#shiva is so done with vishnu

[blackknight-100]

Rama: *yeets Maricha into the ocean*

Shiva: ...he's supposed to be human

Parvati: Give them another chance dear.

Lakshmana: *stays awake for 14 years*

Sita: *takes shortcut to Vaikunth via earth*

Parvati: Umm...

Krishna: *lifts up a mountain*

Balarama: *starts dragging a whole city*

Krishna: *makes solar eclipse happen*

Krishna: *shows his actual form*

Parvati: ...dear, what are you doing?

Shiva: *bribing Pavan dev* IT'S LIAR LIAR TAILS ON FIREEEE!!! FLYING MONKEY LETZGOOOOO!!!

[whencyclopedia]

Hindu Architecture

Hindu Architecture evolved over the centuries from simple rock-cut cave shrines to massive and ornate temples which spread across the Indian sub-continent and beyond, forming a canonical style which is still adhered to today in modern Hindu temples across the globe.

Essential elements of Hindu architecture are precise and harmonious geometry when viewed from all four sides and above, the square form and grid ground plans, soaring towers, and elaborate decorate sculpture which includes gods, worshippers, erotic scenes, animals, and floral and geometric patterns.

Beginnings & Purpose

From the 1st century CE a new type of worship known as Bhakti or devotional Hinduism spread across the Indian sub-continent, and the old Vedic gods were replaced in importance by deities like Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna, Brahma, and Devi. These gods would become the central figures of Hinduism and their worship required temples where the devoted could offer their thanks and reveal their hopes for a better life.

Buildings were constructed which could house a sacred symbol of a particular god, which could be decorated with sculptural figures of them so recalling episodes from their mythological adventures, and which provided a space for worshippers to leave offerings and perform rituals such as bathing and dancing by professional female dancers (devadasi). The temple was considered the dwelling place of a particular god (devalaya). It was, therefore, a sacred place (tirtha) where heaven and earth meet and, as a god's home, it must be a suitably splendid palace (prasada). The needs of the god would, additionally, be supervised by a dedicated body of priests (pujaris) who attended the temple.

Hindus need not attend regular services, but an occasional walk around the temple interior (circumambulation), known as pradaksina and done in a clockwise direction, was considered auspicious. Further, they could say prayers, look at the god's representation – a specific act of piety known as darsan – and leave offerings of food and flowers (puja). Temples, inevitably, became the very centre of a community and, accordingly, their upkeep was guaranteed by land grants and endowments from the ruling class, as indicated by inscriptions on many temples.

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[rowanthestrange]

In Which We Examine An Event In Hindu/Vedic Mythology For The Blorbos.

In Verse.

Brahman is everything, one, with an ‘n’. Beyond all beginning, surpassing the end. Brahman is represented by divine trinity, Brahma, and Vishnu, and Shiva make three.

Brahma’s the creator, of time and of places, Holds never a weapon, just knowledge and Vedas. Representing activity neither good, bad, or both, Of passion, and ego, and of movement and growth.

Then there is Vishnu who protected what’s new, Vishnu preserves things and Vishnu is blue. For balance, and cycles, eternity, peace, And battle when needed for evil to cease.

Finally Shiva, the destroyer and death, To enable the end and to start from what’s left, For family, demon slayer, patron of arts, Chaos, destruction, and drums as he danced.

(But it has also been said in quiet by some, Though the crescent of Shiva and Vishnu’s bright Sun, May appear to be different, they’re identical too, Vishnu’s greatest form’s Shiva; and Shiva’s Vishnu.)

And sometimes went further beyond like Brahma, Who took on the avatar of the moon god Chandra, The lord of stars, night, and herbs that healing could be, So to be born from parents and birth Mercury.

They have hundreds of stories of glory and strife, But what of the origin of the Elixir Of Life, The Samudra Manthana was put into motion, Or in English the tale called ‘Churning of the Ocean’.

The Asuras were a breed of superhuman Lords, Most power-hungry cheaters, and the enemies of gods. The half-brother Devas were masterful sorts, All playful game players, and mostly good sports.

There were great many battles for many domains, And the Asuras took over multiple planes. The Devas went to Vishnu to ask for help in defiance, And he suggested to them that they make an alliance.

That all of the beings cease their brutality, Churn the ocean for elixir of immortality, So that all of them share it and so never die, (Though not really the Asuras, and Vishnu would lie.)

But the churning released something else from the sea, A poison of Death to destroy all is, was, and could be, The surviving fled to Brahma, the store of all information, Who said to stop death requires the purest cessation.

To protect all the realms Shiva swallowed the brew, And his wife grabbed his neck to stop it passing through, And Shiva survived, but an unfortunate hue, As his neck was now painted an odd sort of blue.

And now other treasures started being produced From the ocean all sorts of strange things now were loosed, Including Kaustubha, a divine ruby gem, That the Devas gave to Vishnu for his helping them.

Then the wish-giving life tree, of tales of its own, From when Shiva was forced to send his daughter from home, To protect her from The Darkener’s war til was done, (Not quite Asura nor Deva was also their son) But that’s a long story and isn’t this one.

An umbrella, some earrings, animals odd as can be, The crescent of Chandra that Shiva pulled free, A conch shell that rang of creation; then surged, Vishnu’s avatar the doctor, the vaidya emerged.

