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  • Rig Veda Sandhya Vandhana Mantras English

    I am providing Sandhya vandana Mantra for Rif Vedins below.

    1. aachamanam –

    sit in a squatting position, facing east or north.

    The hands should be between the knees. Bend all the fingers other than the thumb and the small finger slightly so that the palm makes a hollow.

    Take a very small quantity of water in the palm and sip, reciting the following three mantras (one sip for each mantra)

    om achyutaaya namaha

    om anantaaya namaha

    om govindaaya namaha

    keshavaaya namaha (touch right cheek with right thumb)

    naaraayaNaaya namaha (touch left cheek with right thumb)

    maadhavaaya namaha (touch right eye with right ring finger)

    govindaaya namaha (touch left eye with right ring finger)

    vishNave namaha (touch right nostril with right index finger)

    madhusoodanaaya namaha (touch left nostril with right index finger)

    trivikramaaya namaha (touch left ear with right small finger)

    vaamanaaya namaha (touch left ear with right small finger)

    shreedharaaya namaha (touch right shoulder with right middle finger)

    Rushikeshaaya namaha (touch left shoulder with right middle finger)

    padmanaabhaaya namaha (touch naval with right hand)

    daamodaraaya namaha (touch head with right hand)

    2. praaNaayaama Bend the index and middle fingers.

    Press right nostril with the thumb and left nostril with the ring finger and the small finger.

    First draw in the breath through the left nostril while mentally chanting the following mantra.

    Then hold the breath, mentally chanting the same mantra again.

    Let the breath out through the right nostril, again mentally chanting the same mantra.

    These three actions of inhaling, holding the breath and exhaling, during which the mantra is chanted three times, makes one praaNaayaama.

    om bhoohu om bhuvaha om suvaha om mahaha om janaha om tapaha om satyam om tatsavitu vareNyam bhargodevasya dheemahi dheeyoyonah prachodayaat om aapo jyotirasomrutam brahma bhoor bhuvassuvarom

    3. sankalpam .

    Place the left palm, turned upward, on the right thigh and place the right palm, turned downward on the left palm.

    Recite the following mantra .

    mama upaatta samasta durita kshaya dwaaraa shree parameshwara preetyartham (Depending upon the time of day) praatah sandhyaah karishye madhyaanhikam sandhyaam karishye saayam sandhyaam karishye

    4. mantra prokshaNam Reciting “om keshavaaya namaha” , write om on water with finger and touch the spot between the two eyebrows with that finger.

    Then, while reciting the first seven of the following nine mantras, sprinkle water on the head with the ring finger.

    While reciting the eighth mantra, sprinkle water on the feet.

    Again sprinkle water on the head while reciting the nine mantras.

    aapohishThaa mayo bhuvaha | tana oorje dadhaatana | maheraNaaya chakshase | yovah shivatamorasah tasya bhaajayate hanaha | ushateeriva maataraha | tasma aranga maamava | yasya kshayaya jinvadha | aapo janayata janaha | om bhoorbhuvassuvaha ||

    Now take a little water in the palm and rotate the palm around the head with the following mantra

    om bhoorbhuvassuvaha

    5. praashanam sipping water with mantra

    Take a little water in the palm and sip, after reciting the following mantra

    praatah sandhyaa – sooryashcha ma manyushcha manyu patayashcha manyukRutebhya paapebhyo rakshantam yad raatryaa paapa maa karsham manasaa vaachaa hastabhyam padbhyaam udareNa shishna raatreeh tadaa valumbatu yad kincha duritam mayi idam aham mama amRuta yonou soorya jyotishee juhomi svaahaa

    madhyaanha sandhyaa –

    aapa punantu pRuthveem pRuthvee poota punaatu maam punantu brahmaNaspatir brahma poota punaatu maam yad uchishTamabhojyam asatam cha pratigraham svaahaa

    saayam sandhyaa – agnishcha ma manyushcha manyu patayashcha manyu kRutebhya paapebhyo rakshantam yadahna paapama karsham manasaa vaachaa hastabhyam paadabhyam udareNa shishna ahastada valumbatu yad kinchid duritam mayi idamaham maam amRuta yonau satye jyotishee juhomi swaahaa

