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Vishnu (Sanskrit pronunciation: [vɪʂɳu]; Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST: Viṣṇu) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition. Vishnu is the "preserver" in the Hindu trinity (Trimurti) that includes Brahma and Shiva.
In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is identical to the formless metaphysical concept called Brahman, the supreme, the Svayam Bhagavan, who takes various avatars as "the preserver, protector" whenever the world is threatened with evil, chaos, and destructive forces.His avatars (incarnations) most notably include Krishna in the Mahabharata and Rama in the Ramayana. He is also known as Narayana, Jagannath, Vasudeva, Vithoba, and Hari. He is one of the five equivalent deities worshipped in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta Tradition of Hinduism.
In Hindu inconography, Vishnu is usually depicted as having a dark, or pale blue complexion and having four arms. He holds a padma (lotus flower) in his lower left hand, Kaumodaki gada (mace) in his lower right hand, Panchajanya shankha (conch) in his upper left hand and the Sudarshana Chakra (discus) in his upper right hand. A traditional depiction is Vishnu reclining on the coils of the serpent Shesha, accompanied by his consort Lakshmi, as he "dreams the universe into reality".
Birthday of lord Krishna was celebrated in Amrita Campus by the students, faculty and staff with a lot of fanfare. This is a tableau depicting lord Vishnu whose tenth incarnation is Krishna. This was presented in the garden by senior girl students
This is a Hindu temple picture. The supreme deity lord Vishnu and his wife Lakshmi who is the goddess of fortune are seen atop a South Indian temple Sanctum.
A question for you... who are the angels on their left and right?
The god of preservation, protector of good people, Narayana rides on the mythical bird Garuda on a souvenir supermarket.
A delicate and detailed wooden carvings of Hari, the supreme gods, as a sign of goodness for life and sustenance.
picture taken from Krisna shop, largest souvenir supermarket in the island, Denpasar Kuta, South Bali, Indonesia.
Camera Model Name: Canon EOS 5D
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DAY 11
Distance & Time: By car - 110 km / 4 hrs
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Though the discussion is on various subjects as we sit in the cave of rimpoche, it is the storma (also spelled torma) that holds my photographic interest.
Stormas are 6-8 inches / 15-20cm tall conical pyramids made of barley dough. The dough is prepared by mixing barley flour and clarified butter, to be decorated with butter and/or flower petals at the end stage. They serve as offerings to the Five Dharmapalas or protective deities of Buddhism. Sometimes the stormas are colored to represent a particular deity.
During the prayer rituals the stormas are placed on the alter or near the glass case (holding the idols), the monks invoke the deities by long chants of mantras accompanied by symbolic hand gestures known as mudra, often broken by bursts of music. Typical monastery music is of beating large drums, hourglass drums, clash of cymbals, blowing of the long horns and conch shells, hand bells, tingsha bells and singing bowls or Himalayan bowls.
After the invocation of the deities, the abbot blesses all the lamas with storma, touching their foreheads with it to transfer the 'energy' (of the deities) into their system. In most monasteries such rituals are held in the morning.
The dharmapalas are wrathful but protective deities represented as terrifying and fierce forces in Vajrayana Buddhism art. They represent the demons in the mind to be exorcised and replaced by compassion. The principal dharmapalas were adapted from Hindu mythology, art and literature with considerable Bön (religion predating Buddhism in Tibet) influence.
Five Dharmapalas are:
Mahakala also known as Gonpo in Ladakh and Nagpo Chenpo in Tibet, is often seen trampling on corpses. He is always painted in dark blue or black with three eyes representing the past, present and future. He is the wrathful form of Avalokitesvara (Buddha of Compassion), having strong resemblance to Bhairab (a form of Shiva in Hindu mythology). With flames for eyebrows, is seen adorning a crown of five skulls denoting the five delusions that poisons the soul; ignorance, anger, desire, jealousy and pride.
Palden Lhamo also known as Shridevi (in Sanskrit) the only female dharmapala and consort of Mahakala is noted for resemblance to Hindu goddesses Kali (consort of Shiva, goddess of time and death); she has a corpse in her mouth.
Yamantaka or Dorje Jig-je, also known as Shinjé is the wrathful emanation of Manjushri (Buddha of Wisdom) and defeater of death. Often he is depicted with nine heads, sixteen feet and thirty-four arms.
Yama also known as Vajrabhairab is in resemblance to Hindu god of death Yama. He is the guardian at the gates of heaven and hell and has a buffalo head.
Hayagriva also known as Tamdrin is another wrathful representation of Chenresig or Avalokitesvara. He is seen in blood red with a small horse sticking out of his head. He wears a garland of skulls and has wings on his back. Tamdrin has strong likeness to Hindu deity Vishnu (the supreme creator and destroyer) and has power to cure diseases.
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Note: The blue mug seen in the background contained cold water, fingers are dipped in it from time to time while shaping the storma. It may or may not be visually pleasant but for the shake of a shot, didn't think causing inconvenience to Lamaji was an option. We were naturally not meant to touch anything (including the mug).
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Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Singapore
Some highlights from the recently concluded Thaipusam Festival.
Sadhu holy man with forehead Tilak (Tilaka) displaying devotion to Vishnu.
Pushkar is one of the most sacred Hindu pilgrimage sites in India.
Pushkar mela (Fair) - 2014
meet Vishnu, the resident yoga cat at Bodhi Tree. i'm told he may hop into bed with me. i would not complain! he already shared my meditation mat with me tonight!
via Instagram www.instagram.com/p/BNrdZI_juUO/
.. raani-ki-vaav, read more @ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_ki_vav
nicely see any one of the above image.
to see (those who cannot cock-eye, may not try) this image in 3 dimension 3D …
- see largest size that fits your screen, for details
- adjust yourself about 1.5ft away from the screen
- concentrate 'n defocus on the centre line for few seconds
- gently push your pupils nearer to eachother (cock-eye)
- fix your pupils in such a way that 3rd image appears in-between
- you must see exactly 3 images (not 2.5, 3.5 or 4!)
- now gently focus 'n see this 3rd (middle) image, which is in 3D!
this is little difficult 'n time taking for the 1st time, damn easy 'n instant then on!
research says : those who cannot cock-eye will not able to see it in 3D!
for those who cannot cock-eye may see anaglyphic versions with kid's red 'n cyan 3D glasses @ www.schillr.com/index.php5?query=&user=nevil+zaveri&a....
i will be very much pleased to hear if you could see in 3D. for others, you may enjoy any single image.
see my other 3D images set here
Vishnu (Sanskrit, m., विष्णु Viṣṇu, "der Alldurchdringende") ist eine der wichtigsten Formen des Göttlichen im Hinduismus, kommt jedoch bereits in den Veden vor. Im Vishnuismus gilt er als die Manifestation des Höchsten. Seine Shakti, die weiblich gedachte Seite des Göttlichen, ist die Göttin Lakshmi, die als seine Gattin gilt.
Vishnu ist Teil der Trimurti, einer im Hinduismus sehr bekannten Konzeption der „drei Gestalten“. Diese besteht aus drei Aspekten des Göttlichen, die mit den fundamentalen Prinzipien des Kosmos in Verbindung stehen:
die Schöpfung: Brahma
die Erhaltung: Vishnu
die Kraft der Zerstörung: Shiva
Nepal, 18th-19th century, Shah Dynasty (1768-2008)
copper, gold, rock crystal, pearls, garnet, turquoise and coral
Newark Museum
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