Utkal Brahmins : Research & Encyclopedia Utkal means that are best in art and those who were Brahman by caste and best in art were known as Utkala Brahman. Now UtkalaBrahmans are found in odisha and its neighboring states borderlike, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhandand other part of India and abroad utkal brahmin ebook by prabir kumar mahanti Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hinduism had been undergoing reformation through all centuries. Whenever it reached a stage where further reformation was unacceptable to those higher in the hierarchy, dissatisfied people formed new religions and flocked to these. Buddhism was one such example. 20th century and 21st century Hinduists tend to believe that all reformation needed in this religion, and possible in this religion, has already happened and nothing more is needed or possible. But it is never al...

First the temples were walled-in, so that the priests grabbing the breasts of women could not be seen from the outside. Then there came electric lights, replacing the mellow oil lamps and taking away the ambience of softness in the temple atmosphere, bringing in ruthless harshness instead, reflecting the perpetrators’ minds well. The chants and prayers from human lips were the next to go, to be replaced with coarse recorded instrumentalized music from cassette players, c...

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The JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH, 2012, edition of Hinduism's foremost and widely respected spiritual magazine, Hinduism Today, has been released in digital form and is now available for free on your desktop. This issue is a wide-ranging trek through modern dharma, so prepare yourself for the journey. First stop is our 16-page feature article: A Survivor's Manual for the Mount Kailash Pilgrimage. Our sherpa for this amazing pilgrimage is Dr. T.S. Mohan of Bengaluru. Sure, h...

The January/February/March edition of Hinduism Today, Hinduism's flagship magazine, has been released in digital form and is now available for free on your desktop. You can read it on our website or download it. In this issue we deliver two monumental Educational Insights, a major feature story on the famed Golden Temple of Vellore and a host of other captivating pieces.

The January/February/March 2009 issue of Hinduism Today features Hindu of the Year, Swami Avdheshananda, head of Juna Akhara, Hinduism's largest monastic order with 500,000 monks.

The January-February-March issue of Hinduism's flagship spiritual magazine features the fascinating story of a village of Indian painters who produce exquisite works of art on Lord Krishna. Their tradition is ancient, fully integrated with devotion and perpetuated via the guru-sishya relationship. Find out how they derive their amazing colors from nature, and how the tradition is preserved even while the art evolves and remains contemporary. Our publisher Bodhinatha V...

The January/February/March 2007 issue of Hinduism Today is a special issue featuring a compilation of nine past educational sections of the magazine. The issue introduces our book called "What is Hinduism" that contains 42 such past educational sections.

The January/February/March 2005 issue of Hinduism Today features the Hindu revival in Karnataka being lead by Sri Sri Balagangadharanatha Mahaswami. The education Insight section debunks the myth that all religious are the same.

The July/August/September 2006 issue of Hinduism Today features a stufy of the Holy Scriptures of Hinduism.

The July/August/September 2007 issue of Hinduism Today has a fabulous feature story on Malaysia's annual festival of Thai Pusam that draws 1.4 million devotees to worship Lord Murugan at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur each year.

This is our Special Temple Issue. To begin, in a piece called "Our Three Kinds of Temples" Publisher Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami explores three primary ways that the temple defines our faith. The community temple is the hub of culture, worship, rites and festivals. The home shrine is the home's temple where devout Hindus worship daily and perform puja, read scripture, do sadhana, bajana and japa. Third, there is the interior temple of the soul, called atma mandir in S...

The July-August-September edition of Hinduism's flagship spiritual magazine, Hinduism Today, has been released in digital form and is now available for free on your desktop. It travels the globe from India to Australia, from Nepal to Mauritius, and it introduces an amazing man we have named the 2010 Hindu of the Year. That story first. He's known throughout India as an innovator, a dauntless worker and a brazenly proud Hindu. Sri P. Parameswaran is as active in his 80...

The July-August-September, 2011 edition of Hinduism's flagship spiritual magazine, Hinduism Today, has been released in digital form and is now available for free on your desktop. This issue takes you on a wondrous adventure through time as well as culture showcasing nine historic sites of ancient India. Get ready for an awe inspiring and thought provoking journey! We start with true our feature article with a magnificence recognizable by all of humanity. These nine a...

Hinduism Today New Issued Released The July/August/September 2012 issue of our flagship magazine travels the worlds: the outside and inside worlds, that is. On the Outside Travel with us to an amazing mela just outside of Mysore, India. We did! The Hinduism Today editor attended the five-day festival in January as a chief guest of the Suttur Mutt and its spiritual head, Sri Shivaratri Desikendra. For over 1,000 years this festival has been held, drawing some 400,000...

The April/May/June, 2006 issue of Hinduism Today features Akshardham, Delhi's 21st Century World Wonder.

The April/May/June 2007 issue of Hinduism Today features the sixteen-page section on Hindu History, designed to provide an authentic lesson for Hindu History lesson for public schools in the US.

This issue of Hinduism Today is one of contrasts, from the deepest teachings on meditation to a stroll through a magnificent New Delhi shopping emporium. Here a few highlights: The 18-page cover story is all about meditation, including beginners' guidelines and tips for the virtuoso. There is abundant guidance from Hindu masters and yogis, clarifying definitions, delineations of basic goals, methods, principles, guidelines, tips on overcoming obstacles and rewards to ...

This issue of Hinduism Today has a unique, thorough and easily understood sixteen-page "Introduction To Hinduism" alongside and indepth educational section on the "Power of Affirmation."