LUCERO

2023
 ORIGIN
OF HINDUISM
4,000 years old
The term "Hinduism" is derived
from the name of the Indus
River (India, Pakistan &
Bangladesh)
Hinduism is a Polytheistic
religion.
Hinduism is a collection of
diverse ideas, beliefs, and
practices.
 02

SYMBOLS
Om or Aum Swastika
HINDU GODS
AND
GODDESSES
NABONG
 SHIVA THE
DESTROYER
SHIVA IS THE HINDU GOD OF DESTRUCTION AND IS PART OF THE TRIMURTI (
THE GREAT HINDU HOLY TRINITY ALONGSIDE BRAHMA AND VISHNU) OFTEN
HE IS DEPICTED IN A SITTING POSITION WITH HIS LEGS CROSSED HOLDING A
TRIDENT IN HIS HAND. THE TRIDENT IS KNOWN AS TRISHULA AND WITH IT THE
GOD DESTROYS THE IGNORANCE FOUND IN HUMANS AROUND HIS NECK
THERE IS A NAJA ONE OF NATURE’S DEADLIEST CREATURES THE SYMBOLISM
AND WRAPPING COBRA POINTS TO HIS VICTORY OVER DEATH THE GOD ALSO
HAS A THIRD EYE WHICH HE CAN DESTROY ANY LIVING BEING WITH JUST A
SIMPLE GLANCE WHEN IN THE FORM OF RUDRA ASSUMES HIS MOST
DREADFUL AND FEROCIOUS FORM ALTHOUGH HE IS THE GOOD OF
DESTRUCTION THIS DEITY IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH REBIRTH AND
TRANSFORMATION. AS A TRANSFORMING GOD HE TOOK PART IN THE
WORLD’S CREATION THE SACRED GANGES RIVER WHICH BATHES A
CONSIDERABLE SHARE OF INDIA OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO SHIVA. THE RIVER
SERVES AS THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE GODDESS GANGA WHO
DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN WHO GRABBED SHIVA’S HAIR IN ORDER TO
REACH THE EARTH AND PURIFY MEN’S SIN. WHEN IN HIS FORM SHIVA
NATAJARA HE IS IN HIS HAPPIEST SIDE AS THE COMIC DANCER AND HIS
DANCES REPRESENT THE CYCLE’S OF THE UNIVERSE’S CREATION AND
DESTRUCTION AS WELL AS A REINCARNATION CYCLES. THE GOD OF
DESTRUCTION HAS THE GODDESS PARVATI AS HIS MOST FAMOUS WIFE WHO
IS A LOVING GODDESS AND DEVOTED MOTHER SYMBOLIZING FERTILITY BUT
THE GODDESS CAN APPEAR AS KALI WHO LIKE HER HUSBAND RELATED TO
DESTRUCTION OR THE GRIM REAPER. SHIVA IS THE GOD OF YOGA AND FOR
THAT HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE GREAT YOGI.
BRAHMA THE
CREATOR
Is the deity that represents the universe’s creative force he is
part of the trimurti. The God stands for Balance while shiva and
vishnu stand for represent two opposing forces: destruction and
preservation. Brahma is the master of time and one day for the
God is equivalent to 4000 320 million years for a mortal being. In
the Dawn of time he created saraswati the Hindu Goddess of
Superior Knowledge who will become his consort and take part
in the creation of the universe therefore every human being
derives from Brahma. Brahma is depicted with four heads each
reciting one of the 4 veda’s and each looking in a different
direction he had a fifth head initially but shiva ripped it off after
that head dared to insult the God of destruction. This God has
four arms that hold a rosary in one of them symbolizing the
cycles of time to which the universe obeys. A book that
symbolizes knowledge is held. in another he holds the pot with
holy water symbolizing the cosmic energy. In the fourth a lotus
flower symbol of the nature and essence of life. The God crosses
the universe riding a swan the animal is capable of distinguishing
pure milk from milk mixed with water this means the ability to
distinguish Good and Evil. Although a prominent deity he only has
1 temple it is located in pushkar where brahma defeated a demon
with a lotus power and its petals fell on the place making it
sacred. And was cursed by his wife to only be worshipped in
pushkar due to catching him marry another.
 INDRA
ONE OF THE OLDEST GOD IN THE HINDU PANTHEON HE IS A RIG VEDIC
DEITY MEANING HE HAS A STRONG PRESENCE IN THE VEDAS. INDRA IS
