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'zoom'">z</span><span title="/əm/: 'm' in 'rhythm'">əm</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is an <a href="/wiki/Hypernymy_and_hyponymy" title="Hypernymy and hyponymy">umbrella term</a> for a range of <a href="/wiki/Indian_religions" title="Indian religions">Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions#Indian_religions" title="List of religions and spiritual traditions">religious and spiritual traditions</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sampradaya" title="Sampradaya"><i>sampradaya</i>s</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolberg2000316Nicholson20132–5McDaniel200752–53Michaels200421_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolberg2000316Nicholson20132–5McDaniel200752–53Michaels200421-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that are unified by adherence to the concept of <i><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">dharma</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/%E1%B9%9Ata" title="Ṛta">cosmic order</a> maintained by its followers through rituals and righteous living, as first expounded in the <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a>. The word <i>Hindu</i> is an <a href="/wiki/Exonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Exonym">exonym</a>, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, it has also been described by the modern term <i><a href="/wiki/San%C4%81tana_Dharma" title="Sanātana Dharma">Sanātana Dharma</a></i> (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">eternal dharma</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) emphasizing its eternal nature. Another <a href="/wiki/Endonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Endonym">endonym</a> for Hinduism is <i><a href="/wiki/Vaidika_Dharma" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaidika Dharma">Vaidika Dharma</a></i> (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Vedic dharma</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>). </p><p>Hinduism entails diverse systems of thought, marked by a range of shared <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Hinduism_terms" title="Glossary of Hinduism terms">concepts</a> that discuss <a href="/wiki/God_in_Hinduism" title="God in Hinduism">theology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">mythology</a>, among other topics in <a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">textual sources</a>. Hindu texts have been classified into <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Aruti" title="Śruti">Śruti</a> (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">heard</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) and <a href="/wiki/Sm%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Smṛti">Smṛti</a> (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">remembered</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>). The major Hindu scriptures are the <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upanishads</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> (including the <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a></i>), the <i><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></i>, and the <a href="/wiki/Agama_(Hinduism)" title="Agama (Hinduism)">Agamas</a>. Prominent themes in Hindu beliefs include the <i><a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">karma</a></i> (action, intent and consequences), <a href="/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra#In_Hinduism" title="Saṃsāra"><i>saṃsāra</i></a> (the cycle of death and rebirth) and the four <a href="/wiki/Puru%E1%B9%A3%C4%81rtha" title="Puruṣārtha">Puruṣārthas</a>, proper goals or aims of human life, namely: <i><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">dharma</a></i> (ethics/duties), <i><a href="/wiki/Artha" title="Artha">artha</a></i> (prosperity/work), <i><a href="/wiki/Kama" title="Kama">kama</a></i> (desires/passions) and <i><a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">moksha</a></i> (liberation/freedom from passions and ultimately <i>saṃsāra</i>). 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'nonviolence') is the ancient Indian principle of nonviolence which applies to actions towards all living beings. It is a key virtue in Indian religions like Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism. Ahimsa (also spelled Ahinsa) is one of the cardinal virtues of Jainism, where it is the first of the Pancha Mahavrata. It is also one of the central precepts of Hinduism and is the first of the five precepts of Buddhism. Ahimsa is inspired by the premise that all living beings have the spark of the divine spiritual energy; therefore, to hurt another being is to hurt oneself. Ahimsa is also related to the notion that all acts of violence have karmic consequences. While ancient scholars of Brahmanism had already investigated and refined the principles of ahimsa, the concept reached an extraordinary development in the ethical philosophy of Jainism. Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and the last tirthankara of Jainism, further strengthened the idea in the 6th century BCE. About the 5th century CE, Valluvar emphasized ahimsa and moral vegetarianism as virtues for an individual, which formed the core of his teachings in the Kural. Perhaps the most popular advocate of the principle of ahimsa in modern times was Mahatma Gandhi. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 1 Lord Mahavira, the torch-bearer of ahimsa Ahimsa (Sanskrit: अहिंसा, IAST: ahiṃsā, lit. 'nonviolence') is the ancient Indian principle of nonviolence which applies to actions towards all living beings. It is a key virtue in Indian religions like Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism. Ahimsa (also spelled Ahinsa) is one of the cardinal virtues of Jainism, where it is the first of the Pancha Mahavrata. It is also one of the central precepts of Hinduism and is the first of the five precepts of Buddhism. Ahimsa is inspired by the premise that all living beings have the spark of the divine spiritual energy; therefore, to hurt another being is to hurt oneself. Ahimsa is also related to the notion that all acts of violence have karmic consequences. While ancient scholars of Brahmanism had already investigated and refined the principles of ahimsa, the concept reached an extraordinary development in the ethical philosophy of Jainism. Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and the last tirthankara of Jainism, further strengthened the idea in the 6th century BCE. About the 5th century CE, Valluvar emphasized ahimsa and moral vegetarianism as virtues for an individual, which formed the core of his teachings in the Kural. Perhaps the most popular advocate of the principle of ahimsa in modern times was Mahatma Gandhi. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 1</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Mahavira,_the_torch-bearer_of_ahimsa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Lord_Mahavira%2C_the_torch-bearer_of_ahimsa.jpg/220px-Lord_Mahavira%2C_the_torch-bearer_of_ahimsa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Lord_Mahavira%2C_the_torch-bearer_of_ahimsa.jpg/330px-Lord_Mahavira%2C_the_torch-bearer_of_ahimsa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Lord_Mahavira%2C_the_torch-bearer_of_ahimsa.jpg/440px-Lord_Mahavira%2C_the_torch-bearer_of_ahimsa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="953" /></a><figcaption>Lord <a href="/wiki/Mahavira" title="Mahavira">Mahavira</a>, the torch-bearer of ahimsa</figcaption></figure><br /><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ahimsa" title="Ahimsa"><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Ahimsa</i></span></a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">अहिंसा</span>, <a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">ahiṃsā</i></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">nonviolence</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) is the ancient Indian principle of <a href="/wiki/Nonviolence" title="Nonviolence">nonviolence</a> which applies to actions towards all living beings. It is a key <a href="/wiki/Virtue" title="Virtue">virtue</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indian_religions" title="Indian religions">Indian religions</a> like <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a>.<br /><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Ahimsa</i></span> (also spelled Ahinsa) is one of the cardinal virtues of Jainism, where it is the first of the <a href="/wiki/Jain_Ethics" class="mw-redirect" title="Jain Ethics">Pancha Mahavrata</a>. It is also one of the central precepts of <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> and is the first of the <a href="/wiki/Five_precepts" title="Five precepts">five precepts</a> of Buddhism. <span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Ahimsa</i></span> is inspired by the premise that all living beings have the spark of the divine spiritual energy; therefore, to hurt another being is to hurt oneself. <span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Ahimsa</i></span> is also related to the notion that all acts of violence have <a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">karmic</a> consequences. While ancient scholars of Brahmanism had already investigated and refined the principles of <span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">ahimsa</i></span>, the concept reached an extraordinary development in the ethical philosophy of Jainism. <a href="/wiki/Mahavira" title="Mahavira">Mahavira</a>, the twenty-fourth and the last <span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">tirthankara</a></i></span> of Jainism, further strengthened the idea in the 6th century <span title="Before Common Era">BCE</span>. About the 5th century <span title="Common Era">CE</span>, <a href="/wiki/Valluvar" class="mw-redirect" title="Valluvar">Valluvar</a> emphasized <span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">ahimsa</i></span> and <a href="/wiki/Ethics_of_eating_meat" title="Ethics of eating meat">moral vegetarianism</a> as <a href="/wiki/Virtue" title="Virtue">virtues</a> for an individual, which formed the core of his teachings in the <a href="/wiki/Kural" title="Kural">Kural</a>. Perhaps the most popular advocate of the principle of <span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">ahimsa</i></span> in modern times was <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a>. (<b><a href="/wiki/Ahimsa" title="Ahimsa">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 2 Pitri Paksha rites being performed on the banks of the Hooghly River at Jagannath Ghat in Kolkata, 2012 Pitri Paksha (Sanskrit: पितृ पक्ष, lit. '"fortnight of the paternal ancestors"', IAST: Pitṛ pakṣa), also spelt Pitru Paksha, is a 16-lunar day period in the Hindu calendar when Hindus pay homage to their ancestors (Pitri), especially through food offerings. The period is also known as Pitarpas, Pitri Paksha/Pitr-Paksha, Pitri Pokkho, Sorah Shraddha ("sixteen shraddhas"), Kanagat, Jitiya, Mahalaya, Apara Paksha and akhadpak. Pitri Paksha is considered by Hindus to be inauspicious, given the death rite performed during the ceremony, known as Shraddha or Tarpana. In southern and western India, it falls in the second paksha (fortnight) Hindu lunar month of Bhadrapada (September) and follows the fortnight immediately after Ganesh Utsav. It begins on the Pratipada (first day of the fortnight) ending with the no moon day known as Sarvapitri Amavasya, Pitri Amavasya, Peddala Amavasya or Mahalaya Amavasya (simply Mahalaya) Most years, the autumnal equinox falls within this period, i.e. the Sun transitions from the northern to the southern hemisphere during this period. In North India and Nepal, and cultures following the purnimanta calendar or the solar calendar, this period may correspond to the waning fortnight of the luni-solar month Ashvina, instead of Bhadrapada. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 2 Pitri Paksha rites being performed on the banks of the Hooghly River at Jagannath Ghat in Kolkata, 2012 Pitri Paksha (Sanskrit: पितृ पक्ष, lit. '"fortnight of the paternal ancestors"', IAST: Pitṛ pakṣa), also spelt Pitru Paksha, is a 16-lunar day period in the Hindu calendar when Hindus pay homage to their ancestors (Pitri), especially through food offerings. The period is also known as Pitarpas, Pitri Paksha/Pitr-Paksha, Pitri Pokkho, Sorah Shraddha ("sixteen shraddhas"), Kanagat, Jitiya, Mahalaya, Apara Paksha and akhadpak. Pitri Paksha is considered by Hindus to be inauspicious, given the death rite performed during the ceremony, known as Shraddha or Tarpana. In southern and western India, it falls in the second paksha (fortnight) Hindu lunar month of Bhadrapada (September) and follows the fortnight immediately after Ganesh Utsav. It begins on the Pratipada (first day of the fortnight) ending with the no moon day known as Sarvapitri Amavasya, Pitri Amavasya, Peddala Amavasya or Mahalaya Amavasya (simply Mahalaya) Most years, the autumnal equinox falls within this period, i.e. the Sun transitions from the northern to the southern hemisphere during this period. In North India and Nepal, and cultures following the purnimanta calendar or the solar calendar, this period may correspond to the waning fortnight of the luni-solar month Ashvina, instead of Bhadrapada. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 2</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:308px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><div style="white-space:normal"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinda_Daan_-_Jagannath_Ghat_-_Kolkata_2012-10-15_0701.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Pinda_Daan_-_Jagannath_Ghat_-_Kolkata_2012-10-15_0701.JPG/220px-Pinda_Daan_-_Jagannath_Ghat_-_Kolkata_2012-10-15_0701.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Pinda_Daan_-_Jagannath_Ghat_-_Kolkata_2012-10-15_0701.JPG/330px-Pinda_Daan_-_Jagannath_Ghat_-_Kolkata_2012-10-15_0701.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Pinda_Daan_-_Jagannath_Ghat_-_Kolkata_2012-10-15_0701.JPG/440px-Pinda_Daan_-_Jagannath_Ghat_-_Kolkata_2012-10-15_0701.JPG 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Pitri Paksha rites being performed on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly River</a> at Jagannath Ghat in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, 2012</div></div></div></div><br /><b>Pitri Paksha</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">पितृ पक्ष</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'"fortnight of the paternal ancestors"', <a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Pitṛ pakṣa</i></span>), also spelt <b><a href="/wiki/Pitru_Paksha" title="Pitru Paksha">Pitru Paksha</a></b>, is a 16-lunar day <a href="/wiki/Paksha" title="Paksha">period</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a> when <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a> <a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_the_dead" title="Veneration of the dead">pay homage to their ancestors</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pitri" title="Pitri">Pitri</a>), especially through food offerings. The period is also known as <b>Pitarpas</b>, <b>Pitri Paksha</b>/<b>Pitr-Paksha</b>, <b>Pitri Pokkho</b>, <b>Sorah Shraddha</b> ("sixteen shraddhas"), <b>Kanagat</b>, <b>Jitiya</b>, <b>Mahalaya</b>, <b>Apara Paksha</b> and <b>akhadpak</b>.