In his hands was amrita, the life-giving food. And unsurprisingly quickly the fighting ensued, The Asuras stole it and immediately fled, And the Devas went to Vishnu and immediately pled.

So Vishnu took the form of a beautiful female, Who took it back from the Asuras who were quick to avail, She sat them in two rows, so alone she could choose, To immortalise good, and the cheaters would lose.

Down the Deva row she spooned her nectar from the pot, And each of the Devas immortality got, Except for an Asura who snuck in their line, Chandra found out Svarbhānu but not quite in time,

Vishnu cut off his head but the man spoke from live lips, Immortal in two, they represent the eclipse. And Asura and Deva now resumed their fight, While Vishnu flew away and fled into the night,

And twins, pairs, and counterparts fought all the more, Until finally the Devas had succeeded in war, And they exiled the Asuras to underworldly domain, And the higher dimensions fell back under their reign.

[ms-potato]

Hindu goddess as students in school ; another modern(ish) au

disclaimer: there are as many as thousand avataras of lakshmi devi and I can definitely not add all of them <\3

✿ Lakshmi

• rich girl™

• she loves to take care of her friends

• "wanna go out girls? My treat!"

• her love language is obv giving gifts to her girls

• she and vishnu are the IT couple of the school.

✿ Parvati

• Feminist™

• a girl's girl

• a great dancer

• really kind and nice but everyone is scared to talk to her because that shiva dude is always following her 🙄

• power couple tbh.

✿ Saraswati

• epitome of studious™

• always shares her notes and explains topics if someone needs help (our savior fr)

• she plays veena. beautifully.

• she and brahma are the parent friends.

• every one calls for her one day before the exam 😃

✿ Sita

• Girl boss™

• done with everyone. she is just wants to go home 😭

• she reminds everyone to stay hydrated and eat properly everyday, she even shares her lunch with everyone

• she somehow became the class representative btw.

• so she hangs out with Rama a lot because of their work.

✿ Padmavati

• cottage core girly™

• really really shy

• spends most of the time in the school garden taking care of the plants and trees.

• likes to wear flowers (mostly lotus) and tulsi on her braid

• venkat once accidentally confessed to her and then ran away.

✿ Durga

• fierce™

• "is someone bothering you Padma? 🤨"

• she loves the color red

• cat person (she wanted a lion/tiger but due to legal reasons, she got a cat)

• please don't piss her off

[h0bg0blin-meat]

I think I need to make it clear for many Vaishnav (looking especially at you, ISKON) Hindu extremists (and even many Shaivites) that ya'll can have your sects and your beliefs as Vishnu or Shiva as your supreme lords. I don't have an issue with that.

But when you try to say that this is the ONLY truth about the Vedic religion (I'm not using Hinduism here because it doesn't sum up the pantheon as much as the ''Vedic" word does, despite the term being associated with the Vedas, and yes we need to come up with a better word that comprises this entire pantheon as a whole), that's when I have a problem, because that is definitely NOT the entire pantheon.

Do not spread the beliefs of your sect as the ONLY canon belief and don't speak for the people who don't fall under this category. I have seen this in all of social media and it pains me how much of a linear pantheon this once oh-so flexible culture has become.

Yes the concept of Prajapati and the Supreme being has existed since the Vedas. But when you say that Vishnu and Shiva are somehow superior to other gods as the ONLY CANONICAL BELIEF, that just flips me off, and I'm gonna call it out.

How dare you forget the four Vedas, that had no mention of such an idea? This might tick some people off but Indra, Agni, Rudra (which later became synonymous with Shiva, but is a whole different deity), Mitra, Varuna, Vayu and a few other Gods were just as much powerful as Vishnu or Shiva, if not more. This is ANOTHER canonical truth that these extremists (again, somehow mostly Vaishnav) are denying.

Ancient pantheons weren't some linear path with just one canon event. These were their own multiverses of a plethora of VARIOUS canon events, myths and legends. So stop making the Vedic religion a linear, rigid pantheon. Remember? It's not an organized religion. There can be SEVERAL canonical truths. Like I definitely understand that a religion/culture changes overtime. It evolves. Fine. Vishnu is the supreme God now, fine. But you can't deny the history. The Vedas that didn't canonize this. Are you gonna say that these Vedas, that came BEFORE this Vishnu/Shiva being the considered the supreme lord(s), were wrong? I hope not lol.

Besides, I'm not even gonna get into ISKON. They have regarded anyone that's not Vishnu as a demigod, which is ABSOLUTELY VILE AND DISRESPECTFUL. Do they even KNOW what a demigod is??? FUCK NO. They don't. They just like to use that word to inferiorize other deities, due to their unhealthy and toxic obsession with Vishnu, who doesn't deserve it. On top of that they have claimed that worshipping such gods will not lead you to eternal peace, or that it's somehow wrong. Ah yes. Gotta love gatekeeping and toxic cult fan behavior. Call me rude but if you disrespect a GOD (yes, Indra, Mitra, Varuna and others are ALSO GODS, FYI) is WILD, and they should be called out for it. (Some Shaivites have done the same in case of Shiva, and they need to be similarly called out.)

In conclusion, worship whoever tf you want, but remember that theologically, and even historically, there can be more than one canonical story. It really depends on which sect/region you belong to. You CAN be a polytheist. Idk why Hindus these days are inadvertently trying to appeal to the monotheistic pantheons so much, to the point that they have an internal dislike for polytheism, which they're not aware of, but it shows when they speak up.

