Upset Hindus are urging Singapore based online retailer Quiltliving Store for immediate withdrawal of rug carrying images of Hindu deity Ganesha; calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to stand/sit on or put feet/buttocks/legs on. Inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts or symbols for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, also…
Author: hinduscriptures
Hindus are disheartened over reported ban on yoga classes at St James’ Community Centre (Whitehaven, Cumbria, England), belonging to Whitehaven Parish of Church of England. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urged Whitehaven Parish Rector Robert Jackson and Carlisle Bishop James Newcome to show some maturity by re-visiting the issue and not deprive area communities the valuable opportunities the multi-beneficial yoga provided. Moreover, Parish of Whitehaven stated: “Be assured of a warm welcome”. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, also urged Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to intervene in this matter to allow yoga classes in the…
INTRODUCTION Bhasa is one of the celebrated poets and mostly his poems were written in Sanskrit, and he got capabilities similar to the great poet Sri Kalidasa. It is believed that he would have lived in the fourth century AD, and he was considered as a divine poet. He was honoured in the court of several kings, and awarded lot of prize money for his talents. He lived a simple and a noble life, and he had distributed most of the wealth for the welfare of the poor people. Most of the poems which he had written was lost due to…
INTRODUCTION Mahendranath Gupta (1854–1932) was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and a great saint. He wrote the the life history of Ramakrishna in a simplified manner in English which is known as Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita, and it is also known as “The Divine messenger – Sri Ramakrishna”. He was the guru of Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, a famous yogi and spiritual master. His disciple Yogananda had considered him as his divine guru, and showed great respect to him. Mahendranath was born in a pious Hindu family in Kolkata in the year 1854. At his younger age, he has lost his mother, and become very much worried, and concentrated his attention on…
INTRODUCTION Everybody knows about the mighty bear king Sri Jambavan and his bravery, and also about his daughter Jambavati who was married to Lord Krishna during the Dwapara Yuga. But nobody was aware of his noble son Sri Sukumaran, who also contains the qualities of his father Jambavan. He was mentioned in the Vishnu Purana and his greatness is also mentioned. He was a child, when Lord Krishna fought with Jambavan for getting the Syamantaka jewel from Jambavan, in order to prove his innocence and change his bad name among the people, due to that jewel. Lord Krishna blessed the…
Hindus worldwide are urging Prime Minister Scott Morrison to censure Treasurer Josh Frydenberg for mocking deeply revered Hindu practices in the Parliament on Thursday, which was highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Hinduism was the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about 1.1 billion adherents and a rich philosophical thought and it should not be taken frivolously. Concepts/symbols of any faith, larger or smaller, should not be mishandled. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that this belittling of the entire Hindu community appeared…
Upset Hindus are urging Newport (Oregon) based Rogue Ales & Spirits brewery to apologize and rename its “Shavasana” (Imperial, Granola Blonde Ale) beer; calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that inappropriate usage of Hindu concepts or symbols or icons or scriptures or deities for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that Shavasana, a highly important posture in yoga, was the ultimate act of conscious surrender and was also used in Yoganidra meditation.…
Upset Hindus are urging supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio to publicly apologize and re-name her recently launched bikini collection Yantra; calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that ancient Yantra, visual equivalent of mantra, which represented the Goddess and the cosmos, was a serious and sacred symbol/concept used for Hindu liturgy and meditation; and was installed in many Hindu temples. Its intersecting triangles represented Siva and Sakti, and many times it was meditated upon as a deity. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that highly revered Yantra was meant…
INTRODUCTION Gyan Prabha Ghosh (19th century AD) was the holy mother of the great yogi and Saint Sri Paramahamsa Yogananda. She was a great devotee of Mata Durga at her younger age itself, and used to visit the temples regularly. She was married at her teenage to a good person Sri Bhagwati Charan Ghosh, a railway employee, and served as a dutiful wife to her husband. She gave birth to Swamy Yogananda during the year 1893, and got spiritual enlightenment after his birth. She used to provide food to the poor people and took care of her husband and…
INTRODUCTION Bhuvaneshwari Devi (19th century AD) was the mother of Swami Vivekananda and she lived a pious and a noble life, and contains very good qualities. At her younger age, she got married to a noble person Sri Vishwanath Datta, who was a barrister by profession. She gave birth to Swami Vivekananda in the year 1863 at Kolkata, and during that time, she got a dream that the powers of Lord Shiva was entering in her womb. After her husband’s death, she went to her mother’s house and lived along with Vivekananda, and at that time she was very poor.…
