Week 13 Reading: 7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art, Part A

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This week, I chose to watch the videos on YouTube entitled “7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art” by Epified. Secret number one and Part A is on Ganesha, and secret number two and Part B is on Narayan. I had heard of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god with four arms, before, but I am not sure if I have ever learned about Narayan.
Ganesha’s secret is “Different people see God differently.” Something that I liked about this video and did not expect from it is that is talks about Hinduism and other religions as subjective depending on a certain person/people. Epified does not try to convince the viewers that Hinduism is the only “correct” form of religious, but declares that all religions are based on myths and a certain set of beliefs, which is what I personally believe. The narrator repeated in the video, “Who is right?” many times. The fact is that no one is “right” or “wrong” in terms of religion. Also, how one chooses to react to others’ differing beliefs can come from how one worships in their own religious. This was a more biased aspect of the video, basically saying that Hinduism is more open-minded than some other religions, but I actually agree with this, as well.
Another aspect that I liked about this video is that while there is not only one God, but many gods in Hinduism, “God” is not only a collective noun, but is is also not inherently masculine. Part of the collective Hindu “God” is made up of goddesses, and I appreciate that women are represented in this way. For example, Parvati, the goddess wife of the god Shiva, is equal to her husband in stature.
This video is a little over half an hour long, and I think that it is definitely worth taking the time to watch it in its entirety. Anyone willing to learn and expand their cultural horizons could gain something from this video.

If you would like to watch this series, click here: link.

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