Podcasts about mahalakshmi

Before chanting the mantra, light a lamp of pure ghee in the temple of the house. The mantras of Mata Lakshmi should be chanted with a rosary of crystal or lotus garland. While reciting the mantra, you must chant at least 3 rosaries. Chant the mantra while sitting on a seat. you can call to Hindu priest as well to make it more powerfull as Hindu priest has blessings of god so you can get more benefits. These all are powerful Shree Lakshmi mantras. If one chants this mantra every day, then he/she can get money, wealth, prosperity, strong body, and mind by the grace of goddess Kamla (Laxmi). Maa Laxmi is also known as Kamla Mata gives money and wealth to all devotees. It is 10th Mahavidya out of 10 maha vidyas. Here we will learn about some powerful Shri Laxmi mantras to get money, wealth, and prosperity.  

Mahalakshmi Moola Mantra(m) is the Basic or Root Mantra, the powerful chant dedicated to Mahalakshmi, the Supreme Goddess of Wealth. Devotees can chant this Mantra 108 or 1008 times, particularly on a Friday falling in the Waxing Phase of the Moon, and pray to the Goddess with sincerity and devotion, which can earn them the Divine grace of the benevolent Divine Mother. Its recitation can enhance income, improve profits in trades and businesses, help accumulate wealth and luxuries, and bestow good health and longevity.

This episode explores the significance of each day of the week in Hinduism and the associated deities and rituals. From worshiping the Sun on Sundays for health and wisdom to seeking the blessings of Goddess Durga or Mahalakshmi on Fridays for love and creativity, each day has a unique value. Through this exploration, we learn to understand the logical connections behind these traditions and appreciate our cultural heritage's imagination and depth. This journey can help us progress spiritually and materially towards our goals. Bibliography: Sharma, P. C. (2008). The Hindu way of life. Lotus Press. Knott, K. (1998). Hinduism: A very short introduction. OUP Oxford. Cush, D., Robinson, C. A., & York, M. (Eds.). (2008). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Routledge. Topic: History of India Ko-fi: ⁠⁠http://ko-fi.com/namaskarindia⁠⁠ UPI ID: 9893547492@paytm Paypal: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/aduppala⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/namaskarindialive/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/namaskarindialive⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/AradhanaDuppala⁠⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/NamaskarIndia⁠⁠⁠ WhatsApp Discussions: ⁠⁠https://chat.whatsapp.com/H8IUJPlB32cA2soTjrTghV⁠⁠ WhatsApp Announcements: ⁠⁠https://chat.whatsapp.com/KVd5UHxumW90TxLHjkB89k⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/namaskar-india/support

Traemos novedades musicales muy viajeras, que nos llevan desde Norteamérica a Carelia, Serbia, Italia, Oriente Próximo y la India. Contamos con la voz de Valentina Casalena, presidenta de la Fondazione Andrea Parodi, quien nos habla del Premio Andrea Parodi, del que somos medio colaborador y miembros del jurado, escuchando algunas de las propuestas galardonadas. Traemos novedades musicales muy viajeras, que nos llevan desde Norteamérica a Carelia, Serbia, Italia, Oriente Próximo y la India. Contamos con la voz de Valentina Casalena, presidenta de la Fondazione Andrea Parodi, quien nos habla del Premio Andrea Parodi, del que somos medio colaborador y miembros del jurado, escuchando algunas de las propuestas galardonadas. We bring you some well-traveled musical releases, which take us from North America to Karelia, Serbia, Italy, the Middle East and India. We count on the voice of Valentina Casalena, president of the Fondazione Andrea Parodi, who tells us about the Premio Andrea Parodi, of which we are media partner and members of the jury, listening to some of the winning proposals. • Dan Sherrill - Whiskey before breakfast - Back To PA • Santeri Dobrynin - Kukkuu - Karjalan jouhikko: Karelian instrumental music [V.A.] • Vanja Ilijev - Gajdasko kolo - Made in Zrenjanin: Serbian music from Vojvodina • Hiram Salsano - - Mare e arena - Bucolica • Osso Sacro - Demetra sul tamburo - [cortesía del: / courtesy of: Premio Andrea Parodi] • Mukdad Rothenberg Lankow - Winter sleep - Just leave it all behind • Mahalakshmi & Emam's MahaMaya Band - Hanged man - A new day • Kamini Natarajan - Ranaji - Meera • Ritesh Das - Dance drama - To begin with Voces invitadas: Guest voices: • Valentina Casalena (Fondazione Andrea Parodi) 📸 Dan Sherrill

This episode presents the goddess Mahalakshmi in the avatar of Durga. She is a great Warrior Goddess, representing divine anger and lethal energy against evil. The episode stages a world under attack by a form-shifting Mahishasura, an evil demon who uses deception to disarm his opponents, ultimately taking the form of a buffalo demon. He defeats the male gods individually, who fear total annihilation of the forces of good. They team up, combine their individual strengths, and channel it into Goddess Durga. Riding a lion into battle, Goddess Durga captures and slays the buffalo demon, by cutting off his head. She then destroys the inner essence of the demon when it emerges from the buffalo's severed neck, thereby establishing order in the world.

Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on October 15, 2023, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

Origin of MahaLakshmi as per Puranic Stories: According to one text, she was found sitting on a lotus at the time of the creation of existence. However, the most popular story remains that she was found during Samundra Manthan. Samudra Manthan is a very popular Vedic event

In this episode highlighting Adi Parashakti Maa Durga, we delve into the divine incarnation of Vaishno Devi, also known as Mata Rani, Trikuta, Ambe, and Vaishnavi. She embodies the combined energies of Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, and Mahasaraswati. Tune in to know more.

It is Ganesh Chaturthi on the 18th of September, one of the most joyous festivals. Maybe you are making your own Ganesha with clay and water or participating in community celebrations. Either way, all the delicious food and an enjoyable time with friends and families are coming away. Today's story is based on the childhood memories of one of our listeners Ms. Mahalakshmi. Enjoy the story!Wish you a Happy Ganesh Chaturthi.

Kamala is the one who dwells in lotus and refers to Mahalakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, Prosperity, and Auspiciousness. Kamala Stotram, said to be from Vishnu Purana, is in the form of a conversation between Shiva and Parvati, speaks highly about the Goddess' Divine qualities and preeminence, and implores her to shower her blessings on the devotees. Its sincere reading or recitation can bestow Divine grace, protect against dangers, cure illnesses, alleviate sins and sorrows, and provide many virtues and benefits.         If you would like to find out more about your chart or have a question about astrology you would love the answer to, please do connect with us at www.astroved.com Follow AstroVed on IG, Twitter, and FB @AstroVed 

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 46 - 48, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 8 February 2023.   देवीं वाचमजनयन्त देवास्तां विश्वरूपाः पशवो वदन्ति | सा नो मन्द्रेषमूर्जं दुहाना धेनुर्वागस्मानुप सुष्टुतैतु || ४६ || devīṃ vācam-ajanayanta devā-stāṃ viśva-rūpāḥ paśavo vadanti | sā no mandreṣam-ūrjaṃ duhānā dhenur-vāg-asmān-upa suṣṭutaitu || 46 || 46. "The gods created the Goddess Speech, whom animals of all sorts speak. This Speech is pleasing to us, this cow yielding food and strength. She is well praised; may She come to us."   कालरात्रीं ब्रह्मस्तुतां वैष्णवीं स्कन्दमातरम् | सरस्वतीमदितैं दक्षदुहितरं नमामः पावनां शिवाम् || ४७ || kāla-rātrīṃ brahma-stutāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ skanda-mātaram | sarasvatīm-aditaiṃ dakṣa-duhitaraṃ namāmaḥ pāvanāṃ śivām || 47 || 47. "To Kalaratri, praised by Brahma, to Vaishnavi, to the Mother of Skanda, to Saraswati, to Aditi, the Daughter of Daksha, we bow, to the pure Auspicious One."   महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे सर्वशक्त्यै च धीमहि | तन्नो देवी प्रचोदयात् || ४८ || mahā-lakṣmyai ca vidmahe  sarva-śaktyai ca dhīmahi | tanno devī pracodayāt || 48 || 48. "We know You as Mahalakshmi, we meditate on You as the Shakti of all. May the Goddess inspire that knowledge and meditation of ours."   ____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www.ramakrishnaseminary.org/ Support the work of Kali Mandir>>  

आइये माता महालक्ष्मी के महाशक्तिशाली बीजमंत्र का जप करते हैं । मंत्र : ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं महालक्ष्म्यै नमः ।।। 'Shrim Hrim Shrim mahalakshmiyai Namah'  Aaiye Dipawali par karte hain matamahalakshmi ke powerful Beejmantra ka 108 times jap. #Dipawali2022 #Diwali #mahakalakshmi #lakshmipuja #beejmantra #mantra #sanatansanskritipodcast #ashishpmishrapodcast #hindipodcast #trendingpodcast . instagram @ Ashishpmishra  Facebook @ Filmmakerashishpmishra  Twitter @ Ashishpmishra6 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ashish-p-mishra/support

aaiye jaante hain mata Mahalakshami ke 3 Powerful Mantra . jinke jap se aap ke jeevan me mata mahalakshmi ki kripa barasni shuru ho jayegi . #Dipawali2022 #Diwali #mahakalakshmi #lakshmipuja #beejmantra #mantra #sanatansanskritipodcast #ashishpmishrapodcast #hindipodcast #trendingpodcast. Instagram @ Ashishpmishra Facebook @ Filmmakerashishpmishra  Twitter @ Ashishpmishra6 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ashish-p-mishra/support

On the day of Diwali, Lakshmi puja is performed at every Hindu household of the country. Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth. The Lakshmi puja is performed in the evening to invite Goddess Lakshmi at home. People pray and wish for peace, wealth and prosperity in their and their family members life. आइये सरल हिंदी में जानते हैं दीपावली पर माता महालक्ष्मी के पूजन की विधि |. #Dipawali2022 #Diwali #mahakalakshmi #lakshmipuja #beejmantra #mantra #sanatansanskritipodcast #ashishpmishrapodcast #hindipodcast #trendingpodcast .... Instagram @ ashishpmishra facebook @ filmmakerashishpmishra  Twitter @ Ashishpmishra6 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ashish-p-mishra/support

A judge on the Madras High Court has ruled that Mahalakshmi, a resident of Ukkadam, an area in Coimbatore, needs the permission of the local Jamaat to celebrate Vinayaka Chaturthi on Aug 31. #Ukkadam #ganeshchaturthi #MadrasHC References: 1. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/grant-nod-to-install-ganesha-idol-after-obtaining-local-jamath-consent-madras-hc-8116093/

Blessings of Goddess Mahalakshmi are essential for a bhakta. However, blessings of an Acharya who is filled with the grace of goddess Mahalakshmi are much more essential. We have heard about Jatayu who sacrificed his life to save Goddess Sita. Pennpillai unfolds the story of a woman who, disregarding the value of her own life, jumped into the river to save the life of her Acharya.

