Hindu goddesses

Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of South Asia. It borders Pakistan and India in the Himalayan Mountains. This landscape is known for its raw natural beauty and has stood out in the history and folklore of the Indian subcontinent. At one point in time, Kashmir was aptly named "paradise on Earth". Kashmir excels at diversity. People from all over the world many different religious backgrounds and even more diverse dialects frequent the land. Today however, the Kashmir region is the

Indian Culture Abstract India is located in continent Asia. It is Federal republic government. Its official language is Hindi and there are 14 other languages e.g. Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi. The major religion that is follow by majority of people is Hinduism. In India people speaks different languages, dress differently, follow different religions, eat different food but they all have the same nature. Whether

being replaced and this was also the first step toward the Hinduism we know nowadays. Other dynasties were known for supporting traditional Hindu arts and for developing Hindu culture in significant ways. Sometime in eight century, Muslims invaded India and this gave rise to the Mogul Empire (1526-1757) and with it came an end to what might be called the “Hindu tolerance”. History by its side shows facts about several Muslim leaders to be sympathetic to ancient Indian culture and continued to support

To the average person, salt and light may not sound very significant, but these elements possess great power and have a radical influence on whatever they come into contact with. Salt was a very common substance in the ancient world. Roman soldiers were paid in it, and it carried a high level of value. Salt is seen as a powerful tool, and it served many purposes. It was used as a preservative, healer, and as an agent to enhance the flavor in cooking. Salt means a preserving influence of all that

stages of life, Dharma and Varna. Karma-marga, also known as the Path of Action is the most important path over the other two paths because this is the path that is always changes. The path of action is considered a path that one is born on as a Hindu. Once you are born you are in Varna which is a class system. There are 4 levels of the cast system. It goes Brahmin who are priest, Kshatriya who are warriors and rulers, Vaishya, which is the producers and merchants and then Shudra who are servants

Natives as well as the people who have migrated from India to other parts of the world. Statistically there are over seven hundred million Hindus, mainly in Bharat, India and Nepal. Eighty five percent of the population in India is Hindu. The word Hindu comes from an ancient Sanskrit term meaning "dwellers by the Indus River," referring to the location of India's earliest know civilization, the Pakistan. There is not much organization and hierarchy is nonexistent. The religion suggests

Vayu, The God of Wind Although there are many Hindu gods, there is only one god known as the ruler of the sky. The Hindu God Vayu, the god of wind, spirits of the sky, is said to be very handsome and strong. He is generally worshipped by Hindu's every day. In Vedic Times, Emperor Vayu was known as one of the Hindu Triad. In Vedic beliefs, most of the gods and goddesses represented nature. Which meant that Vayu was one of the three main gods in Hindu belief. In Hinduism, the wind symbolized freedom

After consciousness passes through the uroboric stage, the next archetypal symbol Neumann offers is that of the Great Mother. Similar to the uroboros, the Great Mother typically enters the mythical realm as the first sexed being within it. Still possessing the ability to create without a partner, this figure is often linked to nature, fertility and the unconscious. At this stage, the ego has not fully established independence from its unconscious source, which is apparent in the sexed son-lovers

belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils (GodWeb, n.d.). In this paper I will further explore what the Hindu religion is encompassed of. And delve into what makes the religion of Hinduism vital to the region it is originated in. Hinduism differs from Christianity and other monotheistic religions in that it does not have a single founder, a specific theological

The honorable Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso once said, “When I meet people from different cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering . . .” That being said, people from different cultures want to be happy. The only thing that differs between cultures is how each distinct culture perceives how happiness can be achieved. Such is true for the conception of happiness between my culture, the American culture, and the Indian culture. While the conception of happiness across my culture