Videos tagged with "hinduism"

Incredible India.mpg [09:33]
Pictures of a trip to India and Nepal in November 2009. This is Part 1, titled Journey to Varanasi. It includes pictures of Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Khajuraho and Varanasi.
Tags: India, Nepal, Delhi, Jaipur, Amber Fort, Agra, Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Khajuraho, Hindu Temples, Varanasi, Ganges River, Hinduism, sacred cow, Mughal Empire, Kandariya Mahadev, Ghat

Nepal, celebration of Maha Shivaratri [04:10]
Maha Shivaratri or Shivaratri (Night of Shiva) is a festival celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the waning moon of the month Phalguna in the Hindu Calendar. The night of Shiva is one of the most sacred festivals of Hindus, celebrated just before the arrival of spring. Devotees offering fruits, flowers and bael (bilva) leaves to the Lord Shiva linga. They fast during the day and vigil all night long. It is a festival of fertility, love and joy. One of the interesting aspects of Shivaratri is that only on this day devotees alike to smoke freely marijuana and drink bhang, a preparation from the leaves and flowers (buds) of the female cannabis plant. Many people take these intoxicants as prasad, a holy food blessed by the Gods in the belief that it pleases Lord Shiva for he too is said to be fond of it. The Puran, one of the many holy texts of the Hindus, tells us that if you worship Lord Shiva on this day all your sins will be forgiven. By Matthijs Blonk - 2010
Tags: Nepal, Maha Shivaratri, Shiva, Hinduism, Traditional music, Initiation

Nepal, celebrating Maha Shivaratri (the Night of Shiva) [04:10]
Maha Shivaratri or Shivaratri (the Night of Shiva) is a festival celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the waning moon of the month Phalguna in the Hindu Calendar. The night of Shiva is one of the most sacred festivals of Hindus, celebrated just before the arrival of spring. Devotees offering fruits, flowers and bael (bilva) leaves to the Lord Shiva linga. They fast during the day and vigil all night long. It is a festival of fertility, love and joy. One of the interesting aspects of Shivaratri is that only on this day devotees alike to smoke freely marijuana and drink bhang, a preparation from the leaves and flowers (buds) of the female cannabis plant. Many people take these intoxicants as prasad, a holy food blessed by the Gods in the belief that it pleases Lord Shiva for he too is said to be fond of it. The Puran, one of the many holy texts of the Hindus, tells us that if you worship Lord Shiva on this day all your sins will be forgiven. By Matthijs Blonk - 2010
Tags: Nepal, traditional music, hinduism, initiation

Shivaratri Live From Pashupati. [04:51]
Shivaratri Live From Pashupatinath Temple Kathmandu Nepal On image channel Television
Tags: Shivaratri, Hinduism, Pashupati, Pashupatinath, Astrology, Astrologer, "Nepali, horoscope, Image, Channel", Kathmandu, Nepal

La ruleta de la fortuna nepali [00:29]
Darle caña a estas ruedas es un augurio de buena fortuna ... Nepal hinduismo
Tags: Nepal, hinduismo