INTRODUCTION Chandramani Devi (19th century AD) was the holy mother of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, and at her younger age she got married with Sri Khudiram Chattopadhyay, who was a learned scholar. Though her husband was very poor, she didn’t hate him, and served properly to her husband, and acts as an example for others. She gave birth to Sri Ramakrishna during the year 1836 in the village of Kamarpukur, West Bengal. Her son Ramakrishna’s birth name was “Gadadhar”, since Lord Vishnu had appeared in her dream, and told that her son would be born with the AMSA (features) of his divine weapon…
INTRODUCTION Mahalakshmi Ammal (19th century AD) was the holy mother of Sri Kanchi Swamigal of Kanchi Mutt. She was born in a village at Thiruvaiyaru in a pious Brahmin family, and at her younger age, she got married with a pious Brahmin scholar, Sri Subramanya Sastrigal, and looked after her family in a well-versed manner. And during the year 1894, she gave birth to Swamigal, whose birth name was Swaminathan at Villupuram, and after some time, she gave birth to Sadasivam who was later popularly known as Sri SIVAN SIR, who was also a great scholar and a kind hearted…
Upset Hindus are urging Papa John’s, pizza delivery company headquartered in Louisville (Kentucky), to immediately withdraw its Papadias TV Commercial ‘Yoga’ and apologize. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that this commercial unnecessarily and unreasonably trivialized the greatly revered Hindu concepts/symbols Om and Yoga; which was highly inappropriate. Moreover, this commercial associated sacred Hindu concepts/symbols with beef-laced pizza, which was hurtful to the devotees who considered cow as holy (three of the four varieties of its recently launched Papadias reportedly contained beef); Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, pointed out. Rajan…
INTRODUCTION Golap Ma was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, who lived in the 19th century, and she was considered as a great woman saint. Her birth name was Annapurna Devi, and she was an ardent devotee of Mata Kali Devi, similar to her guru Sri Ramakrishna, and regularly visits the Dakshineswar Kali Mandir, and got Mata Kali’s grace. She was born in a Brahmin family at a Village in Kolkata in the year 1864. She was married and had two children. She lived a perfect and a disciplined life under the guidance of the great guru and the divine avatar Sri Ramakrishna,…
INTRODUCTION Shalivahana was a great emperor, and it is believed, that he must have ruled almost the entire India, before few thousands of years. The period he ruled the kingdom was known as “THE SHALIVAHANA ERA”. He has written lot of poems, and he is a great scholar, and an expert in all kinds of arts. According to legend, it is believed that Shalivahana succeeded the great king Vikramaditya, and ruled Ujjain in a prosperous manner, and later he defeated the kings in other regions, and become a great Maharaja. He was mentioned in various Puranas and other ancient sacred texts, and…
INTRODUCTION Kumara Swamy Desikar (1711–1810), was a Shaivite saint and a spiritual writer and contains great bhakti on Lord Shiva. He was born into a pious Desikar family in Kanchipuram. He wrote books based on the importance of Lord Shiva and used to compose and sing beautiful songs on Lord Shiva in the temples. And he also gave devotional lectures among the people, and explained them about the greatness of Lord Shiva. His birth name was Kumara Swamy. Kumara Swamy Desikar served as a priest in the nearby Shiva Temples, and used to perform puja in a well-versed manner. At his teenage he got…
Hindus want the world to adopt the ancient Namaste to greet each other to limit the transfer of bacteria and spread of coronavirus. Namaste was much safer and respectable greeting alternative during coronavirus outbreak for social interaction than handshakes, friendly or cheek or air kisses, hugs, high-fives, fist bumps, etc.; distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed explained in Reno (Nevada) today. Normally, Namaste was uttered with hands pressed together, a slight bow, palms touching, fingers pointing upwards, thumbs near the chest. The Namaste gesture might be achieved wordlessly or might also be spoken without a gesture; Zed, who is President of…
Besides using all necessary resources and actions to combat deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Hindus are calling upon the world to develop intimacy with God by increasing the frequency of prayer in their homes. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, stated: This moment of growing anxiety, uncertainty and distress; exposing the human vulnerability and fragility; asks for display of whole-hearted solidarity of all believers belonging to seriously different traditions; to plead the Almighty for His mercy and seek His blessings. This is the opportune time amidst our shared vulnerability to use prayer, which is our…
Both the Hindu temples in Harare (Zimbabwe)—Ridgeview Shree Omkar Mandir and Cameron Street Shree Omkar Mandir—have been shut down “until further notice” due to coronavirus outbreak. The Executive Committee of The Hindoo Society Harare (HSH), which runs both the temples, in an email to the members on March 24, said: “The Society Priest, alone, will continue to perform the daily aarti at the two Temples.” Shree Omkar Mandir celebrated 90th anniversary in February 2019, while 25th anniversary of Ridgeview Shree Omkar Mandir was observed in 2017. “All events, meetings, gatherings and visits of any nature” are “either cancelled or postponed”. Schools run…
INTRODUCTION Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar (1860-1919), was a great singer and composer of Carnatic music and he sang several songs in praise of Lord Rama, and he was an ardent devotee of Lord Rama and also the devotee of the great divine musicians Rishi Narad and Tumburu. He was born in a Hindu pious Iyengar family in Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu in the year 1860. He studied music under a great scholar and become a divine singer and used to compose songs similar to the great Saint and Rama devotee Sri Thyagaraja Swamigal. He got large number of disciples and among them Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar is the famous Carnatic…