Tag: Lord

In the beginning, in the ‘beginning’, this is the gate to the Lord, the righteous shall enter into it (Psalms 118:20). This is the gate of the righteous, who have permission to ascend there, and the others who are not righteous are pushed away from there. There are inscribed and depicted...

We have been reading so far and you know, the First house | Ascendant | Lagna is your self, physique, personality, overall health, life path and head in human body etc. 7th house in Vedic astrology is the house of partnerships, the most important partnership is marriage. Until...

“Force of nature”, “Source of mysteries” or “Guide to the universe”? Most people would not pick either of the previous three statements when asked to answer the question: “What is Islam”? They would rather stick with the more traditional “Seco...

Note that the words Dwa and Dash are different in this verse. Yedwadash refers to not twelve but to “two” and tens to “Dasharatha”. In this, Mother Sita is telling Ravana, that in two years at the place of King Dasharatha of the Ikshvaku clan, he has received all kinds of hap...

In Tamil Nadu Kabaalishwaran temple is Lord Shiva’s temple and Kabaali refers to Lord Shiva. The black stone at Kaaba is held sacred and holy in Islam and is called “Hajre Aswad” from the Sanskrit word Sanghey Ashweta or Non-white stone. The Shiva Lingam is also called Sanghey...

In the distant era of the Rigveda, when the land of ancient India was still a cradle of civilizations and mysticism, there emerged a noble and powerful clan known as the Yaduvansh. The Yaduvansh was one of the five pure Aryan clans, descended from the great King Yadu, who was renowned for his valour...

To see the Lord of Universe or Lord Jagannath, one has to climb the twenty two steps (baisi pahacha in odiya) through lions gate (simha dwar). Many interpretations are there to symbolise these twenty two steps which are to be climbed to reach inner complex of the temple. Different religious interpre...

The outer wall of Lord Jagannath Temple has gates openings for the devotees in the four direction. These four gates are represented by the four animals. In the east there is lion and hence called lion’s gate or sinhadwar. In the west there is tiger hence tiger’s gate or Vyaghradwar. In t...