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Why do we bless with akshintalu In Indian tradition blessing with Akshintalu has its importance and you find this blessing process in all Puranas. Akshintalu means rice grains coated with turmeric powder. Lord Brahma will write our fate on our forehead. Karma and its influence will be written on the head. If old people or the person who has done all noble deeds put akshintalu on the head and bless a person, at least some of his karma and its influence can be changed. So whenever our elder person wishes us with akshintalu we should pick the grain and dispose of them in a place where no one stamps it again. --> Why do we give shavasan more importance in yoga?   When we do yoga, we intend to circulate blood throughout the body. Every yogasan is focused on a particular area of our body. It will try to circulate more blood to that part and try to remove all waste and poisonous blood from that area. For example, when we do vajrasan blood is transfer...

Why do we call "Jeernamu vatapi Jeernamu"? In a thick forest, there used to live two demon brothers named Ilvaludu and Vatapi. They used to trap all the people who get into the forest with their magical words and eat them. In this process, ilvaludu used to tell all the people that there is “Athidhi” puja going on, so please come and attend the puja and have stomach full meals. Meanwhile, Vatapi used to change himself as a goat.     Ilvaludu used to cut the goat and cook delicious food and serve the people. Once after completion of their meals, Ilvaludu used to call Vatapi who is present in the stomach. He used to tear the stomach and come out by killing the people. -->     “Agasthya” gets to know the truth why people are missing after entering the forest. He decides to get into the forest as a normal person. Seeing him, demons think he is also one of the people and calls him to their house as usual. Even he is served the food. After complet...

Why do we see Lord Shiva through the horns of bull? When we enter lord Shiva temple, we find “Nandhi”, Indian bull. The idol of seated bull is placed straight to Shiv Linga. Our parents say it is good to see lord Shiva through the horns of Nandhi. According to mythology, Nandhi is said to be gate keeper of Lord Shiva and goddess Parvathi, if you need to meet lord Shiva, you need to take permission.                 Nandeshwar is known for his vedic dharma. He resembles our animal kind of nature. Holding his horns and keeping our hands on his tail, when we see Lord Shiva through the horns of Nandi, saying the words “Oh god, I will control my animal kind of nature, I will do good things for all human kind and live with honest”. --> Our ancestors prescribed us not to eat more than twice. Why? During the time of our ancestors, our major income source for the country/kingdom ...

Why should we sit in temple after visiting god? Temple symbolizes for peace. Immediately after visiting god, all our mental tensions, angry and ego vanishes.                 If we go out of temple premises immediately after visiting god, our mental status regains its position. It will again try to suppress and weak us. We are helpless in this matter.                  If we sit for a while in temple premises, we can calm all our problems. Because of performing pujas and yagnas in temple, whole premises will be bound with immense positive energy. This energy tries to show its effect on our mental position and try to calm our disturbed vibrations in our body. So, whatever the little time we are going to spend in temple premises, we enjoy fresh breath and have healthy time. Who is the lord of each number?

What is the influence of stars when girl reaches puberty stage? In India, people give a lot of importance when their child reaches puberty stage. It reminds the child parents that they have become old and their responsibilities have grown.             When it comes to astrology, people believe stars play important role in their lives. There is a belief that stars change their effect/influence on a girl. Stars have one kind of effect on a girl before her puberty and other effect after puberty. So when a girl reaches puberty stage, father (head of the family) rushes to astrologer to know stars influence on her child. By this they can know good or bad signs going to happen in future.              Even if the stars influence during the attainment of puberty is bad, there are few options to please the lord of the star by performing some pujas and homas.    ...

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?