THE SON OF BOTH HEAVEN AND EARTH AND THE TWIN BROTHER OF
AGNI A FIRE RELATED DEITY CHACHI THE GODDESS OF BEAUTY IS HIS
CONSORT AND TOGETHER THEY GAVE BIRTH TO SEVERAL
DESCENDANTS. INDRA IS THE GOD OF THE SKY THE SEASONS OF THE
YEAR AND THE “ LORD OF LIGHTNING AND THUNDER” BUT HE IS ALSO
REGARDED AS THE GOD OF WAR AND AS A WARRIOR DEITY HE FOUGHT
SEVERAL ENEMIES THE GOD FOUGHT HIS ENEMIES RELYING ON
POWERFUL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND DUE TO HIS CONNECTION WITH
LIGHTNING AND THUNDER HE WAS ALSO CONSIDERED THE GOD
RESPONSIBLE FOR RAIN. INDRA WAS AN ENEMY OF RICHA A
POWERFUL SERPENT THAT PERSONIFIED DROUGHT ITSELF THE
CREATURE BLOCKED THE COURSE OF THE RIVERS TURNING THE LAND
INTO A GIANT AND INFERTILE DESERT. INDRA FOUGHT THE CREATURE
AND AND WITH HIS POWERFUL LIGHTNING STRIKES KILLED THE
SERPENT AND UNLEASHED FROM ITS BELLY ALL THE WATER. HIS WIN
ALLOWED FERTILITY AND PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS SPREAD ALL
OVER THE WORLD. INDRA IS A GOOD WITH A HUGE APPETITE AND LOVES
TO DRINK, HIS FAVOURITE DRINK IS SOMA MADE FROM
HALLUCINOGENIC PLANTS. WHENEVER HE DRANK THIS THE GOD
SWELLED AND COVERED THE WHOLE SKY AND AS A SKY DEITY HE
POURED RAIN NEEDED TO PRESERVE LIFE. INDRA IS OFTEN DEPICTED
ON HIS FOUR TUSKS WHITE ELEPHANT KNOWN AS ARAVATA THE LORD
OF ALL OTHER ELEPHANTS
 VISHNU THE
PRESERVER
IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DEITIES IN HINDUISM TOGETHER WITH SHIVA
AND BRAHMA THEY ARE THE SUPREME TRINITY OR THE TRIMURTI. WHILE
BRAHMA IS A CREATIVE ENTITY AND SHIVA A DESTRUCTIVE DEITY. VISHNU IS A
DEITY OF PRESERVATION. VISHNU IS THE GOD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAINTAINING
ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE HE SYMBOLIZES,KINDNESS, MORALITY AND MERCY.
THIS GOD IS THE PROTECTOR OF HUMANITY AGAINST THE EVIL FORCES THAT
ASSAIL MEN. THIS GOD HAS THE GIFT OF OMNISCIENCE, STRENGTH, ENERGY,
ROBUSTNESS AND SPLENDOR. HE IS DEPICTED AS A FOUR-ARMED FIGURE
HOLDING A LOTUS POWER A SYMBOL OF PURITY. THERE IS A DISK OF ENERGY
KNOWN AS THE CHAKRA IN ANOTHER HAND WHICH REPRESENTS THE MIND AND
HIS CREATIVITY A SHELL IS CARRIED IN HIS THIRD HAND THE SOUND THAT GAVE
RISE TO THE UNIVERSE CAN BE HEARD WHEN BLOWN. AND FINALLY HE HOLDS
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPONS OF THE HINDU RELIGION THE
KAUMODAKI MACE. SNAKES PROTECT AND SHELTER HIM OVER HIS HEAD. THE
SNAKES SYMBOLIZE HUMAN DESIRES AND THE WAY HE LIES COMFORTABLY ON
THEM MEANS HIS VICTORY OVER DESIRES AND TEMPTATIONS. VISHNU IS
MARRIED TO LAKSHMI A GODDESS RELATED TO PROSPERITY. VISHNU CAN CROSS
OVER TO THE WORLD IN JUST 3 GIANT STEPS. THIS GOD HAS GARUDA THE SOLAR
BIRD AS HIS MOUNT A CHIEF DEITY OF THE BIRDS OF PREY AND SNAKE HUNTER
THIS MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE SYMBOLIZES THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD
AND EVIL. AFTER THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE VISHNU VISITED THE WORLD
OF MEN SEVERAL TIMES EMBODYING HIS AVATARS VISHNU EMBODIES ONE OF
HIS NEW AVATARS WHENEVER THE WORLD IS IN DANGER OR NEED. WHEN A
GREAT FLOOD THREATENED TO ENGULF THE WHOLE LAND THE FISH SHAPED GOD
MATSIA TAUGHT MANU HOW TO BUILD A VESSEL AND ESCAPE THE FLOOD. ONE OF
HIS FAMOUS AVATARS WAS RAMA FROM THE EPIC RAMAYANA. HE HAS ALREADY
REINCARNATED 9 TIMES AN ATTEMPT WILL TAKE PLACE A MOMENT WILL TAKE
PLACE WHERE HE WILL RETURN MOUNTED ON A WHITE HORSE TO ANNOUNCE THE
END OF THE WORLD.
 PARVATI THE MOTHER
GODDESS OF HINDUISM
BEING ONE OF THE SEVERAL MANIFESTATIONS OF DEVI THE GREAT PRIMORDIAL GODDESS. SHE
IS THE DAUGHTER OF HERMAVOD THE LORD OF THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS AND MEENA
