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  2. Shree Muktananda Ashram - Wikipedia

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    Shiva statue at night. Shree Muktananda Ashram, in the Catskills area of upstate New York, is owned and operated by the SYDA Foundation.Its purpose is to provide a location where students of Siddha Yoga can study the philosophy and culture of the Siddha Yoga path and follow its daily practices (known as sadhana).

  3. Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam - Wikipedia

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    However, Brahma, Shiva, and Sati Devi remained seated, not rising to greet Daksha. [17] This was a global event, attended by emperors, kings, and esteemed individuals from various regions. Strict adherence to etiquette was expected. Brahma refrained from standing, being Daksha's father. Sati, too, followed her husband's lead and did not rise.

  4. Shakta pithas - Wikipedia

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    However, Sati was not given her due respect at the yajna, and had to bear witness to Daksha's insults aimed at Shiva. Anguished, Sati cursed her father and self-immolated. Enraged at the insult and death of his spouse, Shiva in his Virabhadra avatar destroyed Daksha's yajna and cut off his head.

  5. Daksha yajna - Wikipedia

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    Sati confronts Daksha. Dakáı£ayajña [note 1] [1] [2] is an important event in Hindu mythology that is narrated in various Hindu scriptures. It refers to a yajna (ritual-sacrifice) organised by Daksha, where his daughter, Sati, immolates herself. The wrath of the god Shiva, Sati's husband

  6. Dharma Mittra - Wikipedia

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    Mittra's 1984 "Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures", his best-known work [3] [4] Mittra is known for his Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures, each asana illustrated with a photograph of Mittra performing the pose. [3] He has been teaching since 1967, and is director of the Dharma Yoga Center in New York City which he founded in 1975.

  7. Devi Adi Parashakti - Wikipedia

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    Daksha gives up Sati, and she moves to Kailasha where Shiva and Sati's marriage ceremony starts. But, Tarakasura and his asuras sent by Diti, pollutes the marriage yagna fire. But, Lord Shiva and Sati's marriage takes place without any ceremony and this type of marriage is named as Gandharva marriage and Sati's bride avatar is named as ...

  8. Daksha - Wikipedia

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    Daksha insults Shiva while arguing with Sati. The Daksha Yajna is regarded as an important turning point in the creation and development of a number of sects in Hinduism. The story describes the circumstances that replaced Sati with Parvati as Shiva's consort and later led to the story of Ganesha and Kartikeya .

  9. List of Hindu temples in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.