What is the place and respect of lord SUN in hinduism?
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Sun/Dawn/Fire/ Worship  \n\n"We meditate upon the supreme effulgence of the Divine creative Sun, that he may give impulse to our intelligence." Rig Veda III 62.10\n\nThe Sun (Surya) is the visible presence, the vision of the Divine, the cosmic symbol for the Supreme. He is the Divine light and presence that fills all the worlds. The Sun of illumination follows in love affair the Dawn (Usha) of awakening. Usha or dawn represents Human aspiration as the Spiritual dawn.\n\nSurya is possibly the most Vedic God. In the RgVeda, he is worshipped as Savitr. As the source of life, light and warmth. He is also the source of inner enlightenment as the famous Gayatri mantra suggests. At dawn, the householder and his wife rise, purify themselves with a bath--usually in a temple pool or a river if one is available--and then make an offering to the fire-god Agni in their household fire. Agni represents the consciousness force, the Sacred Fire. The man will then turn towards the rising sun and ask for blessing and understanding. \n\nThe Gayatri mantra (chant), which forms the core of the Hindu faith, is actually addressed to Surya:\n\n\n"O splendid and playful sun,\nwe offer this prayer to thee.\nEnlighten this craving mind.\nBe our protector.\nMay the radiance of the divine ruler guide our destiny.\nWise men salute your magnificence with oblations and words of praise."\n\n\nLord Rama was also taught, by sage Agastaya, the Adityahridayam, a prayer addressed to the sun god.\n\n" The Sun is the foremost physical manifestation of divine creative power. In the glorious morning the faithful bend towards the giver of life in one single gesture of adoration. "
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get you favourite idol/idols of god . set them in referably north east corner . so that when you worship you face in that direction. it can be north or east too. avoid facing south when worshipping. you can bye small temples which are often of wood or metal in the market. if you want to proper pran pratishtha you can call a pandit. but you can do it on your own .
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the God Of the Sun in Egypt
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Hinduism worships Rama and Krishna as gods. Both were Human and had birth and death as well. The concept is very clear. We worship them for the great deeds they performed and set themselves apart as people more than Gods.Similarly Hanuman was the true trouble shooter or some one who came to the help of Ram in times of great distress when thinks looked very grim. Hanuman was totally devoted to Ram. Nothing was impossible for him due to his enormous prowess and sharp intellect. Hanuman is blessed with life till the end if time. He is worshipped for his great deeds immense devotion and most selfless being in the entire Ramayana.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism
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True. Dhruva who was son Suniti prayed very hard after his mother death. Ultimately God Vishnu pleased by his prayer blessed him that he will be a star and will guide everyone.\n\nScene Vi\n\n\n(Dhruva is in deep meditation. His whole being is meditating on the lotus-feet of Lord Vishnu. His inner being is surcharged with supernatural power. Enter Lord Vishnu with his discus, Sudarshan Chakra, his mace and his conch, a diadem on his brow. He comes with his infinite glory and stands in front of Dhruva, his dearest and greatest devotee. He places his hands on Dhruva's devoted head. Dhruva opens his eyes with supreme astonishment. Immediately he touches the feet of Lord Vishnu.) \n\n193\nLORD VISHNU: My dearest, my fondest child Dhruva, I am the object of your prayer, I am the object of your meditation. I am most pleased with you; I am most proud of you. I have come here to fulfil your desires and your aspirations. \n\n194\nDHRUVA: My Lord, if you are really pleased with me, then you know what I want. I want only to be all the time at your lotus-feet. I am your child; I want to serve you. \n\n195\n(Lord Vishnu touches Dhruva's forehead with his conch. Immediately Dhruva receives inner illumination. All the supernal qualities, the infinite divine Light, Peace and Bliss of lord Vishnu enter into him.) \n\n196\nLORD VISHNU: Dhruva, my Dhruva, ask me for any boon. Immediately I shall grant it. \n\n197\nDHRUVA: O my Lord, my eternal Lord, you have given me everything I wanted. You have given me all that I wanted and beyond, far beyond my imagination's flight. What more do I need? \n\n198\nVISHNU: No, Dhruva, I want to give you something more. I want to give you a particular place of your own. Yours will