<br /><br />Pitri Paksha is considered by Hindus to be inauspicious, given the death rite performed during the ceremony, known as <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Ar%C4%81ddha" title="Śrāddha">Shraddha</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tarpana" title="Tarpana">Tarpana</a>. In southern and western India, it falls in the second paksha (fortnight) <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu Calendar">Hindu lunar month</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bhadrapada" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhadrapada">Bhadrapada</a> (September) and follows the fortnight immediately after <a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Utsav" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganesh Utsav">Ganesh Utsav</a>. It begins on the Pratipada (first day of the fortnight) ending with the <a href="/wiki/Amavasya" title="Amavasya">no moon</a> day known as <b>Sarvapitri Amavasya</b>, <b>Pitri Amavasya</b>, <b>Peddala Amavasya</b> or <b>Mahalaya Amavasya</b> (simply <b>Mahalaya</b>) Most years, the <a href="/wiki/Equinox" title="Equinox">autumnal equinox</a> falls within this period, i.e. the Sun transitions from the northern to the southern hemisphere during this period. In <a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North India</a> and Nepal, and cultures following the purnimanta calendar or the solar calendar, this period may correspond to the waning fortnight of the luni-solar month <a href="/wiki/Ashvin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashvin">Ashvina</a>, instead of Bhadrapada. (<b><a href="/wiki/Pitru_Paksha" title="Pitru Paksha">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 3 Vidyashankara Temple at Sringeri completed in 1338 Dakṣiṇāmnāya Śrī Śāradā Pīṭham (IPA: [d̪ɐkʂiɳaːmn̪aːjɐ ɕriː ɕaːrɐd̪ɐ piːʈʰɐm]) or Śri Śṛṅgagiri Maṭha (IPA: [ɕriː ɕr̩ŋɡɐɡiri mɐʈʰɐ]); Sanskrit: मठ, maṭha) is one amongst the four cardinal pīthams following the Daśanāmi Sampradaya - the peetham or matha is said to have been established by acharya Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara to preserve and propagate Sanātana Dharma and Advaita Vedānta, the doctrine of non-dualism. Located in Śringerī in Chikmagalur district in Karnataka, India, it is the Southern Āmnāya Pītham amongst the four Chaturāmnāya Pīthams, with the others being the Dvārakā Śāradā Pītham (Gujarat) in the West, Purī Govardhana Pīṭhaṃ (Odisha) in the East, Badri Jyotishpīṭhaṃ (Uttarakhand) in the North. The head of the matha is called Shankarayacharya, the title derives from Adi Shankara. Śri Śringerī Mutt, as the Pītham is referred to in common parlance, is situated on the banks of the Tuṅgā River in Śringerī. The Mutt complex consists of shrines on both the northern and southern banks of the river. The three prominent shrines on the northern bank of the Tunga are dedicated to the presiding deity of the Pītham and the divinity of Ātma-vidyā - Śrī Śāradā, Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara, and Jagadguru Śrī Vidyāśankara Tīrtha, the 10th Jagadguru of the Pītham. The southern bank houses the residence of the reigning pontiff, the adhisthānam shrines of the previous pontiffs and the Sadvidyā Sañjīvini Samskrita Mahāpāthashālā. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 3 Vidyashankara Temple at Sringeri completed in 1338 Dakṣiṇāmnāya Śrī Śāradā Pīṭham (IPA: [d̪ɐkʂiɳaːmn̪aːjɐ ɕriː ɕaːrɐd̪ɐ piːʈʰɐm]) or Śri Śṛṅgagiri Maṭha (IPA: [ɕriː ɕr̩ŋɡɐɡiri mɐʈʰɐ]); Sanskrit: मठ, maṭha) is one amongst the four cardinal pīthams following the Daśanāmi Sampradaya - the peetham or matha is said to have been established by acharya Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara to preserve and propagate Sanātana Dharma and Advaita Vedānta, the doctrine of non-dualism. Located in Śringerī in Chikmagalur district in Karnataka, India, it is the Southern Āmnāya Pītham amongst the four Chaturāmnāya Pīthams, with the others being the Dvārakā Śāradā Pītham (Gujarat) in the West, Purī Govardhana Pīṭhaṃ (Odisha) in the East, Badri Jyotishpīṭhaṃ (Uttarakhand) in the North. The head of the matha is called Shankarayacharya, the title derives from Adi Shankara. Śri Śringerī Mutt, as the Pītham is referred to in common parlance, is situated on the banks of the Tuṅgā River in Śringerī. The Mutt complex consists of shrines on both the northern and southern banks of the river. The three prominent shrines on the northern bank of the Tunga are dedicated to the presiding deity of the Pītham and the divinity of Ātma-vidyā - Śrī Śāradā, Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara, and Jagadguru Śrī Vidyāśankara Tīrtha, the 10th Jagadguru of the Pītham. The southern bank houses the residence of the reigning pontiff, the adhisthānam shrines of the previous pontiffs and the Sadvidyā Sañjīvini Samskrita Mahāpāthashālā. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 3</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:308px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><div style="white-space:normal"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Vidyashankara_Temple_at_Shringeri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Vidyashankara_Temple_at_Shringeri.jpg/220px-Vidyashankara_Temple_at_Shringeri.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Vidyashankara_Temple_at_Shringeri.jpg/330px-Vidyashankara_Temple_at_Shringeri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Vidyashankara_Temple_at_Shringeri.jpg/440px-Vidyashankara_Temple_at_Shringeri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1178" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Vidyashankara Temple at Sringeri completed in 1338</div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Sringeri_Sharada_Peetham" title="Sringeri Sharada Peetham">Dakṣiṇāmnāya Śrī Śāradā Pīṭham</a></b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Sanskrit" title="Help:IPA/Sanskrit">[d̪ɐkʂiɳaːmn̪aːjɐ<span class="wrap"> </span>ɕriː<span class="wrap"> </span>ɕaːrɐd̪ɐ<span class="wrap"> </span>piːʈʰɐm]</a></span>) or <b>Śri Śṛṅgagiri Maṭha</b> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Sanskrit" title="Help:IPA/Sanskrit">[ɕriː<span class="wrap"> </span>ɕr̩ŋɡɐɡiri<span class="wrap"> </span>mɐʈʰɐ]</a></span>); <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">मठ</span>, <span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">maṭha</i></span>) is one amongst the four cardinal <a href="/wiki/Matha" title="Matha">pīthams</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Da%C5%9Ban%C4%81mi_Sampradaya" title="Daśanāmi Sampradaya">Daśanāmi Sampradaya</a> - the <i>peetham</i> or <i>matha</i> is said to have been established by acharya <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara</a> to preserve and propagate <a href="/wiki/Sanatana_dharma" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanatana dharma">Sanātana Dharma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita Vedānta</a>, the doctrine of <a href="/wiki/Nonduality_(spirituality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonduality (spirituality)">non-dualism</a>. Located in <a href="/wiki/Sringeri" title="Sringeri">Śringerī</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chikmagalur_district" title="Chikmagalur district">Chikmagalur district</a> in <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, it is the Southern Āmnāya Pītham amongst the four Chaturāmnāya Pīthams, with the others being the <a href="/wiki/Dwarka_Sharada_Peetham" title="Dwarka Sharada Peetham">Dvārakā Śāradā Pītham</a> (Gujarat) in the West, <a href="/wiki/Govardhan_Math" title="Govardhan Math">Purī Govardhana Pīṭhaṃ</a> (Odisha) in the East, <a href="/wiki/Jyotir_Math" title="Jyotir Math">Badri Jyotishpīṭhaṃ</a> (Uttarakhand) in the North. The head of the matha is called <a href="/wiki/Shankaracharya" title="Shankaracharya">Shankarayacharya</a>, the title derives from <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a>.<br /><br />Śri Śringerī Mutt, as the Pītham is referred to in common parlance, is situated on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Tunga_River" title="Tunga River">Tuṅgā River</a> in Śringerī. The Mutt complex consists of shrines on both the northern and southern banks of the river. The three prominent shrines on the northern bank of the Tunga are dedicated to the presiding deity of the Pītham and the divinity of <a href="/wiki/Self-knowledge_(Vedanta)" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-knowledge (Vedanta)">Ātma-vidyā</a> - <a href="/wiki/Saraswati" title="Saraswati">Śrī Śāradā</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Śrī Ādi Śaṅkara</a>, and Jagadguru Śrī Vidyāśankara Tīrtha, the 10th Jagadguru of the Pītham. The southern bank houses the residence of the reigning pontiff, the <a href="/wiki/Samadhi_(shrine)" title="Samadhi (shrine)">adhisthānam</a> shrines of the previous pontiffs and the Sadvidyā Sañjīvini Samskrita Mahāpāthashālā. (<b><a href="/wiki/Sringeri_Sharada_Peetham" title="Sringeri Sharada Peetham">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 4 Rigveda manuscript page, Mandala 1, Hymn 1 (Sukta 1), lines 1.1.1 to 1.1.9 (Sanskrit, Devanagari script) The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the Atharvaveda. The Vedas (/ˈveɪdəz/ or /ˈviːdəz/; Sanskrit: वेदः, romanized: Vēdaḥ, lit. 'knowledge'), sometimes collectively called the Veda, are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 4 Rigveda manuscript page, Mandala 1, Hymn 1 (Sukta 1), lines 1.1.1 to 1.1.9 (Sanskrit, Devanagari script) The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the Atharvaveda. The Vedas (/ˈveɪdəz/ or /ˈviːdəz/; Sanskrit: वेदः, romanized: Vēdaḥ, lit. 'knowledge'), sometimes collectively called the Veda, are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 4</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:308px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><div style="white-space:normal"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:1500-1200_BCE_Rigveda,_manuscript_page_sample_i,_Mandala_1,_Hymn_1_(Sukta_1),_Adhyaya_1,_lines_1.1.1_to_1.1.9,_Sanskrit,_Devanagari.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/1500-1200_BCE_Rigveda%2C_manuscript_page_sample_i%2C_Mandala_1%2C_Hymn_1_%28Sukta_1%29%2C_Adhyaya_1%2C_lines_1.1.1_to_1.1.9%2C_Sanskrit%2C_Devanagari.jpg/220px-1500-1200_BCE_Rigveda%2C_manuscript_page_sample_i%2C_Mandala_1%2C_Hymn_1_%28Sukta_1%29%2C_Adhyaya_1%2C_lines_1.1.1_to_1.1.9%2C_Sanskrit%2C_Devanagari.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/1500-1200_BCE_Rigveda%2C_manuscript_page_sample_i%2C_Mandala_1%2C_Hymn_1_%28Sukta_1%29%2C_Adhyaya_1%2C_lines_1.1.1_to_1.1.9%2C_Sanskrit%2C_Devanagari.jpg/330px-1500-1200_BCE_Rigveda%2C_manuscript_page_sample_i%2C_Mandala_1%2C_Hymn_1_%28Sukta_1%29%2C_Adhyaya_1%2C_lines_1.1.1_to_1.1.9%2C_Sanskrit%2C_Devanagari.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/1500-1200_BCE_Rigveda%2C_manuscript_page_sample_i%2C_Mandala_1%2C_Hymn_1_%28Sukta_1%29%2C_Adhyaya_1%2C_lines_1.1.1_to_1.1.9%2C_Sanskrit%2C_Devanagari.jpg/440px-1500-1200_BCE_Rigveda%2C_manuscript_page_sample_i%2C_Mandala_1%2C_Hymn_1_%28Sukta_1%29%2C_Adhyaya_1%2C_lines_1.1.1_to_1.1.9%2C_Sanskrit%2C_Devanagari.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2791" data-file-height="1150" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Rigveda manuscript page, Mandala 1, Hymn 1 (Sukta 1), lines 1.1.1 to 1.1.9 (Sanskrit, Devanagari script)</div></div></div></div><br /><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atharva-Veda_samhita_page_471_illustration.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Atharva-Veda_samhita_page_471_illustration.png/260px-Atharva-Veda_samhita_page_471_illustration.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Atharva-Veda_samhita_page_471_illustration.png/390px-Atharva-Veda_samhita_page_471_illustration.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Atharva-Veda_samhita_page_471_illustration.png/520px-Atharva-Veda_samhita_page_471_illustration.png 2x" data-file-width="2313" data-file-height="3106" /></a><figcaption>The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the <i><a href="/wiki/Atharvaveda" title="Atharvaveda">Atharvaveda</a></i>.</figcaption></figure><br /><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a></b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> or <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">वेदः</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Sanskrit">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Vēdaḥ</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'knowledge'), sometimes collectively called <b>the Veda</b>, are a large body of <a href="/wiki/Religious_texts" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious texts">religious texts</a> originating in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient India">ancient India</a>. Composed in <a href="/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrit" title="Vedic Sanskrit">Vedic Sanskrit</a>, the texts constitute the oldest layer of <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_literature" title="Sanskrit literature">Sanskrit literature</a> and the oldest <a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">scriptures</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>. (<b><a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 5 Purānas (Sanskrit: पुराण, lit. Ancients) are a vast genre of Indian literature that include a wide range of topics, especially legends and other traditional lore. The Puranas are known for the intricate layers of symbolism depicted within their stories. Composed originally in Sanskrit and in other Indian languages, several of these texts are named after major Hindu deities such as Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, and Tridevi. The Puranic genre of literature is found in both Hinduism and Jainism. The Puranic literature is encyclopedic, and it includes diverse topics such as cosmogony, cosmology, genealogies of gods, goddesses, kings, queens, heroes, heroines, sages, other gods, other goddesses, folk tales, pilgrimages, temples, medicine, astronomy, grammar, mineralogy, humor, love stories, theology, philosophy, etc. The content is highly inconsistent across the Puranas, and each Purana has survived in numerous manuscripts which are themselves inconsistent. The Hindu Maha Puranas are traditionally attributed to Vyasa, but many scholars considered them likely the work of many authors over the centuries; in contrast, most Jaina Puranas can be dated and their authors assigned. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 5 Purānas (Sanskrit: पुराण, lit. Ancients) are a vast genre of Indian literature that include a wide range of topics, especially legends and other traditional lore. The Puranas are known for the intricate layers of symbolism depicted within their stories. Composed originally in Sanskrit and in other Indian languages, several of these texts are named after major Hindu deities such as Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, and Tridevi. The Puranic genre of literature is found in both Hinduism and Jainism. The Puranic literature is encyclopedic, and it includes diverse topics such as cosmogony, cosmology, genealogies of gods, goddesses, kings, queens, heroes, heroines, sages, other gods, other goddesses, folk tales, pilgrimages, temples, medicine, astronomy, grammar, mineralogy, humor, love stories, theology, philosophy, etc. The content is highly inconsistent across the Puranas, and each Purana has survived in numerous manuscripts which are themselves inconsistent. The Hindu Maha Puranas are traditionally attributed to Vyasa, but many scholars considered them likely the work of many authors over the centuries; in contrast, most Jaina Puranas can be dated and their authors assigned. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 5</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Page_of_Text,_Folio_from_a_Bhagavata_Purana_(Ancient_Stories_of_the_Lord)_LACMA_M.82.62.1_(1_of_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Page_of_Text%2C_Folio_from_a_Bhagavata_Purana_%28Ancient_Stories_of_the_Lord%29_LACMA_M.82.62.1_%281_of_2%29.jpg/220px-Page_of_Text%2C_Folio_from_a_Bhagavata_Purana_%28Ancient_Stories_of_the_Lord%29_LACMA_M.82.62.1_%281_of_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Page_of_Text%2C_Folio_from_a_Bhagavata_Purana_%28Ancient_Stories_of_the_Lord%29_LACMA_M.82.62.1_%281_of_2%29.jpg/330px-Page_of_Text%2C_Folio_from_a_Bhagavata_Purana_%28Ancient_Stories_of_the_Lord%29_LACMA_M.82.62.1_%281_of_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Page_of_Text%2C_Folio_from_a_Bhagavata_Purana_%28Ancient_Stories_of_the_Lord%29_LACMA_M.82.62.1_%281_of_2%29.jpg/440px-Page_of_Text%2C_Folio_from_a_Bhagavata_Purana_%28Ancient_Stories_of_the_Lord%29_LACMA_M.82.62.1_%281_of_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1332" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Purānas</a></b> (Sanskrit: पुराण, lit. Ancients) are a vast genre of Indian literature that include a wide range of topics, especially legends and other traditional lore. The Puranas are known for the intricate layers of symbolism depicted within their stories. Composed originally in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_India" title="Languages of India">other</a> Indian languages, several of these texts are named after major <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> deities such as <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tridevi" title="Tridevi">Tridevi</a>. The Puranic genre of literature is found in both <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>.