This pantheon (like every other pagan pantheon back in the day) is very broad. Remember that. And it's very flexible. So let it be like that, and stop gatekeeping it and having a war between who supreme Lord is. I'll stop my yapping here. But I hope people understand this. Cuz damn.

[zeherili-ankhein]

OKAY OKAY SO

I don't think it's fair to credit ONLY ancient Tamil writers for the Harihar yaoi cult cuz in some Shakta beliefs Vishnu is seen as an avatar of Shakti, and HENCE...

Vishnu and Shiva are... technically married...canonically.... if u think about it

So a big shoutout to ancient Shakta writers as well!

I like to think that the North Indian writers were planning to make them a canon ship but were a little too hesitant so the Tamil and Shakta writers stepped in and said "Fuck it. We'll do it instead. Tumlogo se nahi hone wala."

Honestly BIG slay. They were TIRED.

EXACTLY LIKE THE ENTIRE KRISHNA = KALI THING PROVES THIS

Does that also mean Krishna stepped on Shiva-

Honestly the North Indian writers should have done that :/ sad they chickened out

The Tamil and Shakta writers honestly had a Thanos moment and said “fine I'll do it myself” AND THEY COOKED 🥘🥧

[badamlyanhua]

At night, I couldn't sleep,

at day I couldn't stay awake.

My mind was constantly racing,

looking at myself, I only found flaws.

Overanalyzing my personality,

I always felt improvement.

I couldn't stop comparing myself

to those I would like to be like.

Why do they have it easier?

Why are they more open?

Why are they not anxious like me?

Why are their smiles and laughs genuine?

How come they can eat a meal and keep it down?

How could they meet with friends and not break down?

How can they speak openly about what is bothering them?

Where do they find the words to describe their emotions?

If I try, I choke up,

if I attempt to speak, I tear up.

It was easier to stay silent,

except that some people are meant to be happy,

others are meant to pretend.

I thought that I must've done something to suffer the way I do,

I am never meant to be happy, I am never meant to feel peaceful.

I haven't done anything to be loved,

so what is my purpose?

Should I leave or should I stay?

Or weigh out my options?

If I left, I would be at peace,

if I stayed, they would be at peace.

I do not care about myself,

I do not care about the others,

so which path should I go?

If I leave, the cries of a mother,

something that should never be heard,

would haunt me forever.

If I stayed, my own existence,

is what I was tired of experiencing.

"How are you really?"

I have no answer to that.

How could I, if I look at myself,

see and feel nothing?

If I look at outside of myself, I see and feel nothing,

so tell me, how would I know how I am doing?

"I am fine" is a lie.

"I am unwell" is a lie.

"I don't know how I'm doing" is a lie.

I do not know, I can't put it in words.

So I gave up explaining myself,

I gave up explaining my actions,

I gave up pretending,

I gave up trying,

I gave up.

I prayed to Buddha for peace,

I prayed to Guan Yin for mercy,

I prayed to Ji Gong for help,

I prayed to Chenrezig for compassion,

I prayed to Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva to stand with me.

All those times, I could not shake the feeling of selfishness.

"I don't have it as bad, they have it worse."

What am I complaining about?

What am I doing here?

Am I ungrateful?

Like everything else, I do not know.

I seeked refuge in them,

because I cannot help myself.

I do not know how to help myself,

and even if I knew, I am too weak.

So what should I do?

Staying is unbearable, leaving is unbearable.

How come there is no solution for both sides?

— P

[talonabraxas]

Divine Union of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi

It is said that we reach where our thoughts lead us to. So, if we are surrounded by positive thoughts we will attract positivity and if our thoughts are related to divine energy then positive aura is the ultimate destination.

Let us revive our mind and nurture it with sacred things about god and goddesses who are the real foundation of this universe.

Hindu religion is the richest one loaded with a huge number of gods and goddesses. Among many, the tales of Lord Vishnu and Maa Lakshmi are very popular among Hindu devotees throughout the world.

Lord Vishnu along with her consort Maa Lakshmi is regularly worshipped by people for their eternal blessings in the form of good health, wealth, success, prosperity and harmony in the family.

About Lord Vishnu and Maa Lakshmi

According to the various Hindu texts, puranas, and epics Lord Vishnu is the part of trinity gods who play the role of preserver. The other two gods are Lord Brahma (the creator) and Lord Shiva (the destroyer). Lord Vishnu is the sacred Hindu god also known as Narayana who used to appear on earth to maintain a balance between the good and the evil and to protect humans and other beings from the wicked demons. Lord Vishnu has appeared nine times on earth in the form of different incarnations during the times when bad deeds increased.

Maa Lakshmi also known as ‘Shri’, the Hindu goddess of wealth, health and good fortune who is the wife of Lord Vishnu. It is believed that she also appeared in different forms on earth along with Lord Vishnu as Radha or Rukmini, Sita, Padma and more.

Both Lord Vishnu and Maa Lakshmi possess powers which are capable of transforming the lives of people. When they both are worshipped together miracles happen and the desires of people are fulfilled. They bless their devotees with abundance of health, wealth and prosperity.

Marriage of Vishnu and Lakshmi

The union or the tying of knots between the Lord Vishnu and Maa Lakshmi is an auspicious moment altogether. Lets dive into the esoteric journey of sacred marriage and bring out some best of the gems.

