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LI To know some HinduSymbols
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What do we mean when we talk about symbols?
  • Do all religions have symbols?

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The Hindu Symbol of Aum (Om)
  • This symbol is the most
  • important and special
  • symbol in Hinduism.
  • Aum represents the Brahman
  • (from where the whole universe
  • came).
  • Sacred syllable
  • First sound of creation

4
The Hindu Swastika
  • The swastika is a very holy
  • symbol representing the sun
  • god Surya.
  • It also shows
  • how Hinduism is about
  • every part/direction of your
  • life.
  • Represents good luck
  • Which four directions could
  • this mean?

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Trident/ Trishul
  • The trihsula (also spelled trishul or trisula,
    Sanskrit for "three spear") is a trident spear
    that is the emblem of the god Shiva. The weapon
    symbolizes empire and the irresistible force of
    transcendental reality.

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Trident/Trishul
  • The three prongs of the trishula represent
    Shiva's three aspects of
  • creator,
  • preserver
  • destroyer
  • as well as the three shaktis (powers)
  • will
  • action
  • wisdom
  • The fearsome goddess Durga also brandishes a
    trishula in one of her seven hands.

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The lotus flower
  • Hindus believe the Creator
  • Brahma came from a lotus flower.
  • The lotus is also important
  • in Hinduism, as, despite
  • coming from muddy waters, it
  • becomes a beautiful flower.
  • People too should become kind
  • and good and should never
  • turn in to bad people.

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Coconut
  • The coconut's rough exterior fibers look like
    hairs, and its round shape and three eyes
    resemble a face. For this reason the coconut has
    been used to represent the three eyes of the
    Hindu god Shiva. The coconut can also symbolize a
    proud heart as it is has a rough exterior but the
    fruit within is sweet and tender.

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Coconut
  • During puja, Hindus make an offering to the deity
    and receive a blessing in return. Both the fruit
    and leaves of a coconut may be used during puja.
    The coconut fruit is used to represent a divine
    consciousness and is often displayed with its
    leaves in a copper pot called a kalasha.

10
Bindi
  • a dot worn on women's foreheads. It is a form of
    the tilak, a symbolic mark worn by many Hindu men
    and women, but has less religious connotations
    than other tilaks.

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Bindi
  • The bindi is a way of accentuating the third eye,
    the area between the eyebrows where attention is
    focused during meditation. Men and women often
    apply a tilak after a puja ritual or on other
    religious occasions as a way of invoking
    religious feelings, concentration and focus.
    Sometimes a woman's bindi represents sectarian
    affiliation, like the men's tilak, but this is
    less common.

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Sindoor/a
  • Sindoor is the mark of a married woman
    in Hinduism. Single women wear the dot in
    different colors ("bindi" in Hindi) but do not
    apply sindoorin their maang. Hindu widows do not
    wear sindoor, signifying that their husband is no
    longer alive.

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Tilaka
  • The tilak (Sanskrit tilaka, "mark") is a mark
    worn on the forehead and other parts of the body
    for spiritual reasons.
  • On a man, the tilak takes the form of different
    lines, indicating his religious affiliation. On
    women, a tilak usually takes the form of a
    decorative dot (or Bindi), which usually denotes
    marriage and auspiciousness, but which has its
    own symbolism. In a woman's case a Tilaka is a
    sign of her being in wedlock Among men, the
    Tilaka has been traditionally interpreted as a
    good luck charm.

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Group work
  • Presentations will be done Friday
  • Four groups of Three
  • Rubric
  • When celebrated (1)
  • Date celebrated (1)
  • Significance (1)
  • Three important things done (6)
  • Two pictures (1)
  • Festivals
  • Mahashivaraatri
  • Krishna Janam Ashtami
  • Rama Nami
  • Nava raatri
  • Holi
  • Diwali
  • (Use the Believers All text to assist with
    information)

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Mahashivaraatri the night of Shiva
  • is celebrated with devotion and religious fervor
    in honor of Lord Shiva, one of the deities of
    Hindu Trinity. Shivaratri falls on the moonless
    14th night of the new moon in the Hindu month of
    Phalgun/February- March in English Calendar.
    Celebrating the festival of Shivaratri devotees
    observe day and night fast and perform ritual
    worship of Shiva Lingam to appease Lord Shiva.

