History Of Diwali =D

 India is a land of festivals. Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated with fervor and gaiety. The festival is celebrated by young and old, rich and poor, throughout the country to dispel darkness and light up their lives. The festival symbolizes unity in diversity as every state celebrates it in its own special way. The celebration of the four-day festival commences on Aswayuja Bahula Chaturdasi and concludes on Kartika Shudda Vijiya. The first...

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Rummy Mania rises into a crescendo on Diwali Day

Rummy Mania rises into a crescendo on Diwali Day Reflecting tradition wrapped in modernity, playing cards especially playing Rummy, is extremely popular on Diwali day. It is said that on playing cards, the goddess of wealth smile upon the player and ensures her goodwill. The memories of Diwali night can be joyful to the winners and the losers can’t wait for the next Diwali to come around. The tradition of gambling on Diwali also has a legend behind it. It...

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Nataraja, Shiva as the King of Dance

Shiva as Nataraja, Lord of Dance, at once destroys and re-creates the universe. Based on the rhythmic, graceful postures of classical Indian dance, the supreme deity's cosmic dance signifies the end of each cycle of time, or kalpa. The flames encircling his halo and held in his upper left hand symbolize...

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The Significance of Shiva's Dance:

This cosmic dance of Shiva is called 'Anandatandava,' meaning the Dance of Bliss, and symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction, as well as the daily rhythm of birth and death. The dance is a pictorial allegory of the five principle manifestations of eternal energy — creation, destruction, preservation, salvation, and illusion. According to Coomerswamy, the dance of Shiva also represents his five activities: 'Shrishti' (creation, evolution);...

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More Facts On Bhagwan Shiva

SHIVA - THE NATARAJA - THE KING OF DANCERS [THE COSMIC DANCER] ARDHANARISHWARA [UNION OF SUBSTANCE AND ENERGY] SHIVA - THE YOGIC RAJA [THE GREAT ASCETIC] Shiva is also called by the well-known name of NATARAJA, the lord of the cosmic dance. Numerous images of Shiva in his dancing...

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"Om Jai Shiv Omkara" - Lord Shiva Aarti

"Om Jai Shiv Omkara"- Lord Shiva Aarti is a devotional prayer to God Shiva. Daily praying Lord Shiva through this prayer entitles one to have special blessings of Lord Shi...

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Shiva is Really The lord of the lords

Shiva is lord of the lords and it is really not easy to write/explain everything about shiva.However many have tried to explain him and praised him as per their knowledge but the explanation is endless and it is un-imaginable from a human being even devas, asuras and other rishi munis have very little words to explain about the lord almighty.Shiva means the supreme one, the auspicious one, the pure one and for me the beloved one. Shiva is named as Pashupati...

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Shree Pashupatinath (Nepali /Hindi: श्री पशुपतिनाथ) is an incarnation of the Hindu Lord Shiva. He is revered throughout the Hindu world, but especially in Nepal where he is regarded as the national deity. Role in HinduismPashupatinath is an avatar of Shiva, one of the Hindu Trinity. He is also the male counterpart of Shakti. HistoryThe worship of Pashupatinath goes back to at least the...

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The Pashupati seal

A seal discovered during the excavation of Mohenjo-daro has drawn attention as a possible representation of a "proto-Shiva" figure. This Pashupati (Lord of animal-like beings) seal shows a seated figure, possibly ithyphallic, surrounded by animals. Sir John Marshall and...

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The five mantrasFive is a sacred number for Shiva. One of his most important mantras has five syllables (namaḥ śivāya).Shiva's body is said to consist of five mantras, called the pañcabrahmans. As forms of God, each of these have their own names and distinct iconography:Sadyojāta Vāmadeva Aghora Tatpuruṣha Īsāna These are represented as the five faces of Shiva and are associated in various texts with the five elements, the five senses, the...

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