The story goes back to the time when Indra (the King of all Devtas) was traveling on his vehicle Airavata, the elephant. He met sage Durvasa on his way who gave him a magical garland. Indra in his arrogance did not greet the sage properly due to which sage Durvasa cursed him. As a result of which Indra and all the other devtas lost their power, wealth and possessions.

After this, devtas were attacked by Asuras the demons. In the battle they lost Indralok and other powers.

Indra along with other gods went to Brahma who advised them to visit Lord Vishnu in Vaikuntha.

Indra pleaded in front of Lord Vishnu and asked for help. Lord Vishnu advised them to go for churning of the ocean of milk that is 'Samudra Manthan'.

Lord Vishnu told the gods to take help of Mount Mandara for churning and snake god Vasuki as a rope.

Lord Vishnu himself appeared as an incarnation of Kurma avatar in tortoise form. As Kurma avatar, Lord Vishnu went into the ocean below the Mount Mandara and held it on his back providing a firm base.

This was the time when Lord Vishnu and Maa Lakshmi parted.

On the advice of Lord Vishnu, Devtas went to hold the tail of Vasuki and the Asuras were towards the head which was throwing out a deadly poison.

As the churning began, many precious gems and other things came out. Goddess Lakshmi also appeared in a beautiful form all dressed up in red saree and loaded with gold jewelry. All the Devtas and Asuras were awestruck by the beauty of goddess Lakshmi. They eagerly waited for Lakshmi to choose them when Lord Brahma interfered and organized the 'Swayamwar' for the marriage of Lakshmi. This was done to protect the rights and respect of women as in Swayamwar, goddess Lakshmi had the right to choose her husband.

Devtas and Asuras were admiring goddess Lakshmi and wanted her to choose them. Just then Lord Vishnu also appeared and posed as one of the grooms. The moment goddess Lakshmi saw Lord Vishnu, she ran with a garland towards him and chose him as her husband.

This was the moment when goddess Lakshmi tied knots with Lord Vishnu and became his eternal consort. Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi Talon Abraxas

[questionableresponses]

So my mum was telling the story of the Harihar in Nabadwip to my relatives and qhen she mentioned how Shiva was in ecstasy from kirtan that he spun so much he merged into Vishnu I just sat there thinking that was pretty gay

(I mean this feels like one of the more hetero things they've done I don't think they can top making Ayyappan lol)

[vertigoblockbuster]

Info Dump: Ardra Nakshatra

In vedic astrology, Rudra is the ruling deity of Ardra nakshatra, the 6th lunar mansion in the Hindu zodiacal system. Rudra is a form of Lord Shiva the Destroyer. Within Hinduism Shiva is one of three principle deities, the other two being Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma. In extremely simple terms, Brahma is the creator of the universe, Vishnu is the preserver of it, and Shiva destroys it to recreate a new universe.

Rudra is very different from the other gods. Rather than desiring nice clothing and adornments, Rudra prefers to wear animal skin and tree bark. A graveyard is his preferred dwelling place over a peaceful home. He doesn't wash or cut his hair and searches for a deeper meaning that he values above all earthly comforts. One who has Rudra nakshatras (Ardra, Mula, and the two Bhadrapadas) prevalent in their birth chart has the power to unleash their anger onto untrue, impure things. Lies, harmful people, and corrupt institutions are the types of animals Rudra hunts. Evil is washed away by his storms and a clean slate is made available for good things to manifest.

Shiva is eternal and therefore is not literally "born," instead he is an embodiment of an energy that existed in Brahma first. The story of Rudra's "birth" from Brahma goes like this: Brahma worked hard to create beings to help him in forming the universe. When they disobeyed him because they did not want to mingle with lower earthly things, Brahma understood their reasoning but was simultaneously furious at their disobedience. His rage built up between his eyes (think of how we scrunch our faces when we become angry) and when he pulled it out of his head it took the form of a howling baby that was purple and androgynous, Rudra.

To help Brahma in his creation of the universe, Rudra was instructed to separate his male and female forms and make eleven copies of himself so that they could reproduce together. These beings formed from Brahma's fury were full of anger and threatened to destroy the world that he was attempting to create. Brahma instructed Rudra to control his anger by meditating. Rudra threw himself into yoga to conquer his mind and become peaceful. Brahma was pleased with the work that Rudra had done on himself and renamed him Shiva. Literally translated, Rudra means the "howler" or the "most frightening one" while Shiva means "calm" or "benevolent." Rudra's self-mastery through yoga is why he is revered as one of the original masters of the practice, another being Brahma. Rudra is perhaps a more notable yogic master because of the inner rage he had to conquer within himself. His path to self-control was more challenging because he is the embodiment of Brahma's anger.

When used unhealthily, this destructive force is inflicted on innocent people and things around the native with Rudra influencing their chart. It can also be turned inward by the native onto themselves. Here we can see the archetype of the tortured bad boy or the tragic bad girl. No superficiality is tolerated (at least not comfortably) at this point in the zodiac and must be destroyed, including one's own character.

Some of the symbology associated with Ardra includes the color green (Ardra translating to mean moist one or fresh one), a jewel, a human head and a teardrop. The color green reminds us of the rich landscape of a forest after a storm. After a violent downpour the plant life is hydrated, nourished, and rejuvenated. Here is a reminder that storms, while frightening experiences best avoided from a superficial standpoint, are not only beautiful on a deeper level but necessary for growth. This same principle can easily be extended to human beings and is the major lesson we learn from Ardra nakshatra: Anger is not bad. We need anger. The challenge is directing it properly.

