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Title: Why Do We..In Indian Culture
Author: Vimalananda,Sw& Krishnakumar,R
Item Code: ISBN9788175970717
Publisher: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust
Edition: 1st ed., Date: 2002, 79 pp., PB
Description: A small pocket size booklet explains why many of the Indian customs are still being done in the society at large even today and after perhaps thousands of years.Contents Include: Why do we light a lamp? Why do we have a prayer room? Why do we do namaste? Why do we prostrate before parents and elders? Why do we wear marks on the forehead? Why do we not touch papers, books and people with the feet? Why do we apply the holy ash? Why do we offer food to the Lord before eating it? Why do we do pradakshina? Why do we regard trees and plants as sacred? Why do we fast? Why do we ring the bell in a temple? Why do we worship the kalasha? Why do we worship Tulasi? Why do we consider the lotus as special, Why do we blow the conch? Why do we say Shanti thrice? Why do we offer a coconut? Why do we chant Om? & Why do we do Aarati?
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