Publication Date

25-July-2010

Book Language

Marathi

Pages

200

श्रीमातृप्रसाद

People who follow the Hindu way of life, especially women, have a curiosity about not only esoteric theoretical topics but also about how to live their traditional religious life. Why and how to do daily worship at home, why and how to observe our kuladharma-kulachar, what is the significance of various festivals within our Hindu religion, how to behave after visiting various pilgrimage sites and temples? Such similar questions related to the subject occur to the minds of ordinary men and women living a religious life according to the Hindu tradition. Honorable Gurumata Sau. Sulakshanadevi Shrinivas Katkar has given satisfactory answers to all those questions in ‘Shri Matruprasad’ book. Respecting the existence of many deities, believing in their supremely independent power, worshiping various deities according to the occasion and choosing one of them as their favorite deity, and worshiping it and reaching Parabrahma through that deity is another feature of the individual and collective Hindu mind. It can be said that worshiping various deities in one’s own home, outside temples, shrines is an indispensable part of the religious life of an ordinary Hindu man. But despite this, very few people know how to perform these various acts of worship, what exactly is the significance of Kuldharma-Kulachar, what is the meaning behind the various festivals prevalent in Hindu society. The majority of Hindus either continue performing all such rituals as they have been doing according to the social norms or even give up due to lack of proper guidance. There is no doubt that the text of this book will be instructive to all such devout and curious Hindu human beings. This book is of definite importance as a preliminary solution to enlighten such ordinary devout Hindus about their dharmic life. This book is a collection that all Hindus should keep.

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