<br /><br />The Puranic literature is encyclopedic, and it includes diverse topics such as <a href="/wiki/Cosmogony" title="Cosmogony">cosmogony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cosmology" title="Cosmology">cosmology</a>, genealogies of gods, goddesses, kings, queens, heroes, heroines, sages, other gods, other goddesses, folk tales, pilgrimages, temples, medicine, astronomy, grammar, mineralogy, humor, love stories, theology, philosophy, etc. The content is highly inconsistent across the Puranas, and each Purana has survived in numerous manuscripts which are themselves inconsistent. The Hindu Maha Puranas are traditionally attributed to <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a>, but many scholars considered them likely the work of many authors over the centuries; in contrast, most Jaina Puranas can be dated and their authors assigned. (<b><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 6 Rama holding arrows, early 19th century depiction Rama (/ˈrɑːmə/; Sanskrit: राम, IAST: Rāma, Sanskrit: [ˈraːmɐ] ⓘ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (maryāda puruṣottama), Rama is the male protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana. His birth is celebrated every year on Rama Navami, which falls on the ninth day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the lunar cycle of Chaitra (March–April), the first month in the Hindu calendar. According to the Ramayana, Rama was born to Dasaratha and his first wife Kausalya in Ayodhya, the capital of the Kingdom of Kosala. His siblings included Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna. He married Sita. Born in a royal family, Rama's life is described in the Hindu texts as one challenged by unexpected changes, such as an exile into impoverished and difficult circumstances, and challenges of ethical questions and moral dilemmas. The most notable story involving Rama is the kidnapping of Sita by the demon-king Ravana, followed by Rama and Lakshmana's journey to rescue her. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 6 Rama holding arrows, early 19th century depiction Rama (/ˈrɑːmə/; Sanskrit: राम, IAST: Rāma, Sanskrit: [ˈraːmɐ] ⓘ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (maryāda puruṣottama), Rama is the male protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana. His birth is celebrated every year on Rama Navami, which falls on the ninth day of the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the lunar cycle of Chaitra (March–April), the first month in the Hindu calendar. According to the Ramayana, Rama was born to Dasaratha and his first wife Kausalya in Ayodhya, the capital of the Kingdom of Kosala. His siblings included Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna. He married Sita. Born in a royal family, Rama's life is described in the Hindu texts as one challenged by unexpected changes, such as an exile into impoverished and difficult circumstances, and challenges of ethical questions and moral dilemmas. The most notable story involving Rama is the kidnapping of Sita by the demon-king Ravana, followed by Rama and Lakshmana's journey to rescue her. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 6</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:308px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><div style="white-space:normal"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Rama_with_arrows.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Lord_Rama_with_arrows.jpg/220px-Lord_Rama_with_arrows.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Lord_Rama_with_arrows.jpg/330px-Lord_Rama_with_arrows.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Lord_Rama_with_arrows.jpg/440px-Lord_Rama_with_arrows.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="2008" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Rama holding arrows, early 19th century depiction</div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">राम</span>, <a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Rāma</i></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Sanskrit:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Sanskrit" title="Help:IPA/Sanskrit">[ˈraːmɐ]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/2\/27\/Sa-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE.oga\/Sa-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE.oga.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Sa-\u0930\u093e\u092e.oga"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/Sa-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE.oga/Sa-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE.oga.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Sa-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE.oga" title="File:Sa-राम.oga">ⓘ</a></sup></span>) is a major deity in <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular <a href="/wiki/Avatar" title="Avatar">avatars</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Ramanandi_Sampradaya" title="Ramanandi Sampradaya">Rama-centric</a> Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (<i>maryāda</i> <i>puruṣottama</i>), Rama is the male protagonist of the Hindu epic <i><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></i>. His birth is celebrated every year on <a href="/wiki/Rama_Navami" title="Rama Navami">Rama Navami</a>, which falls on the ninth day of the bright half (<a href="/wiki/Paksha" title="Paksha">Shukla Paksha</a>) of the lunar cycle of <a href="/wiki/Chaitra" title="Chaitra">Chaitra</a> (March–April), the first month in the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a>. <br /><br />According to the <i>Ramayana</i>, Rama was born to <a href="/wiki/Dasharatha" title="Dasharatha">Dasaratha</a> and his first wife <a href="/wiki/Kausalya" title="Kausalya">Kausalya</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya_(Ramayana)" title="Ayodhya (Ramayana)">Ayodhya</a>, the capital of the Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Kosala" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosala">Kosala</a>. His siblings included <a href="/wiki/Lakshmana" title="Lakshmana">Lakshmana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharata_(Ramayana)" title="Bharata (Ramayana)">Bharata</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shatrughna" title="Shatrughna">Shatrughna</a>. He married <a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a>. Born in a royal family, Rama's life is described in the Hindu texts as one challenged by unexpected changes, such as an exile into impoverished and difficult circumstances, and challenges of ethical questions and moral dilemmas. The most notable story involving Rama is the kidnapping of Sita by the demon-king <a href="/wiki/Ravana" title="Ravana">Ravana</a>, followed by Rama and Lakshmana's journey to rescue her. (<b><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 7 The Bharatiya Janata Party ([bʱaːɾətiːjə dʒənətaː paːɾʈiː] ⓘ, lit. 'Indian People's Party', BJP) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics and has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a far-right paramilitary organisation. Its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology. As of January 2024,[update] it is the country's biggest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician Syama Prasad Mukherjee, after he left Hindu Mahasabha to form a party as the political wing of RSS. After the Emergency of 1975–1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other political parties to form the Janata Party; it defeated the then-incumbent Indian National Congress in the 1977 general election. After three years in power, the Janata Party dissolved in 1980, with the members of the erstwhile Jana Sangh reconvening to form the modern-day BJP. Although initially unsuccessful—winning only two seats in the 1984 general election, it grew in strength on the back of the movement around Ram Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh. Following victories in several state elections and better performances in national elections, the BJP became the largest political party in the Parliament in 1996; however, it lacked a majority in the lower house of Parliament, and its government, under its then-leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lasted for only 13 days. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 7 The Bharatiya Janata Party ([bʱaːɾətiːjə dʒənətaː paːɾʈiː] ⓘ, lit. 'Indian People's Party', BJP) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics and has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a far-right paramilitary organisation. Its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology. As of January 2024,[update] it is the country's biggest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician Syama Prasad Mukherjee, after he left Hindu Mahasabha to form a party as the political wing of RSS. After the Emergency of 1975–1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other political parties to form the Janata Party; it defeated the then-incumbent Indian National Congress in the 1977 general election. After three years in power, the Janata Party dissolved in 1980, with the members of the erstwhile Jana Sangh reconvening to form the modern-day BJP. Although initially unsuccessful—winning only two seats in the 1984 general election, it grew in strength on the back of the movement around Ram Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh. Following victories in several state elections and better performances in national elections, the BJP became the largest political party in the Parliament in 1996; however, it lacked a majority in the lower house of Parliament, and its government, under its then-leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lasted for only 13 days. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 7</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BJP_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/BJP_flag.svg/220px-BJP_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/BJP_flag.svg/330px-BJP_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/BJP_flag.svg/440px-BJP_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br />The <b><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></b> (<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hns-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">[bʱaːɾətiːjə<span class="wrap"> </span>dʒənətaː<span class="wrap"> </span>paːɾʈiː]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/b\/b2\/Hindi-Bharatiya_Janata_Party.ogg\/Hindi-Bharatiya_Janata_Party.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Hindi-Bharatiya Janata Party.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/Hindi-Bharatiya_Janata_Party.ogg/Hindi-Bharatiya_Janata_Party.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Hindi-Bharatiya_Janata_Party.ogg" title="File:Hindi-Bharatiya Janata Party.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span><b>,</b> <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Indian People's Party</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>, <b>BJP</b>) is a political party in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and one of the two major <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_India" title="List of political parties in India">Indian political parties</a> alongside the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>. BJP emerged out from <a href="/wiki/Syama_Prasad_Mukherjee" title="Syama Prasad Mukherjee">Syama Prasad Mukherjee</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a>. Since 2014, it has been the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ruling_political_parties_by_country" title="List of ruling political parties by country">ruling political party in India</a> under the incumbent <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>. The BJP is aligned with <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right-wing politics</a> and has close ideological and organisational links to the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a> (RSS), a <a href="/wiki/Far-right_politics" title="Far-right politics">far-right</a> <a href="/wiki/Paramilitary_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramilitary organization">paramilitary organisation</a>. Its policies adhere to <a href="/wiki/Hindutva" title="Hindutva">Hindutva</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Hindu_nationalism" title="Hindu nationalism">Hindu nationalist</a> ideology. As of January 2024,<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hinduism&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> it is the country's biggest political party in terms of representation in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(India)" title="State legislature (India)">state legislatures</a>.<br /><br />The party's origins lie in the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a>, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician <a href="/wiki/Syama_Prasad_Mukherjee" title="Syama Prasad Mukherjee">Syama Prasad Mukherjee</a>, after he left <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Mahasabha" title="Hindu Mahasabha">Hindu Mahasabha</a> to form a party as the political wing of RSS. After <a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">the Emergency</a> of 1975–1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other political parties to form the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>; it defeated the then-incumbent Indian National Congress in the <a href="/wiki/1977_Indian_general_election" title="1977 Indian general election">1977 general election</a>. After three years in power, the Janata Party dissolved in 1980, with the members of the erstwhile Jana Sangh reconvening to form the modern-day BJP. Although initially unsuccessful—winning only two seats in the <a href="/wiki/1984_Indian_general_election" title="1984 Indian general election">1984 general election</a>, it grew in strength on the back of the movement around <a href="/wiki/Ram_Janmabhoomi" title="Ram Janmabhoomi">Ram Janmabhoomi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>. Following victories in several state elections and better performances in national elections, the BJP became the largest political party in the Parliament in 1996; however, it lacked a majority in the lower house of Parliament, and its government, under its then-leader <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a>, lasted for only 13 days. (<b><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 8 Painting depicting Vishnu, c. 1730 Vishnu (/ˈvɪʃnuː/; Sanskrit: विष्णु, lit. 'All Pervasive', IAST: Viṣṇu, pronounced [ʋɪʂɳʊ]), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as The Preserver within the Trimurti, the triple deity of supreme divinity that includes Brahma and Shiva. In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the supreme Lord who creates, protects, and transforms the universe. Tridevi is stated to be the energy and creative power (Shakti) of each, with Lakshmi being the equal complementary partner of Vishnu. He is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 8 Painting depicting Vishnu, c. 1730 Vishnu (/ˈvɪʃnuː/; Sanskrit: विष्णु, lit. 'All Pervasive', IAST: Viṣṇu, pronounced [ʋɪʂɳʊ]), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as The Preserver within the Trimurti, the triple deity of supreme divinity that includes Brahma and Shiva. In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the supreme Lord who creates, protects, and transforms the universe. Tridevi is stated to be the energy and creative power (Shakti) of each, with Lakshmi being the equal complementary partner of Vishnu. He is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 8</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:308px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><div style="white-space:normal"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Vishnu_from_Gita_Govinda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Vishnu_from_Gita_Govinda.jpg/220px-Vishnu_from_Gita_Govinda.