Essay On Temple Rituals

Temple Rituals: do you understand them?

Hinduism originated in India about 4000 years ago and is world’s oldest existing religion. Scholars regarded Hinduism as “a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions, with diverse roots and no founders.” Hinduism teaches peace and calm and the Hindu text contain a large portion of philosophical information. Hinduism now widely spread across the shores and people are attracted towards the themes in Hinduism which includes- Dharma, Samsara, Karma, and Moksha. The Hindu temple is a place of worship for Hindus with its rich architecture which attracts thousands of people around the world. Badrinath temple, Brihadeeswara temple, Somnath temple, Kashi Vishwanath temple, Tirupati Balaji, Vaishno Devi temple is some of the great temples in India. There are various rituals in every temple which have been followed from ages. All of them have a cultural and scientific significance which had been lost while passing them to the next generation. We Indians being traditional people follow those customs and practices ours elders ask us to follow without understanding

Avoiding going to temple during a menstrual cycle or after death of immediate family members: Temple is a place full of positive energy and women is said to be impure during the menstrual cycle. During those days there was no proper bathroom and women, mostly avoided taking bath and would be dirty. It was the reason women were not supposed to enter the temple or perform religious rituals etc. Women are irritable during the mental cycle due to the hormonal imbalance. To prevent the negative vibrations affect the positive vibrations, women are not allowed to enter the temple during those days. The reason for the death of your closed ones may be because of some infectious diseases, temple is a place of worship and to prevent it from germs and getting infected we are asked not to enter the temple for ten days after the death of immediate family