    6. aachamanam om achyutaaya namaha om anantaaya namaha om govindaaya namaha

    7. punah prokshaNam

    sprinkling water again. sprinkle water on the head with the following mantra

    dadhikraavaNNa iti mantrasya vaamadeva rushihi anushTup cChandaha dadhikraava devataa apaam prokshaNe viniyogaha

    om dadhikraavaNNo akaarisham jishNorashvasya vaajinah surabhee no mukhaakaraat praaNa aayugmshi taarishat aapo hishThaa mayobhuvaha tana oorje dadhaatana maheraNaaya chakshase yovah shivatamo rasaha tasya bhaajayatehanaha ushateeriva maataraha tasmaa arangamaamavaha yasya kshayaaya jinvata aapo janayataachanaha om bhoorbhuvassuvaha

    rutancha satyancha tapasodyata tato raatree jaayataa tadaa samudro aarNavaa samudradaarNavaa dadhi samvadvaro ajaayata aho raatraani vidhatat viswasyamishadho vasi soorya chandramaasou tadaa yat poorvamagalpayat divancha pruthveem santarishmato suva Rigveda sandhyaavandanam

    arghya pradaanam Offering water morning

    – stand facing east. Noon – stand facing north and do the same twice evening – squat facing west and do the same three times Take plenty of water in both palms and raising the heels a little, pour the water down through the tips of the fingers other than the thumb reciting the following mantra. This is to be done three times.

    om bhoorbhuvassuvah tatsaviturvareNyam | bhargo devasya dheemahi dheeyo yonah prachodayaat ||

    9. praayashchita arghyam Offering of water in atonement for failure to perform the worship at the proper time Do praaNaayama once, as in 2nd step. Then offer arghya once, as in 8th step. Then reciting om Bhoorbhuvassuvaha turn round once and sprinkle a little water around you.

    praatah sandhyaa – om yadatya gacCha vRutrahaan | udaaya abhisoorya sarvaan dateendra te vaache

    madhyaanha sandhyaa – om utkedtbhee shrutamaagam vRushabhaam naryabasim astarameshi soorya

    saayam sandhyaa – om na tasya mayaa yaachanaa ripureeseetaa martya yo agnaye datacha havyadaatibhihi

    10. aikyaanusandhaanam Meditation on the identity of the individual self and the supreme self.

    Sit down, close the eyes and mentally chant

    – asavaadityo brahma brahmai vaham asmi 11. deva tarpaNam Offering of water to the gods Morning – squat, facing east. Noon – squat, facing north. Evening – squat, facing north Pour water through the finger tips of both hands reciting the following mantras –

    aadityam tarpayaami somam tarpayaami angaarakam tarpayaami budham tarpayaami  v1 Ruhaspatim tarpayaami shukram tarpayaami shanaishcharam tarpayaami raahum tarpayaami ketum tarpayaami keshavam tarpayaami naaraayaNam tarpayaami maadhavam tarpayaami govindam tarpayaami vishNum tarpayaami madhusoodanam tarpayaami trivikramam tarpayaami vaamanam tarpayaami shreedharam tarpayaami hRushikesham tarpayaami padmanaabham tarpayaami daamodaram tarpayaami

    12. japa sankalpa Sit on a wooden plank or small carpet.

    The eyes should be halfclosed and the mind should be concentrated on the mantras which are to be recited mentally.

    Morning – sit facing east.

    Noon – sit facing north.

    Evening – sit facing west. The vessel of water should be kept in front.

    First chant shuklaambaradharam vishNum shashivarNam chaturbhujam prasanna vadanam dhyaayet sarva vighnopashaantaye

    12.1 – praaNaayaama om bhoohu om bhuvaha om suvaha om mahaha om janaha om tapaha om satyam om tatsavitur vareNyam bhargo devasya dheemahi dheeyo yonah prachodayaat om aapojyotirasa amrutam brahma bhoorbhuvassuvarom

    Now chant the following, with the left palm facing upward on right thigh, and right palm facing downward on top of left palm –

    mama upaatta samasta durita kshaya dvaaraa shree parameshwara preetyartham praatah – praatah sandhyaa gaayatree mahaamantra japam karishye

    madhyaanha – madhyaanhika gaayatree mahaamantra japam karishye

    saayam – saayam sandhyaa gaayatree mahaamantra japam karishye

    13. praNava japam praNavasya rushi brahma (recite, touching the head with the fingers of the right hand) devee gaayatree cChandaha (recite, touching the upper lip) paramaatmaa devataa (recite, touching the chest) bhooraadi sapta vyaahruteenaam atri bhrugu kutsa vasishTha goutama kaashyapa aangeerasa rushayaha (recite, touching the head ) gaayatree ushnika anushTup bruhati pankti trishTup jagatyah cChandaamsi (recite, touching the upper lip ) agni vaayu arka vaageesha varuNa indra vishvedeva devataah (recite, touching the chest)

