Scientific Terms/Concepts

Worshippers of Ganesha.

God of wisdom and remover of obstacles worshipped before any new undertaking.

River Ganges, longest and most sacred river in India, whose source is in Gangotri.

Motion; gait.

Vedic mantra of twenty four syllables: 'Om bhur bhuvah svaha, tat savitur varenyan, bhargo devasya dhimayi dhiyo yonah prachodayat, considered to be mother of the Vedas, represents female aspect of the sun.

Knowledge of or meditation on Gayatri.

Qualities or attributes of nature; threefold aspects of manifest natural energy, tamas, rajas and sattva.

Dispeller of darkness, realized person who by the light of own soul, or atma, can rid the disciple's mind of ignorance and delusion.