Tune in to listen to our The Wire Talks host Sidharth Bhatia in conversation with professor of History at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, R. Mahalakshmi. The duo decodes and talks about the ongoing Kaali movie poster controversy that has arrested the attention of the nation. Our guest speaks about the what lies behind this outrage and shares the mythological aspect of the deity of the Hindu culture. For the uninitiated ones, Leena Manimekalai's documentary Kaali's poster has a character portraying Hindu Goddess Kali, smoking a cigarette, holding a trident in one hand and the LGBTQ flag in the other. This poster has created a stir in the society. Follow Sidharth Bhatia on Twitter and Instagram @bombaywallah and https://instagram.com/bombaywallahYou can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website, app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.

Out of the four Dhams, the place where Lord Vishnu eats is the temple of Puri Jagannath. That is why food is of utmost importance in this temple, that is why it is not called Prasad but Mahaprasad. The kitchen of this temple was once considered to be the world's largest kitchen, this entire temple kitchen still serves food daily to over one lakh devotees. Fifty-six favorite dishes of Bhagwan Vishnu are cooked here in earthen pots which are placed one on top of the other. The most surprising thing is that the food of the upper vessel is prepared first and then in vessels beneath it. It is said that such a miracle happens only because Mahalakshmi herself cooks this food with her own hands for her beloved Shri Hari. No matter how many devotees come during the day, the food never falls short. In every Odia family, when the time of death of a member is near, the dying is fed this Mahaprasad as the last morsel, which is called Nirmalya. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Episode: It's not possible to advance to where we want to be if we aren't prepared to leave where we are. Removing ourselves from the norm of what's comfortable may seem unreasonable at the moment, but our immense power to compound our greatness can only be actualized when we are brave enough to strive for what we want. Janet Bruno, Monica Loza, Mahalakshmi Ganesan, and Brooke Bettis are four examples of tremendous women who have overcome worlds of challenges in their personal pursuits and continue progressing themselves and others because of their hearts and hard work. Key Takeaways: Despite the odds, we hold greatness within us and the power to build together. Money and things can never yield the deep joy of self-actualizing. Rather than “Fake it until you make it”, “You become it when you believe it”. Speakers: Janet Bruno Janet is a person who has worn many hats.  She is currently an Executive Mentor at WP Carey, a former Fortune 25 physician executive and US Air Force flight surgeon, a world traveler, a decades-long daily meditator, a lifelong athlete and student, a lover of creativity and the arts, and someone who is passionately committed to being the highest version of herself, as she expands her mind mastery by living fully, joyfully, and radiantly, while meaningfully engaging and serving others, moment by moment…every single day.  ☺ Monica Loza Monica is currently a FTMBA student who has gone from full-time entrepreneurship to tech consulting. She is defined in both her personal and professional life by “producing something out of nothing” - she was the first graduate in her family and built a 6-figure business from $50 among other defining experiences. She leans heavily into the idea that our lives are what we make them, particularly through our perspective and what we tell ourselves. These days she is passionate about empowering the self and others, all things digital, and DEI. Brooke Bettis Brooke is a Full-Time MBA student specializing in Consulting. Her background includes working in supply chain for Fortune 500 manufacturing companies and serving two years in the Peace Corps as an economic development volunteer. She enjoys working across cultures and is passionate about conducting business in a sustainable way with social responsibility. Mahalakshmi Ganesan Maha is passionate about sustainability & social impact. She says, “Focusing on ‘Purpose along with Profit' drives me.” Curious and challenge-loving, she seeks out opportunities to get out of her comfort zone and experience the unknown. This has helped build her diverse skillset & experience. A combination of left brain and right brain skills with a background in engineering, business, and humanities gives her a sense of balance. Connect further: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heart-hard-work Janet: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetbrunomd/ Monica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lozamonica/ Maha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maha-ganesan/ Brooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brookebettis/

