The Four Characteristics Of The Goddess Saraswati Puja

Some people think the peacock is her sacred animal because of her beautiful large eyes and the animals large feathers that have “eyes” on them. She has two symbols; the pomegranate and the Lotus Staff. The pomegranate symbolizes fertility and the Lotus Staff represents child birth.

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Initially, we as the people of the United States are believed to have the freedom and liberty we seek for. This is obtained through a list consisting of ten amendments created by the government whom named it the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is a generally most common name used to describe the rights and laws that we, the citizens of the United States have. It is the basic foundation in which gives us the freedom of speech, freedom of press, and etc. Without it, the people for instance, would be accused of a crime and put in prison without any word or consent. They would not be able to prove their case that they’re innocent and would have to tolerate with the judge’s irrational decisions. So, the question is, to what extent has our government

This sculpture is formed by three figures. Durga’s figure is in the center front with a very open pose. In India, the purpose of art was never to imitate nature or to recreate reality through illusion while the goal was to produce an idealized form. As we can see in the image one, Durga has an asymmetrically idealize body. Her right foot is on a lion as her mount, and her left hand is stepping on Demon-buffalo. Durga beheaded a buffalo, out of its severed neck a human-shaped demon emerges. “But there is such grace in Durga’s stance, such rhythm in the way her 18

The art depicts to me the Indian life cycle and religious perspective when she poses in different forms which she depicts with her hands and feet (Shiva). According to MFAH bulletin board, it explains the nonverbal poses that “Shiva Nataraja” makes such the little man underneath her feet is “Apasmara” resembles the human race “ignorance, forgetfulness, and recklessness”, and one of her hands depicts holding a “…drum…beat of this drum signifies the sound of creation” and her large third eye resembles the looks between “truth” and “illusion” (Shiva). Also, it amazes me the vivid image the artist presented from this bronze statue of “Shiva Nataraja” which depicts in a live and dynamic form.

The last four days of the festival devotees from all walks of life come to the temples of Shiva and devote their time entirely to him. This is a community event where all walk of life are welcomed and all worship together with no regard to hierarchy. There are many forms of symbolism in this devotion. From threads to represent rebirth, grass for protection, and unstitched cloth to represent renunciation, the people show their commitment to Shiva. Along with the symbolism there is structure in forms of worship, as well. Everyday devotees worship the sun in different spots offering up flowers, water and

     Since Buddhism and Hinduism have different believes they also have different holy days. Moreover, because Hindus worship variety of gods they have a variety of festivals. The three main festivals of Hinduism are: Holi, Divali, and Dasehra. Holi is the most popular festival. This holy day is celebrated each year during February-March to welcome spring. “Holi is dedicated to god Krishna and it was once a fertility ceremony (104).” Throughout the days of Holi, many of the casts and taboo restrictions are set aside and pleasure is emphasized. The second ceremony Divali, celebrated in November, is a festival to welcome a new year. Finally the third festival, the Dasehra, celebrated up to nine days in October, in honor of Durga, a consort of Shiva. On the other hand Buddhism is divided in many ways according to philosophy and geography. The major festivals that are celebrated by most Buddhists are New Year, Buddha’s birthday, the festival of souls, and robe offering. In

Surrounding the image of Shantarakshita, who is the central image of what is essentially a mandala composition, are detailed scenes depicting how the eminent teacher brought the teachings of the Buddha to Tibet and helped to establish the Himalayan nation’s first Buddhist monastery. The eye remains drawn to Shantarakshita, as the artist intends to praise Shantarakshita as the one who firmly established Buddhism in the hearts, minds, souls, and daily lives of Tibetans. Portrayed in a rich color palette containing saturated blues, reds, greens, and oranges, there is no remaining white space on the canvas. The lowest portion of the composition is more cluttered than the uppermost portion, serving a symbolic function. The artist contrasts the ordinary world of the human mind and society with the transcendent world of enlightenment. The blue halo surrounding Shantarakshita leads the eye up, through a lotus blossom, towards the two figures above him: Shakyamuni Buddha to the right and Shantarakshita’s own teacher to the left (“Historical Narrative: Shantarakshita”).