The symbol of the jewel evokes ideas of the formation of diamonds. It is commonly known that tremendous heat and pressure are required to form diamonds, and that they are held around the world to be extremely valuable. Again, we are brought back to the idea of using our turbulent, angry emotions (think of the heat and pressure required for a diamond to form) as tools to create a life that we truly value (the diamond itself).

The human head and teardrop are associated with Ardra because it is a nakshatra of intellect, deep reflection, and also of anguish and suffering. Crying has been said to be a remedy for those with prominent Ardra placements in their chart because it releases pent up emotions. After crying we are left with a clean emotional slate and there is now space to recreate ourselves.

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I credit Vic Dicara for the information on the story of Rudra/Shiva. Please check out his YouTube channel Vic Dicara's Astrology if you are interested in learning about vedic astrology.

[janaknandini-singh999]

Vishnu & Shiva (Harihara)

Vishnu is a mischievous yet grounded boy who loves the colour yellow, the sky and dresses. Shiva is a fierce yet innocent one who loves nature, yoga and dancing.

"SHIVUUUWUUU MY LOVE MY GOD!" Vishnu ran and jumped on Shiva, who smiled a little. He kissed Shiva's cheek and grinned "I MADE YOU A TIARA OF YOUR FAVOURITE RUDRAKSH BEADS AND SOME PRETTY FLOWERSSKSKSS"

"You know that I get content with just some belpatra and bhasm, right?"

"OK, MY BHASM BESTIE BRO!" Vishnu pouted "Keep your low maintenance rituals for your dear devotees for an easy path to reach you. But allow MEEE TO SPOIL YOU AT LEAST??! You give everyone vardaan, don't you? Give one to me also that you let me love you IN MY OWN WAYYY HEHEHEHEHE"

"Alright alright!" Shiva couldn't help but laugh a little as he placed the tiara on his head gently

"THERE NOW!!! You look so ADORABLE, my BHOLEY BABUUU UWU" Vishnu pulled Shiva's cheeks hard "Who can tell that you're a WILD YOGU? Btw do you remember the time I became Mohini and we merged-"

Shiva quickly lifted him up in bridal style, laughing nervously "Yes, I do, buddy."

Someone cleared their throat and Shiva looked up, letting out a gasp and dropping Vishnu down with a thud.

"OWWW! I-" he turned around to look too "oh-"

Parvati and Lakshmi were standing at a distance, the former clearly fuming with rage. Lakshmi shrugged and looked away, politely.

"Parvati, it is nothing like it seems-"

"That's ENOUGH, swami!"

Shiva immediately went quiet. He remembers Kaali and how he had to literally lay down in front of her to save the cosmos from getting obliterated by her wife's wrath.

"But you know it was for a purpose! Lord Ayappa was born."

Parvati sighed "I know and understand all of that.. but the way I had to literally sacrifice myself in the pyre as Sati for your honour, then get reborn as Parvati and do tapasya for CENTURIES just for you to ACCEPT me as your wife! But with bhraata Vishnu here, all he needed to do was turn into the most beautiful enchantress and you-"

Vishnu grinned nervously and looked away too.

"I'll talk to YOU TOO later, brother!" Parvati spoke to Vishnu and walked away, Shiva on her heels, chasing her.

He glared at Vishnu one last time, whispering "If the brahmaand goes up in flames with her then you shall be the one to be blamed, Jagannath!"

"No?" Vishnu could barely contain himself from giggling "YOU will be. Shiva couldn't confront and comfort his Shakti????? The most sacred couple, PARENTS OF THE UNIVERSE?"

Shiva groaned and made a dash for his wife

Lakshmi sighed again and advanced towards her husband "Why do you do this?"

Vishnu looked at her with his big, innocent bambi eyes "Me?"

Lakshmi blinked slowly "Yes." and waved her hand "I know your leelas but the world still needs to get used to it, love. You always have something up your sleeve. But really? Poor Shivashakti are the epitome of love. What have they done? Why did you trouble them??"

"Nok jhok se prem badhta hain, meri swamini!" Vishnu winked "and who knows that better than you?"

Lakshmi finally let out a laugh "You ARE impossible."

It was Vishnu's turn to blink and sigh

"Impossible to stay mad at!" Lakshmi winked back at him and he laughed with her, kissing her

[whencyclopedia]

Hindu Architecture

Hindu Architecture evolved over the centuries from simple rock-cut cave shrines to massive and ornate temples which spread across the Indian sub-continent and beyond, forming a canonical style which is still adhered to today in modern Hindu temples across the globe.

Essential elements of Hindu architecture are precise and harmonious geometry when viewed from all four sides and above, the square form and grid ground plans, soaring towers, and elaborate decorate sculpture which includes gods, worshippers, erotic scenes, animals, and floral and geometric patterns.

Beginnings & Purpose

From the 1st century CE a new type of worship known as Bhakti or devotional Hinduism spread across the Indian sub-continent, and the old Vedic gods were replaced in importance by deities like Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna, Brahma, and Devi. These gods would become the central figures of Hinduism and their worship required temples where the devoted could offer their thanks and reveal their hopes for a better life.