On this week's 51%, we speak with Sangeetha Kowsik, a Hindu Chaplain at New York University, as part of our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars. Kowsik discusses the multitude of ways Hinduism is practiced, her love of pujas, and her thoughts on how the religion is depicted in popular culture. Guest: Sangeetha Kowsik, Hindu Chaplain at New York University 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for joining us, I'm Jesse King. This week, to kick off your new year, we're continuing our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars, to celebrate the different ways that we worship. Our guest today is Sangeetha Kowsik, a Hindu Chaplain and founder of the Hindu Center at New York University. Kowsik has a lot of loves: she's an artist and fashion designer by profession, a scholar of Arabic calligraphy, an activist, and even a trained dancer. But she says her faith plays a role in every aspect of her life — and it has for as long as she can remember. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Kowsik says her father helped start three Hindu temples across the U.S., including her childhood temple in Livermore, California. Tell me about growing up by the temple. What was it that you connected with in Hinduism? Unfortunately in the West, there's a negative connotation, that they call our deities “idols,” and that Hindus are idol worshipers – which is not correct. The correct term for the statues, the deities that you see inside the temple, is “murti,” which is a symbolic representation of the divine. So these murtis stayed at my house and our puja room – a puja room is a special room, or a corner, or a cupboard, or anything in your house that you dedicate just for worship. We have an extra bedroom downstairs, so that's our puja room. So before the temple was consecrated, the deities stayed in our home. And for me, as a child – I'm a very small child here, [about] 4-years-old – these deities, I thought they were my friends. Just like I would play with my Barbie dolls and my stuffed toys, I would feed them, I would play with them. I gave them tea, played tea party with them. I loved them, and especially Durga. Hinduism is the only religion in the world that sees the divine as not just an almighty father, but almighty mother. So this murti, Durga, stayed in our puja room, and I thought she was my friend. I thought she was my bestie. I loved her so much. So when the deities – I think I was four – when the deities got moved, the temple was consecrated, I remember throwing a huge temper tantrum. Because you took my friends away. You took my dolls away, basically, right? But as I got older, I realized how much they mean to me, and how much Hinduism means to me. I'll give you an overview. So, India is the birthplace of Hinduism – South Asia, basically this giant landmass. So what is now India: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, parts of Iran, Nepal, Afghanistan. They were all one giant landmass before partition and lines occurred. So Hinduism has no historical founder, like the three Abrahamic religions. Islam, Christianity and Judaism all come from the prophet Abraham, peace be upon him. [But] we don't have that. Hindus don't have that. What I thought was so cool, is that you can see the divine in so many different ways. It's not some scary being in the sky, with a huge beard, telling you like, “This is wrong. That is wrong.” It could be the soft, sweet, beautiful deity like Ganesha – the elephant I'm wearing, it's written in Arabic here, right? So Ganesha, he's so sweet and gorgeous that you just want to pick him up and play with him, like a child. Or you see Lord Shiva, almighty Shiva, who is the mighty father. So whenever you have an issue or problem, you can call to Lord Shiva – like your dad, “Go kick his ass,” you know what I mean? It's like, “That dude is rude. Go kick his ass.” You can pray to Lord Shiva. You can see beautiful Mahalakshmi dressed in her gorgeous robe… And the fact that the songs that my mom taught me, the meaning behind them, is so beautiful – it's a very personalized relationship with God. That's why I love Hinduism so much. It's very personal, like you can feel it. You can feel him / her/ it, I don't know all these pronouns, [but] we believe in all the pronouns. So it's like all of them in your heart, and Hinduism doesn't state that something is wrong. It gives LGBTQI rights. It gives women's rights. It gives rights to all creation, because everything in this world is created by the mighty divine. Like paper, pens are all of the goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and learning. So we don't step on any paper or step on paint brushes or musical instruments with our feet – feet are nasty and gross, you walk outside with it – I always thought that was so cool, and wonderful, that we respect everything. Everything is divine. When you say namaskar or namaste to somebody, it literally means, “I bow to the divine in you.” The fact that you can see multiple ways of the divine is something that always appealed to me. Like whatever you're feeling inside, there's space for you. There's room at the table for you. There's room for you in the temple. Kowsik says the Shiva-Vishnu Temple in Livermore showcases that inclusivity with a range of languages and priests, as well as a combination of North and South Indian architecture. When Kowsik moved to New York City, she found herself attending and volunteering at another temple her father had a history in: The Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, Queens. Kowsik says her work with youths there caught the attention of NYU — that, and her participation in another, what she calls “more hipster” temple at the time: Eddie Stern's Broom Street Temple in Brooklyn. Tell me about your work at Broom Street Temple and NYU. Well, I got 80 white people to sing [in service]. Pat on my back. Yeah, pronunciation was wack, but whatever. God accepts everything, you know. It's the intention behind the prayer, not your pronunciation. Anywho, NYU – they'd never met anyone who was born and raised in the U.S. who knows Hindu scriptures. Because generally, Jesse, most people who go to Hindu temples in the U.S., you just see older people. You see grandmas and grandpas, aunties and uncles. More people from India going to temples – you rarely see people born and raised here [in the U.S.] going to temple, because it's not clearly explained. I get it, I totally get it. You take a kid into a temple, the priest is doing something for like 40 minutes, he doesn't get what he's doing. He's bored, and thinks, “I'm gonna watch The Simpsons or some s***." You know what I mean? So it's like, I get it. Hinduism, it might be the oldest religion in the world, [but] it's still very much a baby religion in the United States. It's brought by immigrants. And so it's going to take a while for people to understand what this faith is. So I help the students [by] not just having events to teach about Hinduism [and] take part in worship, but also if they need spiritual advice, if they're having an issue, [I help them] solve that. I can refer them to a scripture passage, or teach them a mantra, or teach them a saying to help them get through their darkness as well. For those who might not know, what do Hindu prayers and services look like? OK, so again, Jesse, this depends on how you were born and brought up and raised – whether you're South Indian, North Indian, East Indian, this and that. “Puja” means ritualistic prayer. In Hinduism, when we're praying, we're not worshiping the idol. We're worshipping what this murti represents. We're asking the divine to come and inhabit this Ganesha, for example. Let's set Ganesha as an example, right? We're asking Lord Ganesha to inhabit this. And you have to go back into history: South Asia was very rich with gold, as well as agriculture, back in the day before colonization and partition. And so to express gratitude, they used to give everything to the temple. And they imagine that Ganesha is sitting right in front of them. We worship as though God is sitting right in front of us. So like the exalted king, or the exalted queen, these words that we're saying in the puja: “Avahayami, avahayami,” means, “Please come forth, my beloved.” So like a king or a queen, you offer them a seat, you offer them food, you offer them ritualistic bathing. At the end is the Aarti. People might be familiar with Aarti, because of all the Bollywood films. Everyone does it, right. But again, it's beautiful because when they sing it, it's saying, “You are my mother, you are my father, you are my friend, you are my beloved.” “You are my everything,” is what they are calling to the divine. So that's what a puja is. Puja is ritualistic prayer. Everything has to be neat and clean. Like, for example, before the priest starts the prayer, he cleanses himself with water, he'll drink the water to clean his insides, clean his heart, clean his brain, his ears – you know, to let only good thoughts [in] and let [him] be pure and clean when [he] offers these prayers. So a priest, he leads the prayer – but he's not God. Anybody can do this, that's another thing. But priests are trained, because they go to special schools in India where they study all these mantras, these chants, prayers. And then they come to the United States, and they lead it. And they're not chaplains. Like, you know how in Christianity, there's a pastor, and he goes up there, and he takes a Bible verse, and then he explains it? Or then he talks about day-to-day life, what's going on, and helps people? We don't have that. The priest, that's not his job to do something like that. His job is to lead the prayer rituals. And then he gives you the offering, the flowers, or the food that you offered, and stuff like that. So that's what puja is like. Pujas are very high flown in South India – because again, they didn't have the Islamic influence, they didn't have the Christian influence, because there's a mountain range that protects South India. Where my parents are from, it's called the Temple State. So these rituals for years on end, eons on end, have remained the same. Because they didn't have an influence from anybody else. North India, they have the Islamic influence. So a lot of North Indian women, they cover their hair when they go to prayer. And in North India, Sanskrit is the language, [they use] Sanskrit prayers. Sanskrit is supposed to be the mother of all languages – that's where Hindi came out of, Urdu came out of. Everything, all of our prayers and rituals, came out of Sanskrit language and came down here. But Tamil people also have a unique way of worshipping. So do Bengali people. So do Punjabi people. That's what makes Hinduism so cool, is its diversity, and multitude of practices. For example, if you took the New York City area: in Manhattan, there's only the Hari Krishna center, the Bhakti Center, which is in the East Village. So their main deity is Radha-Krishna, and they follow the sayings of the saint who started the Hari Krishna movement. But that's it. If you want to see a South Indian ginormous temple, you haul yourself on the seven train to go to Flushing, Queens, and then you can see the Flushing Ganesha temple. And then across the street from Flushing temple, there's a North Indian one that's there too. They have marble deities. And there's an Afghan Hindu temple, also. Afghan people were Hindus back in the day, and there's still some Afghan Hindus left. And the way they do things vary. But Flushing temple, you go on their website, and ever since COVID, they've been live streaming their prayer rituals every single day. And it's beautifully done. It starts on time ends on time, no Indian Standard Time, no brown standard time. Everything starts and ends on time. Why Jesse? Because it's run by a woman. Dr. Uma Mysorekar, for 45 years, she's been the president of flushing temple. Everything starts and ends on time, you know, complete efficiency. Well, on that note, is it becoming more common to see women becoming priests or taking leadership roles in temples? I think so. Like I read about in the New York Times, there's a – I think she's a North Indian lady – who married LGBTQI couples. She was featured in the New York Times, so that was pretty cool. I know another two or three like pujaris – “pujaris” means “lady priests” – in Chicago and in the New York area. So there are some people taking the initiative to learn these prayers and hymns and to be able to lead puja. Slowly but surely things are changing now in the community. You've mentioned some of the misconceptions about Hinduism. What are some other things that you feel people confuse between Hinduism in practice versus other societal or cultural norms? Of course, like, for example, the idea of arranged marriages. Did you see that crappy show, that show Indian Matchmaking on Netflix? Yes, I have. Yeah, I hate binge watched it along with Amina, my Muslim lady chaplain friend. We hate binge watched it, OK? Because, first of all, what she's saying – not all Indian people act like that. Not all Hindu people act like that. In fact, in Hinduism, none of our deities were arranged marriages. Goddess Parvati, who is the embodiment of beauty, and who's Shakti – “Shakti” means “energy,” like no male deity can live without his female counterpart, the energy, the almighty mother, right? Parvati won Shiva through penance. And her penance was so intense that the entire world shook. She chose Lord Shiva. She chose Lord Shiva. Lakshmi, she came out of the churning of the ocean. She chose Lord Vishnu. So not an arranged marriage, right? And Ganesha is technically Parvati's kid, Parvati didn't need Shiva to have a kid. Ganesh came out of a piece of Parvati's body, right. So why do we make fun of single mothers? Why is it such a taboo to be a single mom, when technically Parvati is a single mom? Subramanya, Kartikeya, [Ganesha's] younger brother came from the six sparks of Lord Shiva. So this is a modern-day family. Shiva and Parvati are a modern-day family because you have a father, you have a mother, and they have these two children. Ganesha's the first deity, you can't get around him. Every prayer begins with Lord Ganesha, can't get around him. Ganesha and Subramanya are brothers, but technically, they're not even half-brothers. They're brothers who came, one from Lord Shiva, one from Goddess Parvati. So why do we judge single parents? Why do we judge divorced people? Another cool thing, Lord Ayyappan – Ayyappa is a deity of South India, Kerala. He is the son of two male deities, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. So why is there so much animosity towards the LGBTQI community, when Ayyappa is the son of two fathers? Even though Vishnu took the form of the enchanter Mohini, the lady, to have the baby, still. It's like, why do we have these stigmas and taboos? Arranged marriages, it's a cultural phenomenon. It's not a religious phenomenon. And why is it always considered a Hindu thing, when the tutors in the European dynasties also had arranged marriages, in order to keep wealth in the family? Why is it a taboo that, “Hindus believe in arranged marriages?” No, we do not. It's a cultural thing. Maybe it's an Indian practice, or South Asian practice, you can say, but it's not a Hindu practice. That's something that I firmly believe in. Also, and we have Brahmacharya deities, celibate deities. Hanuman is a celibate deity. He didn't want to get married. Ganesha's technically a celibate deity. You know how he got out of marriage? They were pressuring him to get married. And he's like, “OK, fine.” He's also the lord of wisdom, right? It's like, “Alright, fine. Find me a woman more accomplished than my mama, more beautiful than my mama, and I will marry her,” right? And you can't get more beautiful or more accomplished than goddess Parvati, so he got out of it. But in some stories, in some ways of thinking, he has Siddhi and Buddhi, he has two wives. Also, when women have periods, they're considered impure. I remember, Jesse, when I went to India, and we went to a temple in North India, there's a huge sign outside that said, “Women on their periods who are menstruating should not enter the temple premises at all.” I'm like, “What are you going to do, check?” When I saw that, I was horrified, and I was disgusted also. I gave a lecture on this topic with Amina. So you have to go back, again, in history. When women had their periods, people didn't live in cities [back then] – they were gatherers and wanderers and nomads. They lived in like, tents in the middle of the forest. So when women bled, animals could smell the blood, right? Then they would attack. So that's why they kept these women isolated – so people could protect them. They would build the village around them. And where did everyone socialize and gather? It was at the temple back in the day. So when women are going there, animals could smell the blood, and they would attack. So that's why it's they kept them separate, they kept them from going there to keep [the community] safe. Plus, I don't know about you, but women, when we get our periods, we go crazy with PMS. It feels like someone stabbing us in the back with a stiletto. So why would you want to go to temple, when you're trying to pray and connect with God, and you're like, “Oh, my back hurts. Oh, my legs hurt.”? You know, that's another reason people kept them separate. But it's not because you're impure, or you're unclean. Actually, there are a couple of temples in northeastern India – I read about this – where the goddess menstruates. They have an entire festival built around this lady who menstruates. I thought that was so beautiful and so cool. You had asked me before what I love about Hinduism. There's always something new and fun and fascinating to learn about in Hinduism. Another deity, another way of thinking, another practice, another book, another scripture. Everyone says that in Hinduism, the Bhagavad Gita is the only scripture that they're familiar with. No, that's not the only scripture we have. We have Vedas, we have Shastras. We have different books written by different saints and sages. So Bhagavad Gita isn't our “Hindu Bible.” That's another stigma that needs to be broken. While I was working at the Metropolitan Museum, a curator told me, he's like, “Think about it. Before the British came, the Bhagavad Gita wasn't really illustrated. It wasn't really written down. It wasn't really illustrated on paper. You saw carvings of it, but there's no paintings, no paper of this. Why? Because when the British came to South Asia, they saw all these people thinking in a multitude of different ways, praying in all sorts of ways, and they were massively confused, because they came from a Christian background. Because they came from one book, one prophet, one thing. And they saw all of this and they're like, ‘OK, you know what, we're going to take Mahabharat, the poem that Bhagavad Gita is extracted from, and here you go, this is the Hindu Bible.” And that's not right. So after the British came, you see a lot more paintings and drawings of Lord Krishna giving the sermon to Arjuna, and stuff like that written down. But it's interesting, you look in art history, and it teaches you a lot as well. So we don't just have one central text, we have a multitude of ways of thinking, and multiple books, and everyone should accept how the other ones think. North India isn't better than South India, South India isn't better than East India, East isn't better than the West. We're all equal, under the divine. You mentioned that Hinduism is growing in the US, but it's still one of the smaller religions. What do you see as both the obstacles and opportunities in Hinduism right now? For opportunities, first of all, we're all spending more time online, because we can't congregate in person because of COVID. Right? That means the reach is far. People can get to know about Hinduism through YouTube, through Facebook, through all these channels of communication, through the digital world. So that opportunity, and the fact that the world is becoming more inclusive. You see all of these different colleges have inclusivity and diversity trainings, so that's a step in the right direction – at least they're starting to care a bit more. The obstacles I face is that people don't know so much about Hinduism correctly in order to actually help. For example, I was part of NAHCA, the North American Hindu Chaplains Association when it was formed. And that's to help with spiritual caregiving and find chaplains to work in hospitals, the military, and the university system. But even the word chaplain, we don't have that in Hindu language. Like, when I went to NYU, Imam Khalid was the first person who took me under his wing, and I'm like, “What the hell's a chaplain, dude?” And he explained to me, it's spiritual caregiving. It's being there for someone the way they need you to be there for them. “Dope, that's so cool. I can do this.” But when you say Hindu chaplain, most Hindus, even the ones born and raised here, they don't know what a Hindu chaplain is. My parents don't know what a chaplain is, until I explained to them. Slowly, Hindu chaplaincy is growing in the United States. Like, I've had people contact me from the military, and from also prisons as well. But they also need to know the right terminology. For example, I'll get requests, “Can you marry this couple?” And I'm like, “OK, in Hinduism, what is the language that they speak? What culture did they come from? How are they raised? What do they prefer?” They can't explain these things to me, so you need to ask the right questions. Also, for example, one of my students at NYU, he wanted to study chaplaincy. So I wrote his recommendations to divinity schools – there's Harvard Divinity School, and there's one in Chicago. And the box check [on the form] says, “Affiliation: Church, Synagogue.” Yo, you forgot temple, you know what I mean? Stuff like that. But you know, Jesse, I have a positive outlook that things are growing. And because the world is becoming more inclusive, and people are starting to understand each other more, and have access to each other more – like, no matter how much I have a love-hate relationship with social media, at least you learn information, learn about new things. You can hear about some cool graffiti artist in the middle of Africa someplace, because he has an Instagram account. You know, there's a huge Hindu temple in Ghana, Africa, that I can't wait to go to. Yeah, Black people, African people are Hindus. There's a gigantic temple in Ghana, Africa. So [likewise] there are different Hindu people in the U.S. who are trying their level best to bring Hinduism to the mainstream. But I really don't appreciate [things like] this Indian Matchmaking show. You need to put a disclaimer on that, that this is only certain types of people who act like this. Meanwhile, there are other like good TV shows like Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever. Did you see that? I haven't seen that, no. It's about an Indian American family who lives in Southern California, in L.A. But you know, she beautifully illustrates what Indian American Hindu kids feel. Devi, that's the lead [character] in that show, she doesn't know anything about Hinduism. She's growing up like any other American kid, like, she has a crush on the hot guy or whatever. And then they take her to a Hindu puja in a school gymnasium, and it's just more a cultural thing than anything. No one is really worshiping. They don't understand the meaning behind it. That's how a lot of people feel, a lot of Hindu kids feel in the U.S. But I thought that was a beautifully done show. Because people assume, also, culturally, that everyone speaks Hindi. Like all Indians speak Hindi, which is not true. I don't speak Hindi. I don't understand Hindi so much, here and there. My father speaks Hindi fluently, because he lived in the north, and my mom does not. So it's like, at least Tamil has been put on the map, like, a South Indian language has been put on the map. And people need to realize that India is extremely diverse. There's over 5,000 languages that are spoken there. English and Hindi are not the only two, you know. People need to accept the diversity of Hinduism, the diversity of Indian cultures, as well as their different ways of thinking. And accept all of them. Lastly, do you have a favorite religious message or deity or story that you'd like to share with listeners? Oh, my God, I love all of them. That's the biggest thing is for me is this Sanskrit phrased that means, the world, the entire world, is one family. That's the principle that I adhere by. So technically, you're my sister. He's my brother. She's my mother. She's my sister. If you see everyone as one, as oneness, then you wouldn't have hatred or malice or judgement in your heart and your brain. And then another phrase, which means, “Let all creation be healthy, happy, prosperous.” It's said at the end, after every prayer ritual. So we're not just praying for Hindu people to be happy, or Indian people to be happy. We're praying for the entire world, entire planet, all creation. And creation includes animals, birds, plants, vegetation – all of that, too. Sangeetha Kowsik is the Hindu Chaplain at NYU. You can learn more about her work on the university's website, and her artwork at www.ihsanishan.com. You've been listening to 51%. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by me, Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Thanks again to Sangeetha Kowsik for taking part in this week's episode. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%. Happy New Year!

