Hand Gesture for Varuna

December 2nd, 2008 1 Comment

Varuna:
He is known as the god of oceans. He is seen riding on an ocean creature that has an head of an antelope, but a body of a fish or an alligator. His weapon is a noose. Varuna was a very important god in pre-Vedic Hindu mythology. Though only about a dozen hymns address him [...]

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Hand Gesture for Agni

November 13th, 2008 1 Comment

Agni:
Agni is the Hindu god of Fire. He is the one of the presiding gods in the Vedas. It said that Agni along with indra (the lord of heaven) and surya ( the lord of skies) was considered the first trinity in Hinduism. In the later vedic period he became one of the Ashtadikpalas (gods [...]

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Hand gesture for Indra

November 3rd, 2008 1 Comment

Indra:
Indra is said to be the king of Gods. He is more often known as the god of thunder storms, wielding a celestial weapon, The Vajra, a lighting bolt. Indra is described as reddish in complexion with two or four hands. He is the son of the Sky god and the mother earth, Prithvi. [...]

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Hand gesture for Lord Kartikeya

October 29th, 2008 3 Comments

Kartikeya:

Kartikeya is the second son of Shiva and Parvati. He is also known as Murugan, Shanmukhan, Skanda, Subramaniyam, Arumukhan, Velan and many more. He is regarded as the God of wars. He is known to have six heads so that he can counter all kinds of blows from all directions during a war. [...]

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Hand gesture for Goddess Lakshmi

October 17th, 2008 4 Comments

Lakshmi:
She is the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Lakshmi is thus worshiped as means to achieving objectives, including prosperity in the lives of mankind both material and spiritual. She is a consort of Vishnu and is also seen as massaging lord vishnu’s feet who rests on the shehsa naga (coiled snake). Most of the time [...]

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Hand gesture for lord Shiva

October 12th, 2008 2 Comments

Shiva:

Shiva in sanskrit means “the auspicious”. He is responsible of the dynamism in the world. In other words he is responsible for the changes in the form of death and dissolution. In the positive sense he shreds the negative ideas and gives way to positive and the creative once. He is described in the scriptures [...]

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