Tag: Hinduism

“Om Namah Shivaya, Om Namah Shivaya” is few words hymned by the Sages, Pundits & your gurus. These’re mantras that’re hummed to request Lord Shiva for blessings. When one speaks the name Lord Shiva, it intuitively recalls him/her of the Tripundra; a representation formed ...

Maya is a well-known and extensively discussed topic in Hinduism. Mainly, it refers to the illusion of reality, which prevents us from seeing the ultimate truth of life. While Maya might be perceived as an hindrance to spiritual progress, it is also a tool for understanding the divine activity ...

In a feminist’s life, religion will always have an omnipresent (and sometimes nagging) role, especially if one identifies with a religion or grows up in a religious community. It is very tricky to reconcile gender roles and religion because many religions rely on patriarchal structures and the...

Hinduism is belief having several ways to get away from evils. If you follow with heart and might, then surely you’ll get positive results. Amongst all these techniques and rituals, wearing holy threads on body parts also has its own importance. You must’ve noticed, a lot of Hinduism ...

There is a strange misconception about paganism, which consists in presenting paganism as a closed, precise, list of religions : European pre-christian polytheist religions. But paganism is not a list. Paganism is a broad category used to describe a certain type of religion : an ancestral and local ...

Among them there are four primary bearings for example North (Uttar), East (Purva), West (Paschim) and South (Dakshin) and four subheadings North-East (lshaanya), South-East (Aagneya), North-West (Vayavya) and South-West (Nairutya) remaining two are Hell and Heaven. This is obviously a legendary ...