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Vishnu_from_Gita_Govinda.jpg/330px-Vishnu_from_Gita_Govinda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Vishnu_from_Gita_Govinda.jpg/440px-Vishnu_from_Gita_Govinda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1112" data-file-height="1416" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Painting depicting Vishnu, c. 1730</div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a></b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">विष्णु</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'All Pervasive', <a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Viṣṇu</i></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Sanskrit" title="Help:IPA/Sanskrit">[ʋɪʂɳʊ]</a></span>), also known as <b>Narayana</b> and <b>Hari</b>, is one of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">principal deities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>. He is the supreme being within <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnavism</a>, one of the major traditions within contemporary <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>.<br /><br />Vishnu is known as <i>The Preserver</i> within the <a href="/wiki/Trimurti" title="Trimurti">Trimurti</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Triple_deity" title="Triple deity">triple deity</a> of <a href="/wiki/Para_Brahman" title="Para Brahman">supreme divinity</a> that includes <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>. In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the supreme Lord who creates, protects, and transforms the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_cosmology" title="Hindu cosmology">universe</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tridevi" title="Tridevi">Tridevi</a> is stated to be the energy and creative power (<a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a>) of each, with <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a> being the equal complementary partner of Vishnu. He is one of the five equivalent deities in <a href="/wiki/Panchayatana_puja" title="Panchayatana puja">Panchayatana puja</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Smarta_tradition" title="Smarta tradition">Smarta tradition</a> of Hinduism. (<b><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 9 Varanasi (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi], also Benares, Banaras Hindustani pronunciation: [bəˈnaːrəs] or Kashi) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. The city has a syncretic tradition of Islamic artisanship that underpins its religious tourism. Located in the middle-Ganges valley in the southeastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi lies on the left bank of the river. It is 692 kilometres (430 mi) to the southeast of India's capital New Delhi and 320 kilometres (200 mi) to the southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It lies 121 kilometres (75 mi) downstream of Prayagraj, where the confluence with the Yamuna river is another major Hindu pilgrimage site. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities. Kashi, its ancient name, was associated with a kingdom of the same name of 2,500 years ago. The Lion capital of Ashoka at nearby Sarnath has been interpreted to be a commemoration of the Buddha's first sermon there in the fifth century BCE. In the 8th century, Adi Shankara established the worship of Shiva as an official sect of Varanasi. Tulsidas wrote his Awadhi language epic, the Ramcharitmanas, a Bhakti movement reworking of the Sanskrit Ramayana, in Varanasi. Several other major figures of the Bhakti movement were born in Varanasi, including Kabir and Ravidas. In the 16th century, Rajput nobles in the service of the Mughal emperor Akbar, sponsored work on Hindu temples in the city in an empire-wide architectural style. In 1740, Benares, a zamindari estate, was established in the vicinity of the city in the Mughal Empire's semi-autonomous province of Awadh. Under the Treaty of Faizabad, the East India Company acquired Benares in 1775. The city became a part of the Benares Division of British India's Ceded and Conquered Provinces in 1805, the North-Western Provinces in 1836, United Provinces in 1902, and of the Republic of India's state of Uttar Pradesh in 1950. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 9 Varanasi (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi], also Benares, Banaras Hindustani pronunciation: [bəˈnaːrəs] or Kashi) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. The city has a syncretic tradition of Islamic artisanship that underpins its religious tourism. Located in the middle-Ganges valley in the southeastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi lies on the left bank of the river. It is 692 kilometres (430 mi) to the southeast of India's capital New Delhi and 320 kilometres (200 mi) to the southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It lies 121 kilometres (75 mi) downstream of Prayagraj, where the confluence with the Yamuna river is another major Hindu pilgrimage site. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities. Kashi, its ancient name, was associated with a kingdom of the same name of 2,500 years ago. The Lion capital of Ashoka at nearby Sarnath has been interpreted to be a commemoration of the Buddha's first sermon there in the fifth century BCE. In the 8th century, Adi Shankara established the worship of Shiva as an official sect of Varanasi. Tulsidas wrote his Awadhi language epic, the Ramcharitmanas, a Bhakti movement reworking of the Sanskrit Ramayana, in Varanasi. Several other major figures of the Bhakti movement were born in Varanasi, including Kabir and Ravidas. In the 16th century, Rajput nobles in the service of the Mughal emperor Akbar, sponsored work on Hindu temples in the city in an empire-wide architectural style. In 1740, Benares, a zamindari estate, was established in the vicinity of the city in the Mughal Empire's semi-autonomous province of Awadh. Under the Treaty of Faizabad, the East India Company acquired Benares in 1775. The city became a part of the Benares Division of British India's Ceded and Conquered Provinces in 1805, the North-Western Provinces in 1836, United Provinces in 1902, and of the Republic of India's state of Uttar Pradesh in 1950. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 9</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a></b> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Hindi pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">[ʋaːˈraːɳəsi]</a></span>, also <b>Benares</b>, <b>Banaras</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Hindustani pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hns-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">[bəˈnaːrəs]</a></span> or <b>Kashi</b>) is a city on the <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges river</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">northern India</a> that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu world</a>. The city has a syncretic tradition of Islamic artisanship that underpins its religious tourism. Located in the <a href="/wiki/Gangetic_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangetic plain">middle-Ganges valley</a> in the southeastern part of the state of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, Varanasi lies on the left bank of the river. It is 692 kilometres (430 mi) to the southeast of India's capital <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a> and 320 kilometres (200 mi) to the southeast of the state capital, <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>. It lies 121 kilometres (75 mi) downstream of <a href="/wiki/Prayagraj" title="Prayagraj">Prayagraj</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Triveni_Sangam#Triveni_Sangam_in_Prayagraj" title="Triveni Sangam">confluence with the Yamuna river</a> is another major <a href="/wiki/Hindu_pilgrimage_sites_in_India" title="Hindu pilgrimage sites in India">Hindu pilgrimage site</a>.<br /><br />Varanasi is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities" title="List of oldest continuously inhabited cities">world's oldest continually inhabited cities</a>. Kashi, its ancient name, was associated with a <a href="/wiki/K%C4%81%C5%9B%C4%AB_(kingdom)" title="Kāśī (kingdom)">kingdom of the same name</a> of 2,500 years ago. The <a href="/wiki/Lion_capital_of_Ashoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Lion capital of Ashoka">Lion capital of Ashoka</a> at nearby <a href="/wiki/Sarnath" title="Sarnath">Sarnath</a> has been interpreted to be a commemoration of the Buddha's first <a href="/wiki/Dhammacakkappavattana_Sutta" title="Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta">sermon</a> there in the fifth century BCE. In the 8th century, <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">worship of Shiva</a> as an official sect of Varanasi. <a href="/wiki/Tulsidas" title="Tulsidas">Tulsidas</a> wrote his <a href="/wiki/Awadhi_language" title="Awadhi language">Awadhi language</a> epic, the <i><a href="/wiki/Ramcharitmanas" title="Ramcharitmanas">Ramcharitmanas</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Bhakti_movement" title="Bhakti movement">Bhakti movement</a> reworking of the Sanskrit <a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a>, in Varanasi. Several other major figures of the Bhakti movement were born in Varanasi, including <a href="/wiki/Kabir" title="Kabir">Kabir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ravidas" title="Ravidas">Ravidas</a>. In the 16th century, Rajput nobles in the service of the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Akbar" title="Akbar">Akbar</a>, sponsored work on Hindu temples in the city in an empire-wide architectural style. In 1740, <a href="/wiki/Benares_State" title="Benares State">Benares</a>, a zamindari estate, was established in the vicinity of the city in the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a>'s semi-autonomous province of Awadh. Under the Treaty of Faizabad, the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> acquired Benares in 1775. The city became a part of the Benares Division of <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ceded_and_Conquered_Provinces" title="Ceded and Conquered Provinces">Ceded and Conquered Provinces</a> in 1805, the <a href="/wiki/North-Western_Provinces" title="North-Western Provinces">North-Western Provinces</a> in 1836, <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_Agra_and_Oudh" title="United Provinces of Agra and Oudh">United Provinces</a> in 1902, and of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of India">Republic of India</a>'s state of Uttar Pradesh in 1950. (<b><a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 10 Pushkar Lake or Pushkar Sarovar is located in the town of Pushkar near Ajmer city in Ajmer district of the Rajasthan state of western India. Pushkar Lake is a sacred lake of the Hindus. The Hindu scriptures describe it as "Tirtha-Guru" [Thirtha Raj]– the perceptor of pilgrimage sites related to a water-body and relate it to the mythology of the creator-god Brahma, whose most prominent temple stands in Pushkar. The Pushkar Lake finds mention on coins as early as the 4th century BC. Pushkar Lake is surrounded by 52 bathing ghats (a series of steps leading to the lake), where pilgrims throng in large numbers to take a sacred bath, especially around Kartik Poornima (October–November) when the Pushkar Fair is held. A dip in the sacred lake is believed to cleanse sins and cure skin diseases. Over 500 Hindu temples are situated around the lake precincts. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 10 Pushkar Lake or Pushkar Sarovar is located in the town of Pushkar near Ajmer city in Ajmer district of the Rajasthan state of western India. Pushkar Lake is a sacred lake of the Hindus. The Hindu scriptures describe it as "Tirtha-Guru" [Thirtha Raj]– the perceptor of pilgrimage sites related to a water-body and relate it to the mythology of the creator-god Brahma, whose most prominent temple stands in Pushkar. The Pushkar Lake finds mention on coins as early as the 4th century BC. Pushkar Lake is surrounded by 52 bathing ghats (a series of steps leading to the lake), where pilgrims throng in large numbers to take a sacred bath, especially around Kartik Poornima (October–November) when the Pushkar Fair is held. A dip in the sacred lake is believed to cleanse sins and cure skin diseases. Over 500 Hindu temples are situated around the lake precincts. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 10</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Evening_lights_by_the_Pushkar_Lake,_Pushkar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Evening_lights_by_the_Pushkar_Lake%2C_Pushkar.jpg/220px-Evening_lights_by_the_Pushkar_Lake%2C_Pushkar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Evening_lights_by_the_Pushkar_Lake%2C_Pushkar.jpg/330px-Evening_lights_by_the_Pushkar_Lake%2C_Pushkar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Evening_lights_by_the_Pushkar_Lake%2C_Pushkar.jpg/440px-Evening_lights_by_the_Pushkar_Lake%2C_Pushkar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Pushkar_Lake" title="Pushkar Lake">Pushkar Lake</a></b> or <b>Pushkar Sarovar</b> is located in the town of <a href="/wiki/Pushkar" title="Pushkar">Pushkar</a> near <a href="/wiki/Ajmer" title="Ajmer">Ajmer city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_district" title="Ajmer district">Ajmer district</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> state of western India. Pushkar Lake is a sacred lake of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindus</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Hindu_scriptures" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu scriptures">Hindu scriptures</a> describe it as "<a href="/wiki/Tirtha_(Hinduism)" title="Tirtha (Hinduism)">Tirtha</a>-<a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">Guru</a>" [Thirtha Raj]– the perceptor of pilgrimage sites related to a water-body and relate it to the mythology of the creator-god <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>, whose <a href="/wiki/Brahma_temple_at_Pushkar" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahma temple at Pushkar">most prominent temple</a> stands in Pushkar. The Pushkar Lake finds mention on coins as early as the 4th century BC.<br /><br />Pushkar Lake is surrounded by 52 bathing <a href="/wiki/Ghats" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghats">ghats</a> (a series of steps leading to the lake), where pilgrims throng in large numbers to take a sacred bath, especially around <a href="/wiki/Kartik_Poornima" class="mw-redirect" title="Kartik Poornima">Kartik Poornima</a> (October–November) when the <a href="/wiki/Pushkar_Fair" title="Pushkar Fair">Pushkar Fair</a> is held. A dip in the sacred lake is believed to cleanse sins and cure skin diseases. Over 500 <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temples</a> are situated around the lake precincts. (<b><a href="/wiki/Pushkar_Lake" title="Pushkar Lake">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> </ul></div></div> <div class="noprint" style="margin:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; padding:0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Portal:Hinduism/Selected_articles" title="Portal:Hinduism/Selected articles">More selected articles</a></b></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:black;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid red;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:orange;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:black;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="General_images_-_load_new_batch" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:black;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">General images - <span class="noprint plainlinks purgelink"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Hinduism&action=purge"><span title="Purge this page"><small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:darkblue"><i>load new batch</i></span></small></span></a></span></h2></div><div style="color:#000000;opacity:1;border:1px solid red;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f8fffc;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><small><b>The following are images from various Hinduism-related articles on Wikipedia.