PARVATI IS KNOWN AS THE WIFE OF SHIVA ONE OF THE MOST WORSHIPPED DIETIES IN
HINDUISM. THE GODDESS IS THE REINCARNATION OF SATI THE GODDESS OF VIRTUE SHIVA’S
WIFE SHE ENDED UP DYING AND COMING BACK AS THE SWEET GODDESS PARVATI. TO WIN BACK
SHIVA PARVATI HAD THE HELP OF KAMADEVA AN INDIAN EQUIVALENT TO CUPID IN GREEK
MYTHOLOGY HE STRUCK SHIVA WITH ONE OF HIS ARROWS WHILE THE GOD MEDITATED SHIVA
WAS CONSUMED BY DESIRE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH PARVATI. BUT SHIVA WAS RELENTLESS WITH
KAMA DUE TO HIS INTERFERENCE AND FULMINATED HIM WITH HIS DESTRUCTIVE GAZE TURNING
THE GOD OF LOVE INTO ASHES THE GOD DIDN’T APPRECIATE THE COLOUR OF PARVATI’S SKIN
THEREFORE THE GODDESS THROUGH RITUALS WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE A SKIN WITH THE
BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN TONE WITH HER HUSBAND SHE HAD SEVERAL ILLUSTRIOUS SONS SUCH AS
THE “GOD GANESHA THE ELEPHANT HEADED GOD OF NEW BEGINNINGS, WISDOM AND LUCK AND
REMOVER OF OBSTACLES” AND “SKANDA THE HINDU GOD OF WAR”. THE GODDESS IS KNOWN AS
THE FERTILITY GODDESS, GODDESS OF MARRIAGE, GODDESS OF BEAUTY AND THE GODDESS OF
LOVE. PARVATI IS USUALLY PORTRAYED AS A KIND FIGURE AND IN ART IS USUALLY WITH HER
HUSBAND HOLDING THEIR SONS. AND PARADED ON HIS MIGHTY LION DESPITE HER
BENEVOLENCE. PARVATI CAN ALSO REPRESENT HERSELF AS “DURGA THE WARRIOR GODDESS”
IN THIS FORM THE GODDESS BECAME THE MOST FEARED DEITY AS DURGA DEFEATED SEVERAL
DEMONS AND WON HER AGAINST EVIL SHE WAS SO RUTHLESS THAT EVEN THE OTHER GODS
FEARED HER BUT CAN AQUIRE AN EVEN SCARIER LOOK AS “GODDESS KALI THE GODDESS OF
DEATH.” HER APPEARANCE MET THE IMMINENCE OF DEATH OR A GREAT DISASTER HER TONGUE
IS ALWAYS BLOODTHIRSTY THEREFORE IN SOME RITUALS BLOOD IS OFFERED TO THE GODDESS
TO LESSEN HER ANGER. ONE OF HER FAMOUS STORIES IS THE ONE WITH HER SON GANESHA
WHERE SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HIM FROM THE WAX AND HERBS AND OILS THAT PARVATI HAS USED
IN HER BATH WHEN HE WAS BORN DID NOT HAVE HIS FAMOUS ELEPHANT HEAD BUT HIS FIRST
HEAD WAS BEHEADED BY SHIVA THEN RESTORED THE YOUNG GOD’S LIFE TO AVOID PARVATI’S
WRATH BY PUTTING AN ELEPHANT’S HEAD IN THE PLACE OF THE FORMER. SHE IS HONORED IN
FESTIVALS ALL OVER INDIA AS THE SACRED GUARDIAN OF MARRIAGE AND MARRIED AND UN-
MARRIED WOMAN TO PRAY TO THE GODDESS FOR A HARMONIOUS AND PROSPEROUS
MARRIAGE AS A FERTILIT GODDESS SHE IS SEEKED ALSO BY THOSE WHO WANT TO REAP GOOD
FRUIT FROM THEIR WORK.
HANUMAN
God of Wisdom, Strength, Courage, Devotion and Self-Discipline
Is an Important deity of hindu culture he is a monkey God with an important role in
some of the most renowned stories of hinduism the epic Mahabharata and
Ramayana. He is considered as the God of Learning and wind the monkey God took
advantage of the favourable winds to fly through the skies at high speeds he was
also a warrior God with an armoy of Monkey’s under his command. He is the son of
Queen Anjana and “THE HINDU GOD OF WIND VANYU” he may be one of the many
reincarnations of the God Shiva. Hanuman was born very hungry seeing the sun
he tried to eat it thinking it was a fruit. Indra the God of thunder stopped him from
biting the sun striking him with lightning dead Hanuman fell from the sky.
Hanuman’s father was outraged by the fact that Indra has struck his son and so
the wind ceased the absence of winds created many problems to be reconciled
with the God’s father Shiva resurrected Hanuman and the Gods made the young
man an even powerful God. The winds blew again as a youngster the God was
impetous and misbehaved in his pranks and hanuma ended up creating problems
