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Religious customs A Devghar (Household shrine) in a Marathi brahmin family. From Left traditional oil lamp (Niranjan), electric lamp, Image of Yogeshwari of Ambejogai (family deity or Kuldaivat), Image of Laxmi Keshav (Family deity or Kuldaivat), On the low bench from left, small statues of Goddess Annapurna , Ganesh , Bal krishna (crawling ...
Koli Christians blend the customs and traditions of the Koli people with the beliefs of the Catholic Church. In accordance with Koli tradition, marriages among Koli Christians are typically arranged , and certain ceremonies are observed in common with Hindu Kolis, such as the Shakarpura ( engagement ceremony ), while Christian practices are ...
A Hindu cremation rite in Nepal.The samskara above shows the body wrapped in saffron cloth on a pyre. The Antyesti rite of passage is structured around the premise in ancient literature of Hinduism that the microcosm of all living beings is a reflection of a macrocosm of the universe. [10]
Justin Bieber was having a great time bringing joy and merriment to a lively sangeet ceremony in Mumbai, India, on Friday.The 30-year-old "Peaches" singer performed live at the pre-wedding ...
Ceremony is usually performed by the father of the wife of the eldest, surviving male member. [10] The ceremony usually takes place on the fourth day from the day of funeral rites (Antima Samskara, also known as Uthala), or on the thirteenth day, Tehravin. The turban signifies honor of the family, and the ceremony signifies the transition of ...
Interior view of dakhma Early 20th century drawing of the dakhma on Malabar Hill, Mumbai. A dakhma (Persian: دخمه), otherwise referred to as Tower of Silence (Persian: برجِ خاموشان), is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation (that is, the exposure of human corpses to the elements with the purpose to enable their decomposition), in order to avoid ...
Iyers from South India performing the Sandhya Vandhanam, 1913 Iyer priest from Tamil Nadu carrying out a small ritual with his grandson. Iyers are initiated into rituals at the time of birth. In ancient times, rituals used to be performed when the baby was being separated from mother's umbilical cord. This ceremony is known as Jātakarma ...
Deshastha Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and North Karnataka. [5] Other than these states, according to authors K. S. Singh, Gregory Naik and Pran Nath Chopra, Deshastha Brahmins are also concentrated in the states of Telangana [6] [1] (which was earlier part of Hyderabad State and Berar Division), Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh (Which was ...