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A Hindu priest may refer to either of the following:
Traditionally, priests have come from the Brahmin caste, although in various parts of India, people from other communities (such as Lingayats in parts of Karnataka) have performed the function. In modern times, archakas have been recruited from various communities with lesser regard to caste.
Hindu priests are known to perform services often referred to as puja. Priests are identified as pandits or pujaris amongst devotees. Priests were the instigating factor to why ordinary people of Hindu religion became indulged severely in a devotional path. Hindu priests through their extended knowledge of the literature, the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana were able to encourage the Hindu community's devotion to Hindu deities.
Their primary responsibility is to conduct daily prayers (puja) at the temple. During Hindu festivals, traditional events such as weddings, the sacred thread ceremony, performance of last rites and special deity ceremonies, priests are called upon to conduct puja's either at the temple or at the location of the event. In order to perform these puja's, the priests are required to have prior skills and knowledge. To be a qualified priest, they must know the required chants (mantras and strotas) fluently in Sanskrit and be familiar with the materials required to perform the puja for various ceremonies and rituals.Pandits from an early age were trained to memorize hymns in order to chant them during rituals and ceremonies without aid. Receiving assistance to remember hymns and chants was frowned upon, and were only expected to recite the hymns through memory.
Hindu ( pronunciation ) has historically been used as a geographical, cultural or religious identifier for people indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. In contemporary use, Hindu refers to anyone who regards himself or herself as culturally, ethnically or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.
The historical meaning of the term Hindu has evolved with time. Starting with the Persian and Greek references to India in the 1st millennium BCE through the texts of the medieval era, the term Hindu implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in Indian subcontinent around or beyond Sindhu (Indus) river. By the 16th-century, the term began to refer to residents of India who were not Turks or Muslims.
The historical development of Hindu self-identity within the Indian population, in a religious or cultural sense, is unclear. Competing theories state that Hindu identity developed in the British colonial era, or that it developed post-8th century CE after the Islamic invasion and medieval Hindu-Muslim wars. A sense of Hindu identity and the term Hindu appears in some texts dated between the 13th- and 18th-century in Sanskrit and regional languages. The 14th- and 18th-century Indian poets such as Vidyapati, Kabir and Eknath used the phrase Hindu dharma (Hinduism) and contrasted it with Turaka dharma (Islam). The Christian friar Sebastiao Manrique used the term 'Hindu' in religious context in 1649. In the 18th-century, the European merchants and colonists began to refer to the followers of Indian religions collectively as Hindus, in contrast to Mohamedans for Mughals and Arabs following Islam. By mid 19th-century, colonial orientalist texts further distinguished Hindus from Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains, but the colonial laws continued to consider all of them to be within the scope of the term Hindu until about mid 20th-century. Scholars state that the custom of distinguishing between Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs is a modern phenomenon.
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Plot: Feeling an obligation to put his deceased husband Rohan to rest, Casey makes the journey from his home in Canada to return his ashes to Rohan's estranged family in India. Their first meeting is not what he expected, and Casey begins to learn the devastating details of Rohan's past. His journey to honour his husband quickly turns into a struggle of betrayal, responsibility, and acceptance.
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Monique La Barr (actress), Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (producer), Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (producer), Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (director), Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (editor), Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (writer), Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (writer), Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (actress), Dwight Hicks (actor), Peter James (actor), Reef Karim (actor), Francisco Javier Gomez (actor), Megan Frances (actress), Janet Vincent Lee (actress), Alejandro Antonio (actor),
Plot: Goodbye My Friend is an extraordinary tale of human relationships. It is a saga of hope and despair, love and betrayal, hurt and redemption, dreams and disillusions. The story revolves around two friends, LEON and KIRAN. Both friends are from two different parts of the world. Kiran is from INDIA and LEON is from MEXICO now both living in USA. The story takes place in post 9/11 America but turns the pages of history, transcending the international boundaries. It allows us to see the glimpses of India, legacies of Mexico and the oozing sores of the Middle East. The story takes us on an emotional journey of Leon and Kiran's life. Leon and Kiran are very much like each other, but very different at the same time. Leon is a US marine and Kiran is a humanitarian working for the Red Cross. With the time, their extraordinary relationship grows, but did it survive the emotional metamorphosis due to the changed circumstances in their lives and achieve the glory it deserved, or just became a legend of fall?
