Category: Reluctant Hindu
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Sri Lakshmi the goddess of material abundance
wealth is abundance. Quickie darshan Wealth to me is abudance. Wealth is something that will give me choices. I will not be limited by resources. It could be abundance in any form. The hindu mythology personifies this abundance as Goddess Lakshmi. The most popular image of Goddess Lakshmi is of abudance of material wealth. The…
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Sita-Ahalya-Tadaka
The Ramayana talks of three women. Tadaka she was killed by Rama Ahalya was supposed to have been redeemed by Rama Sita the spouse. Somewhere these women are not given their due. No matter what symbolization or explanation we give it is only a document of power play and oppression. Assuming that Ramayana is a…
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Jarjara– the arbor Mundi
Great aunt Kittadoddamma had her favourite narration of the samudra manthan and how the vatavriskha and the Kalpataru came out of it. She would explain to us how the Kalpataru was bejewelled and rich. As usual Param-ajja would snort and he would tell us that the kalpataru was nothing but the coconut tree which contributed…
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Parijata
Adansona digitata is the botanical name of this flower. Parijata is what my grandmother called it. Prajukta, shefali, shagufta call it any name. Beautiful white with a coral orange stalk. I am seeing this after nearly twenty two years. When I set my eyes on this I am back to my child hood. Though then…
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the Laws of the Universe
My father Dr.P.N.Srinivasarao was a man who made me think out of the box. The time 4am to 6am every morning was a learning. He grew up with the precinct of the Udupi temple, where the Madhwa siddanta rules supreme. One thing Madhwa Acharya taught his students and they conveniently forgot is the power to…
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Quay Sera Sera
what shall be shall be, the future is not ours to see. Astrologer In India we do have a system of consulting an astrologer. when a baby is born the first thing is done is the horoscope is cast, the child's name decided on that basis. A bad patch in your life talk to the…
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