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Many of them are worshiped by their followers as avatars or living gods. [35] Many of them belong to ancient ascetic lineages or claim to be successor to some previous spiritual predecessor. [35] Some of them have built large pan-Indian or international networks. [35]
Indian folklorists during the last thirty years have substantially contributed to the study of folklore. Devendra Satyarthi, Krishna Dev Upadyhayaya, Prafulla Dutta Goswami, Kunja Bihari Dash, Ashutosh Bhatacharya and many more senior folklorists have contributed for the study of folklore. But it is during the 1970s that some folklorists ...
The era from 400 BCE to 400 CE was the period of the compilation of India’s great epics, the Mahabharata and Ramayana. These were central manifestations of the newly developing Hindu synthesis, contributing to a specific Hindu mythology, emphasising divine action on earth in Vishnu 's incarnations and other divine manifestations.
We have two Friday the 13ths this year -- but do you know where some of our more unusual bad omens come from?
That remains the norm, but a growing number of older Indians now have absentee children and inadequate help to keep up with expenses or care. Others feel forced to leave homes where toxic feuds ...
"Superstitions come from traditions and your upbringing — people teach you superstitions; you're not born believing in Friday the 13th or that if you step on a crack, you'll break your mother's ...
A superstition is "a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation" or "an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition."
Category: Superstitions of India. ... This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. M. Mass excitability in South Asian culture (1 C, 6 P) R.