    13.1 – praaNaayaama (3 times) om bhoohu om bhuvaha om suvaha om mahaha om janaha om tapaha om satyam om tatsavituvareNyam bhargodevasya dheemahi dheeyoyonah prachodayaat om aapo jyotirasomRutam brahma bhoorbhuvassuvarom

    14. gaayatree aavaahanam Invoking Gaayatri ayatu iti anuvaakasya vaamadeva rushihi (recite, touching the head) anushTup cChandaha (recite, touching the upper lip) gaayatree devataa (recite, touching the chest)

    With the following mantras invoke gaayatri devi in the heart by means of the aavaahani mudra om ityekaaksharam brahmaa agnir devataa brahmaa preetyartham gaayatram cChandam paramaatmam svaroopam saajyam viniyogam aayatu varadaa devi akshatram brahma samhitam gaayatri Chandasam matedam brahma jushaswana oojosi, sahosi, balamasi, brajosi, devaanaam dhaama naamaasi vishwamasi, vishwaayu sarvamasi, sarvaayu abhipoorom, gaayatreem aavahayaami, saavitreem aavaahayaami saraswateem aavaahayaami,c Chanda Rushinaam aavaahayaami, shriyam aavaahayaami, gaayatrya gaayatrishChando vishwaamitra rushihi savitaa devataa

    agnir mukham brahma, shiro vishNu, hrudaya rudra, shikhaa pruthvee, yoni praaNa apaana vyaano daana samaano sapraaNaa shweta varNa, sankhyayaana sagotra, gaayatri chatur vishatyakshara tripada sadrushi pancha sheershopanayane viniyogaha

    15. gaayatree nyaasam saavitrya rushih vishvaamitraha (recite, touching the head) niChrudgaayatree cChandaha (recite, touching the upper lip) savitaa devataa (recite, touching the chest)

    16. gaayatree japam (108 times) Gaayatri japa – morning – stand facing east, the palms joined and held in front of your face Noon – stand or sit facing east, the joined palms in front of the chest Evening – sit facing west, the joined palms in front of your navel The hands should be covered with the angavastra, or a piece of cloth. The mantra should be chanted mentally without movement of the lips.

    om bhoorbhuvasvah tatsaviturvareNyam bhargodevasya dheemahi dheeyo yonah prachodayaat

    17. gaayatree upasthaanam Prayer to Gaayatri to return to Her abode First do praaNaayaama once, sitting down.Then stand up, facing the same direction as in step 16, join the palms and recite –

    17.1 praaNaayaama 17.2 praatah sandhyaam upasthaanam karishye (praatah sandhyaa) aadityam upasthaanam karishye (madhyaanhikam sandhyaa) saayam sandhyaa upasthaanam karishye (saayam sandhyaa)

    18. soorya upasthaanam Prayer to sun to return to His abode stand facing the same direction in which the japa is done, join the palms and salute the Paramaatman who is shining in the centre of the rising sun.

    18.1 – praaNaayaama

    18.2 – praatah sandhyaa – mitrasya charshani druto aavo devasya sanaasi dyumnam chitra shravasthamam mitro janaan yataayati bruvaano mitro dataara pruthveem udatyam mitra srushTir nimishaa abhishTe mitraaya havyam grutavajjuhotaa prashamitra marto astu prayaswaan yasta aaditya shikshati vrutena na hanyate na jeeyate dvoto sannama aho asnoDhyamtito na doorata

    madhyaanhikam – aakrushNo na rajasaa vartamaano niveshayan amrutam martyancha hiraNyanena savitaa ratheno devo yadi bhuvananai pashyantachakshur devahitam purastashchakra mucharat pashyema sharadaam shatam jeevema sharadaam shatam hamsa shuchishat vasur antareeksha sat hotaa vedishadatir droNa sat nrushatvarasat rutasat vyomaasa tabja koja rutaja aadrija rutam bruhaat udutyam jaata vedasam devam vahanti hetava drushe visvaya sooryam apatye dayavo yadaa nakshatrayandyaktubhi shooraaya vishwaachakshase chitraan devaanaam udagadaaneekam chakshur mitrasya varuNasyaagye aapradyava pruthvee antariksha soorya aatma jagatastas dushacha tat sooryasya devatvam tan mahitwam madhya kartor vidhaatam sancha bhara yadeda yukta haridaasa sadastat aadratri vaasa sthaanu te asmaihi tanmitrasya varuNasya abhi chakshe sooryo roopam gruNute dyou roopasthe

