Shiva

Background Information Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma which means eternal religion. For many Hindus, religion is a matter of practice rather than of beliefs. It's more what you do, than what you believe. It is the world’s third most popular religion with around 750 million followers. Hinduism is practiced by more than 80% of India’s population. There are an estimated 1 billion Hindus worldwide, making Hinduism the third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. About 80 percent

of the god Adiesea. Adisesa is a great king cobra whose body is the seal of the god Vishnu. The legend continues that the god Shiva, the king of dance, invited Vishnu and other deities to see his famous dance, Tandava Nritya. As Shiva danced, Vishnu immersed his own consciousness in the moment. His physical being undulated in rhythm with the graceful movements of Shiva. During the performance of the dance, Vishnu was seated on Adisesa, the great cobra. The cobra became short of breath under Vishnu’s

Mild, pleasant breeze began to blow from the south. Flowers were sprinkling down from 'Ashoka' trees. Birds and the bees began to savor the fresh flower of the young mango leaves. But all this would not deter Lord Shiva from his penance. Kama went there. Shiva was doing his penance sitting on a tiger-skin under a Devadaru tree. Kama was overwhelmed on seeing the exquisite grace of Lord and the cupid's bow and arrow fell down without his being aware of it. At this time, Parvati arrived

represents one of the three major deities of Hindu religion called Lord Shiva. It centres around the idea of Lord Shiva being the creator and destroyer of the world. The reason I chose this sculpture is because, I want to gain more knowledge of the spiritual and religious messages connected to the sculpture as well as understand its importance to Hinduism. In my opinion, the sculpture is very beautiful and detailed, it shows Shiva with four arms and two legs in a dance posture known as Nataraja. The

Brahma, the father of Hindu gods and men, is depicted as the creator of the universe. He is the first member of the Hindu Trinity and ruler of all. Brahma is acknowledged as the creator as he periodically creates everything in the universe, periodically due to the Hindu cyclical belief of everything being created for a certain period of time and destroyed only to be renewed in a new form once again. Of the three greatest Hindu deities, Lord Brahma dominates the first position, that of the creator

Mamallapuram, also called Mahabalipuram, (Mamalla meaning "great warrior") is a famous town in India that's well-known for its monuments and temple created by the Pallava dynasty during the 7th and 8th century. The five Rathas and the Shore Temple I will be writing about in this essay covers the history and materials that were used to build them. They are also labeled as rock-cut temples that were hallowed out of mountains carved out of hard stone and are more connected to sculptures rather than

On 29th May of May 2017, I had planned to visit the Dallas Art Museum. I was very excited to visit the Museum because this was my first visit to the museum of Dallas after I had been in the United States as an international student. I am very much interested in the arts and history around the globe. Therefore, I was very happy and excited when I knew that the visit to Dallas Art Museum was also the part of my graded college assignment. I reached the Dallas Art Museum at 12:30 pm and I parked my car

Ambubasi Fair – Guwahati India is a country of different cultures and beliefs. The Hindu Religion consists of a major part of the country’s population. The Hindu Traditions and rituals have been celebrated and performed in the country from years and years. One such tradition is the Ambubasi Fair, celebrated at Kamkhaya temple in Guwahati state. It is one of the much known fairs, which is celebrated in the North Eastern part of the country with zeal and fervour. The festival is also known as the Kamkhaya

Not all regions where Jews live celebrate life and death in the same way. This is because Jews had to assimilate to local cultures after they began to disperse to various parts of the world. This caused traditions to be pushed aside all together or to be blended with local cultures (Parkes, page 99). However, there are many core values that never faded and area consistently practiced in most parts of the world. Death in Judaism is an important part of life. As described in Death and Bereavement Across

Hindu culture is the culture which always wants to stay together, you can say Indian culture is joint family oriented. Usually, people prefer to dance with people of their age or generation but Garba is the dance form which unites all age people and inspires them to dance on same music rhythm. Raas- Garba is symbol of spirituality where prayers are offered to goddess in the form of dance. This form of dance is practiced for a specific time in Hindu calendar during every year in India. Before this