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Holi: the festival of colours.

  The purnami (full moon day) which falls after the mahashivratri (amavashya/new moon day) is celebrated as Dola purnami in every year. Dola purnami is often called as Holi. Holi which is famously described as the festival of colours and is celebrated among the masses irrespective of their beliefs, caste, religions. This article is described about the festival of Holi and it's allegory from different points of view in every possible way. Every religion,sect, cult has respective festivals of their own and they celebrated in their own ways. In fact festivals are designed and celebrated in such a way that people get benefits from it. It  actually works like a school environment. In a  school,where students come and learn different things not in a single period but in different periods like that people celebrate different festival in a year on different occasions and they act accordingly and learn new things which become a part of their daily life knowingly or unknowingly. So...

Mahashivratri:the most auspicious night of a year

 The Hindus celebrate many festivals in a year. According to some legends 366 festivals are celebrated in 365 days in india. So festival is an indispensable part of an Indian' life. Among those Ganesha chaturthi,vasant panchami, holi, ratha Yatra, Krishna Janmashtami,Kali puja etc are very famous and the list goes on. But the mahashivratri is the most significant festival among the Hindus which often celebrated by different cults. Every section,caste,class of people celebrate this night wholeheartedly. But it is very crucial to know the importance of Mahashivratri and the hidden reason behind this night of lord Shiva so that it will help to increase the intensity of devotion amongst the devotees. To understand clearly the background reason one needs to understand the concept of time calculation in Sanatan dharma. Kala/time is the radiance of Lord Shiva. According to Shaivism there are thirty six tattwas which hold the whole universe.the Shiva Tattwa acts like a thread which connect...

Shiva Tattwa: understanding the fundamental aspects of lord Shiva

   According to the Bhartiya Darshan, the word tattwa refers to the reality/principle/truth. Tattwa shows the actual meaning of life in the form reality. When one says , the reality of life i.e,one actually looks towards the genuine aspects which is verified, authentic and infallible. Tattwa builds the foundation of life in the form of principles, so that one can lives a peaceful and meaningful life after internalising of those principles like the path of dharma, ahimsha,  Tattwa paves the way towards the brightness from the darkness in the form of truth. A truth is always bitter but one can't denies the truth. As death is a unchangeable law of nature but a human couldn't easily dissolves this truth.   All these points when come under a single word it becomes Tattwa darshan. Tattwa Darshan is made up of two words i.e, tattwa and darshan. Tattwa means the principle and darshan is derived from the Sanskrit root word drish, which means to see . The phrase To see refers ...

Shiva Panchakhyara Stotra: unveiling the mystery of human body

Lord Shiva, who is formless also represented by a dot is very complex subject to understand properly. Shiva is considered Nirguna Bramha (formless, nothingness) and his human form Shankar is Shaguna Bramha ( shape, fullness) . Shiva represents this entire universe and considered as the latent power which is the foundation stone of every animate and inanimate things whereas Shankar represents the cycle of destruction and creation. It is crucial to understand the universe to further understand the supreme entity.   The universe which  is made up of five elements i.e, earth, water,fire,air,ether. In more details the process of creation is like , the mind which is created by the Bramha came into existence at first,then the EGO (ahamkar) then ether, air,fire,water,and earth respectively. ***Bramha(supreme consciousness)- mana(mind)- ahamkar(ego)- Akash (ether)-vayu(air)-agni(fire)-jal(water)-prithivi(earth).*** Each of these five elements has their different nature and decreas...

LORD SHANKAR'S FAMILY:A PERFECT BLEND OF OPPOSITES POWER.

  A family is the primary socialising agent in a society. According to Kingsley Davis," family is a group of person whose relations to one another are based upon consanguinity and who are therefore , kin to one another". In the words of Eliot and Meril," the family is the biological social unit composed of husband,wife,and children" . So family is a mixture of different person and they are living under a common roof and perform their duties respectively.  In this way, the family system of Bharat is very unique. It may be regarded as one of the foundation stone of Bhartiya civilization. It is the tradition of Bharat that Bhartiyas are represented their Gods and Goddesses not only in an individual way but with their family. In Hindu shastra, perhaps every god resides with their family which consists the chief god, his wife, and their children. But among them the family of lord Shankar is very particular and idiosyncratic. Lord SHANKAR'S  family is an ideal family ...