Shiva lingam/linga usually represented by a
phallus
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Krishna Janam
  • This festival is celebrated on two days, once on
    the actual day ( Janam Ashtami) of his birth in
    prison at Mathura, and the next day (Krishna
    Jayanthi) on his being discovered in the house of
    Nand and Yashoda at Gokul. According to the
    Mythology and scriptures Krishna plays an
    enlightening role in the Mahabharatha (Great
    epic) giving us the life enduring message from
    the Bhagavat Gita.

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Krishna Janam
  • This is the festival of sweets and revives the
    childhood stages of Krishna. The Lord is
    worshipped with offerings milk, curd, butter,
    cream, honey and avvalakki (all are Krishnas
    favourites), variety of fruits and flowers along
    with lots and lots of sweets and savouries.

18
Krishna Janam
  • People decorate the idols of God with flowers and
    decorate the Lord with silk and jewelery. They
    arrange dolls/idols depicting the childhood of
    Krishna in the cradle, stealing butter, playing
    with the Gopikas, Mother Yashodha viewing the
    Vishwa Roopa Darshana, Krishna with Radha etc.

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Krishna Janam
  • Rangolis (sacred, coloured designs/patterns
    decorated on floor) are drawn in front of the
    houses with various colours. Special foot steps
    of Lord is made as if baby entering the house.
    The Puja is performed in at midnight of Janam
    Ashtami. People arrange for Bhajans (Devotional
    songs) and Sathsang (singing in Bhajans).

20
Rama Nami
  • A festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Rama
    the son of King Dasharath. Usually falls in the
    month of April
  • Some people choose to fast. The diet of such a
    person would include potatoes made in any form
    without haldi (turmeric), garlic, ginger or
    onion. He can also eat fruit and root
    vegetables of any kind. Curd, tea, coffee, milk,
    and water are also permitted.

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Rama Nami/Rama Navami
  • First, the youngest female member of the family
    applies teeka to all the male members of the
    family. A red bindi is applied on the foreheads
    of all the female members. Everyone participates
    in the puja by first sprinkling the water, roli,
    and aipun on the gods and then showering handfuls
    of rice on the deities. Then everybody stands up
    to perform the arti at the end of which ganga jal
    or plain water is sprinkled over the gathering.
    The singing of bhajans goes on for the entire
    puja. Finally, the prasad is distributed among
    all the people who have gathered for worship.

22
Nava raatri
  • Navaratri, Dussehra, and Durga Puja
  • The first nine days of this festival are known
    as Navaratri, and are filled with dance in honor
    of the Mother Goddess. The tenth day, called
    Dussehra, is devoted to celebrating the defeat of
    the demon king Ravana by Lord Rama. 

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Nava raatri
  • It also coincides with the victory of the revered
    warrior Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon
    Mahishasura.
  • In eastern India, the festival is observed
    as Durga Puja. Huge statues of the Goddess are
    made and immersed in the holy Ganges River. The
    festival is an extremely social and theatrical
    event, with drama, dance, and cultural
    performances held throughout the country.

24
Holi festival of colours
  • Holi is a two day festival that also celebrates
    the victory of good over evil, as well as the
    abundance of the spring harvest season. People
    exuberantly throw colored powder and water all
    over each other, have parties, and dance under
    water sprinklers. Bhang(a paste made from
    cannabis plants) is also traditionally consumed
    during the celebrations.

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Holi
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Diwali/Deepawali- Festival of light
  • The biggest and the brightest of all Hindu
    festivals. It's the festival of lights (deep
    light and avali  a row i.e., a row of lights)
    that's marked by four days of celebration, which
    literally illumines the country with its
    brilliance, and dazzles all with its joy.

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Diwali/Deepawali-
  • Diwali is a five day festival that represents the
    start of the Hindu New Year. It's known as the
    "Festival of Lights" for all the fireworks, small
    clay lamps, and candles that are lit during the
    celebrations. These lights are said to represent
    the victory of good over evil, and brightness
    over darkness.
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