    saayam sandhyaa – imam me varuNa shruti hava madhya cha mruDaya tvaam mavasyu raachake tatwayaami brahmaNa vandamaanasa tadasaaste yajamaano havirbhi aheLamaano varuNeha bhodyurusa sa maa na aayu pramoshi yacChidite visho yadaa pradeva varuNa vratam minimasi dyavi dyavi yat kinchedam varuNa daivye jane abhidroham manushyascharamasi achitee yat tava dharma yoyopimaa maa nastasma tenaso deva reerisha kita vaaso yad reeripur na dheevi yad vaagha satya mutayanna vidma sarvaataa vishya sitireva devataa te syaama varuNa priyasa

    19. samashTi abhivaadanam Prostration to all. Stand facing the same direction as in step 18.

    Turn round to the next direction after each of the first four mantras. Then stand facing the original direction for the remaining mantras, palms joined – sandhyaayai namaha saavitryai namaha gaayatryai namaha saraswatyai namaha sarvebhyo devataabhyo namo namaha kaamo karshed manyur karshed namo namaha Rigveda sandhyaavandanam v1  pravara – example (aangeerasa, bhaarhaspatya, bhaaradwaaja trayee rusheya pravaraanvita, bhaaradwaaja gotra, ashvilaayana sootra, rugveda adhyaaya, …. sharmaNaam aham asmibho) abhivaadaye … rusheya pravaraanvita ……..gotra ………sootra ……… veda adhyaaya ……. sharmaNaam aham asmibho

    20. digdevataa vandanam Prostration to the deities of the directions.

    Stand facing the same direction as in step 16, Turn round and make obeisance to the deities of the four directions etc

    – praachyai dishe namaha dakshiNaayai dishe namaha prateechyai dishe namaha udeechyai dishe namaha oordhvaaya namaha aadhaaraaya namaha antarikshaaya namaha bhoomyai namaha brahmaNe namaha vishvane namaha mrutyuve namaha

    21. yama vandanam Prostration to the Lord of Death.

    Stand facing south, palms joined yamaaya namaha yamaaya dharmaraajaaya mrutyuve cha antakaaya cha vaivasvataaya kaalaaya sarva bhoota kshayaaya cha ouDumbharaaya dagnaaya neelaaya parameshTine vrukodharaaya chitraaya chitraguptaaya vai namaha chitra guptaaya vai namaha om namaha iti

    22. harihara vandanam Prostration to Harihara.

    Stand facing west rutagam satyam para brahma purusham krushNa pingaLam oordhvaretam viroopaaksham vishva roopaaya vai namaha vishwa roopaaya vai namaha om namaha iti

    soorya naaraayaNa vandanam namaha saavitre jagadeka chakshushe jagat prasooti sthiti naasha hetave trayeen maayayaa triguNaatmaa dhaariNe virinchi naaraayaNa shankara aatmane dhyeya sadaa savitru manDala madhyavartee naaraayaNa sarasijaasana sannivishTa keyooravaan makara kunDalavaan kireeTi haari hiraNyavapur druta shankha chakra shankha chakra gadaa paaNe dwaarakaa nilayaachyute govinda punDareekaaksha rakshamaam sharaNaagatam aakaashat paThitam toyam yadaa gacChati saagaram sarva deva namaskaara shree keshavam prati gacChati shree keshavam prati gacChati om nama iti

    24. samarpaNam Dedication.

    Sit down, take a little water in the palm and pour it down through the fingers after reciting the following mantra –

    kaayena vaachaa manasendriyairvaa buddhyaatmanaavaa prakrute svabhaavaat karomi yadyat sakalam parasmai naaraayaNaayeti samarpayaami aachamanam

    25. rakshaa Protection. Chanting the following mantra, sprinkle a little water at the spot where the japa was performed. Then touch that spot with the ring finger and touch the forehead between the eyebrows. adya no devaa savitaa prajaavat saavee soubhagam para duswapneeya suva vishwaani deva savitaa duritaani paraa suvaa yad bhadram tama asuva

    Citation with gratitude.

    www.bharatiweb.com

  • Ancient Brahmin Village in Bali Banjar Saren Jawa

    I am researching into the presence of Indian communities, the Varnas, loosely and incorrectly translated as Caste today around the world.