Buildings were constructed which could house a sacred symbol of a particular god, which could be decorated with sculptural figures of them so recalling episodes from their mythological adventures, and which provided a space for worshippers to leave offerings and perform rituals such as bathing and dancing by professional female dancers (devadasi). The temple was considered the dwelling place of a particular god (devalaya). It was, therefore, a sacred place (tirtha) where heaven and earth meet and, as a god's home, it must be a suitably splendid palace (prasada). The needs of the god would, additionally, be supervised by a dedicated body of priests (pujaris) who attended the temple.

Hindus need not attend regular services, but an occasional walk around the temple interior (circumambulation), known as pradaksina and done in a clockwise direction, was considered auspicious. Further, they could say prayers, look at the god's representation – a specific act of piety known as darsan – and leave offerings of food and flowers (puja). Temples, inevitably, became the very centre of a community and, accordingly, their upkeep was guaranteed by land grants and endowments from the ruling class, as indicated by inscriptions on many temples.

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[gaijin-fujin-resonance]

Eiam from Twitter has done a Colour Lyrics Video (they explained to me yesterday what this was - it comes from the K-pop vocal band tradition, where different colours indicate which member of a large group is singing lead.)

Seeing the lyrics visually helps me to understand them more clearly. (I have all kinds of auditory processing disorders and struggle to hear words even in my native language.)

It's interesting to me that so much of the discussion that I've seen has focused on the Raijin / Fujin aspect of the title. Maybe because the gods are so familiar in Japanese culture. And yet not on the RESONANCE part of the title. And I'm going to dig into the concept of RESONANCE with some hermeneutics here:

Seeing the lyrics drove the resonance theme home:

共振共鳴 kyoushin kyoumei

Repeating the word for emphasis. Resonate, oscillate - the video even has an oscilloscope in int (wow, I love oscilloscopes!) And @an-insignificant-flower pointed out the specific denotations of those words - they both mean "resonance" but "the former refers to physical vibrations, while the latter refers to sonority (sound)."

And at that point, it clicked. In Physics, there is no difference. Sound is vibration. That's why there is no sound in a vacuum. (In space, no one can hear you scream.)

Apart from the experimental radio station in London, Resonance speaks mostly to me of String Theory. The great atomic discoveries of the early 20th Century - Oppenheimer, atomic power, The Bomb - gave way to increasing weirdness as the scale of reality probed smaller. The fizzing probabilities of the quantum world - really, the only way to understand them was to conceive of them, mathematically and visually, as small pieces of string, vibrating very quickly.

At the subatomic level, there is no physical Matter as we know it. There is only Vibration. Resonance. Shimmering oscillating wibbling energy fields in ten-dimensional hyperspace.

In the cosmic hippie space age period of my extreme youth, this concept made its way into popular culture as "vibes". I think this way of speaking has recently made its way back into youth culture - "we vibe" or "we don't vibe" is a very good way of describing the mysterious chemistry of why one gets on with someone - or not.

Imai Hisashi is really into his physics. To me, one of the most interesting revelations of Imai being forced to do lots of interviews, is that 夢遊猫 SLEEP WALK (Sleepwalking Cat) is actually about Schrödinger's Cat.

One of the fundamental principles of contemporary physics is that due to these subatomic vibrations, the Universe itself resonates. The Universe has a sound. The Universe hums.

The Universe also hums, quite literally. If you tune an old-fashioned radio set to a dead space between stations, you can hear the background microwave radiation that is the residual afterglow of the Big Bang. Existence came into being with a BANG! A wave. A sound. And this idea echoes across many different religions:

The Christianity in which I was raised has a word spoken aloud creating the world: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Hinduism has Shiva, the Lord of the Dance, the beat of his drum and the rhythm of his footsteps forging the first sounds of creation - and destruction, because there is no creation without destruction. Life and Death, creation and destruction are so intimately intertwined you can never have one without the other.

Buck-Tick have played with Hindu Creation concepts before - most notably on Yume Miru Uchuu (Dreaming Universe). Taking the starting point of the great cosmic god Vishnu who dreams the Universe into being and flipping it so that it is the Cosmos itself that is dreaming...

But here, I think we see the starting point of where Imai's philosophy starts to diverge from Sakurai Atsushi's. To Sakurai, life is Dream. To Imai, life is Dance. Life, love, death, dance, all are tangled up and inseparable in Imai's cosmos.

Boys and girls, baby don’t cry, you know it's all okay Life is love and death, and so are we

DANCE　DANCE　HA! HA!　REMEMBER TO DIE

Isn't this what's going on with Boys don't cry / Girls fall in love?

In Sakurai's worldview, life was a dream. His metaphor for his own life, again and again, was a stage, wherein he played the clown. I don't know if this philosophy came to him via Osamu Dazai (No Longer Human) or Shakespeare (All the world's a stage / And all the men and women merely players) but in Sakurai's worldview, to survive is to escape into a performance, a dream in the dark.

Imai seems to be setting out his own worldview, which is slightly different from Sakurai's - life is a dance. The world is a dancefloor on which you beat out your own rhythm. Being a Brit of the Rave Generation, whose life was worked out on dirty dancefloors from the backrooms of Camden pubs to warehouses in NYC, from converted churches to space-age hamburger joints. this is a message that resonates with me intensely. Life is a dance.

