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Haridwar, a site for Hindu pilgrimage, 1866 photograph.. Some notable places where Shraadhs are performed for the Pitrs are noted below. At these sites, it became customary for the family pandits (priest) to record each visit of the family, along with their gotra, family tree, marriages, and members present, grouped according to family and hometown.
Sanjna (Sanskrit: संज्ञा, IAST: Saṃjñā, also spelled as Samjna and Sangya), also known as Saranyu (Sanskrit: सरण्यू, IAST: Saraṇyū), Sanjana, Sandhya, is a Hindu goddess associated with clouds and the chief consort of Surya, the Sun god.
These remarks bothered Mata Ganga and so she pressed her husband about having a son of their own. [5] However, Arjan out of humbleness asked his wife to ask Baba Buddha to fulfill her desire for a son. [5] Since Baba Buddha was an aged and reclusive personality, Mata Ganga would seek him out while barefoot for his blessings. [4]
Svetaketu's story in the Chandogya Upanishad is the first time that reincarnation is mentioned in the Vedas and perhaps in all of the known writings in human history. In the story, Svetaketu returns home from studying and his childhood friends ask him what he learned about the afterlife, to which he replies it was not part of his curriculum.
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The genealogy of Anasuya and her family is mentioned in the third book of the Bhagavata Purana. The Prajapati Kardama marries Devahuti, the daughter of the Svayambhu Manu. They are described to have ten children, a son named Kapila, and nine daughters, including Anasuya. Each daughter is married to a rishi; Anasuya is married to Atri. [6]
Vaivasvata Manu (Sanskrit: वैवस्वत मनु), also referred to as Shraddhadeva and Satyavrata, is the current Manu—the progenitor of the human race. He is the seventh of the 14 Manus of the current kalpa (aeon) of Hindu cosmology.
Scores of families reached Bihar-E-Sharif located in the present day state of Bihar, India.Over a period of several decades, the Mahuri Vaishya folks reached the hinterland of Chota Nagpur Plateau (or Chhota Nagpur) and got located in a number of villages.