for the rishis who were great sages of the Hindu tradition and decided to curse
Hanuman the God then forgot the true potential of his powers. Hanuman had to go
through a long process of self-knowledge to regain his potential during this
process the God became wiser and a humbler deity. The god has many special
powers including the power to reach absurd proportions whenever he wished.
His strength was absurd he was able to carry one of the Himalayan mountains in
the epic ramayana which tells the story of the hero rama. Hanuman has an
important role as rama’s servant in his adventures helping him conquer his
crown. During these adventures he led his army of monkey’s against rama’s
enemies he also fought many demons. Hanuman’s humbleness in serving rama is
represented in various works of art. The Figure of the monkey god is present in
almost every temple dedicated to rama. This temples are filled with monkeys
knowing they were under protection created many mischief . he is worshipped by
anyone humbles who seeks knowledge and with his war like appearance he
symbolizes the human mind which is unstable by nature it constantly changes its
focus like a monkey that jumps from one branch to the other.
 GANESHA
GOD OF NEW BEGINNINGS, WISDOM AND LUCK; REMOVER OF OBSTACLES
WAS RAISED FROM THE OILS AND HERBS AND WAXES USED IN THE CLEANSING OF
PARVATI’S BODY USING THIS MATERIAL SHE MOLDED A BOY IDOL AND GAVE LIFE TO THE
STATUE AND GANESHA EMERGED FROM IT WHO STILL DID NOT HAVE HIS FAMOUS
ELEPHANT HEAD. PARVATI RAISED GANESHA TO GUARD THE DOOR TO HER PALACE
WHILE THE GODDESS TOOK HER BATH. THE YOUNG GOD WAS BORN WHILE SHIVA WAS
ON ONE OF HIS JOURNEY’S AND THEREFORE DID NOT RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER AS
FATHER AND SON. GANESHA HAD A STRONG BOND WITH HIS MOTHER HE WAS ALWAYS
PROTECTING HER SOMETIMES TO THE POINT OF JEALOUSY AND OVER PROTECTION.
WHILE THE GODDESS WAS TAKING A BATH GANESHA PROTECTED HER MOTHER’S
PRIVACY PREVENTING ANYONE FROM PROTECTING THE PALACE. WHILE BATHING SHIVA
RETURNED WANTING TO SEE HIS WIFE. BUT WHEN HE TRIED TO WALK TO HIS WIFE THE
GOD WAS BLOCKED BY GANESHA. ENRAGED THE GOD ORDERED HIS SON TO STEP ASIDE
BUT GANESHA WHO HAD NO IDEA THAT SHIVA WAS HIS FATHER TOLD HIM HE COULD NOT
TAKE ANOTHER STEP THE BOTH THEN QUARRELED AND FOUGHT GANESHA FIGHTING
WITH BRAVERY AND GREAT SKILL. SHIVA WAS CONSUMED BY WRATH AND BEHEADED
HIS SON. PARVATI WHO HAD HEARD THE NOISE FROM THEIR CLASH RUSHED TO HELP
HER SON AND WAS HORRIFIED TO SEE HER SON BEHEADED AND LYING ON THE GROUND
WITH HER HEART SHATTERED SHE ORDERED SHIVA TO BRING HIS SON BACK TO LIFE
OTHERWISE SHE WOULD ASSUME THE SHAPE OF DURGA THE WARRIOR GODDESS
UNLEASHING HER WRATH. TO STOP HIS WIFE’S SUFFERING HE RESTORED HIS SON’S
LIFE BUT HE NEEDED A NEW HEAD TO DO THAT. HE ORDERED HIS SERVANTS THE GANAS
HIS SERVANTS TO BRING THE HEAD OF THE FIRST BEING THEY ENCOUNTERED. THE
ELEPHANT WAS THE FIRST TO APPEAR AND THEY BOUGHT THE ELEPHANT’S HEAD TO
SHIVA WHO PLACED IT ON GANESHA’S BEHEADED BODY AND GANESHA WAS
RESURRECTED AND DESPITE HIS EXOTIC APPERANCE THE YOUNG GOD FELT PLEASED
WITH HIS NEW LOOK. TOGETHER WITH PARVATI, SHIVA RAISED GANESHA WITH HER WHO
WOULD BECOME INDIA’S MOST POPULAR DEITY. HE IS WORSHIPPED AS FOR BEING A
DIVINITY WHO REMOVES THE OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT MORTALS FROM ACHIEVING
SUCCESS
 SACRED
BOOKS AND
SCRIPTURES
 VEDAS
THE VEDAS ARE A LARGE BODY OF RELIGIOUS
TEXTS ORIGINATING IN ANCIENT INDIA. COMPOSED
IN VEDIC SANSKRIT, THE TEXTS CONSTITUTE THE
OLDEST LAYER OF SANSKRIT LITERATURE AND THE
OLDEST SCRIPTURES OF HINDUISM. THERE ARE
FOUR VEDAS: THE RIGVEDA, THE YAJURVEDA, THE
SAMAVEDA AND THE ATHARVAVEDA.

