These qualities are represented by millions of different gods and goddesses ... Vraj shows us around a Hindu temple, called a mandir, and tells us about the religious statues called murtis ...

or even images or statues of the deities. Parikrama is done differently for different Gods and Goddesses. And for a Parikrama to be complete, people usually look for the rules of the Parikrama ...

Hindu mythology isn’t just filled with gods and goddesses it’s teeming with powerful ... You’ll find a statue of Nandi facing Shiva’s lingam in almost every temple. The bull symbolizes ...

The Puranas, loosely translated as “Old Tales,” include popular stories about Hindu gods and goddesses, kings and queens, and sages and other cultural heroes. In her study of the use of ...

“For unknown reasons, there were 10 small cubicles next to the main Buddha statue which had the names of Hindu gods and goddesses,” says Jayachandra, a businessman who, alongside his wife ...