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The Christmas Gift from ShalinCraft

Shalini Verma — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:41:41 +0000

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Religious Inspirational Gifts from India

Shalini Verma — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:32:46 +0000

Collectible figurines from India for religious and inspirational purposes. Statues and sculptures of Hindu Gods and Goddesses, hand carved by some of the finest sculpture artists of India . All carvings are done in uniquely Indian style. Most of these styles were developed in 10th and 11th centuries, when many of India ‘s temples and sculptures were built. Get these religious and inspirational collectible figurines to achieve divine feelings at home.

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Brass sculpture of gods & goddesses comes from norther part of India. Artifacts In Metal Craft For Indian Style Home Decoration. Lord Buddha, the founder of the Buddhist religion is called Buddha Shakyamuni. Shakya is the name of the royal family into which he was born, and Muni means Able One. Buddha Skakyamuni was born as a royal prince in 624 BC in a place called Lumbini in northern India to Queen Mayadevi and King Shuddhodana. As a young prince, he mastered all the traditional arts and sciences without needing any instruction. He knew sixty four different languages, each with their own alphabet, and he was also very skilled at mathematics. On his fathers request, he joined a school where, in addition to various academic subjects, he became skilled at sports such as martial arts and archery. Sometimes he would go into the city of his fathers kingdom to see how the people lived. During these visits, he met many old people and sick people, and on one occasion, he saw a corpse. These encounters left a deep impression on his mind and led him to realize that all living beings without exception have to experience the sufferings of birth, sickness, ageing and death. He realized that they experience these sufferings not just once, but repeatedly, in life after life without cessation.

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Hindu God Hanuman, A Monkey God

Shalini Verma — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:57:02 +0000

In North India, Hanuman is the patron of every settlement and the setting up of his image is the outward and a visible sign of the establishment of a hamlet. Naturally he is the special patron of wandering acrobats, and his shrine is often erected near a well to prevent accidents during the work of sinking the well. As lord of the village, his presence ensures that the water shall turn out sweet. At sialkot (Pakistan), in the story about Venus or Shukr, hanuman is invokde to save devotees from evil spirit and ghosts (Bhootas). The legendary myth is that Rikhi Prigugi had a sone called Shukr and a disciple named Bala Raja. Bala worshipped God so fervently that he promised to appear before him and receive the Pirthi dhan (earth in alms) at his hands. Shukr then told Raja Bal that God was the greatest deveiver that had ever existed on earth and that he should not believe what he said about his incarnation, but Raja Bal put no faith in what Shukr told him, and when God appeared, he took up a lota (jug) to throw water on his hands and gave him three kadams (paces) of land in alms. Shukr, then become a tiny creature and seated himself in the spout of the lota, so that the water stoppped running through the spout. But God had a twig in his hand and this he thrust into the spout, making Shukr blind in his right eye. Shukr then ran away and the water flowed out freely.

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God was so displeased at Shukr’s act that he gave him a curse, turned him into a star and cursed him saying that his setting would be very baneful. So when this star is se, a newly married Hindu bride does not go to her father’s or husband’s house, if she chances to be in her husband’s or father’s house, she prefers to go to her husband’s or father’s, when the star is up and on her left hand. If she acts against these rules, she is believed to suffer. To reach her father’s or husband’s house, when it is set or on her right hand, she must start, when it is up or on her left and stay a night outside the village, it is also called the ‘Wives Star’. It appears sometimes in the West, sometimes in the East and at other times not at all.

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Religious Gifts – Statues and Sculptures of Hindu Gods

Shalini Verma — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:15:42 +0000

Crafts in India – Stone Carving Statues Sculptures from India

The art of stone carving developed in India a little later when compared to woodcarving. India has a huge resource of different varieties of stones and our skilled craftsmen fuse life into them. The Indian craftsman’s mastery over stone is best revealed in the architecture and sculptures found in Khajuraho temples. The intricate carvings found at Sanchi are...

Brass Statues – Lost Wax Metal Carving Sculptures in India

Brass Sculptures from India, representing the traditional iconography of this ancient land. In India, statues, carvings and castings are made in attractive copper alloys like brass. The traditional methods are still employed in this field. India is the largest brassware manufacturing country in the world…

Bronze Sculpture Statue Figurines and Collectibles

An incredible collection of bronze sculpture, Quality Bronze Sculptures Standard & Custom Designs, bronze statues, Bronze sculptures, animal sculpture. Bronze is the most popular metal for casting metal sculptures. Bronze alloys carry the unusual and desirable property of expanding slightly just before they set, thus filling the finest details of a mould...

Wood Carving, Handmade Wood Statues & Sculptures

Wood carving is a traditional craft among number of tribal communities in Arunachal Pradesh. The main centre for woodcarving in the state is the Wancho area of Tirap district. They make figure heads, warriors, miniature morung, and figurines depicting different vocations common to rural life, animal figures, colorful masks and images of Lord Budha….

