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Category: Spirituality

  • A Place Called Here | A Leader Ignites

    A Place Called Here | A Leader Ignites

    Alone does not mean lonely. It never has.

  • Navratri at Singapore’s Sri Mariamman Temple: Venerating the Universal Mother

    Navratri at Singapore’s Sri Mariamman Temple: Venerating the Universal Mother

    Beginnings and endings are two sides of the same coin. As Shradh ends, Navratri begins. As the ancestors return to Pitru Loka, Hindus begin their worship of the Goddess Durga. During Navratri (nine nights), devotees venerate the divine femininity which gives birth to all creation. She is ‘Ma’, the Universal Mother. The festival is celebrated in…

  • Sri Mariamman Temple: Rediscovering my Hindu Heritage in Singapore

    Sri Mariamman Temple: Rediscovering my Hindu Heritage in Singapore

    One footstep led to the next and before I knew it, I was in front of Sri Mariamman Temple. I felt a strange indescribable sense of deja vu as I gazed at the gopuram of Singapore’s oldest Hindu Temple. I have been here before. I know this place. Its soul reverberates with mine as though the two were…

  • The Spiritual Essence of Shradh

    The Spiritual Essence of Shradh

    This year, Shradh runs from 13 Sept to 28 Sept 2019. It is believed that during this time, ancestors visit earth in their subtle form to bless their descendants. The kin offer food, money and other gifts to the ancestors as a sign of respect.

  • Reincarnation and the Bhagavad Gita

    Reincarnation and the Bhagavad Gita

    Samsara, karma and moksha are three concepts that make up some of the main tenets of Hinduism. Samsara is the belief that all living beings are bound to the cycle of birth, death and rebirth. The temporary body – which is born and must die – is the vehicle for the eternal soul. Humans – and other…