</b></small></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1021884966"><div class="randomSlideshow-container" style="max-width:100%; margin:-4em auto;"><div class="nomobile"></div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-slideshow switcher-container"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_Surin.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 1Indra is a Vedic era deity, found in south and southeast Asia. Above Indra is part of the seal of a Thailand state. (from Hindu deities)"><img alt="Image 1Indra is a Vedic era deity, found in south and southeast Asia. Above Indra is part of the seal of a Thailand state. (from Hindu deities)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Seal_Surin.png/120px-Seal_Surin.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Seal_Surin.png/180px-Seal_Surin.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Seal_Surin.png/240px-Seal_Surin.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 1</span></span><a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a> is a Vedic era deity, found in south and southeast Asia. Above Indra is part of the seal of a <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> state. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Hindu deities</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peerital.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 2A new born's Namakarana ceremony. The grandmother is whispering the name into the baby's ear, while friends and family watch. (from Samskara (rite of passage))"><img alt="Image 2A new born's Namakarana ceremony. The grandmother is whispering the name into the baby's ear, while friends and family watch. (from Samskara (rite of passage))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Peerital.jpg/77px-Peerital.jpg" decoding="async" width="77" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Peerital.jpg/115px-Peerital.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Peerital.jpg/154px-Peerital.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1998" data-file-height="3110" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 2</span></span>A new born's Namakarana ceremony. The grandmother is whispering the name into the baby's ear, while friends and family watch. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Samskara (rite of passage)</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Surya_Majapahit_Diagram.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 3Ishvara is, along with Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, one of the 17 deities commonly found in Indonesian Surya Majapahit Hindu arts and records. However, Ishvara represents different concepts in various Hindu philosophies. (from Hindu deities)"><img alt="Image 3Ishvara is, along with Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, one of the 17 deities commonly found in Indonesian Surya Majapahit Hindu arts and records. However, Ishvara represents different concepts in various Hindu philosophies. (from Hindu deities)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Surya_Majapahit_Diagram.svg/120px-Surya_Majapahit_Diagram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Surya_Majapahit_Diagram.svg/180px-Surya_Majapahit_Diagram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Surya_Majapahit_Diagram.svg/240px-Surya_Majapahit_Diagram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 3</span></span>Ishvara is, along with Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, one of the 17 deities commonly found in Indonesian <a href="/wiki/Surya_Majapahit" title="Surya Majapahit">Surya Majapahit</a> Hindu arts and records. However, Ishvara represents different concepts in various Hindu philosophies. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Hindu deities</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Six_Hinduism_deities._Surya,_Parvati,_Hanuman,_Lakshmi,_Vishnu,_and_Indra._All_of_them_came_from_India,_except_Vishnu_(from_the_Thai-Cambodian_border)._Various_eras._National_Museum_of_Scotland,_Edinburgh.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 4Six Hinduism deities. Surya, Parvati, Hanuman, Lakshmi, Vishnu, and Indra. All of these statues came from India, except Vishnu (from the Thai-Cambodian border). Various eras. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (from Hindu deities)"><img alt="Image 4Six Hinduism deities. Surya, Parvati, Hanuman, Lakshmi, Vishnu, and Indra. All of these statues came from India, except Vishnu (from the Thai-Cambodian border). Various eras. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (from Hindu deities)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Six_Hinduism_deities._Surya%2C_Parvati%2C_Hanuman%2C_Lakshmi%2C_Vishnu%2C_and_Indra._All_of_them_came_from_India%2C_except_Vishnu_%28from_the_Thai-Cambodian_border%29._Various_eras._National_Museum_of_Scotland%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/120px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Six_Hinduism_deities._Surya%2C_Parvati%2C_Hanuman%2C_Lakshmi%2C_Vishnu%2C_and_Indra._All_of_them_came_from_India%2C_except_Vishnu_%28from_the_Thai-Cambodian_border%29._Various_eras._National_Museum_of_Scotland%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/180px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Six_Hinduism_deities._Surya%2C_Parvati%2C_Hanuman%2C_Lakshmi%2C_Vishnu%2C_and_Indra._All_of_them_came_from_India%2C_except_Vishnu_%28from_the_Thai-Cambodian_border%29._Various_eras._National_Museum_of_Scotland%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/240px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2284" data-file-height="1844" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 4</span></span>Six Hinduism deities. Surya, Parvati, Hanuman, Lakshmi, Vishnu, and Indra. All of these statues came from India, except Vishnu (from the Thai-Cambodian border). Various eras. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (from <b><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Hindu deities</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AE.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 5Goddess Durga and a pantheon of other gods and goddesses being worshipped during Durga Puja Festival in Kolkata. (from Hindu deities)"><img alt="Image 5Goddess Durga and a pantheon of other gods and goddesses being worshipped during Durga Puja Festival in Kolkata. (from Hindu deities)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AE.jpg/120px-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AE.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AE.jpg/180px-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AE.jpg/240px-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF._%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5114" data-file-height="3073" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 5</span></span>Goddess <a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a> and a pantheon of other gods and goddesses being worshipped during <a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a> Festival in Kolkata. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Hindu deities</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bagamati_cremation.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 6A Hindu cremation rite in Nepal. The samskara above shows the body wrapped in saffron on a pyre. (from Samskara (rite of passage))"><img alt="Image 6A Hindu cremation rite in Nepal. The samskara above shows the body wrapped in saffron on a pyre. (from Samskara (rite of passage))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bagamati_cremation.jpg/120px-Bagamati_cremation.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bagamati_cremation.jpg/180px-Bagamati_cremation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bagamati_cremation.jpg/240px-Bagamati_cremation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 6</span></span>A Hindu cremation rite in <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. The samskara above shows the body wrapped in saffron on a pyre. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Samskara (rite of passage)</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Murudeshwar_Shiva.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 7Shaivism focuses on Shiva (from Hindu denominations)"><img alt="Image 7Shaivism focuses on Shiva (from Hindu denominations)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Murudeshwar_Shiva.jpg/119px-Murudeshwar_Shiva.jpg" decoding="async" width="119" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Murudeshwar_Shiva.jpg/179px-Murudeshwar_Shiva.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Murudeshwar_Shiva.jpg/239px-Murudeshwar_Shiva.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1038" data-file-height="1044" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 7</span></span>Shaivism focuses on Shiva (from <b><a href="/wiki/Hindu_denominations" title="Hindu denominations">Hindu denominations</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_God_Vishnu_in_Three_Incarnations._Northern_India_(Mathura),_Gupta_period,_mid-5th_century_AD._Boston_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 8Vaishnavism focuses on Vishnu or one of his avatars, such as his form as a human, lion, or boar. (from Hindu denominations)"><img alt="Image 8Vaishnavism focuses on Vishnu or one of his avatars, such as his form as a human, lion, or boar. (from Hindu denominations)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/The_God_Vishnu_in_Three_Incarnations._Northern_India_%28Mathura%29%2C_Gupta_period%2C_mid-5th_century_AD._Boston_Museum.jpg/90px-The_God_Vishnu_in_Three_Incarnations._Northern_India_%28Mathura%29%2C_Gupta_period%2C_mid-5th_century_AD._Boston_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/The_God_Vishnu_in_Three_Incarnations._Northern_India_%28Mathura%29%2C_Gupta_period%2C_mid-5th_century_AD._Boston_Museum.jpg/135px-The_God_Vishnu_in_Three_Incarnations._Northern_India_%28Mathura%29%2C_Gupta_period%2C_mid-5th_century_AD._Boston_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/The_God_Vishnu_in_Three_Incarnations._Northern_India_%28Mathura%29%2C_Gupta_period%2C_mid-5th_century_AD._Boston_Museum.jpg/180px-The_God_Vishnu_in_Three_Incarnations._Northern_India_%28Mathura%29%2C_Gupta_period%2C_mid-5th_century_AD._Boston_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 8</span></span>Vaishnavism focuses on Vishnu or one of his avatars, such as his form as a human, <a href="/wiki/Narasimha" title="Narasimha">lion</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Varaha" title="Varaha">boar</a>. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Hindu_denominations" title="Hindu denominations">Hindu denominations</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3_Shaktism_goddesses_Devi_collage.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 9Shaktism is a Goddess-centric tradition of Hinduism. From left: Parvati/Durga, Kali and Lakshmi (from Hindu denominations)"><img alt="Image 9Shaktism is a Goddess-centric tradition of Hinduism. From left: Parvati/Durga, Kali and Lakshmi (from Hindu denominations)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/3_Shaktism_goddesses_Devi_collage.jpg/120px-3_Shaktism_goddesses_Devi_collage.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/3_Shaktism_goddesses_Devi_collage.jpg/180px-3_Shaktism_goddesses_Devi_collage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/3_Shaktism_goddesses_Devi_collage.jpg/240px-3_Shaktism_goddesses_Devi_collage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2908" data-file-height="1337" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 9</span></span>Shaktism is a Goddess-centric tradition of Hinduism. From left: <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a>/<a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kali" title="Kali">Kali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a> (from <b><a href="/wiki/Hindu_denominations" title="Hindu denominations">Hindu denominations</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AnnaPrashan_(Anna_Prashan)_-_Hindu_First_Rice_Eating_Ceremony.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 10Samskaras are, in one context, the diverse rites of passage of a human being from conception to cremation, signifying milestones in an individual's journey of life in Hinduism. Above is annaprashana samskara celebrating a baby's first taste of solid food. (from Samskara (rite of passage))"><img alt="Image 10Samskaras are, in one context, the diverse rites of passage of a human being from conception to cremation, signifying milestones in an individual's journey of life in Hinduism. Above is annaprashana samskara celebrating a baby's first taste of solid food. (from Samskara (rite of passage))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/AnnaPrashan_%28Anna_Prashan%29_-_Hindu_First_Rice_Eating_Ceremony.JPG/120px-AnnaPrashan_%28Anna_Prashan%29_-_Hindu_First_Rice_Eating_Ceremony.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/AnnaPrashan_%28Anna_Prashan%29_-_Hindu_First_Rice_Eating_Ceremony.JPG/180px-AnnaPrashan_%28Anna_Prashan%29_-_Hindu_First_Rice_Eating_Ceremony.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/AnnaPrashan_%28Anna_Prashan%29_-_Hindu_First_Rice_Eating_Ceremony.JPG/240px-AnnaPrashan_%28Anna_Prashan%29_-_Hindu_First_Rice_Eating_Ceremony.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 10</span></span>Samskaras are, in one context, the diverse rites of passage of a human being from conception to cremation, signifying milestones in an individual's journey of life in Hinduism. Above is <i>annaprashana samskara</i> celebrating a baby's first taste of solid food. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Samskara (rite of passage)</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Choroonu_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 11Annaprashanam is the rite of passage where the baby is fed solid food for the first time. The ritual has regional names, such as Choroonu in Kerala. (from Samskara (rite of passage))"><img alt="Image 11Annaprashanam is the rite of passage where the baby is fed solid food for the first time. The ritual has regional names, such as Choroonu in Kerala. (from Samskara (rite of passage))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Choroonu_02.jpg/120px-Choroonu_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Choroonu_02.jpg/180px-Choroonu_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Choroonu_02.jpg/240px-Choroonu_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 11</span></span>Annaprashanam is the rite of passage where the baby is fed solid food for the first time. The ritual has regional names, such as Choroonu in <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Samskara (rite of passage)</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Early_piercing.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 12A Hindu girl after her Karnavedha rite of passage (ear piercing) (from Samskara (rite of passage))"><img alt="Image 12A Hindu girl after her Karnavedha rite of passage (ear piercing) (from Samskara (rite of passage))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Early_piercing.jpg/80px-Early_piercing.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Early_piercing.jpg/120px-Early_piercing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Early_piercing.jpg/160px-Early_piercing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 12</span></span>A Hindu girl after her Karnavedha rite of passage (ear piercing) (from <b><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Samskara (rite of passage)</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Group_of_Tamil_girls.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 13A Tamil Hindu girl (center) in 1870 wearing a half-saree, flowers and jewelry from her Ritu Kala samskara rite of passage (from Samskara (rite of passage))"><img alt="Image 13A Tamil Hindu girl (center) in 1870 wearing a half-saree, flowers and jewelry from her Ritu Kala samskara rite of passage (from Samskara (rite of passage))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Group_of_Tamil_girls.jpg/101px-Group_of_Tamil_girls.