Hindu Hidden Facts - Hinduism Beliefs, Religious Facts, Hindu Religion

Why does goddess Saraswathi sits on stone? If you observe goddess Saraswathi, you find her holding veena in her hand and sits on stone. Whereas you see goddess Lakshmi, you find her sitting on lotus.                 The main reason why goddess Saraswathi doesn’t sit on lotus is because lotus is not stable. In other words, goddess Saraswathi doesn’t like to stay in a place where there is no stability. The hidden fact behind this is, we may lose all the wealth earned in our life, but what all we have learned and knowledge gained cannot be lost.                 We can also notice the vehicle of goddess Saraswathi is swan. Swan has knowledge, if we combine water and milk and put before swan, it differentiates milk and water. It only consumes milk. That means we can do anything with the help of knowledge.     ...

What is the oil to be used to light up lamp while praying god? The best oil to light up lamp before god is cow ghee. Next comes ordinary oil. “Mahua flower oil” or “ippa oil” might be extraordinary. The benefits of lighting up the lamp with ghee oil are ultimate. We get ‘ashta aishwarya’ and ‘ashta bhoga’ (great wealth and health)                 If we light the lamp with ‘amudham oil’ (in Telugu), castor oil we get fruitful marriage life, and would be able to maintain good relations between wife and husband.  NOTE: It is said we should never light the lamp with ground nut oil before god.    When it comes to goddess Maha Lakshmi, it is prescribed to light up the lamp with cow ghee, and when it comes to Lord Ganesha, it is recommended to light up the lamp with til oil (nuvvula nuna in Telugu) Is amavasya good or bad sign?

Near many temples we find black tags, why should we tie them? After making puja at home, we tie “thoranam” (a tag which has beetle leaf or mango leaf knotted with a thread with turmeric powder upon it), same like it even a black tag resembles. Wearing these tags brings us goodness.    We call them with many names like “Kasi tag” or “thorom tag”, wearing them removes all negative obstacles caused by travelling from one place to other. They make us reach our destination bounding us with positive energy.    It also makes our house to bind with positive energy and removes eye shore or negative effects. While journey to pilgrimage places, without our knowledge we may do many mistakes, these tags clears them all.   Does unfortunate transmit by making friendship with unfortunate person?