    The fact that Rama’s Kingdom extended throughout the world, Sugreeve directing his army in search of Sita. to all parts of the world by geographical references with annotation to Hindu sounding names,Krishna’s son Pradhyumna had a city built-in Russia, Lahore being founded by Rama’s son Lava, , Korean Queen from Ayodhya….and more references made me curious.

    And there is Chatur varna in Bali!

    Banjar Saren Jawa, Bali.jpg Banjar Saren Jawa, Bali. Brahmin Village

    Now I find that there is an ancient Brahmin Village in Bali, Banjar Saren Jawa.

    It is interesting to note that Muslims there send special food, sans Meat for Hindu Festivals,which is reciprocated by the Brahmins.

    I have a post where I had mentioned that a student of my father, who later became Inspector of Schools used to get food from my home when he was on tour to my native city.9 Post ‘Where have these Muslims Gone?)

    Banjar Saren Jawa.

    ‘Residents of the Muslim-majority neighborhood of Saren Jawa in Karangasem started Idul Fitri by sending gifts of hot meals and traditional cakes to their Hindu neighbors.

    Saren Jawa, a collection of 125 households, is part of Budakeling,  an ancient Brahmin village with a Hindu majority that is also home to some of the island’s most revered Buddhists priests and literary figures well versed in Kawi and ancient texts.

    Sending gifts of food to observe religious festivals is an old tradition for Budakeling’s Muslims and
    Hindus.

    Local Hindus send similar gifts to Muslim neighbors when celebrating Hindu festivals.

    They even cook a special pork-free version of lawar (spicy shredded vegetables with minced meat) called lawar selam. The word selam is derived from Islam, residents said.

    The tradition underlines centuries of harmony shared by Bali’s Muslims and Hindus.

    After performing Shalat Ied, Saren Jawa villagers gathered at noon at the mosque for a megibung, or communal feast — another Hindu tradition adopted by the Muslims.  The residents were resplendent in Muslim attire and spoke in Alus, the most polite form of Balinese.

    Ketut Syukur Yahya and Komang Thoyib sat in a corner of the mosque. The youths have Balinese surnames and Muslim family names.

    “We are very proud of our names because they highlight the fact that we are Muslims and also Balinese,” Wayan Lukman Hakim said.

    A similar tradition combining Balinese and Muslim names also exists in Pegayaman, an ancient Muslim village in Buleleng.

    “Our old mosque has a seven-tiered roof which resembled the Balinese Hindus’ Meru shrine. Our ancestors and elders left behind rituals and traditions that strengthened our emotional bond with our Hindu brothers and sisters,” he added.

    Other youths nodded in agreement and in turn described their experiences with that emotional bond. They said they were optimistic that harmonious relations could continue long into the future.

    Ketut Syukur told The Jakarta Post of a unique tradition observed during Maulud, the celebration of Muhammad’s birthday celebration, which involved both Muslims and Hindus.

    “We built a stage on which Muslims and Hindus youths performed dances and music to honor the Prophet,” Ketut Syukur said.

    Hindus offer a similar gesture of respect, he said. Saren Jawa’s elders are invited to attend Budakeling’s major religious Hindu ceremonies and temple festivals — and are also asked to give their prayers and blessing, he said. .

    ..

    For hundreds of years, a tiny village in Budakeling, Karangasem, has been a model of religious tolerance and acculturation between Hindus and Muslims.

    Home to 100 families, the village is known as Banjar Saren Jawa, with “banjar” referring to a traditional Balinese neighborhood association.

    Saren Jawa is surrounded by Balinese banjar like Triwangsa, Saren Kauh and Dukuh, all populated by Balinese Hindus following the Siwa-Buda belief system, an amalgamation of Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhist teachings.

    Budakeling is an important site for Mahayana Buddhism in Bali as it was brought to Budakeling by Danghyang Astapaka during the reign of Bali’s most illustrious king, Dalem Waturenggong (1458-1550).

    Astapaka was the nephew of Danghyang Nirartha, who was Waturenggong’s spiritual guru and the most influential Siwa high priest at the time.