You dream by yourself. And you can dance by yourself - but usually, you dance with your lover, you dance with your friends, you dance in the midst of a crowd, that special unique feeling that only a dancefloor can bring of being simultaneously alone and doing your own thing, while also moving in a great oscillating wave of humanity with all the other people on the same floor losing their minds to the same amazing music in a pulsing back-and-forth of bodies and beats. Dancing is social. Music is an organism created as a dance between performer and listener. Living is a dance.

This, to me, is Imai's message: to survive in this world, to survive being beaten by the rain (and I write this sitting in the teeth of Storm Bert battering the UK) - resonate! vibrate! oscillate! spin! Join in the great cosmic hum of the Universe and dance!

[apsaratantra]

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गर्भवती माँ और बच्चे की भलाई के लिए पूजा

Parenthood is a great experience that most couples look forward to. Pregnancy is the time when the expecting mother and the baby require the most care and protection. When a baby is in the womb then the mothers every action plays an important role in building a childs physique. For a childs physical and mental growth, a mother should be careful about her habits and way of living so that it should not affect the child anyway.

At this stage a simple living and high thinking count. At this stage, if a Parent did Puja for Wellbeing of Pregnant Mother and Baby it protects both mother & baby. The pregnant mother can repeat the name of God and read spiritual books because it makes the future of baby bright. In Puja for Wellbeing of Pregnant Mother and Baby,

Lord Hanuman, Lord Krishna, Goddess Gauri (Parvati Mata) and Navgraha are invoked and worshipped and blessings of protection and wellbeing are sought. In the Puja for Wellbeing of Pregnant Mother and Baby, Lord Hanuman is worshipped for supreme protection, Lord Krishna for wellbeing, joy, and happiness and Navagraha Puja helps to reduce any malefic effects of Planets. The Goddess Gauri immediately protects the embryo until it was born. The Goddess is always merciful towards those who want to conceive, and towards women who are already expecting. This is why couples perform this puja. The Puja can be done in any month of the pregnancy especially after the sixth month of pregnancy.

Lord Hanuman Hanuman Mantra:

Om Hum Hanumate Namaha

Lord Hanuman was born on Chaitra Purnima on Tuesday, in the sum of Chitra Nakshatra. Hanumans mother was Anjani & father was Vanar Raj Raja Kesari of Sumeru Mountain. Hanuman Ji is also known as Pawan Putra and his father is also known as Vayu Dev. Lord Hanuman is an abstract of power, courage, fearlessness, complete faith and selflessness. Lord Hanuman is worshipped for strength, vigor, good health, protection, self-confidence and remove obstacles.

Hanumanji also worships for courage, confidence, relief from suffering and success. Hanumanji is the supreme protector for his devotees.

He protects devotees from diseases, bad luck, evil spirits, and malefic planetary effects. The worship of Hanuman Ji gets rid of all the problems immediately. In this puja, Hanumanji protects Pregnant Mother and baby.

Lord Krishna Krishna Mantra:

Om Kleeng Krishnaya Namah

Krishna is a supreme God and worshipped as the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu. He is the god of compassion, kindness, and love. He rules over the destiny of lovers. Krishnas birth celebrated as Krishna Janmashtami.

Krishna is usually described with a flute in his hand and having a peacock feather on the forehead. He is also known as Gopala “Protector of the Go”, which means “Soul” or “the cows”. The name of Lord Krishnas bow was Sarang and the name of the main weapon was Sudarshan. He could work in all the three forms Cosmic, Divyastra and Devastra.

His equal destroyers were only two weapons and were Pashupatastra (पाशुपतास्त्र) – possessed by Shiva, Krishna, and Arjuna and Prasvapastra (प्रस्वपास्त्र) – possessed by Shiva, Vasugan, Bhishma and Krishna. Krishna is worshiped to receive blessings of pure love, joy, and happiness in life. Navgraha According to Vedic astrology, all the nine planets in your horoscope (Kundali) affect the course of life i.e. marriage, career, health, finances, etc. The movement of these planets in the horoscope forms yogas or doshas (negative influences).

Due to these Navagraha doshas, people face various obstacles & hindrances in their life. In order to minimize and negate the malefic doshas or malefic influence of these planets, we perform Navagraha Puja. While performing the Navagraha puja, the chanting of the mantra for all the nine planets which are Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn & Mercury is necessary.

Actually chanting of these mantras is necessary to appease the Navagrahas. This process is also called Graha Shanti. While describing the significance of worshipping Navgrahas or nine planets, God Vishnu says to Rudra that people who worship the Navgraha (nine planets) with appropriate rituals attains all the four Purusharth (objectives of life) which are Dharma (religion), Artha (materialistic abundance), Kaam (fulfillment of desires) and Moksha (salvation).

Navgrah Mantra:

Om Ghrini Suryaye Namah, Om Aim Kleem Somaye Namah, Om Hoom Shreem Mangalaya Namah, Om Braam Breem Braum Sah Budhaye Namah, Om Gram Greem Graum Sah Guruve Namah, Om Draam Dreem Droum Sah Shukraye Namah, Om Sham Shanaischaryaye Namah, Om Raam Rahve Namah, Om Hreem Ketave Namah, Om Navgarihaya Namah Gauri Mata

Gauri Mantra:

Om Sarva Mangala Mangalye Shive Sarvatha Sadhike Sharanye Tryambake Gauri Narayani Namo-stute.

