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In Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, major cities of the Indus valley civilization, female figurines were found in almost all households indicating the presence of cults of goddess worship. [12] Most figurines are naked and have elaborate coiffures. [13] Some figurines have ornaments or horns on the head and a few are in poses that expose the genitals ...
Instead of the "king of the serpents", actual live snakes were worshipped in Southern India (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 1). The Manasa-cult in Bengal, India, however, was dedicated to the anthropomorphic serpent goddess, Manasa (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 1). A roadside temple to Snakes, Tamil Nadu, India. Nāgas form an important part of Hindu mythology.
Worship of anthills, snakes and other forms of guardian deities and heroes are still worshiped in the Konkan coast, Maharashtra proper and a few other parts of India including North India which traces its origins to ancient Dravidian religion which has been influencing formation of mainstream Hinduism for thousands of years.
Goddesses such as Uma appear in the Upanishads as another aspect of divine and the knower of ultimate knowledge (Brahman), such as in section 3 and 4 of the ancient Kena Upanishad. [7] [8] Hymns to goddesses are in the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata, particularly in the Harivamsa section, which was a late addition (100 to 300 CE) to the work. [9]
Brooklyn Museum - Devotional Discourse ca.1750-1775. More important in daily life of many Hindus than the major deities are the many ancient minor deities of folklore that control more practical concerns, the pantheon of folk demi-gods and spirits such as the yakshas and yakshini and their king Kubera who regulates such matters as fertility and wealth, and mythical beings such as apsaras ...
The cult of Vāsudeva and Saṃkarṣaṇa was one of the major independent cults, together with the cults of Narayana, Shri and Lakshmi, which later coalesced to form Vishnuism. [1] According to the Vaishnavite doctrine of the avatars , Vishnu takes various forms to rescue the world, and Vāsudeva as well as Saṃkarṣaṇa became understood ...
The worship of the serpent is found in many parts of the Old World, and in the Americas. [36] In India snake worship refers to the high status of snakes in Hindu mythology. Over a large part of India, there are carved representations of cobras or stones as substitutes. To these people, food and flowers are offered and lights are burned before ...
The Vrishni heroes (IAST: Vṛṣṇi vīras), also referred to as Pancha-viras (IAST: Pañca vīras; 'the five heroes'), are a group of five legendary, deified heroes who are found in the literature and archaeological sites of ancient India. [8] [9] Their earliest worship is attestable in the clan of the Vrishnis near Mathura by 4th-century BCE.