    Nirartha was the founder of the blood lineage of the island’s influential brahmana siwa clan, which gives the island most of its Siwa high priests, while Astapaka was the founder of the brahmana buda clan, which gives the island most of its Buda high priests.

    Any major Balinese Hindu sacrificial ritual requires the presence of high priests from both clans.

    Saren Jawa chief I Ketut Ayu Mudin SAR said the Muslim community in the area began with Raden Kyai Abdul Jalil from Java who visited the Gelgel kingdom in Klungkung and killed a rampaging rhinoceros that had killed many people.

     

    Citation.

     http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/08/25/saren-jawa-%E2%80%94-a-model-harmony.html#sthash.QVAnxb0S.dpuf

    http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/09/15/harmonious-lebaran-bali%E2%80%99s-brahmin-village.html

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  • British Descendants Of Bharata ‘Phoenicians Barat’

    The races of the world seem to have originated in ancient India.

    When one checks European History one would find that the first migration there was from Asia and no further investigation was done as who these people are in Asia.

    Genealogof Bharata.jpg
    Family Tree of Bharata.
    Click to enlarge the Image.

    This calls for early geological evidence and references to indian literature,both Religious Texts and Classics in Sanskrit an Tamil.

    I am including Tamil here because the reference are found on this subject and I am looking into other languages of India to buttress my claims.

    Scholars in Indian Languages may contribute.

    I have written about Goddess Lakshmi Being the Goddess of the Canaanites and Phoenicians and that Krishna’s son Pradhyumna founded a city.

    The Phoenicians are reported to be the descendants of the Yadavas, the clan to which Lord Krishna belonged to.

    Now

    ,The Mahabharata, states, “The able Panch (पञ्च) setting out to invade the Earth, brought the whole world under their sway”. – Book 1, ch.94, shloka 3738

     
    The able ‘Panch’ have been interpreted by some western philologist, foremost among them British researcher Laurence Waddell (1854-1938), as the ancestors of the people who later came to be known as ‘Britons’, Anyone who has read the Mahabharata knows that the ‘Panch’ are the ‘five’ Pandava’ brothers.

     
    The word ‘Panch’ appears in the names of many Mahabharata tribes – one such tribe was the ‘Panchal’ (पञ्चाल) – the tribe to which Draupadi belonged. The first five tribes of the Vedic-Kshatriyas were known as Pancha-janya (पाञ्चजन्य) or ‘Five People’. In Vedic literature the ‘Pancha-janya’ are described as the ‘five major races’ of the Mahabharata. The Maha-Bharata is the chronicle of the Bharata dynasty. Bharat was a legendary emperor of India, the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, and his empire is known to have extended way beyond even what is referred to as greater India. 

    Laurence Waddell traces the origins of the Britons to the descendants of King Bharata, via the Phoenicians. Waddell quotes the following verse from the Mahabharata – “And King Bharat gave his name to the Dynastic Race of which he was the founder; and so it is from him that the fame of that Dynastic People hath spread so wide.“..
    Waddell says that the descendants of King Bharata included the branch that later came to be known as Phoenicians. The ‘later Phoenicians’ also gave themselves the title ‘Barat’ which they spelled as ‘Parat’, ‘Prat’ or ‘Prydi’.’
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  • Pashupathynath, Shiva Worshiped In Denmark

    I have written articles on the presence of Sanatana Dhama, Hinduism throughout the world.

    Tara Hill ,Ireland.Image.jpg
    Tara Hill ,Ireland.

    As a part of that exercise, I posted that the Celts’s ancestors were Brahmins and that there are connections between Goddess Kali of Hinduism and the Celtic Gods.

    Depiction of Cernunnos on the Gundestrup Cauldron, Denmark c200BC -300AD.Image.jpg
    Depiction of Cernunnos on the Gundestrup Cauldron, Denmark c200BC -300AD
    Pashupati Seal from Mohenjodaro, Pakistan. c2500BC-2400BC.Image.jpg
    Pashupati Seal from Mohenjodaro, Pakistan. c2500BC-2400BC

     

    ““The Druids of the ancient Celtic world have a startling kinship with the brahmins of the Hindu religion and were, indeed, a parallel development from their common Indo-European cultural root which began to branch out probably five thousand years ago. It has been only in recent decades that Celtic scholars have begun to reveal the full extent of the parallels and cognates between ancient Celtic society and Vedic culture.

    For more on this Click here.

