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Ekanetra – About Hindu God Ekanetra - Symbolism - Deeper Meaning

Ekanetra is a manifestation of Hindu God Shiva. This form of Shiva is associated with the Tantric tradition. Ekanetra is part of eight deities through whom Shiva performs creation, maintenance, destruction, concealing and revealing. Ekanetra is part of Vidyesvaras or lords of knowledge – the above mentioned eight deities are also known as Vidyesvaras. They perform all actions on behalf of Shiva on lower worlds. Ekanetra means the one with single eye. This aspect Shiva is also identified with Ekarudra. Symbolically, Ekanetra also means the primordial single source of energy from which all things manifest and into which all things merge. Ekanetra also teaches the importance of single-minded focus in the materialistic world. Two is distraction. One stands for success and liberation. 

Agni Durga In Hindu Religion – About Goddess Agni Durga Form of Goddess Shakti

Agni Durga is a manifestation of Goddess Durga in Hindu religion. This is a unique form of Mother Goddess Shakti as she has three eyes like Shiva. The description of her form is given in Agamas. She takes her name from her brilliant complexion like the lightning. Vehicle or Vahana of Agni Durga is a lion. She has eight hands and they hold disc, sword, shield, arrow, noose and goad. Two hands are in varada and tarjani mudra (blessing and warning). A unique feature of the image of Agni Durga is that she is usually depicted along with two celestial women. They stand by her sides and hold sword and shield in their hands. This is a fierce form of Goddess Durga. She is basically worshipped for getting protection from enemies. There are no known temples that is exclusively dedicated to Agni Durga. She is found as minor deity in certain Goddess Shakti temples. She is also depicted on many temple walls in painting and also in pillars in sculpture form. There is an Ag

Indumati – Aja - Story of Father And Mother Of Dasharatha - Raghuvamsa Of Kalidasa

Indumati was a princess of Vidarbha and her story is immortalized in Raghuvamsa of Kalidasa. Indumati married Aja and they were parents of Dasharatha, father of Rama, in the Ramayana. Thus they were the grandparents of Sri Ram. Indumati was the sister of King Bhoja of Vidarbha. King Bhoga organized a swayamvara for Indumati choose her spouse. Swayamvara is choosing a suitable husband from an assembly of prospective grooms from various regions. Indumati entered the hall with a garland in hand, where the princess had assembled. Many brave and handsome princesses had gathered to wed Indumati. As she moved from one prince to another, Indumati’s friend Sunanda described the achievements of each. She passed on from one prince to another and each turned pale as she passed them. At last, Indumati chose Prince Aja of Ayodhya from the Ikshvaku dynasty. The marriage was solemnized. However, the princes who were left out attacked Aja out of jealousy. Aja, a brave warrior, used

It Is All About Pandavas In Bannikoppa Village in Haveri District of Karnataka

All traditions and beliefs in Bannikoppa Village in Haveri District of Karnataka revolve around the legends based on the five Pandava brothers in Mahabharata. Bannikoppa villagers believe that the Pandavas lived in their village for one year during their exile period. Majority of the male members in the village are named after the Pandavas. The village domesticates only cow and no other animal because Pandavas did not like domesticating any other animal. When some villagers tried to rear goats or breed fowls, they all were killed by rare diseases. Only Lingayat Panchamasali community members live in the village as it is believed that other community members cannot live in the village. So other community members don’t stay overnight at the village. A century-old temple in the village is named after the Pandavas and it is the only temple in Bannikoppa. Bannikoppa Village is about 6 km from Shiggaon in Haveri District of Karnataka. Times of India Repor

Story Of The Curse – Reason Why Narada Wanders Around the Earth?

Sage Narada always wanders around the earth and never resides in a single location. It is said that the Narada is forced to wander around the earth due to a curse by Daksha Prajapati. Brahma asked Daksha to create subjects or living beings. He thus created Devas, hermits, Asuras, serpents and numerous other living beings from his mind. But none of the subjects created by Daksha Prajapati was procreating. So he decided to create subjects through the coition of male and female. He thus had five thousand sons by his wife Akini. They were called the Haryasvas. They were to procreate but Sage Narada appeared before them. He suggested to them that they were mere children and they did not have any knowledge of the ways of the world. He told them that they had the power to go up, down and sideways. So they should first try to find the beginning and end of the universe. They took the advice of Sage Narada and went in different directions and never returned. Daksha again begot tho

Vedanta Tells Us This World Is Like A Mirror House

Swami Ram Tirtha Explains - Vedanta Tells Us This World Is Like A Mirror House Once there came into a mirror house a dog. The dog finds armies of dogs on his right coming up to him, and you know that dogs are very jealous, dogs do not wish any rival dogs to be present beside them. They are very jealous. When this dog saw thousands of dogs approaching him from the right, he turned to the left hand side, and again on that wall were fixed thousands of mirrors, and there he finds an army of dogs coming up to him about to devour him, tear him to pieces. He turned to the third wall and there he found again dogs of the same sort. He turned to the fourth wall and there the same thing. He turned his head upward to heaven and there from heaven he saw thousands of dogs coming down upon him to devour him and tear him to pieces. He was frightened. He jumped up, all the dogs jumped on all sides; he was barking and he found all the dogs barking and opening their mouths at him. The sound re-echo