#hindu culture

[forgotten-bharat]

About Vedic Scriptures

[seedhe-pahad-se]

Listening to "Arey Dwarpalo Kanhaiya se kehdo" feels so pure i cannot explain it.

[yato-dharmastato-jayah]

Hindutva literally means being Hindu or Hindu-ness.

How tf is that a negative thing?

We Hindus are proud of our heritage, culture, religious history and scholarly achievements.

How is that an evil thing?

We are decolonising and reclaiming the religious sites which were stolen from us. We are rebuilding those sites with our own money and celebrating their restoration.

How is that hurting anyone? How is that wrong?

Hindus have always believed in the sentiment of live and let live, of living together as one family (Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam). We have welcomed into our fold many different communities and peoples, like the Parsis (Zoroastrians) when they were persecuted and forced to leave their homeland Persia, the Jews (Bene Israelis, Baghdadis, Cochin Jews, Bnei Menashe, Bene Ephraims, etc.), the Tibetans when they were persecuted and their homeland stolen by China, even the Christians and Muslims from different parts of the world when they came to trade here. We have cohabited peacefully with people of other faiths, like Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains, who are so close to us that we intermarry frequently and don't even consider it an interfaith relationship.

Hindus, for the most part, are inherently welcoming people, open and accepting of others as long as they don't try to stifle us or impose their religious beliefs on us. We believe in being nonviolent as long as we aren't pushed into a corner, as long as we're given space to practice our religion, as long as we're not forced to bend so much that we break.

If the Hindus are attacked, if attempts are made to erase or subjugate our religion, then obviously we'll respond in kind. It's the simple concept of self defence.

In the end, I shouldn't even need to state this overtly, but obviously there are bad apples in every cart, and people from every community commit wrongs. But it doesn't define a community. We condemn such wrong acts and will continue to do so. But calling all Hindus or Hindutva itself evil because of a few bad apples is not only illogical, it reeks of prejudice and preconceived hatred. That's when it becomes Hinduphobia.

[kaal-naagin]

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं

विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्ण शुभाङ्गम् ।

लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यम्

वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥

Shaanta-Aakaaram Bhujaga-Shayanam Padma-Naabham Sura-Iisham

Vishva-Aadhaaram Gagana-Sadrsham Megha-Varnna Shubha-Anggam|

Lakssmii-Kaantam Kamala-Nayanam Yogibhir-Dhyaana-Gamyam

Vande Vissnnum Bhava-Bhaya-Haram Sarva-Loka-Eka-Naatham ||

Meaning:

1: (Salutations to Sri Vishnu) Who has a Serene Appearance, Who Rests on a Serpent (Adisesha), Who has a Lotus on His Navel and Who is the Lord of the Devas,

2: Who Sustains the Universe, Who is Boundless and Infinite like the Sky, Whose Colour is like the Cloud (Bluish) and Who has a Beautiful and Auspicious Body,

3: Who is the Husband of Devi Lakshmi, Whose Eyes are like Lotus and Who is Attainable to the Yogis by Meditation,

4: Salutations to That Vishnu Who Removes the Fear of Worldly Existence and Who is the Lord of All the Lokas.

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[ritish16]

Lakshmi Venkateshwara

[jodhadreams]

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[kafkaismyfather]

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[hum-suffer]

It's the moment that the sun looks like fire. Keshav has never felt as much at peace as he does now, watching over his wife's city as they prepare for the men of his House to leave. They don't know that they'll leave forever.

Beside him, with her raven hair flowing in the salty air, is Dwarkeshwari. Her eyes are closed and her face is pulled taut because even she knows she must say goodbye to her husband.

"Must you always leave me first, husband?" She asks and the words borrow themselves between the two of them, their tone as golden hued as she is. "What is this stubbornness of yours?"

He smiles, traces the shree at his wristband and tilts his head. Rukmini doesn't believe the act at all, she's seen it more times than time itself has existed, but it melts her heart all the same. He's taller than her, always is, so he leans downward as he shares his secret with a mischievous smile.

"You told me you wouldn't step in a place that did not have me, my wife. I leave before you so I can prepare the land to be pious enough for your precious."

She scoffs even as a blush colours her cheeks. Trust him to remember the things she said two mahayugs ago. "Then don't leave me behind. Don't abandon me." Her voice cracks and the winter that seeps into her bones every time he leaves chills her further. Her fingers, already numb with cold, hold his forearm as if her touch could stop the inevitable.

"How could I abandon you, my love?" He presses his forehead against hers and her sindur copies itself over his tilak and they're one again. "You live within myself. How would I breathe without your presence?"

And she knows it's true. She knows it as she knows how he feels at all times, as she feels his warmth in her heart and the back of her throat, as she feels the callouses on her fingers, as she knows instinctively how to play a flute and how to summon the sudarshan chakra.

She closes her eyes, doesn't say anything, but he knows. He knows as he feels her anklets around his feet, as he knows how to draw, as he finds lotuses embroidered on his clothes.

"You will leave me in agony," she says, defeated already in front of him. "You will leave me in pain to hear them screaming for the two of us, for help."

He takes a deep breath as he already feels the water in his lungs."Then you will come to me. Come to me and reset my ribs in a way that they only hold your name beside my heart. Then you will tell them that mercy means lack thereof, too."

"My heart." She sighs between them, as the sun begins to lower in respect of the last night of the Jagatpita on Earth.

He kisses her brow, her fingers closed around his peacock feather rings tight enough that it'll leave an impression. Maybe that's exactly what she wants. "My melody."

And that's how they speak, with silent promises of future quarrels and heartaches, with the promises of embraces and healing.

[meerawrites]

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[forgotten-bharat]

Yajur Ved

[shivaom99]

Om Namah Shivay 🔱 ॐ नमः शिवाय 🔱

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[yato-dharmastato-jayah]

Dr. K. K. Muhammed, the Indian archaeologist who served as the Regional Director of the Archaeological Survey of India. He was heavily involved in the excavations done at the site of Babri masjid, and he was the first to ask Muslims to hand over the Babri Masjid area to Hindus after finding evidence that the mosque was built on the remains of a Hindu temple.

Please listen to what he has to say about Hindus.

[sudamaniparva]

sometimes i feel like hinduism shouldn't count as a religion

[kaal-naagin]

Krishna: " Kaalo Kaalo korish ne lo

O Gowaler Jhi

Amai Bidhaata korechhe kaalo

Ami korbo ki?"

[Translation: Don't call me dark

O Milkmaid

The Supreme has made me dark

What can I do?]

Meanwhile all of us who know that He is the Supreme: 🤔🤔🤔

[HARE KRISHNA SAKHAS/SAKHIS ,

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[ritish16]

Krishna as Govardhana

[audreycritter]

hello, i have a request for help! looking for Hindi or Urdu terms of endearment a mother would use for a son-- I just reblogged a long list, but I'm not sure which to use because I don't know which ones have slightly (or extremely) romantic connotations, or are usually gender-specific, or denote specific familial connections in actual cultural practice. can you reply or DM me if you're willing to help? i'm not going to like, outright vet/ask anyone who replies, but i'd PREFER help from native speakers or those with extensive cultural background.

thank u in advance!