RIG VEDA
THE RIG VEDA IS THE EARLIEST OF THE FOUR
VEDAS AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TEXTS
OF THE HINDU TRADITION. IT IS A LARGE
COLLECTION OF HYMNS IN PRAISE OF THE GODS,
WHICH ARE CHANTED IN VARIOUS RITUALS. THEY
WERE COMPOSED IN AN ARCHAIC LANGUAGE
NAMED VEDIC THAT GRADUALLY EVOLVED INTO
CLASSICAL SANSKRIT.
 THE YAJURVEDA IS THE VEDA PRIMARILY OF PROSE
MANTRAS FOR WORSHIP RITUALS. AN ANCIENT VEDIC
SANSKRIT TEXT, IT IS A COMPILATION OF RITUAL-
OFFERING FORMULAS THAT WERE SAID BY A PRIEST
WHILE AN INDIVIDUAL PERFORMED RITUAL ACTIONS SUCH
AS THOSE BEFORE THE YAJNA FIRE.

THE SAMAVEDA, IS THE VEDA OF MELODIES AND CHANTS.

IT IS AN ANCIENT VEDIC SANSKRIT TEXT, AND PART OF THE
SCRIPTURES OF HINDUISM. ONE OF THE FOUR VEDAS, IT IS
A LITURGICAL TEXT WHICH CONSISTS OF 1,875 VERSES.
ALL BUT 75 VERSES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE
RIGVEDA