On this week's 51%, we speak with Sangeetha Kowsik, a Hindu Chaplain at New York University, as part of our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars. Kowsik discusses the multitude of ways Hinduism is practiced, her love of pujas, and her thoughts on how the religion is depicted in popular culture. Guest: Sangeetha Kowsik, Hindu Chaplain at New York University 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for joining us, I'm Jesse King. This week, to kick off your new year, we're continuing our series speaking with women religious leaders and scholars, to celebrate the different ways that we worship. Our guest today is Sangeetha Kowsik, a Hindu Chaplain and founder of the Hindu Center at New York University. Kowsik has a lot of loves: she's an artist and fashion designer by profession, a scholar of Arabic calligraphy, an activist, and even a trained dancer. But she says her faith plays a role in every aspect of her life — and it has for as long as she can remember. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Kowsik says her father helped start three Hindu temples across the U.S., including her childhood temple in Livermore, California. Tell me about growing up by the temple. What was it that you connected with in Hinduism? Unfortunately in the West, there's a negative connotation, that they call our deities “idols,” and that Hindus are idol worshipers – which is not correct. The correct term for the statues, the deities that you see inside the temple, is “murti,” which is a symbolic representation of the divine. So these murtis stayed at my house and our puja room – a puja room is a special room, or a corner, or a cupboard, or anything in your house that you dedicate just for worship. We have an extra bedroom downstairs, so that's our puja room. So before the temple was consecrated, the deities stayed in our home. And for me, as a child – I'm a very small child here, [about] 4-years-old – these deities, I thought they were my friends. Just like I would play with my Barbie dolls and my stuffed toys, I would feed them, I would play with them. I gave them tea, played tea party with them. I loved them, and especially Durga. Hinduism is the only religion in the world that sees the divine as not just an almighty father, but almighty mother. So this murti, Durga, stayed in our puja room, and I thought she was my friend. I thought she was my bestie. I loved her so much. So when the deities – I think I was four – when the deities got moved, the temple was consecrated, I remember throwing a huge temper tantrum. Because you took my friends away. You took my dolls away, basically, right? But as I got older, I realized how much they mean to me, and how much Hinduism means to me. I'll give you an overview. So, India is the birthplace of Hinduism – South Asia, basically this giant landmass. So what is now India: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, parts of Iran, Nepal, Afghanistan. They were all one giant landmass before partition and lines occurred. So Hinduism has no historical founder, like the three Abrahamic religions. Islam, Christianity and Judaism all come from the prophet Abraham, peace be upon him. [But] we don't have that. Hindus don't have that. What I thought was so cool, is that you can see the divine in so many different ways. It's not some scary being in the sky, with a huge beard, telling you like, “This is wrong. That is wrong.” It could be the soft, sweet, beautiful deity like Ganesha – the elephant I'm wearing, it's written in Arabic here, right? So Ganesha, he's so sweet and gorgeous that you just want to pick him up and play with him, like a child. Or you see Lord Shiva, almighty Shiva, who is the mighty father. So whenever you have an issue or problem, you can call to Lord Shiva – like your dad, “Go kick his ass,” you know what I mean? It's like, “That dude is rude. Go kick his ass.” You can pray to Lord Shiva. You can see beautiful Mahalakshmi dressed in her gorgeous robe… And the fact that the songs that my mom taught me, the meaning behind them, is so beautiful – it's a very personalized relationship with God. That's why I love Hinduism so much. It's very personal, like you can feel it. You can feel him / her/ it, I don't know all these pronouns, [but] we believe in all the pronouns. So it's like all of them in your heart, and Hinduism doesn't state that something is wrong. It gives LGBTQI rights. It gives women's rights. It gives rights to all creation, because everything in this world is created by the mighty divine. Like paper, pens are all of the goddess Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and learning. So we don't step on any paper or step on paint brushes or musical instruments with our feet – feet are nasty and gross, you walk outside with it – I always thought that was so cool, and wonderful, that we respect everything. Everything is divine. When you say namaskar or namaste to somebody, it literally means, “I bow to the divine in you.” The fact that you can see multiple ways of the divine is something that always appealed to me. Like whatever you're feeling inside, there's space for you. There's room at the table for you. There's room for you in the temple. Kowsik says the Shiva-Vishnu Temple in Livermore showcases that inclusivity with a range of languages and priests, as well as a combination of North and South Indian architecture. When Kowsik moved to New York City, she found herself attending and volunteering at another temple her father had a history in: The Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, Queens. Kowsik says her work with youths there caught the attention of NYU — that, and her participation in another, what she calls “more hipster” temple at the time: Eddie Stern's Broom Street Temple in Brooklyn. Tell me about your work at Broom Street Temple and NYU. Well, I got 80 white people to sing [in service]. Pat on my back. Yeah, pronunciation was wack, but whatever. God accepts everything, you know. It's the intention behind the prayer, not your pronunciation. Anywho, NYU – they'd never met anyone who was born and raised in the U.S. who knows Hindu scriptures. Because generally, Jesse, most people who go to Hindu temples in the U.S., you just see older people. You see grandmas and grandpas, aunties and uncles. More people from India going to temples – you rarely see people born and raised here [in the U.S.] going to temple, because it's not clearly explained. I get it, I totally get it. You take a kid into a temple, the priest is doing something for like 40 minutes, he doesn't get what he's doing. He's bored, and thinks, “I'm gonna watch The Simpsons or some s***." You know what I mean? So it's like, I get it. Hinduism, it might be the oldest religion in the world, [but] it's still very much a baby religion in the United States. It's brought by immigrants. And so it's going to take a while for people to understand what this faith is. So I help the students [by] not just having events to teach about Hinduism [and] take part in worship, but also if they need spiritual advice, if they're having an issue, [I help them] solve that. I can refer them to a scripture passage, or teach them a mantra, or teach them a saying to help them get through their darkness as well. For those who might not know, what do Hindu prayers and services look like? OK, so again, Jesse, this depends on how you were born and brought up and raised – whether you're South Indian, North Indian, East Indian, this and that. “Puja” means ritualistic prayer. In Hinduism, when we're praying, we're not worshiping the idol. We're worshipping what this murti represents. We're asking the divine to come and inhabit this Ganesha, for example. Let's set Ganesha as an example, right? We're asking Lord Ganesha to inhabit this. And you have to go back into history: South Asia was very rich with gold, as well as agriculture, back in the day before colonization and partition. And so to express gratitude, they used to give everything to the temple. And they imagine that Ganesha is sitting right in front of them. We worship as though God is sitting right in front of us. So like the exalted king, or the exalted queen, these words that we're saying in the puja: “Avahayami, avahayami,” means, “Please come forth, my beloved.” So like a king or a queen, you offer them a seat, you offer them food, you offer them ritualistic bathing. At the end is the Aarti. People might be familiar with Aarti, because of all the Bollywood films. Everyone does it, right. But again, it's beautiful because when they sing it, it's saying, “You are my mother, you are my father, you are my friend, you are my beloved.” “You are my everything,” is what they are calling to the divine. So that's what a puja is. Puja is ritualistic prayer. Everything has to be neat and clean. Like, for example, before the priest starts the prayer, he cleanses himself with water, he'll drink the water to clean his insides, clean his heart, clean his brain, his ears – you know, to let only good thoughts [in] and let [him] be pure and clean when [he] offers these prayers. So a priest, he leads the prayer – but he's not God. Anybody can do this, that's another thing. But priests are trained, because they go to special schools in India where they study all these mantras, these chants, prayers. And then they come to the United States, and they lead it. And they're not chaplains. Like, you know how in Christianity, there's a pastor, and he goes up there, and he takes a Bible verse, and then he explains it? Or then he talks about day-to-day life, what's going on, and helps people? We don't have that. The priest, that's not his job to do something like that. His job is to lead the prayer rituals. And then he gives you the offering, the flowers, or the food that you offered, and stuff like that. So that's what puja is like. Pujas are very high flown in South India – because again, they didn't have the Islamic influence, they didn't have the Christian influence, because there's a mountain range that protects South India. Where my parents are from, it's called the Temple State. So these rituals for years on end, eons on end, have remained the same. Because they didn't have an influence from anybody else. North India, they have the Islamic influence. So a lot of North Indian women, they cover their hair when they go to prayer. And in North India, Sanskrit is the language, [they use] Sanskrit prayers. Sanskrit is supposed to be the mother of all languages – that's where Hindi came out of, Urdu came out of. Everything, all of our prayers and rituals, came out of Sanskrit language and came down here. But Tamil people also have a unique way of worshipping. So do Bengali people. So do Punjabi people. That's what makes Hinduism so cool, is its diversity, and multitude of practices. For example, if you took the New York City area: in Manhattan, there's only the Hari Krishna center, the Bhakti Center, which is in the East Village. So their main deity is Radha-Krishna, and they follow the sayings of the saint who started the Hari Krishna movement. But that's it. If you want to see a South Indian ginormous temple, you haul yourself on the seven train to go to Flushing, Queens, and then you can see the Flushing Ganesha temple. And then across the street from Flushing temple, there's a North Indian one that's there too. They have marble deities. And there's an Afghan Hindu temple, also. Afghan people were Hindus back in the day, and there's still some Afghan Hindus left. And the way they do things vary. But Flushing temple, you go on their website, and ever since COVID, they've been live streaming their prayer rituals every single day. And it's beautifully done. It starts on time ends on time, no Indian Standard Time, no brown standard time. Everything starts and ends on time. Why Jesse? Because it's run by a woman. Dr. Uma Mysorekar, for 45 years, she's been the president of flushing temple. Everything starts and ends on time, you know, complete efficiency. Well, on that note, is it becoming more common to see women becoming priests or taking leadership roles in temples? I think so. Like I read about in the New York Times, there's a – I think she's a North Indian lady – who married LGBTQI couples. She was featured in the New York Times, so that was pretty cool. I know another two or three like pujaris – “pujaris” means “lady priests” – in Chicago and in the New York area. So there are some people taking the initiative to learn these prayers and hymns and to be able to lead puja. Slowly but surely things are changing now in the community. You've mentioned some of the misconceptions about Hinduism. What are some other things that you feel people confuse between Hinduism in practice versus other societal or cultural norms? Of course, like, for example, the idea of arranged marriages. Did you see that crappy show, that show Indian