It is sacred to Krishna, and is the holiest month of the year for Vaishnavites.

There are a number of pre-marriage celebrations that are carried out, including the engagement and other days on which families and friends get together and rejoice. Other pre-marriage celebrations consist of Mehndi, Sangeet, and Tilak. Mehndi, also known as henna, plays a great role in the wedding celebrations. There is a whole day devoted to the Mehndi Ceremony, which is performed by the bride’s side. There was a banquet hall booked for the Mehndi ceremony and close to three hundred guests were invited. There was singing and dancing to traditional music, remarkable diversity of foods, exquisite decorations with an elegant assortment of mostly yellow flowers. The bride’s friends and relatives performed wonderful dances. The girls applied henna on the bride’s hands and feet, making traditional designs and patterns. The henna is supposed to symbolize passion and the strength of love in the marriage and so the bride has to keep it on for a long time. The bride was dressed in light yellow and white clothes, the colours symbolizing purity. After the Mehndi Ceremony, the bride is not allowed to the leave the house until on her marriage day. Between the Mehndi Ceremony and the marriage day there is a night devoted to Sangeet. Sangeet merely just means music. It is mostly considered the most enjoyable and entertaining night as friends and family just dance all night long. Sangeet was held at the bride’s house and mostly the friends and relatives of the bride

This temple is called up in the name of Daksheswara, who was the father of Sathi Devi. Sathi is the original wife of lord Shiva. This is the divine place where the great Daksha Yagna by Daksheswara Prajapathi conducted in the ancient time. Here the importance is for the Sathi Devi and she is called as Maa. Many Shivites take pilgrimage in the Shravana Masa either the August month of every year. This is also visited by other sects of Hinduism. This temple is mostly visited by all Hindu devotees who take the Haridwar pilgrimage. This is also an important temple to visit by the panch kedar pilgrim peoples. The daily poojas and rituals are conducted here; it is often visited by the local residents and always seen with devotees in the pilgrim season that starts from May to November of every year.

Chabana, flowers for tea, is an invaluable technique that can be found in the Japanese tea ceremony (Chanoyu). It was derived from the art of flower arranging, Ikebana, and has its techniques rooted in Shintoism and Buddhism. First, the arrangements began as a way of celebrating the seasons in conjunction with life and death that nature exhibits. It is the ephemeral realm found within Buddhism and the celebration of nature which Shinto embodies that brought these arts to their fruition. Also, this form of decoration near or in the tokonoma (alcove) is displayed as a way of indicating the seasons or evoking the meaning of the kakejiku (scroll), as well as, the feeling of wabi. Several varying themes are found throughout chabana in reference to the underlying themes in chanoyu those being shin, gyo, so. These themes are attributed to the formal, semi-formal and informal tea gatherings found in bowing, floral arrangements and floral vessels found in the tea ceremony.

In Critical Intervention No.2, to response the lesson The Ring of Recollection: and ancient indian aesthetic theory through Sanskrit drama that taught by Ms Ranjana Thapayal, and her paper Sringara rasa( 1 ). I found the interest in the concept of "Vak" in the paper. According to the paper, Vak is considered one of the female entity of Saraswati. Vak is disembodied , She is speech, or the essence of sound -the fundamental creative impulse ( 2 ). Her entity is purely abstract.

Vijyadashmi or popularly known as Dusshera also called as Durga puja in other eastern parts of the country is celebrated as one of the most popular festival, all across the country with some minor traditional and cultural changes, as per the local myths and fables except for the one real story, which most of us know but just to refresh what we read and were taught by our parents and grandparents regarding the festival I should narrate it once again.

Women celebrated this day with great enthusiasm and start preparations for it beforehand. Red is preferably worn by the women since it is considered the auspicious color and the color of love.