THE ATHARVA VEDA OR ATHARVANA VEDA IS THE

"KNOWLEDGE STOREHOUSE OF ATHARVĀṆ AS, THE
PROCEDURES FOR EVERYDAY LIFE". THE TEXT IS THE
FOURTH VEDA, AND IS A LATE ADDITION TO THE VEDIC
SCRIPTURES OF HINDUISM. THE LANGUAGE OF THE
ATHARVAVEDA IS DIFFERENT FROM RIGVEDIC SANSKRIT,
PRESERVING PRE-VEDIC INDO-EUROPEAN ARCHAISMS.
life and death
MOLLEDA
 LIFE AND DEATH
revolve around the concepts of reincarnation
(Samsara), karma, and Moksha. Hindus believe in
the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, with one's
actions (karma) influencing future lives. Dharma,
one's moral duty, guides these actions. Hindu
death rituals are sacred and involve cremation
and offerings to assist the soul's transition to
the afterlife. The ultimate goal is to attain
Moksha, liberation from the cycle of rebirth, and
unity with the divine. This belief shapes how
Hindus approach life, death, and the eternal
nature of the soul.
FESTIVALS IN HINDUISM
GATBUNTON
MAHA
SHIVARATRI
Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in
honour of the deity Shiva, between February and March.
According to the Hindu calendar, the festival is observed on
the fourteenth day of the dark half of the lunar month of
Phalguna or Magha.

On this day, devotees observe fasts, perform puja (worship),

offer prayers, fruits, flowers and milk to Lord Shiva, and seek
his blessings and protection. As per popular belief, praying to
Lord Shiva after keeping fast makes the lord happy.
KRISHNA
JANMASHTAMI
annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the
eighth avatar of Vishnu. In certain Hindu texts, such as the
Gita Govinda, Krishna has been identified as supreme God
and the source of all avatars.

Lord Krishna's birth is celebrated as Janmashtami. Lord

Krishna's devotees celebrate the day with great devotion and
reverence. He is seen as a symbol of divinity, love, and
righteousness. His life and teachings inspire devotees to lead
a life based on dharma (righteousness), karma (action), and
bhakti (devotion).
NAVRATRI
Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival observed in honour of
the goddess Durga, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme
goddess. It spans over nine nights, first in the month of
Chaitra, and again in the month of Ashvin.

Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival observed in honour of

the goddess Durga, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme
goddess. It spans over nine nights, first in the month of
Chaitra, and again in the month of Ashvin.
DIWALI
Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights with its variations also
celebrated in other Indian religions. It symbolises the spiritual
"victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge
over ignorance"

Derived from the Sanskrit dipavali, which means “row of

lights,” Diwali is known for the brightly burning clay lamps
that celebrants line up outside their homes
HOLI
Holi is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as
the Festival of Colours, Love, and Spring. It celebrates the
eternal and divine love of the deities Radha and Krishna.
Additionally, the day signifies the triumph of good over evil,
as it commemorates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha over
Hiranyakashipu

Holi is celebrated in different ways in different parts of India,

but the core value is the same – celebrating the triumph of
good over evil.
DUSSEHRA
Vijayadashami, also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is
a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of
Navaratri. It is observed on the tenth day of the month of
Ashvin, the seventh in the Hindu Luni-Solar Calendar.

Today, people across the country burn huge effigies of

demon king Ravana to signify the victory of good over evil.
This year, Dussehra is celebrated on October 24,
GANESH
CHATURTHI
Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayak Chaturthi or
Ganeshotsav, is a Hindu festival that tributes Hindu deity
Ganesha. The festival is marked with the installation of
Ganesha's clay murtis privately in homes and publicly on
elaborate pandals

10-day festival marking the birth of the elephant-headed

deity Ganesha, the god of prosperity and wisdom. It begins
on the fourth day (chaturthi) of the month of Bhadrapada
(August–September), the sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
RAMA
NAVAMI
Rama Navami is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of
Rama, one the most popularly revered deities in Hinduism,
also known as the seventh avatar of Vishnu. He is often held
as an emblem within Hinduism for being an ideal king and
human through his righteousness, good conduct and virtue

considered one of the five most important Hindu Festivals as

it marks the birth anniversary of Hindu God, Lord Rama, the
son of King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in Ayodhya.
Lord Rama is considered as the seventh avatar of Hindu Lord
Vishnu.
RAKSHA
BANDHAN
Raksha Bandhan is a popular and traditionally Hindu annual
rite or ceremony that is central to a festival of the same name
celebrated in South Asia. It is also celebrated in other parts of
the world significantly influenced by Hindu culture.

means "the bond of protection" ; a universal Indian festival

celebrating the relationship between brothers,cousins and
sisters;It involves tying of a Rakhi ( the sacred thread) by a
sister on her brother's wrist. Additional Information.
 KARMA
a concept of Hinduism which describes a system in which
beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial beauty
and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a
system of actions and reactions throughout a soul's
reincarnated lives, forming a cycle of rebirth.