Matchmaking on Netflix? Yes, I have. Yeah, I hate binge watched it along with Amina, my Muslim lady chaplain friend. We hate binge watched it, OK? Because, first of all, what she's saying – not all Indian people act like that. Not all Hindu people act like that. In fact, in Hinduism, none of our deities were arranged marriages. Goddess Parvati, who is the embodiment of beauty, and who's Shakti – “Shakti” means “energy,” like no male deity can live without his female counterpart, the energy, the almighty mother, right? Parvati won Shiva through penance. And her penance was so intense that the entire world shook. She chose Lord Shiva. She chose Lord Shiva. Lakshmi, she came out of the churning of the ocean. She chose Lord Vishnu. So not an arranged marriage, right? And Ganesha is technically Parvati's kid, Parvati didn't need Shiva to have a kid. Ganesh came out of a piece of Parvati's body, right. So why do we make fun of single mothers? Why is it such a taboo to be a single mom, when technically Parvati is a single mom? Subramanya, Kartikeya, [Ganesha's] younger brother came from the six sparks of Lord Shiva. So this is a modern-day family. Shiva and Parvati are a modern-day family because you have a father, you have a mother, and they have these two children. Ganesha's the first deity, you can't get around him. Every prayer begins with Lord Ganesha, can't get around him. Ganesha and Subramanya are brothers, but technically, they're not even half-brothers. They're brothers who came, one from Lord Shiva, one from Goddess Parvati. So why do we judge single parents? Why do we judge divorced people? Another cool thing, Lord Ayyappan – Ayyappa is a deity of South India, Kerala. He is the son of two male deities, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. So why is there so much animosity towards the LGBTQI community, when Ayyappa is the son of two fathers? Even though Vishnu took the form of the enchanter Mohini, the lady, to have the baby, still. It's like, why do we have these stigmas and taboos? Arranged marriages, it's a cultural phenomenon. It's not a religious phenomenon. And why is it always considered a Hindu thing, when the tutors in the European dynasties also had arranged marriages, in order to keep wealth in the family? Why is it a taboo that, “Hindus believe in arranged marriages?” No, we do not. It's a cultural thing. Maybe it's an Indian practice, or South Asian practice, you can say, but it's not a Hindu practice. That's something that I firmly believe in. Also, and we have Brahmacharya deities, celibate deities. Hanuman is a celibate deity. He didn't want to get married. Ganesha's technically a celibate deity. You know how he got out of marriage? They were pressuring him to get married. And he's like, “OK, fine.” He's also the lord of wisdom, right? It's like, “Alright, fine. Find me a woman more accomplished than my mama, more beautiful than my mama, and I will marry her,” right? And you can't get more beautiful or more accomplished than goddess Parvati, so he got out of it. But in some stories, in some ways of thinking, he has Siddhi and Buddhi, he has two wives. Also, when women have periods, they're considered impure. I remember, Jesse, when I went to India, and we went to a temple in North India, there's a huge sign outside that said, “Women on their periods who are menstruating should not enter the temple premises at all.” I'm like, “What are you going to do, check?” When I saw that, I was horrified, and I was disgusted also. I gave a lecture on this topic with Amina. So you have to go back, again, in history. When women had their periods, people didn't live in cities [back then] – they were gatherers and wanderers and nomads. They lived in like, tents in the middle of the forest. So when women bled, animals could smell the blood, right? Then they would attack. So that's why they kept these women isolated – so people could protect them. They would build the village around them. And where did everyone socialize and gather? It was at the temple back in the day. So when women are going there, animals could smell the blood, and they would attack. So that's why it's they kept them separate, they kept them from going there to keep [the community] safe. Plus, I don't know about you, but women, when we get our periods, we go crazy with PMS. It feels like someone stabbing us in the back with a stiletto. So why would you want to go to temple, when you're trying to pray and connect with God, and you're like, “Oh, my back hurts. Oh, my legs hurt.”? You know, that's another reason people kept them separate. But it's not because you're impure, or you're unclean. Actually, there are a couple of temples in northeastern India – I read about this – where the goddess menstruates. They have an entire festival built around this lady who menstruates. I thought that was so beautiful and so cool. You had asked me before what I love about Hinduism. There's always something new and fun and fascinating to learn about in Hinduism. Another deity, another way of thinking, another practice, another book, another scripture. Everyone says that in Hinduism, the Bhagavad Gita is the only scripture that they're familiar with. No, that's not the only scripture we have. We have Vedas, we have Shastras. We have different books written by different saints and sages. So Bhagavad Gita isn't our “Hindu Bible.” That's another stigma that needs to be broken. While I was working at the Metropolitan Museum, a curator told me, he's like, “Think about it. Before the British came, the Bhagavad Gita wasn't really illustrated. It wasn't really written down. It wasn't really illustrated on paper. You saw carvings of it, but there's no paintings, no paper of this. Why? Because when the British came to South Asia, they saw all these people thinking in a multitude of different ways, praying in all sorts of ways, and they were massively confused, because they came from a Christian background. Because they came from one book, one prophet, one thing. And they saw all of this and they're like, ‘OK, you know what, we're going to take Mahabharat, the poem that Bhagavad Gita is extracted from, and here you go, this is the Hindu Bible.” And that's not right. So after the British came, you see a lot more paintings and drawings of Lord Krishna giving the sermon to Arjuna, and stuff like that written down. But it's interesting, you look in art history, and it teaches you a lot as well. So we don't just have one central text, we have a multitude of ways of thinking, and multiple books, and everyone should accept how the other ones think. North India isn't better than South India, South India isn't better than East India, East isn't better than the West. We're all equal, under the divine. You mentioned that Hinduism is growing in the US, but it's still one of the smaller religions. What do you see as both the obstacles and opportunities in Hinduism right now? For opportunities, first of all, we're all spending more time online, because we can't congregate in person because of COVID. Right? That means the reach is far. People can get to know about Hinduism through YouTube, through Facebook, through all these channels of communication, through the digital world. So that opportunity, and the fact that the world is becoming more inclusive. You see all of these different colleges have inclusivity and diversity trainings, so that's a step in the right direction – at least they're starting to care a bit more. The obstacles I face is that people don't know so much about Hinduism correctly in order to actually help. For example, I was part of NAHCA, the North American Hindu Chaplains Association when it was formed. And that's to help with spiritual caregiving and find chaplains to work in hospitals, the military, and the university system. But even the word chaplain, we don't have that in Hindu language. Like, when I went to NYU, Imam Khalid was the first person who took me under his wing, and I'm like, “What the hell's a chaplain, dude?” And he explained to me, it's spiritual caregiving. It's being there for someone the way they need you to be there for them. “Dope, that's so cool. I can do this.” But when you say Hindu chaplain, most Hindus, even the ones born and raised here, they don't know what a Hindu chaplain is. My parents don't know what a chaplain is, until I explained to them. Slowly, Hindu chaplaincy is growing in the United States. Like, I've had people contact me from the military, and from also prisons as well. But they also need to know the right terminology. For example, I'll get requests, “Can you marry this couple?” And I'm like, “OK, in Hinduism, what is the language that they speak? What culture did they come from? How are they raised? What do they prefer?” They can't explain these things to me, so you need to ask the right questions. Also, for example, one of my students at NYU, he wanted to study chaplaincy. So I wrote his recommendations to divinity schools – there's Harvard Divinity School, and there's one in Chicago. And the box check [on the form] says, “Affiliation: Church, Synagogue.” Yo, you forgot temple, you know what I mean? Stuff like that. But you know, Jesse, I have a positive outlook that things are growing. And because the world is becoming more inclusive, and people are starting to understand each other more, and have access to each other more – like, no matter how much I have a love-hate relationship with social media, at least you learn information, learn about new things. You can hear about some cool graffiti artist in the middle of Africa someplace, because he has an Instagram account. You know, there's a huge Hindu temple in Ghana, Africa, that I can't wait to go to. Yeah, Black people, African people are Hindus. There's a gigantic temple in Ghana, Africa. So [likewise] there are different Hindu people in the U.S. who are trying their level best to bring Hinduism to the mainstream. But I really don't appreciate [things like] this Indian Matchmaking show. You need to put a disclaimer on that, that this is only certain types of people who act like this. Meanwhile, there are other like good TV shows like Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever. Did you see that? I haven't seen that, no. It's about an Indian American family who lives in Southern California, in L.A. But you know, she beautifully illustrates what Indian American Hindu kids feel. Devi, that's the lead [character] in that show, she doesn't know anything about Hinduism. She's growing up like any other American kid, like, she has a crush on the hot guy or whatever. And then they take her to a Hindu puja in a school gymnasium, and it's just more a cultural thing than anything. No one is really worshiping. They don't understand the meaning behind it. That's how a lot of people feel, a lot of Hindu kids feel in the U.S. But I thought that was a beautifully done show. Because people assume, also, culturally, that everyone speaks Hindi. Like all Indians speak Hindi, which is not true. I don't speak Hindi. I don't understand Hindi so much, here and there. My father speaks Hindi fluently, because he lived in the north, and my mom does not. So it's like, at least Tamil has been put on the map, like, a South Indian language has been put on the map. And people need to realize that India is extremely diverse. There's over 5,000 languages that are spoken there. English and Hindi are not the only two, you know. People need to accept the diversity of Hinduism, the diversity of Indian cultures, as well as their different ways of thinking. And accept all of them. Lastly, do you have a favorite religious message or deity or story that you'd like to share with listeners? Oh, my God, I love all of them. That's the biggest thing is for me is this Sanskrit phrased that means, the world, the entire world, is one family. That's the principle that I adhere by. So technically, you're my sister. He's my brother. She's my mother. She's my sister. If you see everyone as one, as oneness, then you wouldn't have hatred or malice or judgement in your heart and your brain. And then another phrase, which means, “Let all creation be healthy, happy, prosperous.” It's said at the end, after every prayer ritual. So we're not just praying for Hindu people to be happy, or Indian people to be happy. We're praying for the entire world, entire planet, all creation. And creation includes animals, birds, plants, vegetation – all of that, too. Sangeetha Kowsik is the Hindu Chaplain at NYU. You can learn more about her work on the university's website, and her artwork at www.ihsanishan.com. You've been listening to 51%. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's hosted by me, Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Thanks again to Sangeetha Kowsik for taking part in this week's episode. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%. Happy New Year!

