Spiritual Significance of Flowers Offered at Pooja
Whenever my friends asks me questions about Hinduism and the significance of this or that, I try my best but I’m embarrassed to say I don’t have an exact knowledge. What I know is hazy and based on...
View ArticleJulia Roberts is Hindu, Jennifer Aniston Looks Odd As Streisand And That’s...
{Image: Elle} Julia likes the idea of reincarnation but she wants to age gracefully without botox: “You make these people and you love them and you want them around for a thousand years,” she says...
View ArticleBeautiful Art Depicting Cows, Elephants and Peacocks at Little India MRT Stop
The Little India Station is on the purple line. It’s a real convenient way to visit this place that has been relatively untouched and that is why is it such a wonderful tourist attraction. It’s lovely...
View ArticleSingapore Daily Photos: Deepavali Lights
Deepavali, the Hindu Festival of Lights (it’s not the Hindu New Year, but a religious day celebrating the triumph of good over evil), falls on the 5th of November this year. You must walk or drive...
View ArticleDeepavali Never Seemed as Exciting as Christmas
Felt like re-blogging (with a few edits) what I posted half a year ago because tomorrow is the 5th of November and I’ll be celebrating Deepavali in Singapore. As a child I had always been fascinated by...
View ArticleThaipusam in Singapore
As a little kid, I recall watching the Thaipusam ceremony and I could not bear to look at the piercings up close. As a child of 5, I was also a little fearful to watch devotees in a trance. I …...
View ArticleSerangoon Road: A Church, A Mosque and Temples
A wonderful thing about Singapore is that you just need to drive for 5-10 minutes and you can come across religious buildings of all faiths. Can’t wait to see the full facade of the beautiful Sikh...
View ArticleSri Mariamman Temple at South Bridge Road
I am not sure whether I have ever been inside this Hindu temple, but the carvings always intrigue me. Usually temple artists from India are commissioned to create the sculptures and they are always...
View ArticleThaipusam 2012 in Singapore
The yearly Thaipusam festival is very much part of my consciousness growing up. Used to watch the Hindu religious event as a kid. I always couldn’t look directly at the piercings then and it wowed me...
View ArticleVisited Singapore’s Deepavali Bazaar (2015): Glad the Haze or should I say...
Was thinking that I was going to miss the Deepavali bazaar due to the thick haze enveloping Singapore. Thankful for the change with the monsoon and the winds is in a more favourable direction. Less of...
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