KALASHA
poorna kalasha is considered as a sign of abundance , source of life and a good oman. mouth of the kalash is vishnu,the throat lord shiva, base lord brahma and at the bottom all the goddessess. thus in a small pot they establish all the god and the goddessess.water is one of the essentials to live. we cannot live without water.
kalash is made of gold , silver and earth(mud). For pooja earthern pot is considered good as it represents one of the five elements of nature. earth is worshipped as mother
.MATA PRITHVI PUTROAHAM PRITHIVYAHA.
pooja kalash or sacret pot is kept fully decorated .In india kalash is worshipped since ages. During the samundra mandhan between gods and demons dhanvantri came with the amrit kalash on his head.
Poorna kalash will bring fulfillment and happiness.
OOM POORNAMADHAHA POORNAMETHAM POORNAATHPOORNAMUTHACHAYEDH /
POORNASYA POORNAMADHAYA
POORNAMEVAVASHISYETE.
GANGA:
ganges is considered the most sacred river. just by spring ling ganges water all becomes pure let it be, place, thing or human .she is considered equivalent to
mother. ganga is also called tripatha-meaning- she flows in the sky, earth and
pathal lok also.bhagirathi comes from gangaotri joins in alaknanada in prayag .all together is called ganges. she is also known as bhagirathi ganga in north, in south as godavari ganga.
in haridwar ganga aarti is done daily. people take holy dip in ganges to purify themself. in india pilgrimage places like haridwar, rishikesh, prayag, varanasi etc are situated on the bank of ganga .
there is a story in mahabharat which talks , why ganga married shantanu.
rishi vashisht lived on the hills of meru. he had a cow called nandini, which
fulfilled all his wishes. one day all the eight vsu's(goddess of wealth) with their
wife came to the ashram. one of the vsu's wife liked the nandini cow and wanted to
take it with her. that time rishi was not there in the ashram. on coming back he heard what happened and got angry and cursed all the vsu's to take birth in earth(mrityu lok).on hearing this all the vsu's with the nandini cow , came back to the ashram and returned the cow and asked for the way for salvation of the curse. rishi said-ganga can only give save you from this curse. but one who wished to take the nandini , will live in the mrityulok for quite some time.
on hearing this all the vsu's came to ganga and requested her to become her mother and immediately after birth to throw them in the ganges. she agreed.
raja shantanu of kuru vamsh went on hunting one day. on the bank of the river ganga , he saw a very beautiful lady she was ganga.. he asked her to marry him. she said on one condition she will marry him.he should neither question nor stop her actions.if he does she will go back.he agreed and brought her as her wife. as a wife she was dutiful and compassionate, so he was very happy. after some time she delivered a son she floated him in the ganga . like this all the seven sons she floated. raja did not ask her anything for the fear she will leave him and go .but when she was about to do the same with the eight son. raja stopped her and asked the reason for doing this. she explained to him the curse and way for salvation of the curse.she also said this eighth son of his is academically fully qualified.he is very courageous ,glorified and very religious minded will have a longevity of life also.this eighth son of shanthanu and ganga is gangaputra bheeshma who was the grand father of pandavas and kowravas.
ganges when it comes from himalayas ,flows through jungles which is full of medicinal plants so her water is considered as nector.one who worships ganga can attain moksha. it the duty of indians to preserve and protect the purity of the ganges water.
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