The main temples in Bali are Pura Besakhi, Pura Tirtha Empul, Pura Tanah Lot and Pura Uluwatu. Amongst these, today let us know more about Pura Tirtha Empul, Pura Tanah Lot and Pura Uluwatu.
Note does not have the picture of a Nepali politician unlike Bharatiya notes which have picture of Mahatma Gandhi. It is an attempt to depict that the Himalayas are their legacy.
Hindu culture is deeply rooted in Indonesia, a group of islands with Muslim majority population.
The ancient Malay Dweep is the Malaysia of today. Malay Dweep is a congregation of many islands. Later it came to be known as Melaka. Many Sanskrut words are used in Malay language.
The Ramayan is considered as the national wealth of Thailand. The Ramayan reached Thailand through Hindu traders from Bharat who travelled to Thailand thousands of years ago.
What is referred to as Lanka or Lankapuri in the Ramayan is the present day Srilanka. In the Tretayug Shri Mahavishnu incarnated as Shrirama and went to Lankapuri where He annihilated the demon, Ravan. Now 70% of the population of Srilanka is Buddhist.
The temples of five Deities Keteeshwaram, Tondishwaram, Munneshwaram, Koneshwaram and Naguleshwaram from Sri Lanka are famous. Koneswaram is also referred to as Thirukoneswaram as it is in the village of Thirukoneswar.
During our tour of South-east Asian countries, we learnt that in the forest on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, there are camphor trees yielding pure Bhimseni camphor. This territory being impassable and mountainous we learnt from some people
After annihilation of Ravan when Shrirama leaves for Ayodhya in The pushpak airplane, He realises that a black cloud is following them.
In Tamil ‘Munna’ means Primal (Adi) and ‘Ishwar’ means Deity Shiva. So Munneswaram is that which is existing even before the incarnation of Shrirama.