Videos tagged with "hindu temple"

Hindu temple, Dharan, Nepal [01:09]
Dantakali temple is situated in the middle of the beautiful hillock of Vijayapur in Dharan. The holy temple of Dantakali is famous among the Hindus as the place where lie the sacred teeth of the goddess Satidevi, the consort of the great god Mahadev. There is the popular belief that the temple still enshrines the sacred teeth. The Hindu myths and the legends say that after the death of Satidevi, bereaved Mahadev carried the dead body upon his solder and walked incessantly in utterent places as he walked on and the teeth fell in the places where the temple stands at present. The holy book of 'Swasthani Brata Katha' asserts this and gives the name Dantakali literally Danta meaning teeth and 'Kali' one of the various forms of goddess Durga.

Rites with music in Janakpur, Nepal [03:49]
The italian writer Mario Biondi shows a few minutes of rites with music in the holy hindu temples of Janakpur, Nepal

Death in Pashupatinath - Sacred Hindu Temple in Kathmandu [03:07]
Pashupatinath Temple is one of the most significant Hindu temples of Lord Shiva in the world, located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the eastern part of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The temple served as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath, Nepal is a secular country . The temple is listed in UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. The temple is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams (Holy Abodes of Shiva on the continent). Hindus alone are allowed to enter the temple premises. Non-Hindu visitors are allowed to have a look at the temple from the other bank of Bagmati river, which include benches for watching deaths and burning on pyres. Also, 15 votive shrines are across the river called the Pandra Shivalaya, which were built to enshrine lingas in memory of deceased persons between 1859 and 1869. It is regarded as the most sacred among the temples of Lord Shiva (Pashupati).
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Singing prayers at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, Nepal [01:31]
People might have lost faith on their politicians but they haven't lost faith in other things... Enjoying prayer songs at Pashupatinath
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Tallest Mahadev (Shivaji) [01:42]
World's tallest statue of lord shiva (mahadev) in Sanga, Bhaktapur of Nepal.
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