     

    Irish Tribes were the children of Danu, Indian Goddess after whom the River Danube was named.

    Read here.

    And the Celts and the French worshiped Kali.

    ““The area around the village of Vix in northern Burgundy, France is the site of an important prehistoric complex from the CelticLate Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, comprising an important fortified settlement and several burial mounds. The most famous of the latter, the Vix Grave, also known as the grave of the Lady of Vix, dates to circa 500 BC. Her grave had never been looted and contained remarkably rich grave offerings (collectively sometimes known as the Trésor de Vix), including a great deal of jewellery and the Vix krater, the largest known metal vessel from antiquity, being 1.63 m (5’4″) in height.

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/02/14/celts-ancestors-of-french-english-worshiped-kali/

    Now there surfaces evidence that Shiva, in the Form of Pasupathynath, Nepal was worshiped in Denmark and Scandinavian Countries.

    “For a long time the Gundestrop Cauldron has been hailed as one of the most beautiful examples of Celtic art, made in Thrace but found in Denmark. It is now considered possible that the image of the horned god is that of Pasupati, a Shiva prototype, found in the early Indus Valley civilization. Certainly a seal from the ancient city of Mohenjodaro in the Indus Valley looks remarkably like the scene depicted on the cauldron. Compare the cauldron image below with that of the Pasupati figure from Mohenjodaro, 2300-1750 BC. Always Felt Loved and Connected With Cernunnos! heart emoticon
    “Shree Pashupatinath (Nepali /Hindi: श्री पशुपतिनाथ) is an incarnation of the Hindu Lord Shiva as “Lord of animals”. He is revered throughout the Hindu world, but especially in Nepal, where he is unofficially regarded as a national deity.”

    ”

    . The Druids called their mother goddess Tara; Edain Echraidhe is her Irish name.
    2. Her home is the high valley between the Hill of Tara and Skryne in the Royal City of Celtic Ireland.
    3. A motorway is being planned to go through the middle of this valley, generating some local opposition.
    4. The hill of tara (known as teamhair na Ri or the “hill of kings” in Irish) was once the ancient seat of power in Ireland, reputed to have been the seat of the Árd Rí Éireann or High King of Ireland.
    5. In ancient Irish religion and mythology, Tara was the sacred place of dwelling for the gods, and was the entrance to the otherworld
    6. The Hill of Tara was the capital of the Tuatha Dé Danann, pre-Celtic dwellers of Ireland.
    7. It was the seat of the kings of Ireland until the 6th century, and to a lesser extent this role extended until the 12th century. A grave was found near the hill that is supposedly that of King Lóegaire, who was said to be the last pagan king of Ireland.
    8. Atop the hill stands a stone pillar that was the Irish Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny) on which the High Kings of Ireland were crowned, the stone was required to roar three times if the chosen one was a true king.
    9. At one time, it was a capital offense to make a fire within sight of Tara.
    10. Saint Patrick is said to have come to Tara to confront the ancient religion of the pagans at its most powerful site.
    11. One interpretation of the name Tara says that it means a “place of great prospect”, it’s claimed that on a clear day half the counties of Ireland can be seen from atop Tara.
    12. Early in the 20th century a group of Israelites came to Tara with the conviction that the Arc of the Covenant was buried there.
    13. A new theory suggests Tara was the ancient capital of the lost kingdom of Atlantis.
    From the ancient Book of Enoch: “And there appear to me two men very tall, such as I have never seen on earth. And their faces shone like the Sun, and their eyes were like burning lamps; and fire came forth from their lips. ” 2En. 1:4-5..

    To this day the Sleshmantaka forest remains sacred and is known as ‘Mrigasthali’, ‘the abode of deers’. The name Pashupati means ‘ Lord of Animals’ (Pashu – animal, Pati -Lord) and was later taken to mean (Lord of Souls).

    In the Indus Valley many seals have been found which show images of the Horned God with many animals surrounding him. On the seals is what has became known as the Indus script. This is a written language which looks similar to runes and other ancient scripts, however academics have been struggling for many years to correctly decipher it. Although several decipherings have been made in the last 50 years none have gained complete approval by scholars and academics.

     

    Citation.

    https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=1533656563569360&story_fbid=1535793633355653

    https://globalhinduism.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/link-of-shiva-the-pashupatinath-and-durga-found-in-denmark-and-ireland/

  • Mayan Civilization Shiva’s Ear Rings Vishnu Pada Navagraha

    I have posted article on the Tamils influence on the Incas,that the ancestors of the Incas were from Tami Nadu.

