Category: Reluctant Hindu
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tirtha
Tirtha in Sanskrit is something that carries us over. It is also used in the spiritual sense. So people who tide us to our betterment become Tirtharoop. Indian culture reveres certain places as centres of energies and are called as tirthastan. Some how we never think of that point in our lives when we ponder…
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weather-be.
The perfect weather is always there, its us who are not upto appreciating it. Autum Leaves What does a perfect weather mean to me? The perfect weather depends on the mood, though I am not very fond of the scorching heat. Like waking at day break when the Usha (I like this poetic rendering from Usha suktam) spreads…
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oh!where?
divine checklist 160 of 365: I forgot to take a self-portrait yesterday Have you ever misplaced things or lost documents, then cracked your head to find them? With me it is routine. I have tried everything from checklists to stock writing but nothing worked. I would ring my brother-in-law up and howl “bhava help” he…
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tulasi vivah the worship of nature
tulsi vivah marks the end of the offical fortnight of deepavali, goa has unique traditions associated with it.
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Ramayana–Dasharata
some random musings on ramayana
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where bhakti yoga meets karma yoga
just realized that they were fundamentally alike