be a divine station far above the earthly world. You will become one with the real Dhruva: Dhruva Tara, the pole-star. You will sustain all the stars and other planets in their course. You will guide the aspiring, seeking, struggling world. You will show the earth the world of Light and Delight. You will be the guiding light, the pole-star. It is with you that the earth-consciousness will enter into my life of infinite Peace, Light and Bliss. Dhruva, I bring your mother back into your heart. It was she who advised you to pray to God; it was she who inspired you to come into the forest and meditate. Today all her sufferings have come to an end. In you your mother will have her supreme glory and satisfaction. Also, I bring before you the seven sages who inspired you, who helped you, who taught you how to pray and meditate. Dhruva, you have far surpassed them now. They will be all joy, all pride for you because they want someone on earth to be supremely divine, supremely unconditional, supremely great. They want someone to be my most perfect instrument, and they will now see in you my supreme manifestation. \n\n199\n(Enter Suniti who, seeing her dearest son, is overwhelmed with delight. She touches Lord Vishnu's feet, then sits beside her son with enormous joy and pride, shedding tears of gratitude to Lord Vishnu.) \n\n200\nSUNITI: O Lord Vishnu, you have heard my son's prayers. You are our own, our very own. Each breath of ours, each heartbeat of ours is for you. \n\n201\n(Vishnu offers her his brightest smile. Then the seven sages enter. Seeing Dhruva, they are overwhelmed with joy, delight and pride. One by one they touch the feet of Lord Vishnu and Dhruva.) \n\n202\nALL THE SAGES: Dhruva, long long before you were born we were praying to Lord Vishnu to see his lotus-feet. It is you who have brought down into the world before us his presence, our cherished Goal. It is because of you that we are seeing the chosen object of our adoration today. It is your prayer and meditation that has brought our Lord Vishnu here. If not for you, centuries would have passed by and we would not have seen the lotus-feet of our Lord Supreme. It is because of you that today we can kiss the golden feet of our Lord Vishnu, the eternal Lord
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Short answer: people.\n\n"Hinduism (Sanskrit: हिन्दू धर्म, Hindū Dharma, also known as सनातन धर्म, Sanātana Dharma) is a religion that originated on the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism encompasses many religious beliefs, practices, and denominations. Most Hindus believe in a supreme cosmic spirit called Brahman, who is worshipped in many forms, represented by individual deities such as Vishnu, Shiva and Shakti. Hinduism centers around a variety of practices that are meant to help one experience the divinity that is everywhere and realize the true nature of the Self."\n\n"Modern Hinduism evolved from the ancient Vedic tradition (Vaidika paramparā). Prominent themes in Hinduism include Dharma (individual ethics, duties and obligations), Samsāra (rebirth), Karma (right action), and Moksha (salvation). Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism all share some traits in common with Hinduism, as all these religions originated in India, and all focus on self-improvement for the ultimate purpose of attaining personal spiritual experience."
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Well you've asked such a question that has a very very long answer. But in short, in indian vedic astrology all planets are worshipped as gods and they are given as much respect as gods.  when we speak planets name ( only in horoscopes) we add lord before the name. for eg. Lord Saturn.\n\nEvery planet was given special tasks according to ancient indian \nmythology.  Jupiter is known as the Lord of Knowledge, Saturn is known as the planet who teaches you lessons in life. Mars was given the spot of Commander of Army. Sun is your soul, mercury is related to brain and intellectual, venus is related to one's sperm, sex and enjoyment. moon is related to mind. There are other two planets , those are not actually visible planets but given the place in planets. They are "Rahu" (Dragon's Tail) and "Ketu" (Dragon's head).  These two planets are such planets that will give you half result of your efforts.\nIn the end, These details are according to ancient indian astrology combined with indian mythology. They are described in such an easy storied way that anyone can remember and learn astrology.  Predictions done according to indian astrology are so much perfect that in your wildest dreams you would have not imagined that a person sho has never seen any other person and who's thousands of miles away can tell anything about any person.
