What are some of the ways Indian festivals are celebrated in general? Answer: Festivals are celebrated through prayer, fasting and rituals. Offerings are also made to the Lord and ancestors and gifts are exchanged with...
[Read More]What is the single greatest contribution of Indian civilization to humanity as a whole? Answer: The culture of India is the living expression of the simplicity and profundity of her people. In and through the...
[Read More]How is the festival of Navaratri particularly observed in South India? Answer: In South India, a stepped platform altar, known as a “kolu,” is filled with small images of gods, animals, birds and other beings,...
[Read More]What are the Vedas? Who is their author and what is the origin of the Vedas? Answer: The Vedas are a body of knowledge believed to have been revealed by the Lord to the seers,...
[Read More]Apart from ritualized prayer, are there other community activities that are traditionally centered around a temple? Answer: In addition to being centers of community worship, temples were also cultural centers and places of learning. Halls...
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