Worshipful Species in Hinduism | Animals, Birds, Insects in Hindu Dharma

Hindus used to worship even some kind of birds and animals as worshipful deities. Chameleons, comes under the family of lizards, and there are several types of Chameleons, which lives in various parts of the world. Chameleons are the wonderful creations of Lord Brahma, since these are well-protected by the god, and these are liked […]

Spiders in Hindu Dharma

The significance of Spider is mentioned in the temple history of Sri Kalahasti. Once a spider had woven a web on the top of the Shivalingam at the present day Kalahasti Temple, and in order to test its bhakti, Lord Shiva created fire on his Lingam, in order to make the spider to stay far […]

Consider Animals and Birds as Incarnations of Almighty

Vahanas Vehicles of Hindu Gods

We have to consider the animals and the birds as the holy incarnations of the almighty, since these wonderful creations act as the divine deities and also as the divine Vehicles of the deities. Bull must be worshipped by considering it to be an aspect of Lord Nandikeswara, Eagle must be worshipped similar to the […]

Wolves in Hinduism | Wolf in Hindu Scriptures

Wolves are rarely mentioned in Hinduism. As per the holy text Bhagavata, Lord Krishna, in order to make the people of Vraja to shift them to Vrindavana, created a lot of terrible wolves from his body, which created fear in the minds of the people of Vraja and hence, they shifted to Vrindavana, as per […]