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Rabhya (worshipped), Rachna (creation), Ragini (melody), Rajeshri (queen), Rajika (lamp), Rajni (night), Raksha (protection), Ramya (delightful), Ranhita (quick), Rani (queen), Ranya (pleasant), Rashmi (sun rays), Raveena (sunny), Raya (flow/ sated with drink), Rebha (sings praises), Reena (gem), Reshma (silky), Revati (prosperity), Rewa (swift), Rhea/ Ria (singer), Riddhi (fortunate), Rishima (moonbeam), Rita (way of life), Rohini (moon), Romila (heartfelt), Roopa (blessed with beauty), Roshni/ Ruchi (light), Ruchika (shining/ beautiful/ desirable), Ruchita (splenderous), Ruhi (soul), Ruhin (spiritual), Rupa (silver), Rupashi (beautiful)\n\nRachna    Hindu Girl \nRadha    Hindu Girl \nRadhika a form of the Devi, 5th Sakti, wife of Krishna   Hindu Girl \nRagini    Hindu Girl \nRajni    Hindu Girl \nRakhi    Hindu Girl \nRaksha    Hindu Girl \nRamya elegant, beautiful   Hindu Girl \nRani a queen   Hindu Girl \nRanjana    Hindu Girl \nRanjita    Hindu Girl \nRasika    Hindu Girl \nRasna    Hindu Girl \nRati a Devi   Hindu Girl \nReena \nRekha straight line   Hindu Girl \nReman    Hindu Girl \nRenuka    Hindu Girl \nReshma silky   Hindu Girl \nRevati wife of Balarama   Hindu Girl \nRiddhi Siddhi will follow   Hindu Girl \nRima    Hindu Girl \nRina queen   Hindu Girl \nRishbha    Hindu Girl \nRitu    Hindu Girl \nRohana sandalwood   Hindu Girl \nRohini    Hindu Girl \nRoshni light   Hindu Girl \nRuchi    Hindu Girl \nRuchika    Hindu Girl \nRuchira    Hindu Girl \nRudrani a wife of Shiva   Hindu Girl \nRukmini    Hindu Girl \nRupa    Hindu Girl \nRupal    Hindu Girl \nRupali
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They revere Krishna as the supreme Godhead just as many Vaishnavites revere Vishna as the supreme personality or those that follow Rama see Rama as the supreme personality and Saivites see Shiva as the supreme personality. Ganapatiyas see Ganesh as the supreme personality. \n\nWhy? Because Hinduism teaches that there is only ONE God, one supreme personality, one cosmic consciousness, one ultimate realtiy, one unmanifest reality (all terms used by various Hindu philosophical schools). The One can be called by any name. For ISKCON this is Krishna. For other Hindus it is Ganesh, Shiva, Vishnu, Lakshmi, Parvati, Kali, Durga, Ayyappa, Murugan, Rama, or any other name. Some use images, some don't use images. The images are merely a tool, much like the name. Hinduism teaches that no matter what name you call God by, God will always hear your prayers and answer.
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one god too many forms. just like different facets of a diamond. did you ever heard of the story of an elephant and 4 blind folded persons. each of them was touching different part and expling differently about it. that is how the different relegions describe god.\n\n  posts above me have explained it beautifully. i just want to add thatn hinduism rather includes than excludes. do you know jesus was almost going to be an avatar ? britishers jumped to save it from indianization and in their words currption. \n\n  a grat deal of this harmony is credited to Gupta dynasty. the Gupta kings worked very hard and wisely. this unity was the result of many wise and great men who intermingled different sects and  resultent hindu philosophies. you will get Suprme God as well as Suprme Goddess . and they are not rivals. they make each other complete. they made up even new gods to stop arguments and lead them to monothism. we have an Ardhnarishvar (half man half woman ) idols to represent that they are one. that is combination of a male God and Mother Goddess and it defused tention about if god is a he or she. the god Harihar (Hari + Har)repesented both Lord Shiva and  Lord Vishnu. Hari means Vishnu Har means Shiva. it united two main sects of shaivites and vaishnavas ... result is that all the avatars are form of either vishnu or shiva. but they are one so all gods are one. all the goddesses are form of one goddess Shakti . and Shakti and Shiva are a couple and united they are Ardhanarishwar so again only one god in the end...besides that Upanishads say god has no form. thats ok because he has no definite form thats why he can appear in any form. \n\nif you are atheist thats fine too. just do good work. God is too great to punish someone because he does not believe him. he does not need their confirmation.\n    \n  Great teachers taught  to respect mutual beliefs and the feeling has been strengthened with time. thats how there are so many relegious schools flourished in India. That is our heritage we are most proud of .\n\neven many muslim asctetics in India helped this feeling. some sufi saints followed the local culture and mingled the basic concept of hinduism and islam. unfortunately not many muslims followed them.