     

    Of the Mesoamerican Cultures, the Incas were spread in the pre-Columbian America, while the Mayans were  in the

    Southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and the Yucatán Peninsulastates of Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatán; The Maya area also extended throughout the northern Central American region, including the present-day nations of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and extreme northern El Salvador.

    Both these cultures worship the Sun as in Hinduism.

    Bothe built Temples for the deceased.

    Their temple,Pyramid temple architecture  resembles Indian Temple architecture.

    Mayan and Inca calendars bear a striking similarity to Indian Traditional calendar.

    Now more on Maya.

    Lord Shiva wears an Earring.

    One of His distinguishing mark is the  Earring.

    Gnana Sambhandar began his Poetic work, when he was a child, on Shiva, with the first Line ‘ One who wears the earring’

     

    ‘தோடுடைய  செவியன்’

     

    Shiva wears the Serpent as His Earring.

    The design is unique to Him.

    In the Ardhanarewara Form of Shiva,Shiva occupies the Right portion while Devi, the Left.

    On the right portion belonging to Shiva, He wears the serpent, used as a rope for churning out the Ocean od Milk, as His earring.

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    Ardhanareeswara with Earring,Gangaikonda Chola Puram.

    On the left, Uma portion wears a Palika Pedndant.Maymatham Chapter 36, verses 82 and 83)

    One may recall that in the Akhilandeswari Temple, Thiruvanaikaval, near Srirangam, Devi wears the Earstud  given by Shankaracharya.

    Akhiladeswari with ear ring,Tiruvanaikaval.
    Akhiladeswari with ear-ring,Tiruvanaikaval.

    This thotakam is unique in this Temple.

    This  type of earring of Shiva is worn by women in Tamil Nadu, even today in villages.

    These are called Pampadam.

    This is unique to Indian Culture and is found , apart from Indians, among the Mayans and Easter island.

     

    Now to the Nahua People in Easter island.

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    “Telamones Tula”. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Telamones_Tula.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Telamones_Tula.jpg
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    Maya with earring.

     

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    Maya relic.Vishnu Padam?

    Does this remind one of the Vishnu Padam we keep in our Homes in the Pooja room?

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    Mayan Vesse used for Ceremonies.

     

    This type of vessel is used during Shiva Pooja .

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    Mayan Deities.Navagraha?

     

    Navagrahas in Mayan civilisation.

    In one intricate Mayan story, two brothers, One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu are playing ball, and annoy Death with their noisiness. The Lords of Death challenge them to a game, but first they must pass the six tests of Xibalba – passing through the 6 Houses: Dark House, Razor House, Rattling House, Jaguar House, Fire House, and Bat House (glyphs to the left). Failing any of the tests results in death. They do fail and are sacrificed in the morning – at “The Place of the Ball Game Sacrifice.” One Hunahpu’s head is placed on a tree, which later tree bears fruit, but Xibalbans forbid anyone to eat that fruit. Blood Gatherer, though, does and is banished. Later she has twins – the children of One Hunahpu, named Hunahpu and Xbalenque 6, who later become the Sun and Moon.

    ..

    The Nine Mayan Gods (Bolontiku) are the principle deities having dominion over the area of Central America from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the Isthmus of Panama. To the indigenous people of the Mayan area, the Bolontiku have historically fulfilled a cultural role with their power, wisdom, sanction and protection were invoked for all earthly and spiritual transactions – for healing, divination, success in agriculture, trade, politics and war; for help in personal matters such as love, childbearing, grief; for carrying (telepathic) messages over distance; and so on.

    Sophisticated mathematics allowed the Ah Kinob to conceive of a universe regular in its rhythms. In its simplicity, the Mayan number system employed only three characters – a dot symbolizing unity, a bar representing the number five, and an eye-shaped glyph representing zero. Mayan numbers were written vertically and divided into tiers, with the characters in each tier of the column having a value twenty times that of the characters in the tier directly beneath them. Summing the values of the tiers yielded the number represented in the glyph. Dispensing entirely with fractions, the Maya expressed all non-integer quantities in terms of ratios or equivalencies.

    Mayan Pyramid Temple,Mexico
    Mayan Pyramid Temple,Mexico
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    Thanjavur Temple,India

    Citation.

    Shiva’s Earring

    Navagrahas in Mayan Civilization