Raja who lived more like a Rishi, King Janaka is a Karma Yogi and He got the opportunity to beget Mahalakshmi as his daughter.

#mahalaksmimantra #wealth MAHALAKSHMI MANTRA FOR WEALTH 100% RESULTS

This is a powerful mantra that invokes the blessings of Goddess Dhanalakshmi, the Goddess of wealth. She is also one of the many forms of Mahalakshmi. Chanting this Mantra can bring wealth, auspiciousness, and prosperity. It boosts one's finances and removes misfortunes. One can experience a smooth cash flow by chanting it. It can bestow the ability to purchase and own many properties. It is also good for jobseekers and businesspersons. It can be chanted before launching a business venture for good results. It bestows financial freedom and stability, and relief from debts. If you would like to find out more about your chart or have a question about astrology you would love the answer to, please do connect with us at www.astroved.com Follow AstroVed on IG, Twitter, and FB @AstroVed

This Stotram enumerates and describes the 24 names of Goddess Mahalakshmi. It is chanted mostly during the Diwali Lakshmi Pooja, Akshaya Tritiya, Mahalakshmi Pooja, and Navratri Lakshmi Pooja. Chanting the Goddess' 24 names with devotion is believed to bestow the grace and blessings of the goddess. Those who want to recover a lost job, wealth, or position of authority, etc., should chant this Stotra regularly. If you would like to find out more about your chart or have a question about astrology you would love the answer to, please do connect with us at www.astroved.com Follow AstroVed on IG, Twitter, and FB @AstroVed

Mahalakshmi Praseed Mantra महालक्ष्मी प्रसीद मन्त्र ★ ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं कमले कमलालये प्रसीद प्रसीद ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं श्रीं महालक्ष्मयै नमः॥ ★ अक्षय तृतीया के दिन से हर रोज अगर आप इस मंत्र का जप करते हैं तो आपका सारा कर्ज उतर जाएगा। आप पर हमेशा मां लक्ष्मी की कृपा दृष्टि बनी रहेगी। घर में हमेशा सुख-समृद्धि बनी रहेगी। मान्यता है कि कमलगट्टे की माला से प्रतिदिन इस मंत्र का जाप करने ऋणों का बोझ उतर जाता है और मां लक्ष्मी की कृपा दृष्टि बनी रहती है।

Deities, Beings or Raw Energy?  Tune into this episode for a magical carpet ride over to India, where we meet Shiva and Kali! Special guest, Amit, shares his deep understanding of and experiences with Shiva and Kali, the Hindu traditions and even India's caste system. Learn why Shiva and Kali are inextricably linked . . . and how they invoke both creative and destructive force energies. Kali shows up with severed heads or as a goddess of wealth and . . . ahem . . . even viruses (yep, that last part is real), while Shiva hangs out in cremation grounds, covered in ash and counts the ghosts and demons as his friends.  Shew! We resonate deeply with these two powerful, nonjudgmental forces, and we're certain you will too.  Sit with Shiva, come dance with Kali . . . if you dare!   PS. Spellings of certain words and places mentioned by Amit .... see the longer list below for his VERY generous links and explanations for the deeply curious.   PPS.  Somehow "yoni stones" came up.  Listen in!   ************************** Contact us! Email us anytime at magicalmysticaljourneys@gmail.com Like our Facebook Page Follow us on Instagram Finally, see everything that we do at http://magical-mystical-journeys.com/ (and sign up for instant email notifications) ************************** Amit's generous sharing of resources and videos: Following are some links to see Kali and Shiva being worshipped in various forms across India. These deities have been designed, constructed and consecrated according to prescribed “shastras” (Science treaties/technology).  Dating back to ancient times (per legends), they are treated as live/powerful energy beings. Many public and secret rituals are followed on a daily basis to maintain the powerful energy form. The temples around them have been built and rebuilt, due to natural wear and tear, repeated invasions etc, but the consecration remains.  Everyone has access to their powerful energies, but the “sadhaka” (the seeker) needs to prepare oneself to be able to receive. It's like radio or TV transmissions. You need the dial/antenna to be tuned to the frequency they are broadcasting.I am including links and live streams from temples of these various deities, that I mentioned during our chat and also some photos. For more information on the deities and temples, my recommendation is to use the temple's own website rather than Wikipedia. Systems in these temples are still catching up to technology so their websites may not work optimally or there may be other issues. I am also attaching popular depiction for each of the deity in links: Kali as “MahaLakshmi”, deity of wealth and prosperity, located in a city called Kolhapur, in the western part of India.Following the website to the temple and a live stream from her temple: https://www.mahalaxmikolhapur.com/ https://www.mahalaxmikolhapur.com/shri-ambabai-mahalaxmi-live-darshan.php Kali as “Saptashrungi”, as a deity with 8 hands who defeated the buffalo headed demon Mahishasur. This temple is located in a town called Vani, near the city of Nasik, in the western part of India. Following the website to the temple and a recorded live stream, video is pretty long, where her entire morning worship and decoration is shown: https://www.saptashrungi.net/home.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFzAJcaA68Y Kali as “Naina Devi”, the eyes of the original Goddess Sati, whose body parts fell, in the story I narrated. This temple is located in a town called Bilaspur, about 220 miles from New Delhi, in the northern part of India. Following the website to the temple and a live stream: https://nainadevi.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdUGWCi4hzE Kali as “Kamakhya Devi”, worshipped as yoni (vagaina/vulva), of the original Goddess Sati, whose body parts fell, in the story I narrated.The name Kamakhya literally means ‘She whose title/definition is Sexual Desire.' Following the website to the temple. No live stream available.http://www.kamakhyadevi.org/ Shiva being worshipped in a consecrated “Linga” (in an oblong smooth stone) as “Kashi Vishveshwar” (The lord of the worlds). This is a really ancient temple, located in an ancient city called Kashi/Benaras or Varanasi. About 500 miles east of New Delhi in the north eastern part of India. Following the website to the temple and a live stream: https://www.shrikashivishwanath.org/ https://www.shrikashivishwanath.org/online/live_darshan Shiva being worshipped in a consecrated “Linga” (in an oblong smooth stone) as “Mahakaleshwar”(Lord of time and death). This is a really ancient temple, located in an ancient city called Ujjain. About 500 miles south of New Delhi in the central part of India. Following the website to the temple and a live stream: http://www.dic.mp.nic.in/ujjain/mahakal/default.aspx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNXnHLHHlpY Who is Shiva? Talk by a spiritual master (Sadhguru) I follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fMRxtDFYM0About God! Another talk by above master (Sadhguru): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Kiyc9R4wE

Dear friends herewith presenting to you all mahalakshmi Asthakam ✨ on occasion of varalakshmi viratham ✨ do listen to my song and invoke blessings of the Goddess Lakshmi and have a great day ahead!!

