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01/08/2016

Pomp and gaiety mark Bonalu festivities in Old City, final rituals today

The festival held on the last Sunday of ‘Ashada’ month was celebrated with pomp and gaiety under the watchful eyes of security and civic officials.

25/07/2016

The festival, celebrated in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, begins at the Golconda Mahankali temple situated within the Golconda Fort.

20/07/2016

Celebrating bond with guru on Guru Purnima

Varanasi: Guru Purnima was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety on Tuesday. A large number of people were present at various ashrams to pay respect to gurus.

Vyas Purnima, also known as Guru Purnima, is the birth anniversary of Guru Ved Vyas. The festival is celebrated in his honour. It as a symbol of 'guru-shishya' tradition. People pay obeisance to those who have helped shape one's life. The full moon day festival in the month of Ashaad is also the first among the slew of festivals during the 'Chaturmaas' period.

On Tuesday, people were seen congregating at different ashrams and mutts to seek blessings from their guru and also show their respect to them. A large crowd was seen at Aghorachaya Baba Keenaram Aghor Shodh Evam Seva Sansthan in Ravindrapuri, Shri Dharma Sangh Shiksha Mandal, Garhwaghat Ashram, Tulsi Ghat, Sarveshwari Sansthan Padao, Machli Bandar mutt, Hathiya Ram mutt, Satua Baba Ashram, Chetan mutt and others.

At Aghorpeeth Baba Keenaram Sthal in Ravindrapuri, prayers and 'arti' was organized, after which devotees sought blessings from Aghoracharya Baba Siddharth Gautam Ramji. Various activities including cultural and religious programmes were held. Art of Living organized a cultural programme-cum-satsang at Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, AOL will organize a plantation drive at Krishna Dharamshala in Cantonment area. A number of devotees, thronged ghats along Ganga and took a holy dip in the morning.

15/07/2016

Toli Ekadasi (తొలి ఏకాదశి)
Toli Ekadasi (తొలి ఏకాదశి)is considered as the first festival of coastal Andhra Pradesh.Ekadasi is also known as Deva Sahayani Ekadasi or Hari Sayani Ekadasi and the Chatur Mas Vrat (Four Holy Months in Hinduism) begins from the day.The night time of Devas begins on this day and is believed that Lord Vihnu goes to sleep from the day.

Toli Ekadasi is celebrated in Coastal Region of Andhra Pradesh,in the month of may or early part of june.

Toli Ekadasi is regarded as a very sacred day to Farmers.This festivals replicates Eruvaka festival that is celebrated by farmers.Farmers sow seeds after the first rain on the day of Toli Ekadasi.This festival is marked with pooja of all agricultural implements.As this is a sacred festival for farmers,people who want to get into farming are imposed on this day.

The farmers fast on this sacred day to pay their homage and break the fast at the dawn commensing with a pooja and eat fruits after the fast.

It is believed that by praying on Toli Ekadasi will help a person from redumption if sins.

MEDITATION ON VISHNU
Om sāntākāram bhujaga-shayanam padma-nābham suresham
vishvādhāram gagana-sadrisham megha-varnam sabhāngam
Lakshmi-kāntam kamala-nayanam yogi-vidya dhyāna-gamyam
vande Vishnum bhava-bhaya-haram sarva-lokaika-nātham

I salute Vishnu, the sole master of the universe, whose presence is very peaceful, who stretches Himself on a serpent-bed, who sports a lotus in His navel, who is the one lord of all the Devas, who is the support of the worlds, who is subtle and all-pervading like the sky, whose complexion is like that of the clouds, whose form is very beautiful, who is the consort of Sri, whose eyes are like lotus petals, who is meditated upon by yogis and who eradicates the fear of samsara.

śuklāṁbaradharaṁ viṣṇuṁ śaśivarṇaṁ caturbhujam |
prasannavadanaṁ dhyāyet sarvavighnōpaśāṁtaye || 1 ||

Dressed in white you are,
oh,all prevading one,
and glowing with the colour of moon.
With four arms,you are,the all knowing one
I meditate on your ever-smiling face,
and pray,romove all obstacles on my way.

13/07/2016

Neuro-theology attempts to explain religious experience, transcendental states, and intangibles like faith, in neuroscientific terms. It uses advanced imaging modalities like PET scan, f-MRI and other technological applications to study correlations of neural phenomena with subjective experiences of spirituality and hypotheses to explain these phenomena.

Can experience ever be objectively documented or measured? Could experience be reduced to neuro-chemistry and then measured in micro electron voltage potentials?

Experience is essentially a “qualia” phenomenon. Feelings, experiences, and emotions vary widely in different people subjected to similar sensory inputs. The sight of a lush green meadow for example will elicit a unique sensation that's exclusive for each individual. Qualia are complex entities comprised of objective sensory data tagged with a subjective affective component. This affective component draws inputs from the conscious as well as subconscious realms.

Whether qualia actually exist is hotly debated and that is largely because they are considered as being an obvious refutation of physicalism.

Philosophers often use the term ‘qualia’ (singular: ‘quale’) to refer to the introspective, phenomenal aspects of our mental constructs.
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12/07/2016

Why does lord Shiva wear a snake around his neck? - http://bit.ly/29Gp5wm

1. Matsya Purana states when depicting Bhagvan Shiva, the Lord should be garlanded with snakes. Most images of Shiva in modern day only depict a single snake around his neck. The five-headed snake forming a canopy over Shivling is another common representation. Puranas and other holy scriptures have...

11/07/2016

The 12 Manifestations of Shiva - http://bit.ly/29DoITt

In the Shiva Purana, Lord Shiva is celebrated in the five elements of Nature governed by him - Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space. Each of these elements is symbolized and worshiped

09/07/2016

Gayatri Mantra is a highly revered mantra from the Vedas. Modern Hindu reform movements spread the practice of the mantra to include women and all castes and its use is now very widespread.

08/07/2016

Lord Shiva Crying Water After Watching This..

At the highest level, Shiva is regarded as limitless, transcendent, unchanging and formless. Shiva also has many benevolent and fearsome forms. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Y

07/07/2016

06/07/2016

The replica of the world famous Puri Jagannath Temple is constructed in Hyderabad and inaugurated and consecrated in 2009. The idols of divine trio in Puri – Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Sub…

06/07/2016

PURI: THE Technical Core Committee of the State Government inspected the damaged portion of Jagamohan in Jagannath Temple here on Tuesday. The team found cracks in seven pockets and extensive damage in the North-West portion.