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Plot: Young parents Raj and Anna are from two totally different worlds. The diverse heritage of multicultural families like theirs can pose some interesting challenges. But they can definitely agree on one thing: their parents are totally off their rockers - especially when it comes to grandchildren. Anna and Raj envision raising their baby boy, Clark, together on their own terms. But reality has a way of intruding on even the best intentions - or in this case, the baby's grandparents have a way of intruding. Anna's meddling conservative parents and much younger 'miracle' sister have come to help with the baby and show no signs of leaving. And now they've decided to raise some money for Clark's college by entering him in a beauty contest dressed as a girl. Raj's once-absent-but-now-devoted mother is building a nursery nicer than Anna and Raj's whole apartment - all part of her determination to give Clark the childhood that Raj never had. All Anna and Raj have to do is tell their parents to back off and do things their way. That shouldn't be too hard, right? Anna and Raj's parents may be a little over-the-top, but as Anna and Raj eventually realize, it really does take a village to raise a child - even if the village is a little 'out there'.
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Plot: An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected directions, and the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself.
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Genres: Romance,Actors: Robert Woods (actor), David Light (actor), Bruno Gunn (actor), Brian Falk (producer), Russell Harnden III (editor), Sean Manton (director), Sean Manton (writer), Sean Manton (producer), Andy Snavley (composer), Paul Todisco (producer), Momo Casablanca (actor), Kaline Carr (actress), Michael M.B. Galvin (writer), Jimmy Daddabbo (producer), Inder Dadlani (actor),
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Plot: A year after the accidental death of their father, three brothers -- each suffering from depression - meet for a train trip across India. Francis, the eldest, has organized it. The brothers argue, sulk, resent each other, and fight. The youngest, Jack, estranged from his girlfriend, is attracted to one of the train's attendants. Peter has left his pregnant wife at home, and he buys a venomous snake. After a few days, Francis discloses their surprising and disconcerting destination. Amid foreign surroundings, can the brothers sort out their differences? A funeral, a meditation, a hilltop ritual, and the Bengal Lancer figure in the reconciliation.
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A Hindu Priest chanting holy mantras at the freezing source of the Ganges river, at Gaumukh... Gaumukh beyond Gangotri, source of river Ganga and abode of goddess Ganga, is one of the four of the Char Dham pilgrimage circuit in India. The river is called Bhagirathi at the source and gets the name Ganga from Devprayag onwards where it is joined by the Alaknanda. The origin of the holy river is at Gaumukh, set in the Gangotri Glacier, and is a 19 km trek from Gangotri. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM...
Watch this fascinating true story as it happened in real time. Darren Wilson of Wanderlust films as Ravi, an Indian evangelist hears from God they are supposed to meet someone with a very specific profile at the temple. They find him, and what ensues is no less than incredible.
Testimony of Jesus - Hindu priest Jeeva converted to Christianity
Narayanachar L Digalakota from the popular Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Lanham, Maryland offering prayers at the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral Copyright and Full video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmJRsqO8DQ8
Corrupt hindu priest exposed hinduism is pure fraud.this is how hinduism robs the people .this is the real motive of hinduism .. these people of fake religion called hinduism r fully pagon and they treat humanity in a bad way .they still burn widows alive with their husbands.in their temples the most unholy activities take place like child prostitution and abuse etc and the money making machines aka the pandits know all about it.this video is a short video and is only the tip of the ice berg shame on india shame on hinduism and all other evil
A Hindu priest was hacked to death today in Bangladesh by unidentified machete-wielding assailants, the latest murder in the Muslim-majority nation which has seen a string of brutal attacks on minorities and secular activists by Islamists. Subscribe to OneIndia News Channel for latest updates on movies and related videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqTa3sNT6SfiQ2DQK_kuWlA Follow us on Twitter : https://twitter.com/Oneindia Like us on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/oneindianews/ Join our circle in Google Plus : https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/112448479869362930381/+oneindia
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