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Group_of_Tamil_girls.jpg/151px-Group_of_Tamil_girls.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Group_of_Tamil_girls.jpg/202px-Group_of_Tamil_girls.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 13</span></span>A Tamil Hindu girl (center) in 1870 wearing a half-saree, flowers and jewelry from her <i>Ritu Kala samskara</i> rite of passage (from <b><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Samskara (rite of passage)</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_yagyopaveet_sanskar_upanayana_samskara.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 14Upanayana samskara ceremony in progress. Typically, this ritual was for eight-year-olds in ancient India, but in the 1st millennium CE it became open to all ages. (from Samskara (rite of passage))"><img alt="Image 14Upanayana samskara ceremony in progress. Typically, this ritual was for eight-year-olds in ancient India, but in the 1st millennium CE it became open to all ages. (from Samskara (rite of passage))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/A_yagyopaveet_sanskar_upanayana_samskara.jpg/120px-A_yagyopaveet_sanskar_upanayana_samskara.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/A_yagyopaveet_sanskar_upanayana_samskara.jpg/180px-A_yagyopaveet_sanskar_upanayana_samskara.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/A_yagyopaveet_sanskar_upanayana_samskara.jpg/240px-A_yagyopaveet_sanskar_upanayana_samskara.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="687" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 14</span></span>Upanayana samskara ceremony in progress. Typically, this ritual was for eight-year-olds in ancient India, but in the 1st millennium CE it became open to all ages. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Samskara (rite of passage)</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hindu_wedding_ceremony_fire.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 15A rite of passage with yajna ceremony often marks a Hindu wedding. (from Samskara (rite of passage))"><img alt="Image 15A rite of passage with yajna ceremony often marks a Hindu wedding. (from Samskara (rite of passage))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Hindu_wedding_ceremony_fire.jpg/107px-Hindu_wedding_ceremony_fire.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Hindu_wedding_ceremony_fire.jpg/161px-Hindu_wedding_ceremony_fire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Hindu_wedding_ceremony_fire.jpg/215px-Hindu_wedding_ceremony_fire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="433" data-file-height="484" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 15</span></span>A rite of passage with <a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">yajna</a> ceremony often marks a Hindu wedding. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Samskara (rite of passage)</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Avatars.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 16The ten avatars of Vishnu, (Clockwise, from top left) Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Krishna, Kalki, Buddha, Parshurama, Rama and Narasimha, (in centre) Radha and Krishna. Painting currently in Victoria and Albert Museum. (from Hindu deities)"><img alt="Image 16The ten avatars of Vishnu, (Clockwise, from top left) Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Krishna, Kalki, Buddha, Parshurama, Rama and Narasimha, (in centre) Radha and Krishna. Painting currently in Victoria and Albert Museum. (from Hindu deities)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Avatars.jpg/96px-Avatars.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Avatars.jpg/143px-Avatars.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Avatars.jpg/191px-Avatars.jpg 2x" data-file-width="357" data-file-height="448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 16</span></span>The ten avatars of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>, (Clockwise, from top left) Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Krishna, Kalki, Buddha, Parshurama, Rama and Narasimha, (in centre) Radha and Krishna. Painting currently in <a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a>. (from <b><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Hindu deities</a></b>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hindu_baby_first_head_shave_choulopan_chudakarana_sanskara.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 17A baby's first haircut is called choulam samskara. (from Samskara (rite of passage))"><img alt="Image 17A baby's first haircut is called choulam samskara. (from Samskara (rite of passage))" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hindu_baby_first_head_shave_choulopan_chudakarana_sanskara.jpg/120px-Hindu_baby_first_head_shave_choulopan_chudakarana_sanskara.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hindu_baby_first_head_shave_choulopan_chudakarana_sanskara.jpg/180px-Hindu_baby_first_head_shave_choulopan_chudakarana_sanskara.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hindu_baby_first_head_shave_choulopan_chudakarana_sanskara.jpg/240px-Hindu_baby_first_head_shave_choulopan_chudakarana_sanskara.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 17</span></span>A baby's first haircut is called <i>choulam</i> samskara. 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He established the Sivananda Yoga Teachers' Training Course, possibly the first yoga teacher training programs in the West. His books The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga (1960) and Meditation and Mantras (1978) established him as an authority on Hatha and Raja yoga. Vishnudevananda was a peace activist who rode in several "peace flights" over places of conflict, including the Berlin Wall prior to German reunification. In 2007, his long-serving assistant, Julie Salter, reported sexual abuse against her by the guru; she published details of her experiences in 2019, leading at least 3 other women to report their experiences of similar abuse by Vishnudevananda. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 1 Vishnudevananda Saraswati (31 December 1927 – 9 November 1993, birth name Kuttan Nair) was an Indian yoga guru known for his teaching of asanas, a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati, and founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams (ISYVC). He established the Sivananda Yoga Teachers' Training Course, possibly the first yoga teacher training programs in the West. His books The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga (1960) and Meditation and Mantras (1978) established him as an authority on Hatha and Raja yoga. Vishnudevananda was a peace activist who rode in several "peace flights" over places of conflict, including the Berlin Wall prior to German reunification. In 2007, his long-serving assistant, Julie Salter, reported sexual abuse against her by the guru; she published details of her experiences in 2019, leading at least 3 other women to report their experiences of similar abuse by Vishnudevananda. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 1</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Swami_Vishnudevananda_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Swami_Vishnudevananda_Portrait.jpg/220px-Swami_Vishnudevananda_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="321" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Swami_Vishnudevananda_Portrait.jpg/330px-Swami_Vishnudevananda_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Swami_Vishnudevananda_Portrait.jpg/440px-Swami_Vishnudevananda_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2320" data-file-height="3387" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Vishnudevananda_Saraswati" title="Vishnudevananda Saraswati">Vishnudevananda Saraswati</a></b> (31 December 1927 – 9 November 1993, birth name <b>Kuttan Nair</b>) was an Indian <a href="/wiki/Modern_yoga_gurus" title="Modern yoga gurus">yoga guru</a> known for his teaching of <a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">asanas</a>, a disciple of <a href="/wiki/Sivananda_Saraswati" title="Sivananda Saraswati">Sivananda Saraswati</a>, and founder of the <a href="/wiki/Sivananda_Yoga_Vedanta_Centres" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres">International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams</a> (ISYVC). He established the Sivananda Yoga Teachers' Training Course, possibly the first yoga teacher training programs in the West. His books <i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Illustrated_Book_of_Yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga">The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga</a></i> (1960) and <i>Meditation and Mantras</i> (1978) established him as an authority on <a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raja_yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Raja yoga">Raja yoga</a>. Vishnudevananda was a <a href="/wiki/Peace_activist" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace activist">peace activist</a> who rode in several "peace flights" over places of conflict, including the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a> prior to <a href="/wiki/German_reunification" title="German reunification">German reunification</a>. <br /><br />In 2007, his long-serving assistant, Julie Salter, reported <a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_by_yoga_gurus" title="Sexual abuse by yoga gurus">sexual abuse against her by the guru</a>; she published details of her experiences in 2019, leading at least 3 other women to report their experiences of similar abuse by Vishnudevananda. (<b><a href="/wiki/Vishnudevananda_Saraswati" title="Vishnudevananda Saraswati">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 2 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1978 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 191? – 5 February 2008) was the creator of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and leader of the worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a new religious movement and as non-religious. He became known as Maharishi (meaning "great seer") and Yogi as an adult. After earning a degree in physics at Allahabad University in 1942, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became an assistant and disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (also known as Guru Dev), the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of the Jyotir Math in the Indian Himalayas. The Maharishi credits Brahmananda Saraswati with inspiring his teachings. In 1955, the Maharishi began to introduce his Transcendental Deep Meditation (later renamed Transcendental Meditation) to India and the world. His first global tour began in 1958. His devotees referred to him as His Holiness, and because he laughed frequently in early TV interviews, he was sometimes referred to as the "giggling guru." (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 2 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1978 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 191? – 5 February 2008) was the creator of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and leader of the worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a new religious movement and as non-religious. He became known as Maharishi (meaning "great seer") and Yogi as an adult. After earning a degree in physics at Allahabad University in 1942, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became an assistant and disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (also known as Guru Dev), the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of the Jyotir Math in the Indian Himalayas. The Maharishi credits Brahmananda Saraswati with inspiring his teachings. In 1955, the Maharishi began to introduce his Transcendental Deep Meditation (later renamed Transcendental Meditation) to India and the world. His first global tour began in 1958. His devotees referred to him as His Holiness, and because he laughed frequently in early TV interviews, he was sometimes referred to as the "giggling guru." (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 2</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:308px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><div style="white-space:normal"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Maharishi_Huntsville_Jan_1978A.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Maharishi_Huntsville_Jan_1978A.JPG/220px-Maharishi_Huntsville_Jan_1978A.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Maharishi_Huntsville_Jan_1978A.JPG/330px-Maharishi_Huntsville_Jan_1978A.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Maharishi_Huntsville_Jan_1978A.JPG 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="559" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1978</div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi" title="Maharishi Mahesh Yogi">Maharishi Mahesh Yogi</a></b> (born <b>Mahesh Prasad Varma</b>, 12 January 191? – 5 February 2008) was the creator of <a href="/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation" title="Transcendental Meditation">Transcendental Meditation</a> (TM) and leader of the <a href="/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation_movement" title="Transcendental Meditation movement">worldwide organization</a> that has been characterized in multiple ways, including as a <a href="/wiki/New_religious_movement" title="New religious movement">new religious movement</a> and as non-religious. He became known as <i><a href="/wiki/Maharishi" title="Maharishi">Maharishi</a></i> (meaning "great seer") and <i><a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">Yogi</a></i> as an adult.<br /><br />After earning a degree in physics at <a href="/wiki/Allahabad_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Allahabad University">Allahabad University</a> in 1942, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became an assistant and disciple of <a href="/wiki/Swami" title="Swami">Swami</a> <a href="/wiki/Brahmananda_Saraswati" title="Brahmananda Saraswati">Brahmananda Saraswati</a> (also known as Guru Dev), the <a href="/wiki/Shankaracharya" title="Shankaracharya">Shankaracharya</a> (spiritual leader) of the <a href="/wiki/Jyotir_Math" title="Jyotir Math">Jyotir Math</a> in the Indian Himalayas. The Maharishi credits Brahmananda Saraswati with inspiring his teachings. In 1955, the Maharishi began to introduce his Transcendental Deep Meditation (later renamed Transcendental Meditation) to India and the world. His first global tour began in 1958. His devotees referred to him as <i>His Holiness</i>, and because he laughed frequently in early TV interviews, he was sometimes referred to as the "giggling guru." (<b><a href="/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi" title="Maharishi Mahesh Yogi">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 3 Dr. Satyanarayana Dasa (born 9 June 1954) is an Indian Gaudiya Vaisnava scholar and practitioner. Dasa is a polymath, holding a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from Agra University, a degree in Indian law from Agra University, a Bachelors of Technology in Mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a Masters of Technology in Industrial Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. Currently based in India at the Jiva Institute, which he founded, Dasa has published numerous books and original papers in the field of Gaudiya Vaisnavism including translations and commentaries on the Sat Sandarbhas. His honors include an award from the President of India in 2012. Dasa has been called a leading living practitioner-scholar of Jīva Gosvāmin. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 3 Dr. Satyanarayana Dasa (born 9 June 1954) is an Indian Gaudiya Vaisnava scholar and practitioner. Dasa is a polymath, holding a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from Agra University, a degree in Indian law from Agra University, a Bachelors of Technology in Mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a Masters of Technology in Industrial Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. Currently based in India at the Jiva Institute, which he founded, Dasa has published numerous books and original papers in the field of Gaudiya Vaisnavism including translations and commentaries on the Sat Sandarbhas. His honors include an award from the President of India in 2012. Dasa has been called a leading living practitioner-scholar of Jīva Gosvāmin. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 3</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Babaji_after_seminar_with_garland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Babaji_after_seminar_with_garland.jpg/220px-Babaji_after_seminar_with_garland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Babaji_after_seminar_with_garland.jpg/330px-Babaji_after_seminar_with_garland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Babaji_after_seminar_with_garland.jpg/440px-Babaji_after_seminar_with_garland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="716" data-file-height="815" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Satyanarayana_Dasa" title="Satyanarayana Dasa">Dr. Satyanarayana Dasa</a></b> (born 9 June 1954) is an Indian <a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism" title="Gaudiya Vaishnavism">Gaudiya Vaisnava</a> scholar and practitioner. Dasa is a <a href="/wiki/Polymath" title="Polymath">polymath</a>, holding a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> from <a href="/wiki/Agra_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Agra University">Agra University</a>, a degree in Indian law from Agra University, a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Technology" title="Bachelor of Technology">Bachelors of Technology</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_engineering" title="Mechanical engineering">Mechanical engineering</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology Delhi">Indian Institute of Technology</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Technology">Masters of Technology</a> in <a href="/wiki/Industrial_engineering" title="Industrial engineering">Industrial Engineering</a> from the Indian Institute of Technology. Currently based in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> at the Jiva Institute, which he founded, Dasa has published numerous books and original papers in the field of <a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism" title="Gaudiya Vaishnavism">Gaudiya Vaisnavism</a> including translations and commentaries on the <a href="/wiki/Sat_Sandarbhas" title="Sat Sandarbhas">Sat Sandarbhas</a>. His honors include an award from the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> in 2012. Dasa has been called a leading living practitioner-scholar of Jīva Gosvāmin. (<b><a href="/wiki/Satyanarayana_Dasa" title="Satyanarayana Dasa">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 4 Jagadguru Rambhadracharya delivering a sermon on 25 October 2009 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Pandit Giridhar Mishra on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharya, and has held this title since 1988. Rambhadracharya is the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth, a religious and social service institution in Chitrakoot named after Saint Tulsidas. He is the founder and lifelong chancellor of the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University in Chitrakoot, which offers graduate and postgraduate courses exclusively to four types of disabled students. Rambhadracharya has been blind since the age of two months, had no formal education until the age of seventeen years, and has never used Braille or any other aid to learn or compose. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 4 Jagadguru Rambhadracharya delivering a sermon on 25 October 2009 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Pandit Giridhar Mishra on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharya, and has held this title since 1988. Rambhadracharya is the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth, a religious and social service institution in Chitrakoot named after Saint Tulsidas. He is the founder and lifelong chancellor of the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University in Chitrakoot, which offers graduate and postgraduate courses exclusively to four types of disabled students. Rambhadracharya has been blind since the age of two months, had no formal education until the age of seventeen years, and has never used Braille or any other aid to learn or compose. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 4</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:308px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><div style="white-space:normal"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg/220px-Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg/330px-Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg/440px-Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">Jagadguru Rambhadracharya delivering a sermon on 25 October 2009 in <a href="/wiki/Moradabad" title="Moradabad">Moradabad</a>, Uttar Pradesh, India</div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya</a></b> (born <b>Pandit Giridhar Mishra</b> on 14 January 1950) is an Indian <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> spiritual leader, educator, <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> scholar, polyglot, poet, author, <a href="/wiki/Commentary_(philology)" title="Commentary (philology)">textual commentator</a>, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and <i><a href="/wiki/Katha_(storytelling_format)" title="Katha (storytelling format)">Katha</a></i> artist based in <a href="/wiki/Chitrakoot,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh">Chitrakoot</a>, India. He is one of four incumbent <i>Jagadguru Ramanandacharya</i>, and has held this title since 1988.<br /><br />Rambhadracharya is the founder and head of <a href="/wiki/Tulsi_Peeth" title="Tulsi Peeth">Tulsi Peeth</a>, a religious and social service institution in Chitrakoot named after Saint <a href="/wiki/Tulsidas" title="Tulsidas">Tulsidas</a>. He is the founder and lifelong chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/Jagadguru_Rambhadracharya_Handicapped_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University">Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University</a> in Chitrakoot, which offers graduate and postgraduate courses exclusively to four types of disabled students. Rambhadracharya has been blind since the age of two months, had no formal education until the age of seventeen years, and has never used <a href="/wiki/Braille" title="Braille">Braille</a> or any other aid to learn or compose. (<b><a href="/wiki/Rambhadracharya" title="Rambhadracharya">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 5 A statue of Arjuna in Bali Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, IAST: Arjuna) was an ancient prince of the Kuru Kingdom, located in the present-day India. He is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. He was the third of five Pandava brothers, from the lineage of the Kuru. In the Mahabharata War, Arjuna was a key warrior from the Pandava side in the battle of Kurukshetra. Before the beginning of the war, his mentor Krishna gave him the supreme knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita, guiding him through his moral dilemmas. Throughout the epic, Arjuna is the closest friend and companion of Krishna. Arjuna was the son of Kunti, the wife of Kuru King Pandu, and the god Indra, who fathered him due to Pandu's curse. Renowned for his archery skills from an early age, he excelled in his training under the guidance of Drona. He emerged as the primary adversary of the Kauravas. He married Draupadi, who became the common wife of the Pandavas. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 5 A statue of Arjuna in Bali Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, IAST: Arjuna) was an ancient prince of the Kuru Kingdom, located in the present-day India. He is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. He was the third of five Pandava brothers, from the lineage of the Kuru. In the Mahabharata War, Arjuna was a key warrior from the Pandava side in the battle of Kurukshetra. Before the beginning of the war, his mentor Krishna gave him the supreme knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita, guiding him through his moral dilemmas. Throughout the epic, Arjuna is the closest friend and companion of Krishna. Arjuna was the son of Kunti, the wife of Kuru King Pandu, and the god Indra, who fathered him due to Pandu's curse. Renowned for his archery skills from an early age, he excelled in his training under the guidance of Drona. He emerged as the primary adversary of the Kauravas. He married Draupadi, who became the common wife of the Pandavas. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 5</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><div class="thumb tleft" style="overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:308px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="width:auto;overflow:auto;"><div style="white-space:normal"><br /><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Arjuna_statue.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Arjuna_statue.JPG/220px-Arjuna_statue.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Arjuna_statue.JPG/330px-Arjuna_statue.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Arjuna_statue.JPG/440px-Arjuna_statue.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1197" data-file-height="1793" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">A statue of Arjuna in <a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a></div></div></div></div><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">अर्जुन</span>, <a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Arjuna</i></span>) was an ancient prince of the <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru Kingdom</a>, located in the present-day <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. He is one of the main protagonists of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_epic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu epic">Hindu epic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81bh%C4%81rata" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahābhārata">Mahābhārata</a></i>. He was the third of five <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> brothers, from the lineage of the <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Mahabharata War</a>, Arjuna was a key warrior from the Pandava side in the battle of Kurukshetra. Before the beginning of the war, his mentor <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> gave him the supreme knowledge of the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a>, guiding him through his moral dilemmas. Throughout the epic, Arjuna is the closest friend and companion of Krishna. <br /><br />Arjuna was the son of <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a>, the wife of Kuru King <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a>, and the god <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>, who fathered him due to Pandu's curse. Renowned for his archery skills from an early age, he excelled in his training under the guidance of <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Drona</a>. He emerged as the primary adversary of the Kauravas. He married <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>, who became the common wife of the Pandavas. (<b><a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 6 Nisargadatta Maharaj (born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli; 17 April 1897 – 8 September 1981) was an Indian guru of nondualism, belonging to the Inchagiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the Navnath Sampradaya. The publication in 1973 of I Am That, an English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought him worldwide recognition and followers, especially from North America and Europe. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 6 Nisargadatta Maharaj (born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli; 17 April 1897 – 8 September 1981) was an Indian guru of nondualism, belonging to the Inchagiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the Navnath Sampradaya. The publication in 1973 of I Am That, an English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought him worldwide recognition and followers, especially from North America and Europe. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 6</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nisargadatta_Maharaj.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Nisargadatta_Maharaj.jpg/220px-Nisargadatta_Maharaj.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Nisargadatta_Maharaj.jpg/330px-Nisargadatta_Maharaj.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Nisargadatta_Maharaj.jpg/440px-Nisargadatta_Maharaj.jpg 2x" data-file-width="884" data-file-height="1101" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nisargadatta_Maharaj" title="Nisargadatta Maharaj">Nisargadatta Maharaj</a></b> (born <b>Maruti Shivrampant Kambli</b>; 17 April 1897 – 8 September 1981) was an Indian <a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">guru</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nonduality_(spirituality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonduality (spirituality)">nondualism</a>, belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Inchagiri_Sampradaya" title="Inchagiri Sampradaya">Inchagiri Sampradaya</a>, a lineage of teachers from the <a href="/wiki/Navnath_Sampradaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Navnath Sampradaya">Navnath Sampradaya</a>.<br /><br />The publication in 1973 of <i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_That" title="I Am That">I Am That</a></i>, an English translation of his talks in <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> by <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Frydman" title="Maurice Frydman">Maurice Frydman</a>, brought him worldwide recognition and followers, especially from North America and Europe. (<b><a href="/wiki/Nisargadatta_Maharaj" title="Nisargadatta Maharaj">Full article...</a></b>)</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Image 7 Neem Karoli Baba (Hindi: नीम करौली बाबा, romanized: nīm karaulī bābā) or Neeb Karori Baba (Hindi: नीब करौरी बाबा, romanized: nīb karaurī bābā) (c. 1900 – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as 'Maharaj-ji', was a Hindu guru and a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman. He is known outside India for being the spiritual master of a number of Americans who travelled to India in the 1960s and 1970s. (Full article...)"><img alt="Image 7 Neem Karoli Baba (Hindi: नीम करौली बाबा, romanized: nīm karaulī bābā) or Neeb Karori Baba (Hindi: नीब करौरी बाबा, romanized: nīb karaurī bābā) (c. 1900 – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as 'Maharaj-ji', was a Hindu guru and a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman. He is known outside India for being the spiritual master of a number of Americans who travelled to India in the 1960s and 1970s. (Full article...)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none"><span class="randomSlideshow-sr-only">Image 7</span></span><div style="text-align:left;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Neem_Karoli_Baba.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Shri_Neem_Karoli_Baba.png/220px-Shri_Neem_Karoli_Baba.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="342" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Shri_Neem_Karoli_Baba.png/330px-Shri_Neem_Karoli_Baba.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Shri_Neem_Karoli_Baba.png/440px-Shri_Neem_Karoli_Baba.