Ganesha

Hinduism is a religion that was based off of a local traditions, cults, and clans. Hinduism is one of the oldest, non-literate system that is recorded in history being founded in 1500 B.C. A very high developed culture/civilization was living in the Indus Valley with its own culture and religion, These people are speculated to be the founders/beginnings of Hinduism. When Hinduism first started out it had little to none branches, now it has grown and grown and started to branch off. Here are the

the Holy Spirit and Hinduism has a trinity as well. This trinity is made up of Vishnu, Síva and Brahman. Vishnu represents, truth, righteousness, and the preservation of life. Síva symbolizes death. A few other well-known deities include Ganesha and Krishna. Ganesha is the elephant-looking figure that is seen most often in anything dealing with Hinduism. This particular god symbolizes wisdom, success, wealth and knowledge (Schweitzer,

I am a Christian, but there are many other fascinating religions. I find Hinduism to be a very interesting religion, partly because it has major differences from Christianity. During my research, I discovered the Hinduism is the third largest religion next to Christianity and Islam with approximately one billion followers! Hindus are known for believing in rebirth, reincarnation, and the endless cycle of reincarnation until moksha is achieved. When I think about death, I think one will go to one

Hinduism is a religious tradition compromising of the beliefs and practices of Hindus. The majority of Hindus choose a personal deity who they feel a personal connection with. One can show devotion of a deity in many ways including prayer, ceremonial worship, chanting and even visiting a site sacred to that deity. For my art project I wanted to choose a deity that I could personally connect with, I chose the Hindu deity Shiva. Some of Shiva's characteristics are devotion, self-confidence as a

3. Research and explain these gods or goddesses: Durga, Kali, Sarasvati, Ganeshe. The goddess Durga is the protector, vanquishing the demons that threaten Dharma. (Fisher, 2003). She is represented as a beautiful woman with multiple arms that rides a lion, wielding weapons to use to defend the good. The reason she yields so many weapons is to show that one weapon cannot kill different kinds of enemies. (Goddess Durga). Since Durga is the protector of good, she is invoked by the seeker to destroy

The Hindus worship Ganesha, a deity having a human form and the head of an elephant. Popularly known as Ganapati, it is one of the most loved and worshiped deities amongst the Hindus. Lord Ganesha's role in Hindu Theo states him to be the remover of all obstacles, Lord Ganesha. Elephants are associated with rain and water in the mythology of Indra (the God of Rain and Thunderstorms, in Hindu theology)

stylized drapery. It is less human than more sensuous expression. And the image of the Buddha became more formal and unearthly as Buddhism traveled east from India. A third thing that I remembered seeing at the Philadelphia Art Museum was a big Ganesha statue. In class I learned that the large head of the elephant symbolizes wisdom, understanding and a selected intellect that must attain perfection in life. The large mean that a perfect person is the one who listens to other and assimilates ideas

Unlike many modern day religions, there are no clear origins of Hinduism. Hinduism is a fusion of various Indian cultures and traditions that over time molded into a religion. Its main roots, however, are in the Indus Valley civilization which was located in what is today known as northwest India and eastern Pakistan between 2500 and 1500 B.C.E, along with the Aryan culture and religion which existed between 1500 and 500 B.C.E. This dates back almost 4,000 years, which makes it one of the oldest

It's name, Ganesha. The most popular and mostly worshiped figure of Hinduism is Ganesha. He is the lord of success and destroyer of all evil and obstacles. He is also worshiped as the God of knowledge, wealth, and wisdom. Secondly, would be Shiva, the most powerful and fascinating deity in Hinduism

and open-mind towards both religion and the world revolving around him. His love for animals eventually becomes perpendicular to the mltiple religions he attaches himself to. “ His house is a Temple. In the entrance hall hangs a framed picture of Ganesha, he of the elephant head”. This quote signifies Pi’s multiple religions and its connection to his Journey. When Pi gets stranded on the boat with the animals, this quakes his perfect reality from events going as planned to what he should do in order