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Lord Krishna of Udupi has five temple cars, namely Brahma ratha (the largest), Madya ratha (medium), kinyo (small), and the silver and gold rathas. The size of the largest temple cars inspired the Anglo-Indian term Juggernaut (from Jagannath ), signifying a tremendous, virtually unstoppable force or phenomenon.
Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji (IAST: Gaura-kiśora dāsa Bābājī; 1838–1915) is a well-known acharya from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, and is regarded as a Mahatma or saint by followers of his lineage.
A Bhajan may be sung individually, but more commonly together as a choral event wherein the lyrics include religious or spiritual themes in the local language. [1] [4] Bhajans often describe loving devotion to a deity, legends from the Epics or the Puranas, compositions of Bhakti movement saints, or spiritual themes from Hindu scriptures. [21]
There is great variety in the form and nature of the central images, in front of which are gold- or silver-plated doors that open during darshan. [6] Swaminarayan ordered the construction of the following six mandirs and installed the images of various deities, such as Nara Narayana, Laxminarayan, Radha Krishna, Radha Ramana, Revti Baldevji ...
Gate of the Shrinathji Temple. The Nathdwara temple was built in the 17th century. [12] The temple is popularly called Shrinathji ki Haveli (House of Shrinathji). Like a regular mansion, it has a chariot for movement (the original chariot in which Shrinathji was brought to Singhar), a store room for milk (Doodhghar), a store room for betel (Paanghar), a store room for sugar and sweets ...
Dada Bhagwan, founder of Akram Vignan (7 Novembery 1908 – 2 January 1988) [10] Damodardev (c. 1488 – c. 1598) Dayananda Saraswati (Ärsha Vidya) (15 August 1930 – 24 September 2015) Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj (12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883) Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas (1878–1994) Dhirendra Krishna Shastri
Arjuna is the archer, Krishna the charioteer. This scene iconically symbolizes the Bhagavad Gita - the spiritual discussion between them about war and dharma. This sculpture is found in a temple complex, Kurukshetra, Haryana India: Date: 2 May 2017, 22:27: Source: Kurukshetra_0006: Author: Devajyoti Sarkar
Narsinh invited Krishna to the wedding, much to the ridicule of the other Brahmin's who mocked Narsinh's poverty and hopes that Krishna would help him. The wedding party of Shamaldas, full of people with meager means, departed Junagadh and arrived with much pomp and grandeur beyond everyone's expectations.