karma denotes the cycle of cause and effect. Like causes

produce similar effects. For instance, right actions produce
good results while wrong actions produce bad ones.
TYPES OF
KARMA
PRARABDHA
Imagine a fruit, an apple, on a tree. It has come of age
and it is ripe. Either it is picked in time, or it detaches
itself from the tree and lands on the ground. It cannot
remain on the tree forever. Similarly, prārabdha is ripe
karma. At some point in time, you planted a tree, and the
fruit is ready to drop today. Regardless of your desire or
your preference, it has taken its course, much like the
arrow that has left the bow.
Once you perform any karmic act, it is registered in the
universe, and it will come to fruition in due course. There
is no escape. Whatever you are going through in life
presently, note the word presently, that you have no
control over, it is your prārabdha. It does not mean you
cannot change your future.
discuss.
SANCHITA
This is your store of karma. Not all fruit on the tree will
mature the same day, and it will be laden again the next
season and the next, and so forth. It is for this reason
that life is greatly cyclical for an overwhelming majority
of people. Why? If you plant apple trees, when the
season comes, you will have plenty of them, and, if you
plant wild berries, however attractive, their thorny yet
protective bushes will flourish too during their seasons.
It is often the case that problems rarely come singly.
They come in hordes, so do good times. There is
something unique about sanchita karma; it can be
changed! If you can go to the source of your apples or WHEEL OF FORTUNE
baneberries, you can choose to nurture them or destroy
them altogether. The key is going to the source.
AGAMI
The choices you make today have a direct
bearing on your future tomorrow, what you do
in the present moment determines what unfolds
in the next. Āgāmī karma is mandatory karma.
You have little choice, if any. If you have
entered the orchard, you will have to perform
the action of exiting as well, sooner or later.
That’s Agami Karma. However, if you could
either change the store of your sanchita karma
or exercise due care in the present, this one
changes automatically
HINDUISM
BELIEFS
RABAGO
ATMAN
means eternal self‖, it is referring to the real self beyond
ego or false self. It is often called as spirit or soul‖, and
indicates the true self or essence which
underlines man‘s existence. The understanding of the self
as eternal supports the idea of reincarnation. The
concept of Atman teaches the idea of self as a spiritual
rather than material being emphasizing the detachment
from material world and promotes practice of asceticis.
DHARMA
- means 'duty', 'virtue', 'morality', and even 'religion'. It
is referring to the power which upholds the universe or
society. Dharma is the power that maintains society
and makes people moral or gives human the
opportunity to act virtuously. Each person has his/her
own dharma known as "sva-dharma".
VARNA (CASTE SYSTEM)
developed in classical Hinduism, the idea that refers to dharma or persons
responsibility regarding class (varna) and the stage of life (ashrama). This idea gave
birth to the Hindu class system or caste system‖. The four classes are;

1. Bhramans or Bhramins- the scholars and the priestly class who perform
religious ritusls.

2. Kshatriya - the class of nobles or warriors who traditionally had power.

3. Vaishyas - the ordinary commoners and merchants who trade and produce
commodities, do the farming and earn a living.

4. Shurdas - the workers who traditionally served the higher classes, including
laborers, artists, musicians and clerks.
SAMSARA
In Hinduism, it is the concept or process of
rebirth or reincarnation. It is the continuous
cycle in which the soul is reborn over and
over again. At death, many Hindus believe
that the soul is carried by a subtle body
which can be human, animal or divine-being
according to the law of karma.
MOKSHA
It is the ultimate goal for Hindu believers. This is the
liberation or freedom of the soul from the cycle of birth
and re-rebirth. The attainment of moksha for a Hindu
is for the atman to be completely detached from
material world and identify itself with the Supreme
Spirit (Brahman). Hinduism explain, the state of
liberation can be attained by going through the
process of the four yogas.
THE FOUR YOGA
The Four Yogas - It means the realization in direct experience of the preexisting
union between the individual
consciousness and the universal consciousness.

1. Karma Yoga- or the discipline of right actions is for those of active temperament, striving to eliminate selfishness,
and to cultivate universal sympathy by seeing the reality in all.

2. Bhakti Yoga- is the path of devotion to God whose presence can be felt in all things. God can be worshipped as
present in an image in a Temple. God can be worshipped also as present in suffering humanity by service.

3. Jnana Yoga - preferred by those of analytical bent of mind, is the discipline of trying to see the divine reality within
all things directly, by mentally brushing aside all the obstructing physical and mental coverings that hide it.

4. Raja Yoga - is the process of mental control, purity, and meditation to make the mind very calm and quiet. In that
profound quiet, the inner divine light reveals
itself.
TRIMUTI
(Sanskrit: ―three forms‖) in Hinduism, triad of the three gods Brahma,
Vishnu, and Shiva. The concept was known by the time of Kalidasa‘s
poem Kumarasambhava (―Birth of War‖ God‖; c. 4th–5th century CE).
The trimurti collapses the three gods into a single form with three
faces. Each god is in charge of one aspect of creation, with Brahma as
creator, Vishnu as preserver, and Shiva as destroyer. Vishnu and Shiva
are widely worshipped in India, very few temples are dedicated to
Brahma, who is expressly said to have lost his worshippers as the result
of telling a lie and is merely entrusted with the task of creation under
the direction of one of the other two gods.
Thank You