Radhika Krishnakumar Bücher

Tapovan Maharaj, Swami Chinmayananda's Guru a realized sage and spiritual luminary was a rare one who brought glory to the very Himalayas. His biography inspires and elevates, teaches and transforms. It makes us question the very fundamentals of life.

Why Do We ...light a lamp? ...have a prayer room? ...do namaste? ...prostrate before parents and elders? ...wear marks on the forehead? ...not touch papers, books and people with the feet? ...apply the holy ash? ...offer food to the Lord before eating it? ...do pradakshina? ...regard trees and plants as sacred? ...ring the bell in a temple? ...fast? ...worship the kalasha? ...worship tulasi? ...consider the lotus as special? ...blow the conch? ...say shanti thrice? ...chant Om? ...offer a coconut? ...do aarati?