Results for "Shri"

The supreme goddess of prosperity, beauty, and grace. Rising from the Churning of the Cosmic Ocean upon a fully bloomed lotus, she chose Vishnu as her eternal consort, sealing the …

… Satyaloka into your home with this magnificent wooden altar shrine. Hand-carved with lotus motifs that pay homage to Lord Brahma's emergence from Vishnu's navel, it provides a maje … · $185.00

The supreme preserver and protector within the Hindu Trinity (Trimurti). Within Vaishnavism, he is the Supreme Absolute Reality (Para Brahman), who descends to Earth in various inc…

Ancient and medieval Hindu builders treated stone as an instrument of optics, acoustics, geology and celestial alignment. Eleven wonders — from a solar sundial of zodiac pillars at…

… natural sunlight floods the darkest recesses** of the inner shrines at specific points in the solar year.

… avāhana and Vākāṭaka · optics and excavation · solstice-lit shrines. **Elephanta Caves** · Kalachuri and Rāṣṭrakūṭa · sculpture and geometry · basalt cave grid. **Khajuraho compl …

An epic cosmic event where the celestial Devas and the demonic Asuras form a temporary alliance to churn the primeval Ocean of Milk, extracting the nectar of immortality (Amrita) a…

Born as a divine boon to a pious couple, the brilliant child Grihapati learns of an astrological prediction of an early death by fire. He surrenders himself completely to Lord Shiv…