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He was born as Ganesh Narayan in Bugala village, Jhunjhunu district, Shekhawati, in Vikram Samvat 1903 on the first day of the Poush month (according to the Hindu calendar). He was born into a Brahmin family to Ghan Shyamdas and Gauradevi. He learned the Persian language at a young age. [4]
In Hindu mythology, the God Ganesh has 108 names. The following is a list of the names. List of names. Sanskrit Name Name Mantra Name Meaning Name
Satya Narayan Goenka (30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013) Satyananda Saraswati (25 December 1923 – 5 December 2009) Satyapramoda Tirtha (1918–1997) Satyatma Tirtha (born 1973) Shaunaka, Seshadri Swamigal (22 January 1870 – 4 January 1929) Shastriji Maharaj (31 January 1865 – 10 May 1951) Shivabalayogi (24 January 1935 – 28 March 1994)
The Narayan Sarovar is a lake that surrounds the main monument. The lake contains holy waters from 151 rivers and lakes that are believed to have been sanctified by Swaminarayan, including Mansarovar. Surrounding the Narayan Sarovar are 108 gaumukhs, symbolising Janmangal Namavali or the 108 names for god, from which holy water issues forth.
Vishnu with Lakshmi (Lakshmi Narayan) on Garuda, painted in gouache c. 1820 Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity (both material and spiritual), is the wife and active energy of Vishnu.
Lakshman Narayan Sharma [5] was born around 1900 in the village Akbarpur in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India, to a wealthy Brahmin family. [1] After being married by his parents at the age of 11, he left home to become a wandering sadhu. He later returned home, at his father's request, to live a settled married life.
A gotra is equivalent to a lineage, akin to a family name, but the given name of a family is often different from its gotra, and may reflect the traditional occupation, place of residence or other important family characteristic rather than the lineage.
The Shiva Purana mentions Jagannatha as one of the 108 names of Shiva. [122] The Tantric literary texts identify Jagannath with Mahabhairava. [ 11 ] Another evidence that supports syncretism thesis is the fact that Jagannath sits on the abstract tantric symbols of the Shri Yantra .