Terracotta Sculptures, Indian Clay Statue

Terracotta is a ceramic material that has been used for building construction and decorative arts since ancient times in cultures around the world. Terracotta, which literally means “baked earth,” is made from natural clay, which gives it a characteristic reddish-brown color. The color varies slightly depending on the clay used. Terracotta may be glazed for extra durability or to provide color.…

Marble Sculptures, Marble Carving Fine Art Sculptures in India

Immaculate Marble Sculptures with polished looks have intrigued generations of people with their refined beauty, sophistry and elegance. Timeless masterpieces of art the sculptures in marble stones radiate an air of aristocracy and luxury. Wonderful statues, idols, decorative pieces are sculpted from metamorphosed lime stones that are popularly known as marbles…

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Ganesh Chaturthi – Ganpati Festival 2009

Shalini Verma — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:23:15 +0000

Ganesh is usually shown with four hands,each one has a special symbolic object in it. One has an ankush (a goad), the second has a trishul ( a three pronged weapon) or an axe made from his own broken tooth, the third has a lotus flower, and the fourth has a rosary. He has many faces; he is sometimes shown with two hands in a dance pose (abhaya and varda mudra). Gajamukh (elephant face), Baraganapati and Tarunaganapati depict him as a child and a young man.

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Vinayak has the four arms in which he holds his symbols. In this stance he sometimes or holds it in his trunk and retains the rosary. In his form as Herambeganapati he has five heads and ten hands, three eyes in each face and rides on a lion. The extra eye in each face is between his eyebrows. As Viranvighnesa, he exhibits a martial spirit with several weapons held in his ten hands. Shaktiganapati is shown with his ‘Shakti’ or his consorts Riddhi and Siddhi (success and prosperity) or Buddhi (knowledge) or even Lakshmi sitting on his thigh. Worship of this aspect or Ganesh is supposed to grant youm wished very quickly. Then there is the Nattaganapati, a beautiful form, showing him in a graceful dance pose; Gaesh is bowed to him and he was so happy that he started to dance and thus earned the tile of the master of the arts of music and dance.

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Janmashtami, Krishna Janmashtami Festival

Shalini Verma — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:02:11 +0000

Janmashthami marks the celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna. On the eighth day of the black half of Bhaadra (August) Sri Krishna, the eighth Avatar or incarnation of Vishnu was born. Therefore, this day is known as Janmashthami or Krishna-Jamashthami.

Significance

This auspicious day of the birth of Krishna, the direct manifestation of Vishnu, is celebrated in all parts of India with eclat and great enthusiasm. In the Bhagwad Gita, Krishna declares, “All this universe has been created by me, all things exist in me”. Aujuna addresses him as “the supreme universal spirit, the supreme dwelling, the eternal person, divine, prior to the gods, unborn, omnipresent”. His life is described in great detail in the Purans like Harivamsha and Shrimad Bhagvatam. The circumstances in which he was born were quite peculiar and mysterious. He incarnated himself primarily to destroy evil and wickedness and to establish Dharma.

History

The demon king Kansa was a great and dreaded tyrant, but he loved his sister Devaki, and at her marriage with Vasudev, out of great affection, he drove their marriage chariot. Then, all of a sudden everything went topsy-turvy when an oracle told him that the eighth child of Devaki shall be the cause of his doom and death. At this he would have killed her then and there, but Vasudev intervened and promised to give him over each and every child born to them. They kept their promise, and Kansa killed the six children born to them one after the other. The couple could do nothing except remain mute witness to this act of cruelty, for they were chained inside the prison and kept under strict vigil.

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The seventh child born to them was saved by divine grace. The eighth son, Krishna, when he was born, it so happened that with divine grace, the guards fell asleep, their chains loosened and the gates of the prison cell opened.Vasudev took the child Krishna to his friend Nand’s house in Gokul. He entrusted his son with Nand and in exchange carried back the baby girl born to Nand and Yashoda. When Kansa heard of the birth of a girl child, he at once rushed to the prison cell, and lifted the female child high, catching it by the feet. When he was about to dash her against a wall she slipped from Kansa’s grip and assuming the beautiful form of the Divine Mother vanished in the sky saying, “Wretch! thy destroyer is flourishing in Gokul”. People at Gokul were rejoiced at the birth of a son to Nand and Yashoda.Yashoda was quite unaware of the exchange that had taken place during the night. Krishna grew up in Gokul and later killed Kansa.

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Durga Puja – Worship of Mother Goddess

Shalini Verma — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:04:58 +0000

It appears the worshippers or the followers of the cult empathise woman wiht Nature. The total period of three days of worship, for them, signifies menstrual period of a woman. The menstural secretion ceases on the third day, and from the forth day a woman is considered to be purified after having a post-menstrual bath. So the pre-menstural and post-menstrual periodicity are relevant from the beginning of the Kumari Puja upto the ending of the Durga Puja on the day of Vijaya Dashami (the forth day after the ‘three day’ of worship) when the image of the goddess is immersed in the river.

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During the Durga Puja, the most prevalent complexion that is imparted to the image of Durga is shining yellow which symbolises the color of the paddy or wheat which assumes yellowish color on its maturity.

