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  1. Sb1995

    Nanak Gurpurb 2014

    Guru Nanak's Gurpurb this year is on November 6th and is approaching within the next week. Anyone have any exciting plans or planing to visit the Gurdwara? "Guru Nanak Gurpurab also known as Guru Nanak's Prakash Utsav and Guru Nanak Jayanti, celebrates the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru...
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    Visiting temple/gurdwara when sick

    What are your opinions about visiting a temple (hindu's) or gurdwara(sikh's) while you are sick with a cold/cough/fever?
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    Tattoos

    What is the common Hindu thought on tattoos? I was thinking of getting a scripture or Om tattooed on my arm or chest, does anyone here have any Hindu related tattoos they'd like to share?
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    Happy Ram Navami

    Today, April 8th, 2014, we celebrate the birth date of Lord Ram. May Shri Ram bless and protect all of you on this special day as we celebrate and pray to Lord Ram for protection and blessings. Jai Shri RAM!
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    Holy Thread

    Just wondering, do any of you wear holy thread (known as mauli in north Indian temples). I've seen typically that the north Indians wear the red thread and south Indians usually wear the black thread. What is the difference? Someone(north Indian) told me that black is not a good colour for...
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    Live online Darshan

    Hey guys check this out; Shree Siddhivinayak
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    Ganesh Jayanti

    Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Shri Ganesh Jayanti and may the Lord bless you and and remove all the obstacles in your path. May Shri Ganesh protect all of us and guide us to success. For those who are unaware, today is considered Ganeshji's birthday. Ganesh Jayanti - Wikipedia, the free...
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    Cleaning the alter/murti's

    Namaste, I was wondering if anyone has ever had to clean their murti's from dust or spider webs. I have had my murti's for almost 8 months now and I noticed today while doing aarti that there is spider webs directly on the murtis and I was wondering if I should clean it and how so? It made it...
  9. Sb1995

    Happy independence day!!!!!!!!! India!!!!!

    Just wanted to say happy independence day to all the Indian's on this forum!!!!!!!! This is a big day for us!!!!! JAI HIND
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    Hindi music

    Hey, for all the people here who speak Hindi, make a thread where we can post music :P TfS5ioMcMSY edit: just realized probably not many people here speak Hindi so I doubt this thread will run
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    Wonderful Pictures

    Namaste, I wasn't sure if there was a thread on here regarding this so I decided to make one where us photos can post beautiful photos of deities and even if you feel like it putting a photo of your home shrine! I'll start it off :) Description is under the photo. "Rama with Sita...
  12. Sb1995

    Karma

    Namaste I'm sure in all of our lifetimes we have done something wrong that has resulted in bad and/or negative karma and after doing such an action a feeling of regret or remorse is felt. I am in the situation right now for reasons I'm embarrassed to say but I just wish to know how us...
  13. Sb1995

    Does anyone know what this is??

    Namaste, I have seen people wearing this necklace and I've asked two people privately but even they were unsure. I was wondering if anyone knows what kind of necklace this is. http://www.ethnicadornment.com/producto/rajasthan-silver-old-pendant-amulet-necklace-india/ or...
  14. Sb1995

    Sai Baba

    Anyone on this forum worship Baba and visit any of his mandirs? Has anyone here been to Shirdi by any chance and would have any nice stories to tell??
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    What should I do

    Namaste, an incident just occurred and I really need to know what I should do and what is the typical procedure for such thing if it ever occurs. I eat meat from time to time and today I ate meat and by MISTAKE (I even ran through what I ate today in my head and I said to myself that I didn't...
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    Aarti in the mandir

    Namaste, quick question; When I visit the temple for daily aarti, it begins by singing jai ambe gauri, then ai jagdish hare. After these two are finshed there is another prayer that is said that lasts between 2-4 minutes and then we all bow down to the Gods and mata ji. I was wondering what...
  17. Sb1995

    How do I get closer to the Gods

    Namaste, I have been praying for over a year now and have been doing Hanuman aarti/prayers every Tuesday and Ganeshji prayers every Thursday. I was just wondering what kind of rituals/prayers you guys do on a weekly basis? Pooja?Aarti? On top of that I also pray with the mala
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    Reliable websites

    Namaste, I was just wondering if someone could give me a list of websites that ship to Canada for decent prices regarding items such as malas and prayer items.
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    Mala

    Hi, I was just wondering what type of mala I should purchase to worship hanuman,shiva, and krishna. I'm assuming a different type for each? I have been using a normal dark brown/red mala for ganesh ji mantras. Thanks
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