National Highway 44, Tamilnadu, India: National Highway 44 is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country. Wikipedia
Pamban bridge, Raneshwaram, Tamilnadu, India: Pamban Bridge is a railway bridge that connects the town of Mandapam in mainland India with Rameswaram on Pamban Island. Opened on 24 February 1914, it was India's first sea bridge, and was the longest sea bridge in India until the opening of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in 2010. The rail bridge is, for the most part, a conventional bridge resting on concrete piers but has a double-leaf bascule section midway, which can be raised to let ships and barges pass through. Wikipedia
I recently found out some sects of Hinduism include Buddha as the 9th Avatar in Vishnu's Dasavatharam.
I am from the southern part specifically Tamilnadu, here even in our temple the inscriptions and statues for Dasavatharam always included Balaramar as one of the Vishnu Avatars, not Buddha. Like in the below order. I have used Tamil pronunciation for all.
Matsyam
Kurmam
Varaham
Narasimham
Vamanam
Parashuramar
Ramar
Balaramar
Krishnar
Kalki
This made me so curious about how different Hinduism practices are around India or the world but still hold a string of similarities among them
Which one you have heard growing up? Put it in the comments.
Valparai, Tamilnadu, India: Valparai is a hill station in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Nallamudi Viewpoint has vistas of the Anamalai Hills in the Western Ghats, and surrounding tea estates. To the northwest, in Kerala, Parambikulam Tiger Reserve is a forested area, with teak plantations and trails, sheltering tigers and Indian elephants. Northeast of town, the Anamalai Tiger Reserve is home to tigers, panthers, elephants, and macaques.
हिन्दू समाज का मानना है कि तीनों देवताओं के कोई माता-पिता नहीं हैं।
जबकि सच यह है कि दुर्गा इनकी माता है।
प्रमाण:- गीताप्रैस गोरखपुर से प्रकाशित श्रीमद् देवीभागवत पुराण जिसके सम्पादक हैं श्री हनुमान प्रसाद पौद्दार चिमन लाल गोस्वामी, तीसरा स्कंद, अध्याय 5 पृष्ठ 123
भगवान शंकर, भगवान ब्रह्मा तथा भगवान विष्णु स्वयं को माता दुर्गा से उत्पन्न हुआ बता रहे हैं।
Don't Worry! I am not changing this blog to a Hindu/Eastern focused blog! LOL
Had to get that out of the way lol, but yeah in amazing turn of events and if people know from my old posts that I do/did work with ganesha on multiple occasions in the past. I mean I currently have a permanent place for Ganesha beside in a separate altar to my other atlars. A dream of Ganesha lead to me finding a south indian guy on marketplace who was offering his Home Mandir/Puja altar for sale and I decided hmm that might be a good thing to buy! When I went there I was mind-blown by the energy of the house and the house's altar I felt drawn to it! I was even grateful to be allowed to take picture of that house altar and meet the kula devata/ancestral tutelary deva of that family, Angalaparameshwari. The whole interaction felt orchestrated and I didn't expect the gods would play hands into leading me to find this person, find Angala devi and seeing her, getting that shelf, and I couldn't put my finger on it except that Ganesha definitely pulled some strings to make this happen!
I don't know the ramifications of this blessed meeting but I feel like there's an aspect of work where even the gods help us when we offer them the respect and place in our life for them and not treat them like tulpas or imaginary friends. I am still mind blown and grateful for this sudden random event I was thrust into and of the vision of the goddess.
I acquired the small altar shelf and was overall grateful for the darshan of Angala Devi! I didn't figure out how to properly use it until I use it as my jesus altar! I don't know if this is cultural appropriation but I found the altar to be in the perfect spot and it just "clicked" in spot with all other altars I have! I am definitely grateful for this incidents!
Who has a Curved Trunk, Large Body, and Who has the Brilliance of a Million Suns,
O Lord, Please make all my Works, free of Obstacles, always.