Gauri is also known as Goddess Parvati and she is the goddess of fertility, love, beauty, marriage, children, and devotion. Gauri being the daughter of Daksh is the mother of the mountains.

Her character representation namely knowledge, will and action making her the mother of the universe. Gauri is the mother who owns the three worlds and creates and protects it. She blesses with protection during pregnancy and child safety.

By performing this puja the pregnant mother feels her child safe and protected. The pregnancy problemed mother gets blessings from the Mata Gauri to bring safety to the child by keeping her womb health better and protected.

Benefits of Puja:

– For the wellbeing of Pregnant Mother and Baby.

– For the protection of Pregnant Mother and Baby.

– For healthy & Safe Child Birth.

– For wellbeing, joy, and happiness.

– For a childs physical and mental growth. – To remove the malefic influence of all nine planets.

– For Divine grace and blessings of Goddess Gauri, Lord Hanuman, Lord Krishna, and Navgraha. Rudraksha: 10 Mukhi, 14 Mukhi and Garbh Gauri Rudraksha Yantra: Shree Hanuman Yantra, Navgraha Yantra, Krishna Yantra Chakra: All Chakras (Muladhara Chakra, Swadhishthana Chakra, Manipura Chakra, Anahata Chakra, Vishuddha Chakra, Ajna Chakra, Anandgandh Chakra, Hritpadma Chakra and Sahastrara Chakra)

Krishna , Hanuman & Navgraha Gemstone: Emerald, Coral, Blue Sapphire, Navgraha Puja Services Include: Kalash Sthapana, Panchang Sthapana (Gauri Ganesh, Punyavachan, Shodash Matrika, Navgraha, Sarvotabhadra), 64 yogini Pujan, Shetrapal Pujan, Swasti Vachan, Sankalpa, Ganesh Pujan and Abhishek, Navgraha Pujan and 108 chants of Navgrah mantra, Invocation of major Gods and Goddesses in Kalash, Hanuman Puja, Hanuman Mantra Japa, Krishna Puja, Krishna Mantra Japa, Navgraha Puja and Mantra Japa, Yajna, Aarti and Pushpaanjali Sankalpa Being Taken by SadhGuru Each Puja Sankalpa has been taken elaborately by SadhGuru in English and Hindi so that devotees amply clear that for what purpose the particular puja is being conducted. One instruction sheet is sent wherein all the instructions are written in detail which is the number of priests, the number of chants, Sankalpa, mantra, etc.

SadhGuru will also briefly discuss your horoscope and guide you in the best possible way.

How You ensure that puja is really done for you or not?

– SadhGuru takes puja Sankalpa on the behalf of the devotee before starting puja by either connecting with the devotee on WhatsApp or the recorded Sankalpa is sent to devotee by WhatsApp after the Sankalpa is taken but while the puja is still in progress.

– Devotees can also be connected to us by Skype or Whatsapp to hear the Sankalpa (devotee must send your skype id or WhatsApp number at the time of booking of puja).

– Small video clipping of Abhishekam of main deity (or pradhan god) will be sent you on WhatsApp while the puja is still in progress.

– The video clipping of mantra chanting by priests will be sent during the puja ritual.

– Video clipping of Yajna being performed will also be sent to you while the yajna is in progress.

-A video clipping of the fire pattern will be sent on your WhatsApp, that will emerge while doing the yajna. These fire patterns are indications of how well the overall the puja has gone. In the fire patterns of the Yajna, we can clearly see how the Gods are taking the offerings of the yajna.

– Short Video clipping of Arti will be sent to you after the Yajna is over.

– The blessing of priest Guru ji (Ashirvad) will be sent at the end of the puja and thereafter the prasad is distributed. It will contain the main aspects of the puja rituals like Sankalpa, Abhishekam, yajna, patterns of fire flames during yajna and Arti.

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Does it ever make you laugh? The painting of mohini with Shiva and parvati because parvati is just so done with Shiva. She told him mohini is Vishnu but he didn't believe her at all

"UGHHH GET A ROOM!" ~Parvati and Nandi

Also he did believe her. In fact, Shiva himself asked Vishnu to turn into Mohini in front of Parvati ☠️☠️

So it's not like he didn't believe her. He just didn't give a shit XD

[zeherili-ankhein]

Explain the story of Tripurasura to me, tho ToT I can't understand it at all

I js know that the devas wanted Shiva to kill the 3 bros, but he said "oh but they have done nothing wrong" and then they went to Vishnu and he said "well, if they have done nothing wrong, let's make them sinners"

XDDD

Well lmao that is what happened tho

They asked for Tripura and the boon that they'll only die when someone destroys Tripura in one single arrow when all three if the cities are aligned and got the Tripura and all the Asuras were living in those

Bit Devas were like “nahi saha ja rha hai reee”

So they went to Brahma, he said I can't do anything, they went to Shiva, he said they ain't doing anything wrong, so they went to Vishnu

Who basically played Hypocrisy and made a man to go make another religion that was so convincing that the Asuras started to follow it

So now they went to Shiva and they were like “well now they are sinners” and Shiva said “you're right”

So Vishwakarma made the Golden Chariot, Brahma became the charioteer, Surya and Chandra were the wheels and ig Agni was the arrow tip of Pashupatastra.

So Shiva destroyed them and became Tripurari and Pashupatinath