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21 Dec

Story of Markandeya and kalabhairava.
Markandeya was a child for whom a choice was made before he was born. His parents had to choose between having a son who would live for a hundred years but a fool, or a son who would be a brilliant, shining but live only for sixteen years.

The parents were wise and they chose the latter, and they bore a brilliant, shining child of enormous capabilities. But as days passed and years rolled by, they were worried for their child and became very tortured as the date of his death came close. They explained to Markandeya

about the boon they had received and the choice they had made. But Markandeya was phenomenally wise and knowledgeable, and he knew the ways of life. So, when the moment of his death came – when the god of death, Yama, came to claim his life – Markandeya did one simple act.

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20 Dec

Are we eating right? Because what we eat we become.
The food we eat nourishes our body, but there is much more than nourishment. Our Vedic scriptures distinguish food into three categories based on its effect on our body on the physical and mental level. Understanding the food we

intake is necessary to ensure it benefits our body. Food in Sanatan Dharma is not just “any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth”. According to the
Vedic scriptures, food is beyond what is eaten

through the mouth and digested by the body. In
Sanatan Dharma, food is understood to affect one’s thoughts, emotions, and mind, and food can lead to
God-realization. Food is distributed into three categories in Vedic Culture: Sattvic, Rajas, & Tamasic. You must have heard from

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18 Dec

Gayatri Mantra, also known as the Savitri Mantra, is a deeply worshiped mantra from the Rig Veda (Mandala 3.62.10), one of the highest spiritual texts of the Sanatan Dharma, dedicated to Savitr. Savitr in Vedas is an Aditya, offspring of the mother goddess Aditi.

The sun before sunrise is mentioned as “Savitr” in Rig Veda, and “Surya” after sunrise. Gayatri, the name of the Goddess of the Vedic Mantra in which the verse, made up of 24 syllables, is contrived. They produce intense Physical and Psychological effects on the human body.

The Mantra precedes with OM. When we chant the Mantra, its recitation activates the vibrations that start from your lips and moves along with the tongue, palate, back of the skull, and throat makes our body release relaxing hormones and helps to calm our mind.

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17 Dec

The spiritual meaning of Namaste is profound. Particularly in Hinduism, Gods are worshiped by closing the eyes and joining the palms in reverence, which indicates the recognition of their divinity. In the Namaskar posture, the joined fingers act as an antenna to assimilate the

Chaitanya (Divine consciousness) or the energy transmitted by a Deity. While joining the palms, the fingers must touch each other because leaving space between the fingers will result in the accumulation of energy in that space. This energy will be immediately transmitted in

various directions; therefore the seeker's body will lose the benefit of this potent energy. After joining the palms, bow a little. This posture puts pressure on the navel and activates the five vital energies situated there. Activation of these vital energies in the body makes

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17 Dec

Zoom In and check the awesomeness of the sculptor 😀😀🙏🙏 one never gets tired of this beauty 😍😍Arjuna’s Penance is one of the magnificent monuments of Mahabalipuram. This wonderful bas air relief dates back to the mid-seventh century. Standing tall at a height of 43 feet

the monolith was carved on the face of two huge adjoining boulders, making its length around 96 feet. The subject of the massive structure is either Arjuna's Penance or the Descent of the Ganges, or possibly both. ‘Arjuna's Penance’ is an extract from the Mahabharata, of how

Arjuna, one of the Pandavas, performed severe austerities in order to obtain Shiva's weapon. The concept of the story encompasses Hindu philosophy where it is believed that one could by penance, self-mortification, attain miraculous blessings from the Gods. The ‘Descent of Ganges

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16 Dec

A Yuga Cycle is a cyclic age, where eternal time repeats general events. Each cycle repeats.four yugas (dharmic ages)—Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga—lasting for 4,320,000 years or 12,000 divine years.

Dharma is personified as a bull, whose four legs reduce by one with each new yuga, often related to Mother Earth personified as a cow. As the cycle progresses, each yuga's length, and humanity's general moral and physical state, decrease by 1/4th. Near the end of Kali Yuga,

when virtues are at their worst, a cataclysm and re-establishment of dharma occur to usher in the next cycle's Satya Yuga, prophesied to occur by Kalki. Kali Yuga, which lasts for 432,000 years.

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