Dream Way Holidays - Tourist Destinations of India

Gautam Buddha Buddha The Buddha was a prince named "Siddhartha Gautama". He was born in Nepal and was the man who created Buddhism. Gautam Buddha lived about from 563 BC to 483 BC. The life story of the Buddha begins about 2,600 years ago in Lumbini, near the border of Nepal and India, where Siddhartha Gautama was born. Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism. He is believed by Buddhists to be an enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. His life, discourses and monastic precepts are believed to have been summarized by Buddhists after his death by his followers. The various collections of teachings he taught were passed on by oral tradition and committed to writing almost 400 years later. Siddhartha Gautam Birth The Buddhist tradition is related to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha in present-day Nepal. Gautama was born into a Hindu Kshatriya family, the son of Suddhodana. Gautama was th...

Bhagwan Parshuram Bhagwan Parshuram Chiranjiv (Immortal) Parshuram was the sixth Avatar of Vishnu. Parashuram was a devotee of Shiva and received a parshu (a weapon) as a boon from Lord Shiva, thus he was named Parashurama. Shiva also gave him battle skills. As a child Parashurama was a keen learner and always listened to his father Rishi Jamadagni. Parashurama was the first warrior Brahmin and is also called Brahmakshatriya (both Brahmin and Kshatriya means warrior). His mother Renuka was the daughter of Devi Kshatriya. Why Parshuram killed his mother? Parshuram's parents were great spiritual masters, his mother Renuka Devi commanded a water pot and his father Jamadagni on fire. It also said that Renuka Devi can also bring water in a wet clay pot. Once the sage Jamadagni asked Renuka Devi to bring water to the earthen pot, some how distracted by the idea of ​​Renuka Devi being a woman and the earthen pot broke. Angry at seeing Renuka Devi, Jamadagni called her son P...

Iskcon Temple Delhi ( Sri Sri Radha Parthsarthi Temple) Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi Mandir known as the ISKCON Delhi temple was inaugurated on 5 April, 1998 by the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It is situated at Hare Krishna Hills in the East of Kailash, New Delhi. The temple is a huge structure, with 90-foot-high 'shikharas'. The paintings portray exceptional scenes from the lives of deities like Lord Krishan and Radha, and Lord Ram and Sita. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) follows strict line of worship inside the Vaishnava subculture. 24 priests are assigned for the temple prayers and services. The each day habitual consists of six aartis presented to the deities, particularly Mangala Aarti, Darshan Aarti, Raj Bhog Aarti, Usthapana Aarti, Sandhya Aarti, and Shyana Aarti. The devotees are supplied 'bhoga ka prasad' after the prayers to the deities are finished. The temple echoes with the sounds of th...

Religious Places in New Delhi Religious places in Delhi are the best places to know about spirituality. Delhi has its own vast history and some ancient religious places in Delhi. All religions have a religious place in Delhi. Therefore, the religious places of Delhi show true feelings of India's secularism. 1 LAXMINARAYAN TEMPLE OR BIRLA MANDIR DELHI Laxmi Narayan Temple is one of the main Hindu temples and a tourist attraction in Delhi, also famous as Birla Mandir. The temple is devoted to Laxmi (the goddess of prosperity) and Narayana (The preserver) hence the temple is called Laxminarayan Temple. The temple was built by the industrialst Sh. J.K. Birla in 1939 in the west of Connaught Place. The temple was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi, on the condition that it will remain open for all castes of people. The Laxminarayan Temple in Delhi is situated in the west of Connaught Place area and is a main tourist attraction. It is spread over an area of 7.5 acres an...