In Indian cuisines bay leaf or tej patta plays a very important role whether it is biryani or Curry. The bay leaf has to be there as part of the tempering. Bay leaf gives a certain sweet and pleasant taste to culinary preparation. In western cuisine, it is used to flavor meat, seafood stews, and …
It is said that god sculpted women in leisure. They are certainly blessed with outward beauty that is hard to miss. The fight for the most desiring and beautiful women has been rooted in the core of civilization for ages. Women are judged on basis of physical beauty in form of beauty pageants such as …
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Ganesha is offered Durva grass, a special grass with 3 or five blades. An offering of this grass is of great importance and worship of Ganesha without durva is incomplete. In the Ganesha Atharvashirsha of Ganesha Upanishad It is said that यो दूर्वाङ्कुरैर्यजति स वैश्रवणोपमो भवति । यो लाजैर्यजति स यशोवान् भवति । स मेधावान् भवति …
tulanaa naasti athaiva tulasi – that which is incomparable (in its qualities) is the tulasi. Tulasi is very dear to lord Vishnu and Krishna. In Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.15.19 it is said that the special position of the Tulasi plant: “Although there are numerous flowering plants full of transcendental fragrance in the spiritual realm, they are aware …
Why do we offer Aarti or Lamp to God? Offering Aarti or offering Lap to God is a means of offering fire element. Fire is one of the primary elements of creation, along with water, earth, air, and ether. Fire is the Purest of all, it also purifies everything around it. Fire burns the negative …
Coconut is a symbol of fertility and an emblem of Goddess Lakshmi – the goddess of good fortune and prosperity. The resemblance of coconuts to human heads fascinated the ancients and they replaced humans in sacrifice by breaking coconuts instead. With its head-like shape and two eyes and coarse hair on top, it resembled the …
Why offer food to God? Food is the building block for human life. If there was no food there would be no life. Food acts as a life-driving force in human life. On the other hand, God is the ultimate creator, he has created living entities and provided food for all. God has made such …
Lord Shiva is called Brahmapureeswara because he changed the fate of Brahma. The legend of this temple is connected to the story of Savitri, where Shiva cuts off the fifth head of Brahma. After losing the fifth head Brahma started out on a pilgrimage to Lord Shiva Temples. During the course of his pilgrimage he …
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Pushkar is often referred as the only Brahma temple in the world. According to the Hindu scripture Padma Purana, Brahma saw the demon Vajranabha trying to kill his children and harass people. He immediately slew the demon with his lotus flower. In this process, the lotus petals fell at this place. Since a flower fell …
It is been a few centuries since science has been pondering over the big question of how everything was created. How did life, the complex human body, the planets, and the universe was created? Even though science has quite a few theories it still doesn’t have a concrete answer. However, the Puranas mention in simple …