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Chetan .... means life.\nChudamani .... means crest jewel \nLagan... (appropriate time)\nLakshmigopal (Lord vishnu) \nLakshman (younger brother of Rama) \nLakshmibanta (fortunate) \nLakshmidhar (Lord Vishnu) \nLakshmikanta (Lord Vishnu) \nLalit (beautiful) \nLalitkishore (beautiful) \nLalitkumar (beautiful) \nLalitmohan (beautiful) \nLambodar (Lord Ganesh) \nLankesh (Ravana) \nLatafat (elegance) \nLatif (elegant) \n\ni hope this helps you.
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Hinduism tells me that the Divine manifested everything and everyone in the universe and that the Divine dwells in everything and everyone..thus I would have no problem offering worship to this man, because I would also be worshipping the Divine within this man. Each time a Hindu greets another Hindu we say Namaste which means the divine in me bows to the divine in you. It is said that whenever two people meet, God meets God. I do not need money to worship the Divine within all manifested things, although it would be no different than other blessings that have come about through my actions (karma).
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Ganesh\n\nGanesh is the Hindu elephant-headed god, Ganesha (or Ganesh) is known (by various names in different parts of India and on different occasions) as the Remover of Obstacles, the god of domestic harmony and of success. He is the most beloved and revered of all the Hindu gods, and is always invoked first in any Hindu ceremony or festival. He is the son of Parvati (the wife of Shiva, the Destroyer, the most powerful of the Hindu trinity of principal gods). There are many stories about how Ganesha got his elephant head, and about his exploits and antics. He was created as an ordinary boy, but was decapitated in battle. Shiva's emissaries were sent into the forest and told to get the head of the first animal they found and to fit that head onto the boy's neck. They found a little elephant, and it worked!
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The truth (Ultimate Reality) is one, Sages call it by different names - there is one God, (Supreme Reality) perceived differently.\n\nSupreme Reality - Brahman has two aspects, transcendent (impersonal) and immanent (personal).\n\nIn the impersonal aspect Brahman is without attributes (nirguna Brahman).\n\nIn personal aspect (saguna Brahman) the God is creator, preserver and controller of the universe.\n\nSaguna Brahman is worshipped in male and female form.\n\nHindu Deities represent various perceptions of a one God.\n\nThe entire universe is basically a representation of the Supreme Soul, and He is present in each and every thing, human and animal, animate and non-animate.\n\nHindus believe in monotheistic polytheism, rather than polytheism.\n\n\nMain God's are Brahma (creator), Vishnu (preserver) and Shiva (destroyer). The are also called as the Hindu Trinity or Trimurti.\n\nThey represent\n\n    * Three Faces of Divine\n    * Three Cosmic Functions of the Supreme Lord\n    * Creation + Preservation+ Dissolution\n    * Generator + Operator + Destroyer = GOD
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December 25 Was the birthday of Mithra. The emperor Constantine ordered that Christians official day of worship be Sun-day and that Christs birthday be celebrated on December 25 Mithra's birthday.\n\nThere are a couple of great links that explain this much better than I did. Email if you want and I will send you a link to them.\n\nLove and blessings Don