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Handmade Indian Statues & Sculptures

Shalini Verma — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:43:18 +0000

Sculptures have a very old history in India. Excavations of the old civilizations have shown traces of metal sculptures in the land. Different regions within the country differ in choosing the material of sculpture.

Stone and clay sculptures dominate the east region. The south has the master sculptors of wood and metal. The central states have a rare talent of molding the iron. Various kinds of wood are used for making beautiful and intricate sculptures in the south India. These sculptures are made either in one block of wood or by joining more than two pieces together. The glue used for joining them is prepared by grinding tamarind seeds. The use of wood is seen almost in every region however. The techniques of crafting are also different in each region.
The oldest and the most complex technique is the one used in the central Indian state Madhya Pradesh. The tribals of this region use the cire-perdu or the lost wax technique for making various metal sculptures. This method has been in practice for a very long time. The skill is passed from one generation to the other. The eastern state Orissa has in abundance a very soft stone known as soapstone. The artists of this region realize the minutest of their imagination on this gray stone. Kerala, a beautiful coastal state in the south produces the best of the rose wood sculptures of the country. The themes are everywhere related to the deities or the nature.

Apart from making individual idols of the Hindu deities, the sculptors also make idols with mythological significance. We have collected for you the best from every region. Discover and learn the heritage of the Indian sculptures.

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Siva as Nataraja (King of Dances)

Shalini Verma — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:04:26 +0000

The Nataraja (King of dances) posture depicts the moment of his dynamically. Here, the creator aspect is signified by the drum in the upper right hand, standing for the primordial sound. The preserver aspect is indicated by the posture of benevolence and fear not, of the lower right hand., standing for the granted consequent on the kindling of the fire of wisdom in the aspirant’s heart, the fire that is held in his upper left hand.

The fire is lighted with one’s total surrender at the feet of the Lord as suggested by the lower left hand pointed to the feet. The dance itself and the fire encircling the image stand for thee destruction of evil propensities once we open ourselves up to him, for in destruction lie the seeds of regeneration toward the state of divinity. At he base of the image evil personified is shown as equilibrium that the primordial elements – sattva, rajah and their base. The crescent moon on his forehead signifies the gradual awakening of divine consciousness in us. The snake means the awakening of the divine energy, as has already been indicated. The vehicle of Shiva is the bull which stands for our animal nature that has bee brought under his total control.

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Hanuman – Monkey God in Hindu Mythology

Shalini Verma — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:53:36 +0000

In Hindu mythology, Anjana, wife of Kesari the monkey-ruler of Sumeru, was a celestial nymph reborn on earth. The wind god, Vayu (or Maurta), fell in love with her and through another ‘immaculate conception’ was born a son, Maruti.

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Maruti was no ordinary child. Once, when Anjana was away, he felt hungry and, mistaking the red disc of the sun to be a luscious, ripe fruit, he leap up and grabbed it. With no sun, an eclipse-like darkness cloaked all creation. Rahu, who made eclipses happen by swallowing the sun and the moon, was puzzled. Who had swallowed the sun? He set out on a mission to nail the culprit. Maruti, still hungry, saw him approaching and mistook him for yet another fruit! Rahu fled.

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With the sun gone and Rahu on the runj, Indra, lord of indralok, under whose supervision the whole universe functioned, mounted his huge elephant, Airavata, to deal with the awesome child. When Maruti spotted the looming bulk of Airavata, he mistook it for a still bigger fruit and gleefully lunged for it. Indra had to use his divine thunderbolt (vajra) to strike Maruti. The child crashed down to earth and his jaw (hanu in Sanskrit, hence the name Hanuman in North India; in South India, Anjaneya, after his mother) was disfigured. A furious Vayu stopped blowing and ceased all life sustaining functions. Plants wilted, clouds stayed motionless. Without air and sunlight, life on the universe was paralyzed.

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Indra and his entourage appealed to Brahma, the creator, to make peace with Vayu. The gods finally appeased Vayu by granting a handful of boons to Hanuman that made the child more powerful than ever. Indra himself promised that lightning and thunder would never harm Hanuman while the sun god decreed that no fire would singe him.

However, the ascetics, whose profound meditations had been broken by Maruti‘s escapades, feared the child would, in his innocense, cause more havoc wiht his powers. So they declared that Hanuman would remain ignoratn of his great powers until a great man in pursuit of a supreme goal sought his help. Thus it transpired that years later, Rama, the noble prince of Ayodhya, awakened Hanuman’s sleeping powers. Rama was banished by his stemother for fourteen years to the forest where hiswofe, Sita, was abducted by the demon king Ravana of Lanka. Hanuman becmae indispensable to Rama in his quest of a worthy goal, rescuing Sita and vanquishing evil.
Hanuman’s life symbolises true devotion and selfless service. At a purely philosophical level, the name ‘Hanuman’ means someone who has vanquished (hanan) ego or pride (maan). In the Hindu approach to spirituality, one can only progress spiritually and find a grue guru when one has surredered the individual ego to the supreme One.

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