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

Importance of Ratha Sapthami Ritual Bath: Many of us may think why do we bath putting jilledu leaf along with regi/ green berry fruit on rathasapthami festival. Reason:      Regi/ green berry fruit has certain enzymes which benefit us, jilledi/ swallow-wort leaf have many benefits and we used on the head which in turn helps us in many ways. Chemicals present on jilledi/ swallow-wort leaf will strengthen the root of the hair, cools the scalp. That's why people try to bath in the river or if not possible at least in a home on Ratha saptami . This ritual is followed with devotion around Andhra region. Why do we bath small child putting on our legs Bathing a small baby is a big task. That's why we find the child bath is performed by our aunt or parental age people. If water enters into the nose or ears, it is difficult and dangerous for a child. That's why we need to perform a bath of a child with hot water putting them on our legs.  ...

Why shouldn't we put Tulasi/ basil leave during Lord Vinayaka puja When we perform Lord Vinayaka puja, we put many varieties of leaves and flowers. If you have noticed you don't find Tulasi/ basil leave. Tulasi leave is considered most sacred leaves in Hindu religion.      Once Lord Vinayaka was traveling beside Ganga river, a princess named Dharmadwaja saw lord Vinayaka and started liking him and also proposed. But Lord Ganesha rejected her proposal, angry with his rejection she cursed Lord Ganesha saying you will remain as a bachelor for a long period. In response to her curse, even he cursed her to remain with a demon for a long period. After hearing his curse, she started pleading to rescue her from his curse. Lord Ganesha calmed himself and said you have to live with a demon for a short period and later get rebirth as a sacred Tulasi. This is the reason why Lord Vinayaka dislikes Tulasi leaves. So avoid tulasi leaf at Ganesh puja. Why shoul...

What is the meaning of vatapatra sai Vatapatra Sai means Lord sleeping on banyan tree leaf/ marri leaf. We find its presence in Markendeya maharshi charitra. Markendeya meditates for six manvantras(age of manu) , during seventh manvantra Lord Indra, in order to disturb his meditation, he sends beautiful ladies. But Markendeya will not get disturbed with this ladies dance performance. After seeing his devoted meditation, Lord Vishnu appears and asks for boon. He asks a boon to see his Magic. After few days there will be nonstop rain and wind blows. All water streams were over flown and all areas were drowned. Markendeya was living in sadness. Once he will notice an incidence where a small boy was floating on banyan tree leaf/ marri leaf. Baby was sucking his foot by holding his legs with little hands. That small baby is only Vatapatra sai  With the order of Lord Vishnu, he will enter into the stomach of the baby. He was surprised to see the whole land and living beings si...

What is the benefit of putting shatari/ shadagopyam on head?   Normally after visiting temple we should not forget to take theertham and shadagopyam . Many of us think our duty is finished when Lords visit is finished and see some lonely place sit to take rest or meditate. Only few of us sit and apply shatari / shadagopyam on our head. Meaning of Shadagopyam is very secret. When we wish some boon, it should not be heard to the Brahmin who puts on our head. It means our boon resembles shadagopyam. Normally our enemies are angry, desire, ego etc., here when we bow and apply shadagopyam on our head, it means we ready to be away from our enemies. Few people go away from applying it because we don’t have enough change, but it’s wrong. Why shouldn't we use water of washed clothes to clean legs? Yes, it is said that we should not use drained water/ washed water of clothes to clean our legs and say it brings bad sign for our family. We find many women in India use water le...

Why do we perform shastipoorthi pooja Normally without our notice 20 years of age gets elapsed during our child, 40 years during young age, with devotion 60 years. When we reach to 60 years of age we might have exhausted by doing wrong, right, worries, happiness, losses, gains, etc. We might have dealt with losing all our close members. When we reach 60 years it’s time to look at our past once and looking into our past is known as shastipoorthi .                 Keeping our angry and ego aside and inviting all our family members, if possible forgiving others wrongs deeds. If there is anyone from whom we can get forgiveness and apologies because of our mistakes approach them and invite them to the function. Normally after looking our past, we recognize our mistakes and weight our mistakes. --> Why do we wear white clothes during the first night and also wear white clothes when a husband is dead...

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...