Know our roots - Hindu religion

Origin of our Sacred River Ganga  We are really blessed to be born in the country like India where we have so much spiritual treasure but the sad part is we are not aware of it,one of such treasures are Rivers. There are so many sacred Rivers in our country and River Ganga is treated most sacred of all.We are lucky enough to have it in India. We Indians do not treat river as just water but we treat it as the Divine Mother.We worship it. Proud to have such a rich culture.     River Ganga and its importance  Ganga is actually a heavenly river named Mandhakini but descended from heaven to earth by the intense tapasya of Great King Bhagiratha for his great grandfathers and it reached the Pathala Loka(below earth region) for there salvation. As it is flowing in three worlds (Heaven,Earth and patala) it is named as Tripathaga. Ganga has great power to removes Sins.It purifies us. It is said that just a drop of Ganga jal during our last breath will shut the doors to hell. ...

Kasi Temple Visit Most of the people born in India wanted to visit Kasi atleast once in their lifetime. But it is not easy for everyone to go there unless one have lots of punya (good deeds) and they need to visit many other sacred pilgrim's to be lucky enough to visit Kasi. Things to be done to get the Tirtha yatra phala (Benefit of Pilgrimage) There are four important things to be done in Kasi as said in Kasi Kanda. 1)Ganga Thirtha Snanam(Ganga Bath) Manikarnika Ganga  flows in different places in our country but the Ganga that flows in Kasi is considered auspicious and in Kasi it is Manikarnika that is important.  Doing Ganga bath removes all our Sins and is the first important thing to be done. Bath in Ganga In Kasi we can take the Ganga bath at anytime in a day, be it a morning, evening or night and there is no need to see any auspicious timings to take the bath. Bath must be taken at our residence prior to a dip in Ganga . Take 3 dips in Ganga and do sankalpa (need to sa...

Importance of chanting God's name in this Kali Yuga Both Vedas and Puranas says the importance of chanting Lord's name. Paths of liberation in different yugas It is given in Vishnu purana that we can attain liberation by Mediation in Krita Yuga,Yagna's in Treta yuga,Ritual worship in Dwapara yuga and Chanting of Lord's name in Kali yuga . Qualities of People in this Kali yuga Narada Muni in Bhagavatam describes that People in Kali yuga  Living only to please their senses. Have no truthfulness,tapas,mercy,Dhana guna(Donating nature) Always dominated by Anger,Selfishness,ego etc  All the above qualities are influenced by Kali Easiest way to get rid of this Kali All we need to do is to repeat the name of Lord.So simple right.. But it's not that easy for everyone to chant God's name, all we need to have is 'punya' (good karma).Just look at ourselves,how frequently do we remember him?  We hardly think of him..it is because of our works that dominates us,we...