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Twelve Squared
Krisy Feltner
Steve Feltner
Dale Hegbom
Maria Lage
Josh Torres
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SAT-TAT-AUM
BRAHMA
VISHNU
SHIVA
VISHNU
• Ultimate Reality by his followers.
• Protector or sustainer of the world
• 10th incantation
SHIVA
• The Destroyer
• The Ultimate Reality by her followers
• Divine Yoga's
Temples
• 200 Hindu temples across North America
• More than 75 % were designed and
constructed in the past three decades
• A place where God may be approached and
where divine knowledge can be discovered
• “The gods always play where groves, rivers,
mountains and springs are near, and in towns
with pleasure gardens.”
Temple Aspects
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Water - Purifying element & River of Life
Vertical elevation relating to the mountains
The garbagriha relating to caves
GODS
Life Stages
Four stages (ashramas)
Brahmacharga
Grastha
Vanaprastha
Sanngasu
Rituals
Ayurveda
Hatha Yoga
Puja (pooja)
The Sadhu (holy man)
Weddings
(Hindu Ceremonies)
•Ceremonies 4 to 5 days
•Open space under a decorated
canopy or mandap
•Mandap is made of red and silver
color
•Brides place or a common place
Wedding Ritual
• Seven step or santa padi
• Bride’s sari-tied on the grooms sari
shawl draped from his shoulder to her
sari
• Pinky’s are linked around the fire
• 7 blessings or vows
• Puffed rice –representing prosperity
Festivals
• January Makar Sankranti
• The sun begins to move northwards
• Charitable by giving grains, clothes and
money
• spiritedly fly kites all day
• February Shivratri
• Lord Shiv whose marriage to Parvati
• Fasting
• Night vigil
• Perform Shiva puja with bili leaves & milk abhishek
• March Fuldol or Pushpadolotsav
• Festival of Flowers
• Spray colored water on each other
• September Ganesh's Birth
• Waterless fast
• Worshiped for ten days
Festivals
• October Navaratri
• Victory of Lord's Shakti
• 9 nights
• Victory of good over evil
• Perform sattvic folk-dances and chanting
mantras
• November Diwali
• Cows are worshipped
• Changed to offer money intead
• November Bhai Beej
• Invites her brother to have food
• Consolidate the sibling bond.
Conclusion
GODS = BRAHMA+VISHNU+SHIVA
Current Temples
Rituals
Weddings
Festivals
References
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http://www.hindunet.org/god/Gods/index.htm
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Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
Batchelor, A. (1997, July). The Hindu temple. Retrieved October 20, 2007, from
http://www.templenet.com/Articles/hintemp.html
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (2007). Annual
festivals. Retrieved October 21, 2007, from
http://www.swaminarayan.org/festivals/annualfestivals/index.htm
Brockway, L. (2007). The 7 blessings of a Hindu wedding. Retrieved October 20,
2007, from
http://hinduism.about.com/od/matrimonial1/a/7blessings.htm?p=1
I love India (n.d.). Hindu marriages. Retrieved October 19,2007, from
http://weddings.iloveindia.com/indian-weddings/hindu-marriage/index.html
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