Ganesha

Sort By:
Page 6 of 13 - About 130 essays
  • Better Essays

    Comparing the Iconography and Mythology of Two Major Hindu Deities In Hindu tradition, Brahma created the universe, Vishnu maintained it and Shiva destroyed it. These three gods comprise the Hindu trinity (the trimurti) and are considered to be the leading gods of the religion, especially Brahma, who is the oldest of all the gods. This point is questionable though as the Visnu Purana talks of Brahma emerging from Vishnu's navel to maintain the world after Vishnu has

    • 1589 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    A: Abraham: Abraham was the founder of the religion known as Judaism. Followers of Abraham are known as Jews up to today. The three religions that are known as the “Abrahamic religions” are Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. These religions are known as the “Abrahamic religions” because Abraham is featured in their Hebrew stories. Avesta: Avesta is the sacred text of the religion known as Zoroastrianism. The avesta holds a variety of writings of the Zoroastrian people. B: Bhagavad Gita: The Bhagavad

    • 1473 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Essay On Marwaris

    • 1413 Words
    • 6 Pages

    In shaping the history of India, the Marwaris had made a large impact. Even up until today, this business group is the most popular when business class is mentioned. However, their history brings them back long ago, since the 19th century, where they start moving around. Marwaris is definitely the most economically powerful community in all of India. They went from traders to industrialists, with religious reliefs as a contributing factor to their success as well. Starting from the 1813, Charter

    • 1413 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Life of Pi Essay In the novel, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, it tells the tale of Pi from dual perspectives, Pi’s and the author’s. Pi tells the majority of the story, describing his adventure of surviving being stranded on a lifeboat, infested with zoo animals, for 227 days. The reader is put into a position where they are learning along with Pi about religion, faith, and being extremely resourceful. Pi transforms based on his experiences, spirituality, and relationships showing how the author utilizes

    • 532 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    In the novel Life of Pi, Yann Martel reflected the idea of a world of hope and possibility through Pi’s thoughts, experiences, and religious beliefs. The first way Martel illustrated a world of hope was through Pi’s thoughts. Throughout the novel, Pi faced many situations that tested his fortitude, but he always thought hopefully. Another example of Pi’s hopeful thinking was before his move to Canada, “... I wildly waved goodbye to India… I was terribly excited.” (91). Even though Pi was leaving

    • 523 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    All the trials and difficulties Pi has experienced up to this point were gone and “all hurt and frustration fell away and I positively blazed with joy” (Martel 123). Pi knew he was going to be saved and immediately began thanking the Hindu god Ganesha and the Islamic god Allah. Even in the most desperate time in his life, Pi never lost his faith and

    • 549 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Canpoic Jar Essay

    • 627 Words
    • 3 Pages

    intended to store wine.The technique use is known as black figure Figures were painted on the body of the vessel using shapes and colors reminiscent of the silhouettes A figure of a elephant-headed Hindu god.The “Lord of Auspicious Beginnings,” Ganesha is worshiped at the beginning

    • 627 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    book is explaining traditions in India based on the Hindu religion. It explains how he came into the world with Hindu ritual and how he grew up in an Indian culture. He saw life through the eyes of a Hindu boy. Many people in India mainly believe in Ganesha and other Hindu gods. Not many are christians or muslims, but some are. This shows the type of influence that it had on him. “His uniquely synthetic blending of religious ideals and practices has provided him with a moral and philosophic framework

    • 1779 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    In chapter 63, Pi discusses a daily schedule that he has created for his life on the ship that is considered to be “one key to my survival.” (page 190) On his schedule, it shows that he prays at least five times every day. The abundance of prayer helps anchor his schedule, as well as keep him busy throughout the day. It also helps to normalize his life on the life raft. Back when he was living in Pondicherry, he would pray multiple times throughout the day. By doing the same activities he once did

    • 689 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Throughout the history, religions around the world have played an important part in establishing beliefs and culture. Every area of the world has some kind of religion or belief system. There are many different religions, some are huge and wide spread, some are small with a few people following it, and some are very influential up to a point that, countries establish them as their state religions. According to the Oxford Dictionary Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman

    • 2169 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Decent Essays