Friday, February 11, 2011

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          India is the place where we can see the different culture and religions at a single place every culture has its own beauty. Indians believe that the first shabdh (sound) that existed in the world is OM .Omkaram is said be as aadhi pranava nadham. The Ancient Indians had written four Vedas. Meaning of Veda is said ‘knowledge’.
                   There are Four Vedas  
                                       (1)Rig-Veda
                                       (2)Yajurveda
                                       (3)Samaveda
                                       (4)Atharvaveda

       According to Hindu tradition, the Vedas are apaurueya "not of human agency”, are supposed to have been directly revealed, and thus are called śruti ("what is heard"). The four Sahitās are metrical (with the exception of prose commentary interspersed in the Black Yajurveda). The term sahitā literally means "composition, compilation". The individual verses contained in these compilations are known as mantras. Some selected Vedic mantras are still recited at prayers, religious functions and other auspicious occasions in contemporary Hinduism.
                               The various Indian philosophies and sects have taken differing positions on the Vedas. Schools of Indian philosophy which cite the Vedas as their scriptural authority are classified as "orthodox" (āstika). Other traditions, notably Buddhism and Jainism, which did not regard the Vedas as authorities are, referred to by traditional Hindu texts as "heterodox" or "non-orthodox" (nāstika) schools. In addition to Buddhism and Jainism, Sikhism and Brahmoism many non-Brahmin Hindus in South India  do not accept the authority of the Vedas. Certain South Indian Brahmin communities such as Iyengars consider the Tamil Divya Prabandham or writing of the Alvar saints as equivalent to the Vedas. In most Iyengar temples in South India the Divya Prabandham is recited daily along with Vedic Hymns.



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