Lakshmi Devi

Listen to the Cancer Healing Journey of Mahalakshmi who is a Carcinoma Cancer Survivor. Mahalakshmi is a counselor, who deals with cancer patients. Last year during her menopause time she was suffering from excessive bleeding. Her husband took her to the gynecologist who did her ultrasound and told her to go for a hysteroscopy. When the reports came it showed that her uterus has grown in size and she has lumps. Doctor told her to go for surgery because they thought surgery would be the best treatment option and she will be cured. Doctors even told her that her whole reproductive system will be taken out. during the surgery the doctor got to know that this tumor is aggressive and has even affected the ovaries part. So, the ovaries' reproductive part has to be taken out, even the pelvic region was also affected. After the surgery, the doctor said for 6 chemos in an interval of 21 days. After the chemo, the next day or after 24 hours she has to take a booster that results in pain in her body, she can't even move a bit from her bed. She cured these pain by taking a good diet and yoga, sometimes walking as it was not easy to walk because of covid. She just feels grateful for having a good caretaker with her, her husband. She even said that if one has a good caretaker, takes good diet and follow the doctor's instructions properly and stick to just one therapy will surely get great results. If you or your loved one has been diagnosed with cancer recently, and need guidance on treatment or have any doubts or queries, please call ZenOnco.io on +91 99 30 70 90 00. Zenonco.io - Making quality integrative oncology cancer care accessible to all. Visit our Official website: https://zenonco.io/

Mahalakshmi Ashtakam is a prayer directed at the Universal Mother, Mahalakshmi. Goddess Mahalakshmi is the feminine personification of the power who created the universe and everything in it. She is the Energy from which all things emanated. She is also called Shri or Shakti. ‘Ashta' means ‘eight' in Sanskrit. The Ashtakam has 11 couplets. The first 8 couplets talk about the beauty, countenance, and attributes of Mahalakshmi, and the last 3 mention the benefits of praying to her. Mahalakshmi Ashtakam is recorded in the Padma Purana. It is said that Lord Indra, the king of the gods, recited it in order to receive the grace of The Divine Mother. Chanting it can purify us of sins, bestow wealth and food, and destroy enemies, including those within us, which prevent us from attaining liberation.  If you would like to find out more about your chart or have a question about astrology you would love the answer to, please do connect with us at www.astroved.com Follow AstroVed on IG, Twitter, and FB @AstroVed 

Mahalakshmi Mantra महालक्ष्मी मंत्र ★ अङ्ग हटे पुलकभूषणमाश्रयन्ती भृगाङ्गनेव मुकुलाभरणं तमालम्। अगीकृताऽखिल विभूतिर्टपाड़गलीला माडगल्यदाऽट्तु मम मड़गळदेवतायाः ★ अर्थः ~ श्री हरि के शरीर में अतिविशिष्ट आभूषणों, जैसे मधुमक्खी जो पौधे के अधखिले फूल को आभूषित करती है, की तरह निवास करने वाली, और जिन्होंने ब्रह्माण्ड के पूर्ण वैभव को दैवत्व से अपने शरीर में समाहित कर रखा है, उसी दैवत्व से हमारे जीवन में मंगल प्रदान करने वाली आनन्दमयी माता लक्ष्मी को नमन ।

Mahalakshmi Naman Mantra महालक्ष्मी नमन मंत्र ■ महालक्ष्म्ययै नमस्तेऽस्तु, विष्णुप्रियायै नमस्तेऽस्तु धनप्रदाययै नमस्तेऽस्तु, विश्वजनन्यै नमस्तेऽस्तु ° ■ अर्थ: विष्णुप्रिया, धनप्रदायिनी, विश्व जननी, महालक्ष्मी को नमन।

Mahalakshmi Stuti महालक्ष्मी स्तुति ◆ आदि लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु परब्रह्म स्वरूपिणि। यशो देहि धनं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।।1।। सन्तान लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु पुत्र-पौत्र प्रदायिनि । पुत्रां देहि धनं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।।2।। विद्या लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु ब्रह्म विद्या स्वरूपिणि। विद्यां देहि कलां देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।।3।। धन लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्व दारिद्र्य नाशिनि। धनं देहि श्रियं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे ।4।। धान्य लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्वाभरण भूषिते। धान्यं देहि धनं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।।5।। मेधा लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु कलि कल्मष नाशिनि। प्रज्ञां देहि श्रियं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।।6।। गज लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्वदेव स्वरूपिणि अश्वांश गोकुलं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे ।।7।। धीर लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु पराशक्ति स्वरूपिणि। वीर्यं देहि बलं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।।8।। जय लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्व कार्य जयप्रदे। जयं देहि शुभं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे ।9।। भाग्य लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु सौमाङ्गल्य विवर्धिनि। भाग्यं देहि श्रियं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।।10।। कीर्ति लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु विष्णुवक्ष स्थल स्थिते। कीर्ति देहि श्रियं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।। 11 ।। आरोग्य लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्व रोग निवारणि। आयुर्देहि श्रियं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।।12।। लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्व सिद्धि प्रदा देहि श्रियं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।। 13।। सौन्दर्य लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्वालङ्कार शोभिते। रूपं देहि श्रियं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।। 14।। साम्राज्य लक्ष्मि नमस्तेऽस्तु भुक्ति मुक्ति प्रदायिनि। मोक्षं देहि श्रियं देहि सर्व कामांश्च देहि मे।। 15।। मङ्गले मङ्गलाधारे माङ्गल्ये मङ्गल प्रदे। मङ्गलार्थं मङ्गलेशि माङ्गल्यं देहि मे सदा।।16।। सर्व मङ्गल माङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थ साधिके। शरण्ये त्रयम्बके देवि नारायणि नमोऽस्तुते।।17।। ● भवतु कल्याणी आयुरारोग्य सम्पदाम ●

Charcoal is often associated with drawing or sketching. In the case of artist Mahalakshmi Kannappan, she uses it to great sculptural effect: creating three-dimensional forms that play with textures and differences in light refraction.⁠ ⁠ In this episode of Mushroomed, Object Lessons Space speaks to the artist about her enduring relationship with charcoal, and how she handles such a tactile and sensuous medium.⁠

■ अथ तन्त्रोक्तं महालक्ष्मी स्तुति ■ नमस्तेस्तु महामाये श्री पीठे सुरपूजिते। शङ्खचक्रगदाहस्ते महालक्ष्मी नमोस्तु ते॥१॥ नमस्ते गरुडारूढे कोलासुर भयङ्करि। सर्वपापहरे देवि महालक्ष्मी नमोस्तु ते॥२॥ सर्वज्ञे सर्ववरदे सर्वदुष्ट भयङ्करि। सर्वदुःखहरे देवि महालक्ष्मी नमोस्तु ते॥३॥ सिद्धिबुद्धिप्रदे देवि भुक्ति मुक्ति प्रदायिनि। मन्त्रपूते सदा देवि महालक्ष्मी नमोस्तु ते॥४॥ आद्यन्तरहिते देवि आद्यशक्ति महेश्वरि। योगजे योगसम्भूते महालक्ष्मी नमोस्तु ते॥५॥ स्थूलसूक्ष्ममहारौद्रे महाशक्ति महोदरे। महापापहरे देवि महालक्ष्मी नमोस्तु ते॥६॥ पद्मासनस्थिते देवि परब्रह्म स्वरूपिणि। परमेशि जगन्मत् महालक्ष्मी नमोस्तु ते॥७॥ श्वेताम्बरधरे देवि नानालङ्कारभूषिते। जगत्स्थिते जगन्मत् महालक्ष्मी नमोस्तु ते॥८॥ महालक्ष्म्यष्टकं स्तोत्रं यः पठेद्भक्ति मान्नरः॥ सर्वसिद्धिमवापनेति राज्यम् प्रापनेति सर्वदा॥९॥ एककाले पठेन्नित्यम् महापापविनाशनम्। द्विकालं य: पठेन्नित्यम् धनधान्यसमन्वित॥१०॥ त्रिकालं य: पठेन्नित्यम् महाशत्रुविनाशनम्। महालक्ष्मीर्भवेन्नित्म् प्रसन्ना वरदा शुभा ॥११॥ '। इति महालक्ष्मी स्तुति सम्पूर्ण॥

In this episode, Mahalakshmi and Lakshminarayan share their perspectives with Sivaguru on:How they got into ITMaha finding her liking for bug fixing with some development, over development onlyHow a production support role gave her more flexibility with her timeHaving a supportive environment at work and home, and more flexibility with time after having a kidBeing lucky to be on a project that allowed this flexibilityHow, for Lakshmi, while there were changes in the work hours, there was no change in terms of the understanding and support for women colleaguesChipping in to support Maha with some of the child related activitiesHow, working from home has increased the expectations on availability over extended hoursThe growing mutual understanding among peers and teams or the need to balance personal and work demands, particularly while working in a dispersed modelThe significance and benefit of discussions on the nature of work with one’s spouse, even before getting married for better understandingLakshminarayanan Natarajan, has been in the IT industry for 12 years and is currently working as project lead in development work.Mahalakshmi Ganesan has been in the IT industry for the last 7 years and is presently a technology analyst , working in an application support team .

Sita Devi recalls her pleasant moments with Sri Rama and the treatment met by Kakasura for hurting Sita Devi. Even as she suffers the pain of separation, the very benevolent nature of Sita, who is the very embodiment of Mahalakshmi teaches Hanuman as to how should one act with Dharma even in an enemy territory.

Namasthe in this podcast I'm glad to share very rare and auspicious sthuthi about shri Mahalakshmi sthuthi.you can get this wonderful book from "shri Vanni Vinayagar book shop" 58 A , meenakshi Amman koil,madurai--1.mobile-9894280132,res-0452--2629512.you can recite all important very rare Slokas, mahalashmi sahasranama in this book.even vellikilamai beatha kadhai also.thank you.I bought this book from Coimbatore, ukkadam Lakshmi Narasimha moorthy Temple book shop.

Notations -> http://www.shivkumar.org/music/#m Mahalakshmi Jagan Maata Ragam: Shankarabharanam (29th melakartha) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dheerashankarabharanam AROHANA: S R2 G3 M1 P D2 N3 S || AVAROHANA: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S || Talam: Misra Chapu Composer: Papanasam Sivan Version: T.N. Seshagopalan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfo2ghxanwc) Youtube Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LwsycqFldI Audio MP3 Class: http://www.shivkumar.org/music/mahalakshmi-jaganmata-class.mp3 Sahityam: mahAlakSmi jaganmAtA manamirangi varamaruL Meaning: O MahaLakshmi! O the mother (“maata”) of the Universe (“jagan”)! O the one (“aruL”) who shows great kindness (“manamirangi”) by coming (“varam”) down (“irangi) to Her devotees. Sahityam: mahA vishNuvin mArbenum maNi pIThamadanil amarndaruL O the Goddess who is established in Maha Vishnu's heart (“mArbenum”). O the one who is (“amarndaruL”) in a place (“pIThamadanil”) adorned with jewels (“maNi”) and flowers. Sahityam: manmatanai InraruLum thAyE dayAnidhiyE mahA mAyE Meaning: You are the mother (“thAyE”) who gave birth (“InraruLum”) to Manmadha, the lord of Love. You are the embodiment of kindness (“dayA-nidhiyE”). You are the great (“mahA”) goddess of Maya – illusion (“mAyE”). Sahityam: pArkkaDal tarum krpAkari parindu vandenai Adari Meaning: You are the kind one (“krpAkari”) who gave (“tarum”) the ocean (“kaDal”) of milk (“pAr”). {Another meaning: you give us the strength to cross the ocean of life}. Please hurry and fly (“parindu”) and come (“vandu”) to protect me (“enai”). Sahityam:pankaja malar vaLar annaiyE kaDaikkaN pAr rAmadAsan paNiyum Meaning: You are the mother (“annaiyE”) who is (“vaLar”) on a lotus flower (“pankaja malar”). Please see me (“pAr”) even through the corner of your eyes (“kaDaik-kaN”). This Ramadasan offers his obseisances (“paNiyum”) to you.

