal water.) After this the lingam is smeared with sandalwood paste and is decked with flowers. Water and sandalwood paste is used to keep the lingam cool, as Lord Shiva is always in a highly inflammable state. In some Shiva temples, cooling liquid constantly drops from pot hung above the Lingam."
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POPSKailash Cave Temple In the 8th and 9th centuries CE, the Kailash Cave Temple was carved out of the volcanic rock which formed countless plateaus in the western ghats (small mountain range), part of the geological formation known as the Deccan Plateau. Part of a group of 34 caves built into the side of this plateau, Kailash, cave number 16, is monumental by any standards. The Kailash rock-cut temple stands 30 metres (99 feet) high, 52 metres (170 feet) in length, and 33 metres (108 feet) wide. The other 33 caves, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain, were dug into the side of the plateau much like other cave dwellings, but Kailash appears to have been literally excavated from the top in order to create a free-standing temple encircled by smaller cave shrines, the entire complex carved out of the same black rock.