What is the fasting for the spouses called (once a year,a fast for the husband/wife that is for an entire day)
What are the main (not including Shiva, Vishnu, Buddha.) Gods
And any other information that anyone would like to give me about hindu. THX a million!
2007-09-21 05:52:44 · 5 answers · asked by Lala 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's such a broad topic, you should really do some online searches.
As for the main gods, "Buddha" is not considered by all Hindus to be a Hindu god, but some see him as an incarnation of Vishnu (Buddhists don't see him that way). Also, the "big three" are Shiva, Vishnu, and the Goddess. The Goddess is often Kali or Durga, sometimes Radha (Krishna's love) or Parvati (Shiva's wife) or Lakshmi or Saraswati.
Another "big three" are Brahma as Creator, Vishnu as Sustainer, and Shiva as Destroyer.
Different periods of India's history, and different regions of the country have different preferred Gods. Old Vedas emphasized Rudra and Indra.
Very popular is Ganesha, god of luck and fortune (elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati).
And you might wish to look at the different paths/ yogas. Jnana yoga (liberation through knowledge), Karma yoga (through action), Bhakti (through loving devotion), Hatha (physical postures), and Raja (meditation)
... and possibly some of the major philosophy schools, like Shankara's Advaita Vedanta and Ramanuja's devotional philosophy ...
... and major scriptures (Rig Veda; Upanishads; Mahabharata -- including the Bhagavad Gita; Ramayana).
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2007-09-21 06:16:05 · answer #1 · answered by bodhidave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Karkitakam fourth Karva chauth
Karkitakam its when sun stays above 90 deg to 120 deg 360 deg cylce of the year in zodiac signs
so you can say at 94 th deg of sun in zodiac sign is the day
Tri main god concepts are Brahma - the creator
Vishnu -the maintainor
Shiva - the annihilator
Budha is considered as an incarnation of Vishnu
To help each one realize the ultimate truth that his entity actually is just the ultimate power source of universe BrahmaN -the compleat (by whatever name we humans identify it , ALLAH , Jehova ... Brahman etc etc )
For common man this is just not easily digestible a concept . So each one tries to realize the omni present omni potent force in his own way .
So to suite the taste of each one a form , a nature and by a name each one tries to understand the ultimate truth as GOD
So when you check out the prayer of each one you will find that that particular GOD is the real one and all the rest are just image reflections of that one
This contradicts if you donot understand the basic concept
of hinduism
2007-09-23 01:29:03 · answer #2 · answered by Sunu Kappilly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hindus have festivals and customs for all relations...... let me give brief idea of thir rituals.... if is up to one whether he celebrates or not.....( I am excluding here all other festivals to celebrate the birthday of lord Ram , Krishna , Buddha, Ganesha ...Mahavira , guru Nank ji .........
Festivals based on relations
1. New year -- around 13 April --- when sun enter into first sign ( Aries)
2. Raksha Bandan -- festivals for brothers and sisters
3. Sharad ( similar to ghost month of china) - for heavenly living relatives.
3. Ahoi Astmi - for the kids and children
4. Karva Chauth - for spouse
5. Dipwali - when sun enters into the southern part
6. Makar Sakranti - Lohri -when sun enter into 10 house
7. Vasant Panchmi - Birth day of Kama Dev ( god of sex) ...now a day not celebrated.. but still have some significance from astrological view.. and is for lovers - falls in Feb
8. Holi -- when sun enter into north half...
Mother and Father represents live god.. so worshiped on all festivals
and these all festivels have astrological relation.....
I hope this will help you to understand the basis our thousand year heritage yet so modern.
God bales all
Regards
2007-09-21 17:49:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In North India the Hindu ladies celebrate it as "Karwa Chauth"(Hindi)--The Sanskrit word is Karaka Chaturthi.-Aasweejaa Krishna Chaturthi---fourth day after full moon (in waxing face of the moon) in the month of Aasweejam( the month in which the Full moon (appears to be) in the Nakshathiram(Constellation) Aswini..Karakam means wearing a thread with a determination to do a Religious function--Bangles also.This year it comes on October,28,2007-Sunday--South Indian ladies do not celebrate this day.Bhuddhism has nothing to do with this festival.
2007-09-22 05:16:27 · answer #4 · answered by ssrvj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fasting for husband is called "karwachouth" in india n "teej" in nepal.. actually i did that this year.. it was pretty fun..
2007-09-21 16:37:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