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Hindus are the largest population group in Mauritius. The island has several Hindu temples. The largest is located at the sacred lake “Ganga Talao”, representing the Ganges River of India. This ancient volcano crater is tucked away in the mountains of the southwest and is surrounded by colourful Hindu temples and deities.
This four-armed beauty is Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity in all forms, both material and spiritual.
The front two arms represent material pursuits, the back two arms spiritual realm.
a special holy day for women at the lake who come to bathe and have some time away from the men folk .. :)
Ganesha or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bali (Indonesia) and Bangladesh and in countries with large ethnic Indian populations including Fiji, Mauritius and Trinidad and Tobago. Hindu denominations worship him regardless of affiliations.Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and extends to Jains and Buddhists.
Although he is known by many attributes, Ganesha's elephant head makes him easy to identify.Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom. As the god of beginnings, he is honoured at the start of rites and ceremonies. Ganesha is also invoked as patron of letters and learning during writing sessions. Several texts relate mythological anecdotes associated with his birth and exploits.
Ganesha likely emerged as a deity as early as the 1st century CE,but most certainly by the 4th and 5th centuries CE, during the Gupta period, although he inherited traits from Vedic and pre-Vedic precursors. Hindu mythology identifies him as the restored son of Parvati and Shiva of the Shaivism tradition, but he is a pan-Hindu god found in its various traditions. In the Ganapatya tradition of Hinduism, Ganesha is the supreme deity. The principal texts on Ganesha include the Ganesha Purana, the Mudgala Purana, and the Ganapati Atharvashirsa. Brahma Purana and Brahmanda Purana are other two Puranic genre encyclopaedic texts that deal with Ganesha.
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥
The temple at Neasden, North West London, UK. No cameras inside at all so I took this over an eight foot gate in live view with the screen turned to face down. Shame about the scaffolding.
Der Tempel liegt auf einer Felsspitze im Meer dicht am Ufer. Auf dem Fußweg ist Tanah Lot – ohne dabei nass zu werden – nur bei Ebbe zu erreichen. Vom Strand aus erreicht man den Tempel nach einem 50 Meter langen Gang über rundgewaschene Steine und feinen dunklen Sand, um zur Felseninsel zu gelangen. Dort angekommen folgt ein kurzer Aufstieg Richtung Tempel, wo ein Zaun den Eintritt zum eigentlichen Tempel verwehrt. Im inneren Hof (jeroan), dessen Zugang den Gläubigen vorbehalten ist, reihen sich die mehrstöckigen, pagodenähnlichen Schreine (merus) auf, die den Götterberg Meru repräsentieren. Im Falle von Tanah Lot ragen fünf merus in den Himmel. Der Zugang ist auch bei Flut möglich, wenn Tanah Lot seinen eigentlichen Inselcharakter erlangt, weil es dann komplett vom Wasser umspült ist.
In einer kleinen Höhle am Fuße des Tempelfelsens befindet sich eine Süßwasserquelle, die somit quasi im Meer entspringt. Sie gilt als heilig und wird ständig von Priestern bewacht. Gegenüber der Quelle befindet sich in den am Festland gelegenen Klippen eine weitere Höhle, die Ular Suci. Hier leben die heiligen Schlangen, die ebenfalls von Priestern betreut werden. Obwohl die Schlangen hochgiftig sind, haben sie angeblich noch nie gebissen.
Der Tempel ist neben Balis Reisfeldern das beliebteste und bekannteste Fotomotiv auf Bali.
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Kinetic Photograph made with one single long exposure shot. See more in: "The Best of Drawing with Light"
Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival historically native to the Indian subcontinent, more specifically, the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal, Jharkhand, and the Nepalese provinces of Madhesh and Lumbini. Prayers during Chhath puja are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya, to show gratitude and thankfulness for bestowing the bounties of life on earth and to request that certain wishes be granted.
Chhathi Maiya, the sixth form of Devi Prakriti and Lord Surya's sister is worshipped as the Goddess of the festival. It is celebrated six days after Deepavali, on the sixth day of the lunar month of Kartika (October–November) in the Hindu calendar Vikram Samvat. The rituals are observed over four days. They include holy bathing, fasting and abstaining from drinking water (vrata), standing in water, and offering prasad (prayer offerings) and arghya to the setting and rising sun. Some devotees also perform a prostration march as they head for the river banks.
This photo was taken in my village Simari in Madhubani district, Bihar. The puja was done in the village pond and the temple can be seen in the background.
Wishing light, love, health, happiness and prosperity to all of my Hindu and Sikh friends...
and to the rest of you all as well!
Bawaria Hindu Tribe is an ancient nomadic hunter tribe of Cholistan. They are son of the soil whose forefathers were primarily cultivators residing on the banks of the lost river Sarsvati. With the dried up of the river this area was deserted through desertification process and left only grazing land. Cholistan is a cradle of great Indus civilization and the Bawaria of Cholistan are representative of this civilization. Though nationalization has affected their culture. However, they are still staunch follower of their centuries old cultural traditions.
Siguiendo con esas escenas cotidianas, os presento otra imagen callejera tomada en Patan hace 2 años, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Creo que el título le va que ni pintado.
Estas escenas de costumbres en lugares remotos de nuestro planeta en ocasiones parecen transportarnos a un pasado reciente de nuestro propio país.
BARÇA, BARÇA, BAAAAARÇA.
Enhorabona campions!!!