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The celebration of life, joyous and exultant, fostering song and dance, the splendour of festivals and the bustle of fairs, has been the most characteristic feature of the Indian tradition from time immemorial.
The impulses to the revels have been both secular and sacred. The seasons which signal to man the time for work and the time for relaxation, the commencement of the agricultural cycle with sowing in spring and its culmination with the harvest of golden ...
Trees and plants play an important part in the myths and customs of India. Many are considered holy, often for reasons that are lost in the mists of antiquity—they are associated and identified with Gods, planets, months, etc. certain plants are used as protection against witchcraft and the evil eye some plants bring luck and are offered in the temples and others play an important part in other religious rites. These traditions and myths form ...
In this book Indian Mythology: Myths and Legends the author has picked up sparkling gems of legends from the vast ocean of Sanskrit literature, which illustrate failings of humans and Gods and demons as well as their noble deeds with their inevitable pleasant and unpleasant consequences. In a civilization as old as the Hindu civilization, religion and mythology are so intermingled that it is difficult to establish where religion ends and mythology begins. ...
Shiva the source of sacred Ganges, the ascetic whose Tandava dance shook not only the mortal world but even the gods and sages, is in the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, and considered to be the most powerful of Indian gods. He is described as the all-pervading Supreme Soul, both terrible and benign, creative and destructive, ugly and handsome. In Shiva, Dr. Shakti Gupta writes not only about the myths and legends around Shiva, but traces the worship of Shiva ...
In Indian mythology and beliefs the Sun God is also known as Surya and Aditya. From time immemorial the Sun God is worshipped and revered as endless source of energy. The Puranas, the Vedas and the ancient Hindu epic, the Ramayana contain numerous references to the worship of Surya, the Sun God. In the Vedic scriptures, Surya has been described as a store house of energy and radiance without which nothing can survive on earth. There are numerous temples for the ...