Lord on Mahalakshmi . Raagam Darbari kanada

Mahalakshmi chant and durga and narayana tales continued

Notations -> http://www.shivkumar.org/music/#m Manasa Sancharare Ragam: Saama (28th melakartha janya) ARO: S R2 M1 P D2 S || AVA: S D2 P M1 G3 R2 S || Talam: Adi Composer: Sadashiva Bramhendrar Version: Peri Sriramamurthy Lyrics Courtesy: Rani, www.karnatik.com http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/c1059.html Pallavi: Maanasa Sancharare Brahmani Maanasa Sancharare Charanam 1: Madashikhi Pincchaalankruta Chikure Mahaneeya Kapola Vijitamukure Charanam 2: Shree Ramani Kucha Durga Vihaare Sevaka Jana Mandira Mandaare Charanam 3: Paramahamsa Mukha Chandrachakore Paripoorita Muraliravadhare Meaning: (Courtesy: http://www.admadhavan.com/) Oh, Mind ("maanasa") ! Undertake your pilgrimage ("sancharare") in the Brahmam ! May the hairlock of Brahma ("madashiki"), meditated upon by you, be adorned ("alankrutha") with the plumes of an exhilarated peacock ("chikure") ! The cheeks ("mukure") of the Supreme One ("mahaneeya") outwit ("vijita") the brightness of a mirror ("kapola") ! He sports ("vihare") around with ("durga") Mahalakshmi ("sriramani")! For his devotees ("sevaka"), He is a Kalpavriksha ("mandaare") in the court yard ("mandira")! Supreme ("parama") ascetics ("hamsa") delight in that face-moon ("mukha-chandra") as a partridge bird ("chakore")! Oh, Mind! May your pilgrimage be in this Brahma that fills ("paripooritha") the whole Universe with the flow of the music from His flute ("muraliravadhare") !

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Dharana on Mahalakshmi | Evolution Series 83 with Sri Preethaji & Sri Krishnaji

This Episode is dedicated to "Maa Mahalakshmi". There are some interesting facts related to her liking and there is this poem by me. This poem tells about her origin, her importance and how see helps along with Lord Ganesha and Maa Saraswati. Maa Mahalakshmi is the Goddess of wealth. She gives wealth to the deserving and dedicated person. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Namasthe welcome to fact coder sathvavan.from this podcast. You will come to know the aspicious of mahalakshmi thayar.thank you.

This is the last podcast on the Das Mahavidyas. This week we look at Kamala, the Tantric manifestation of Mahalakshmi. While Lakshmi is associated with her husband Vishnu and a model of obedience, Kamala is wholly independent of any spouse, and has a few dark attributes that go with her beneficent demeanor.

This is the last podcast on the Das Mahavidyas. This week we look at Kamala, the Tantric manifestation of Mahalakshmi. While Lakshmi is associated with her husband Vishnu and a model of obedience, Kamala is wholly independent of any spouse, and has a few dark attributes that go with her beneficent demeanor.

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O The Intense fire of Tapas, bring forth the Sat-Chit- Ananda of the Sattvic principle. The Tejas of pure Sattwa. May the grace of Devi lead us to final fulfillment. The one who is latent in the Chariot lead by horses. Who's awakening is heralded by the dawning of Wisdom. May the Goddess of prosperity find me worthy of her true wealth. O Jataveda, may the transcendental beauty of the Sri reveal itself in the intense fire of Tapas. The one who abides in the lotus of a heart filled with Sattwa. O jataveda, invoke the great goddess who's splendor and glory permeates all worlds and is worshipped by the Gods. I take refuge at her lotus feet. With her grace no impurity shall find me. O jataveda, invoke the great goddess who drives away the illusions of the world and the ignorance of our actions through the fire of our tapas. O Jataveda, invoke Lakshmi, create a haven within and without, were all immortal treasures be found. O Jataveda, invoke Lakshmi, who presence destroys all desires and wants in all homes where she resides. O Jataveda, please invoke the Goddess, who is difficult to approach, who is the source of all abundance, and leave a trace of her grace wherever she manifests. O Jataveda, invoke the Goddess, the fulfilment of all my Sadhana, who is represented by the Mantra that I speak, by whose presence both external and internal prosperity is assured. O Jataveda, invoke the Goddess Earth, our basis and our support, please reside with us. O Jataveda, invoke The Goddess of Water, whose presence creates all beauty O Jataveda , invoke the Goddess, who provides soothing nourishment for her seekers. O Jataveda, invoke the Goddess, who supports her devotees in the their sadhana. O jataveda, invoke the Goddess, who by her constant presence and encouragement guides her devotees to abundance. By constant chanting of the 15 verses of Sri Suktam, the devotees who have purified themselves have their longing fulfilled by The Goddess. Salutations to the Goddess, Born of a Lotus, with Lotus eyes within a Lotus face fulfill my yearning of Divine bliss. Salutations to the Goddess, fulfill my inner and outer aspirations O Mother Goddess, may we continue our lineage, grant us our daily sustenance and make our life long and fruitful. You are the power being Agni, Vayu, Surya, Vasus, Indra, Brhaspathi and Varuna. You are the transcendental basis off all that is. Those who are bhakthas of Lord Vishnu be able to drink Soma, and destroy all inner enemies. May I too partake of the Soma, O Goddess the one who holds the Soma. None of the negative emotions including Anger, Jealous, Greed or Evil intentions will reside and in the devotees who always recite Sri Suktam. O Mother, may you grace shower on us like the rain during a thunderstorm and all duality move to the plane of the spirit. You are Brahman and destroy all negative qualities. O Mother Lakshmi, Lover and possessor of lotuses, who resides in lotus with hands and eyes as lotuses, accept my prayer to merge at your lotus feet. O Mother, may you in pure white beautiful form, bless us. O Mother, studded with celestial gems and bathed by heavenly Elephants with waters from Golden chalises, please make my abode auspicious by you Presence. O Mother, my prostrations to the you, whose glance make Lord Brahma, Indra and Shiva great. You are the Lotus in the three worlds and are dear to Lord Vishnu. May your different forms of Siddha Lakshmi, Moksha Lakshmi, Jaya Lakshmi, Saraswati, Sri Lakshmi and Vara Lakshmi be always Gracious towards me. Salutation to the Mother Goddess, Your four hands are in Vara Mudra, Holding the Hook, the Noose and in the gesture of fearlessness, provide boons, removal of obstacles and bondages and provide fearlessness. You stand on the lotus and shower your grace on your devotees. I worship you of Goddess Mother of the Universe, Your three eyes appear as millions of newly risen suns. Salutations to Mother Goddess Lakshmi, Who is Auspiciousness herself, fulfilling all the objective of your Devotees. I Salute you O Narayani, who provides refuge with Three eyes. Who resides in Lotus, hodling a lotus in her hands, dazzling in white garments and fragrant flowers, she is surrounded by a divine Aura. O Mother of all shower your grace on me, the Dearest to Hari, you are the source of all weelbeing and wealth in the three worlds. You are the Consort to Lord Vishnu. We mediate on the form of Mahalakshmi, to awaken our spiritual consciousness. Let your auspiciousness be the source of all our strength, Make our lives long, happy and filled with joy and inner and outer wealth. Please remove all debts, Illness, Poverty, Sins, Hunger, untimely death, fear, sorrow and pain always. You, O Devi, is the essence of all Veda. We know your divine form by meditating on you. Let our Spiritual Consciousness awaken. Let there be peace in the three worlds.    

పద్దెనిమిది శక్తిపీఠములలో ఒకటయిన కొల్హాపూర్ లక్ష్మి దేవి ఆలయం ప్రళయకాలం కంటే పురాతనమైనది! ప్రతి ఒక్కరు తప్పక సందర్శించవలసిన మహాక్షేత్రమిది.. ఆ ఆలయం యొక్క వివర విశేషములు తప్పక వినండి, మీ తోటి వారికి వినిపించండి. The post కోహ్లాపూర్ మహాలక్ష్మి ఆలయం [ Mahalakshmi Temple, Kohlapur ] first appeared on Telugu Audibles

Lakshmi  is the Hindu goddess of wealth, love, prosperity (both material and spiritual), fortune, and the embodiment of beauty. She is the wife and active energy of Vishnu. Her four hands represent the four goals of human life considered proper in Hindu way of life – dharma, kama, artha, and moksha.[2][3] Representations of Lakshmi are also found in Jain monuments. In Buddhist sects of Tibet, Nepal and southeast Asia, goddess Vasudhara mirrors the characteristics and attributes of Hindu goddess Lakshmi, with minor iconographic differences.

#Tamannaah Bhatia, #KajalAggarwal & #ParulYadav who star in the South remakes of Kangana Ranaut’s #Queen, Paris Paris in Tamil, That is Mahalakshmi in Telugu & Butterfly in Kannada speak to Anupama Chopra about the process and challenges involved with simultaneously shooting four films in different languages, the cultural nuisances they had to factor in while filming each of the versions and the line they as actors have to tread while experimenting with their craft and not upsetting the fans that idolise them. There is also a Malayalam version titled Zam Zam starring Manjima Mohan.

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Die Göttin Sri Lakshmi steht in der Mythologie des Hinduismus für Schönheit, Reinheit, Fülle, Wohlstand, Fruchtbarkeit, Reichtum, Liebe und Glück. Lakshmi ist Fülle und Glück Sri Lakshmi Devi ist meistens dargestellt als die Gemahlin bzw. der weibliche Pendant und die Shakti von Vishnu, dem erhaltenden Aspekt der Schöpfung. In manchen... weiter lesen The post Sri Lakshmi, Mahalakshmi – die Göttin von Füllle, Reichtum, Glück & Schönheit appeared first on Vedanta & Yoga.

Erfahre mehr über Mahalakshmi, die große Göttin. Lakshmi ist die Göttin des Glücks, der Natur, der Schönheit, des Wohlstands, des uneigennützigen Dienens. Ihr Beiname ist Mahalakshmi, die großartige Lakshmi. Lakshmi an sich ist schon großartig. Deshalb kann man sie auch Mahalakshmi nennen. Erfahre hier noch mehr Hintergründe über den Göttinnennamen Mahalakshmi. Und alles über Kali … „Mahalakshmi – grosse Lakshmi“ weiterlesen

Erfahre mehr über Mahalakshmi, die große Göttin. Lakshmi ist die Göttin des Glücks, der Natur, der Schönheit, des Wohlstands, des uneigennützigen Dienens. Ihr Beiname ist Mahalakshmi, die großartige Lakshmi. Lakshmi an sich ist schon großartig. Deshalb kann man sie auch Mahalakshmi nennen. Erfahre hier noch mehr Hintergründe über den Göttinnennamen Mahalakshmi. Und alles über Kali … „Mahalakshmi – grosse Lakshmi“ weiterlesen