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Neem_Karoli_Baba" title="Neem Karoli Baba">Neem Karoli Baba</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>: <span lang="hi">नीम करौली बाबा</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hindi" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Hindi">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Hindi-language romanization"><i lang="hi-Latn">nīm karaulī bābā</i></span>) or <b>Neeb Karori Baba</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>: <span lang="hi">नीब करौरी बाबा</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hindi" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Hindi">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Hindi-language romanization"><i lang="hi-Latn">nīb karaurī bābā</i></span>) (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1900</span> – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as 'Maharaj-ji', was a <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a> <a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">guru</a> and a devotee of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Hindu deity</a> <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a>. He is known outside India for being the spiritual master of a number of Americans who travelled to India in the 1960s and 1970s. 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title="Agama (Hinduism)">Agamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itihasa-Purana" title="Itihasa-Purana">Itihasas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanishads#Classification" title="Upanishads">Minor Upanishads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthashastra" title="Arthashastra">Arthashastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitisara" title="Nitisara">Nitisara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma%C5%9B%C4%81stra" title="Dharmaśāstra">Dharmaśāstra</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manusmriti" title="Manusmriti">Manusmriti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81radasm%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Nāradasmṛti">Nāradasmṛti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C4%81j%C3%B1avalkya_Sm%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Yājñavalkya Smṛti">Yājñavalkya Smṛti</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutra" title="Sutra">Sutras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stotra" title="Stotra">Stotras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhashita" title="Subhashita">Subhashita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tantras_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tantras (Hinduism)">Tantras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Vasistha" title="Yoga Vasistha">Yoga Vasistha</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali" title="Yoga Sutras of Patanjali">Yoga Sutras of Patanjali</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sangam_literature" title="Sangam literature">Sangam literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tirumurai" title="Tirumurai">Tirumurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divya_Prabandham" class="mw-redirect" title="Divya Prabandham">Divya Prabandham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirumuruk%C4%81%E1%B9%9F%E1%B9%9Fuppa%E1%B9%ADai" title="Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai">Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruppugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruppugal">Thiruppugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirukkural" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirukkural">Thirukkural</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamba_Ramayanam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamba Ramayanam">Kamba Ramayanam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Great_Epics" title="Five Great Epics">Five Great Epics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteen_Greater_Texts" title="Eighteen Greater Texts">Eighteen Greater Texts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteen_Lesser_Texts" title="Eighteen Lesser Texts">Eighteen Lesser Texts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athichudi" title="Athichudi">Athichudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraiyanar_Akapporul" title="Iraiyanar Akapporul">Iraiyanar Akapporul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhirami_Antati" class="mw-redirect" title="Abhirami Antati">Abhirami Antati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvilaiyadal_Puranam" title="Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam">Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayagar_Agaval" title="Vinayagar Agaval">Vinayagar Agaval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedarthasamgraha" title="Vedarthasamgraha">Vedarthasamgraha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Deities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Gods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trimurti" title="Trimurti">Trimurti</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni" title="Agni">Agni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dattatreya" title="Dattatreya">Dattatreya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Kartikeya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varuna" title="Varuna">Varuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vayu" title="Vayu">Vayu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hindu_gods" title="Category:Hindu gods"><i>more</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Goddesses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tridevi" title="Tridevi">Tridevi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saraswati" title="Saraswati">Saraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhumi_(goddess)" title="Bhumi (goddess)">Bhumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kali" title="Kali">Kali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavidya" title="Mahavidya">Mahavidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matrika" class="mw-redirect" title="Matrika">Matrika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rukmini" title="Rukmini">Rukmini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sati_(Hindu_goddess)" title="Sati (Hindu goddess)">Sati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashthi" title="Shashthi">Shashthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hindu_goddesses" title="Category:Hindu goddesses"><i>more</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%">Practices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Worship_in_Hinduism" title="Worship in Hinduism">Worship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">Murti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japa" title="Japa">Japa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">Bhajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naivedhya" class="mw-redirect" title="Naivedhya">Naivedhya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">Yajna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homa_(ritual)" title="Homa (ritual)">Homa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhy%C4%81na_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhyāna in Hinduism">Dhyāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_pilgrimage_sites_in_India" title="Hindu pilgrimage sites in India">Tirthatana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sanskara_(rite_of_passage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskara (rite of passage)">Sanskaras</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garbhadhana" title="Garbhadhana">Garbhadhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana" title="Pumsavana">Pumsavana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana_Simantonayana" title="Pumsavana Simantonayana">Simantonayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatakarma" title="Jatakarma">Jatakarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81makara%E1%B9%87a" title="Nāmakaraṇa">Namakarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishkramana" title="Nishkramana">Nishkramana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annaprashana" title="Annaprashana">Annaprashana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chudakarana" title="Chudakarana">Chudakarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnavedha" title="Karnavedha">Karnavedha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidy%C4%81ra%E1%B9%83bha%E1%B9%83" title="Vidyāraṃbhaṃ">Vidyarambha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanayana" title="Upanayana">Upanayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshanta" title="Keshanta">Keshanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritu_Kala_Samskaram" title="Ritu Kala Samskaram">Ritushuddhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samavartanam" title="Samavartanam">Samavartanam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaah" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivaah">Vivaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antyesti" title="Antyesti">Antyeshti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;">Varnashrama</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)" title="Varna (Hinduism)">Varna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">Kshatriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaishya" title="Vaishya">Vaishya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shudra" title="Shudra">Shudra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashrama_(stage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashrama (stage)">Ashrama</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacarya" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmacarya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grihastha" class="mw-redirect" title="Grihastha">Grihastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanaprastha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanaprastha">Vanaprastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sannyasa" title="Sannyasa">Sannyasa</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals" title="List of Hindu festivals">Festivals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Gudi_Padwa" title="Gudi Padwa">Gudi Padwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahela_Baishakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Pahela Baishakh">Pahela Baishakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthandu" title="Puthandu">Puthandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishu" title="Vishu">Vishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Ugadi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbh_Mela" title="Kumbh Mela">Kumbh Mela</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haridwar_Kumbh_Mela" title="Haridwar Kumbh Mela">Haridwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashik-Trimbakeshwar_Simhastha" title="Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha">Nashik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayag_Kumbh_Mela" title="Prayag Kumbh Mela">Prayag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ujjain_Simhastha" title="Ujjain Simhastha">Ujjain</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Yatra_(Puri)" title="Ratha Yatra (Puri)">Ratha Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teej" title="Teej">Teej</a></li> <li><a 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and Hinduism">Jainism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_and_Judaism" title="Hinduism and Judaism">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_and_Sikhism" title="Hinduism and Sikhism">Sikhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_and_Theosophy" title="Hinduism and Theosophy">Theosophy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Hinduism_terms" title="Glossary of Hinduism terms">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_by_country" title="Hinduism by country">Hinduism by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temples" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu temples">Hindu temples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples" title="List of Hindu temples">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple_architecture" title="Hindu temple architecture">Architecture</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#FFC569;;font-weight:bold;"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Outline"><img alt="" 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do</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-size:114%"><div style="padding:0px"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Hinduism/Peer_review" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Hinduism/Peer review">Hinduism Peer Review</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Brahma_Kumaris_World_Spiritual_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University">Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siddha_Yoga" title="Siddha Yoga">Siddha Yoga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tantra" title="Tantra">Tantra</a> </p> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Culture_and_fine_arts#Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts">Requests</a></b>: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hindu_Education_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hindu Education Foundation (page does not exist)">Hindu Education Foundation</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalavada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kalavada (page does not exist)">Kalavada</a></i> </p> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Hinduism_stubs" title="Category:Hinduism stubs">Expand</a></b>: <i><a href="/wiki/Samyama" title="Samyama">Samyama</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tantras_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tantras (Hinduism)">Tantras</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Treta_Yuga" title="Treta Yuga">Treta Yuga</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Devi_Mahatmya" title="Devi Mahatmya">Devi Mahatmya</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jnana" class="mw-redirect" title="Jnana">Jnana</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gangga_Negara" title="Gangga Negara">Gangga Negara</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Brahminicide" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahminicide">Brahminicide</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Br%C4%81hmanahatya" class="mw-redirect" title="Brāhmanahatya">Brāhmanahatya</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Vedanta_Society" title="Vedanta Society">Vedanta Society</a></i>, <i><a 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href="/wiki/Swami_Ramdev" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Ramdev">Swami Ramdev</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sri_Anandamoyi_Ma" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Anandamoyi Ma">Sri Anandamoyi Ma</a></i> </p> <hr /> <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hinduism-related_topics_notice_board" title="Wikipedia:Hinduism-related topics notice board">Notice-board</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div> <div class="box-header-title-container flex-columns-noflex" style="clear:both;color:black;margin-bottom:0px;border:solid red;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;font-size:100%;background:orange;font-family:sans-serif;padding:.1em;border-width:1px 1px 0;padding-top:.1em;padding-left:.1em;padding-right:.1em;padding-bottom:.1em;moz-border-radius:0;webkit-border-radius:0;border-radius:0"><div class="plainlinks noprint" style="float:right;margin-bottom:.1em;color:black;font-size:80%"></div><h2 id="Associated_Wikimedia" style="font-weight:bold;padding:0;margin:0;color:black;font-family:sans-serif;border:none;font-size:100%;padding-bottom:.1em">Associated Wikimedia</h2></div><div style="color:#000000;opacity:1;border:1px solid red;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;padding:1em;background:#f8fffc;margin:0 0 10px;vertical-align:top;border-top-width:1px;padding-top:.3em;border-radius:0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239335380">.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li{display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li span{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;padding:6px 4px}.mw-parser-output #sister-projects-list li>div:first-child{text-align:center}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .sister-projects-wikt-icon-dark,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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