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SAT-TAT-AUM
BRAHMA
VISHNU
SHIVA
VISHNU
• Ultimate Reality by his followers.
• Protector or sustainer of the world
• 10th incantation
SHIVA
• The Destroyer
• The Ultimate Reality by her followers
• Divine Yoga's
Temples
• 200 Hindu temples across North America
• More than 75 % were designed and
constructed in the past three decades
• A place where God may be approached and
where divine knowledge can be discovered
• “The gods always play where groves, rivers,
mountains and springs are near, and in towns
with pleasure gardens.”
Temple Aspects
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Water - Purifying element & River of Life
Vertical elevation relating to the mountains
The garbagriha relating to caves
GODS
Life Stages
Four stages (ashramas)
Brahmacharga
Grastha
Vanaprastha
Sanngasu
Rituals
 Ayurveda
 Hatha Yoga
 Puja (pooja)
 The Sadhu (holy man)
Weddings
(Hindu Ceremonies)
•Ceremonies 4 to 5 days
•Open space under a decorated
canopy or mandap
•Mandap is made of red and silver
color
•Brides place or a common place
Wedding Ritual
• Seven step or santa padi
• Bride’s sari-tied on the grooms sari
shawl draped from his shoulder to her
sari
• Pinky’s are linked around the fire
• 7 blessings or vows
• Puffed rice –representing prosperity
Festivals
• January Makar Sankranti
• The sun begins to move northwards
• Charitable by giving grains, clothes and
money
• spiritedly fly kites all day
• February Shivratri
• Lord Shiv whose marriage to Parvati
• Fasting
• Night vigil
• Perform Shiva puja with bili leaves & milk abhishek
• March Fuldol or Pushpadolotsav
• Festival of Flowers
• Spray colored water on each other
• September Ganesh's Birth
• Waterless fast
• Worshiped for ten days
Festivals
• October Navaratri
• Victory of Lord's Shakti
• 9 nights
• Victory of good over evil
• Perform sattvic folk-dances and chanting
mantras
• November Diwali
• Cows are worshipped
• Changed to offer money intead
• November Bhai Beej
• Invites her brother to have food
• Consolidate the sibling bond.
Conclusion
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GODS = BRAHMA+VISHNU+SHIVA
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Current Temples
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Rituals
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Weddings
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Festivals
References
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