Hindu Goddess : A Religious Connecter For Hindu Women

This paper attempts to examine the fictional projections of Indian girls, to see how they emerge in ideological terms. Their journeys from self-alienation to self-adjustment, their childhood struggles against the hypocrisies and monstrosities of the grown-up world, eventually demolishing the unjust male constructed citadels of power that hinder their progress- are the highlighted issues. The point of comparison between the two novels focused on here is the journey of Rahel in The God of Small Things and Sai in The Inheritance from a lonely childhood to a tragic adulthood passing through a struggle with the complex forces of patriarchal society. Both the novels portray the imaginativeness, inventiveness, independence, rebelliousness, wide-eyed wonder and innocence associated with these young girls.

As a result of these reviews, the ongoing reconstruction of the social status and roles of Hindu women has brought about many new changes in Hinduism. Some of these changes include changes in education, health measures, problems of early marriages, the positions of widows, and the representation of women in governing bodies (Desai, et al., 1995). For example, within Hinduism now,

7 Secrets of the Goddess written by Devdutt Pattanaik, a mythologist by passion is a book revealing the various forms of the Goddess and the various interpretations that follow. It throws light upon the differences between the Western School of thoughts and the Indian School of thoughts along with the influence of colonization on the Indian School of thoughts. The ‘Secrets’ are not Secrets rather they are the explanations of the different forms of the Goddess throughout history and their meaning. The evolution of thoughts and perspectives is shown to run parallel with the people’s perceptions of the Goddess and their beliefs. What was and what we think it was are the conflicting questions that are dealt with in this book.

Women play different roles throughout mythology. The Greeks and Romans for example viewed women as prizes to men, as male’s lesser counterparts and with roles that required them to be seen and not heard. Yet there are Goddesses with stories that tell of their victories, stories that spit in the face of the standards women were expected to follow. It is easy to assume that strong and deserving women were simply misrepresented due to the male dominated societies they lived in.

In her book “The Goddess and the Nation: Mapping Mother India”, Sumathi Ramaswamy takes a glance into the time when Mother India / Bharat Mata emerged on the land of India, and talks about her significance, portrayal and mapping. The main purpose of this work by Sumathi Ramaswamy is to understand how Mother India / Bharat Mata came into being, what was her importance among the people, how she was related geographically to the map of India, her mapping throughout India and her depiction as a symbol of India. Rawaswamy delineates the origins and evolution of Indian patriotic artwork, which depicts Bharat Mata in different forms or representation. She shows how these artworks were used significantly by the patrons in the nationalist

Today, the loss of a strong female presence in Judeo-Christian beliefs has prompted believers to look to other sources that celebrate the role of women. Men and women have increasingly embraced goddess

Part of it is a personal interest in each major female deity and the matriarchal myths. A person observation of these

Hinduism and Christianity are two religions that have been around for thousands of years. Both religions since creation has developed philosophies on certain subjects that can be compared and contrasted, to show the similarities and differences within Hinduism and Christianity. Key subjects that can be analyzed after reviewing the history and foundation of these religions are their: paths to enlightenment/salvation, the religions treatment of women, and the afterlife. This paper will give a thorough and concise analysis through discussion with the inclusion of comparing and contrasting embedded throughout this paper. One of the most important elements of

Hinduism is one of the major world religions. It has left a profound influence on many other religions because of its long, unbroken history that began 1500BC. (“Hinduism”). The devoted and committed followers of this religion also have many different outlooks and viewpoints of life because of the different gods they worship. Each of these gods stand for something different and have different principles and lessons for their followers to learn. (Doniger). Along with their many gods and beliefs, the Hindus also partake in many traditions that stretch back thousands of years. Hinduism is an ancient religion that encompasses a variety of practices and beliefs and has a rich plethora of history that is

In the Hindu religion women play a bigger role than many other women do in their own religion. In the Hindu religion women are seen to make good inputs on the earth, dharma, and sensual pleasure. They are viewed as initiating men’s spiritualizing life forces. When a man and women get married in this religion they are supposed to be spiritual partners and complement one another. Husbands take the task of being the women’s god and teacher.

Since the beginning of the world woman has been considered or viewed as objects of man. Our place has always been at home cleaning, cooking, taking care of the children, and as sexual slaves of man. Comparing the situation of woman in the Ancient India with the one in the Inkan society, it is notable that even though years passed or culture changed women’s role was always the same, one more male chauvinist than the other but still the same repression with us. In the Ancient India, as in many traditional civilizations, males had superiority about females. According to the men of that society and many others, women were considered an economic burden, since women were viewed as being unable to do work outside the home.

We come with the conclusion that goddess worship refers to the type of beliefs and religion on the prehistoric people faith in their specific god. Regarding to the empowering we can see how women throughout these many year or era we can see how Ancient people had in mind that woman was very important and divine referring to great mystery that Goddess culture illustrated with all these beautiful statues, painting and more. Adding to these we learn that in one-way woman were known to have a higher status than men, referring to a great reason that in the Goddess culture looked at women to be a divine figure based on their ability to create life by giving birth. We learn that in our prehistoric time women could have a huge admiration and respect

An often controversial issue within politics is how woman are viewed and treated in the Hindu religion. The role of woman in Hinduism is often disputed and positions range from quite reasonable to highly antagonistic. An often overlooked aspect is that, Hinduism is more of a way of life then a Religion. This is because Hinduism requires that we see the same reality in all the diversity of creation; that we see the same Self in all beings. Hindu women within this religion would view themselves as an important part of the family, but this is not shown through the contents of the Manusmriti. The Manusmriti directly translated is “Laws of Manu,” or “Institutions of Manu,” is regarded as the foundational

There are many deities and divine beings within the polytheistic religion of Hinduism. The religion maintains the ideology that there is one god and many gods, that present themselves in various forms. Specifically, the deity Durga is one of Devi’s most common forms and she is highly regarded as the mother of all things. Druga’s vast influence is seen through vivid imagery, stories, and significance as a goddess.

Women 's Lives, Women 's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition is a collection of articles from ten different authors by Tracy Pintchman. The book seeks to understand the connection between rituals by Hindu women how they live beyond their rituals. The focus of the book is mainly on how the ritualistic practices relate to domesticity and inter-personality in the basic surrounding of an ordinary Hindu woman. Her everyday life revolves around the home and close family that is her husband, children and then other relatives come in.