In this video I refer to an Onam video I had filmed earlier that day… You can watch that video at the link 👇 ua-cam.com/video/d9s3lMXAooI/v-deo.htmlsi=JLjWK74dgN30ZwSP
Dude pls upload it in a sequence. It becomes more interesting and easy to follow along. This’ll also help your viewership as people know where to pick up from incase they want to come back later.
Men usually remove shirt to show respect to the lord before entering Kerala Temples. The main idol of lord is kept in sanctum sanctorum which is different from altar. Devotees should pray to the lord by circumambulating in clockwise direction. Photography is not allowed inside due to security reasons. Each temple has its own customs.
I'd say dressing codes are purely based on the the traditional way people living in Kerala used to wear their dresses Male usually wear a dhoti and nothing in the upper body due the humidity and hot climatic conditions and may be they just don't feel its needness
Hey Phil, I am really sorry that there was no one to help you with the proper route where the festivals were taking place in Kochi during Onam. Basically I am from Kochi, Kerala. And actually this year Onam was an energetic and enchanting one. Its okay that you missed this time but i hope next time you wouldn't surely miss it. Btw, We take of Shirt inside temple to show respect to Lord Shiva, where we place the god inside the temple premises. Thats the reason why they informed you to remove the shirt before entering the proper premises of the temple. Kerala is called - "Gods Own Country", where we respect gods like anything. And Hinduism is a vast and oldest religion in the world, so in India each state you go and each and every temple you visit, there will be different rules. In Kerala, Some temple like Devi Temples, we dont have to where Mundu (you saw that, one of your taxi drivers where wearing it, and thats called Mundu). And as i said, for Devi temples we can where jeans and for Lord Shiva temples we can wear jeans and thats not a problem but you need to take of the shirt to show respect to the god. And for Lord Krishna temples in Kerala, you can't wear Jeans or Trousers, You can only wear a "Mundu" (the thing that we were under our lower body) and the shirt should be removed. (This is how it works for Krishna Temples) Hinduism is just not a religion it teaches us about Nature and Culture. Thanks and Regards Mate. Love from Kerala. 😊
You are lucky that you could film the diety and the inside temple.. usually, they don't allow.. between thanks for recording the 🔔. I literally got goosebumps hearing them❤
Ved and a-ved (boudh, jain, charvak) both are sanatan. Famously called as sindhu (hindu) river civilization or Indus (India) river civilization. Collectively called as Sanatana dharma. Eko devah sarvabhuteshu goodah. One god resides in everyone and everything, takes any names and any forms, he is also formless and also infinite. As for the disciple is the god.
First phil, you are very sweet. Please do not change in your lifetime. The bells were ringinging as that was the time of god prayer. You should eat by left hand btw I am also left hander and I have experienced same. Your understanding about why they were asking to eat from right hand is peefectly correct. Next time simply tell them that you are left hander and do all your work with left hand. I have not seen a vlogger like you who is completely natural. Remain like this for whole of your life and believe me god likes people like you.
Wish you would've visited Trivandrum, the Capital city of Kerala for Onam celebrations. It was full of activities there including fairs, concerts, lights etc and in the last day, there is also a procession...
Mysore dasara(karnataka state)10 days festival many people come from around the world to see that I hope u won't miss that Sun, 15 Oct, 2023 - Tue, 24 Oct, 2023 . You can google for more information ❤
Hi Phil, about your query According to ancient Indian tradition, the mind as well as body should be pure and simple while visiting a place of worship. In fact, a temple is not a spot where one can show off wealth or attire. Everybody needs to realize that we are nobody before God. While visiting a shrine, devotees ideally should wear the simplest dress in the most proper manner. It is based on this concept that certain temples prohibit devotees wearing trousers from entering the inner precincts. The devotees are required to be clothed in ‘mundus’ here.
yah, you can eat with what ever hand your comfortable, it has to deal with sanity reasons in the past. -you can check out unlimited veg at mothers veg plaza, served on a banana leaf. but you definitely can use what ever had you want to use.
Come to Kolkata during Durga Puja, will starts from 20.10.23 to 24.10.23 .It will be a lifetime experience for you Phil. As you know that,India is rich in heritage and very diversified country .Durga Puja is the main festival of West Bengal. If you are interested to come to Kolkata during Durga Puja,then I will help you to explore the sweet festival of us.please reply. Lots of love.
50+ different country is equal to india ❤ . It is very diverse but there is unity in diversity but Phil u should stay atleast 6-8 months in south india (karnataka,andra, telengana,tamil nadu,kerela)and 6-8 in north India (Maharashtra,oddisa, jharkhand, madhya pradesh, chattisgarh, rajasthan, uttarpradesh and west bengal etc) and 3 months in north east india(Assam, meghalaya, arunachal pradesh and many more)
Sorry that you missed Onam! But, you cannot be very far away from celebrations in this land of festivals! Go to Kolkata (British name Calcutta) on the eve of Durga Puja around 18-19th October. It will be days of celebrations with vibrant colours, music and cuisines. You will enjoy it definitely. Best of luck! 😊👍😊
Carved conches are considered holy in the South Indian temples. If you keep such a conch near to your ears you can hear the sound of the ocean. The air column within the conch resonate that way. While blowing the conch the sound of the universe “ Om” you can hear. While doing puja for the diety , the conch is being blown by the Poojari. It is believed that God enters into a man’s heart through his chest and into the heart of a woman through her face. That is why men are asked to remove the shirt. Temples are not considered as a place of worship. It is considered as the diety’s home. So depending on the diety , different customs should be followed at different temples.
Because in kerala it's rare to see people eating with left hand and there is no wrong on this. But mostly we use everything with right hand like eating, shake hands we used to
There aren't typically any traditional public 'Onam Parties' in Kerala. The celebrations are usually on the weekend before or after the actual date, the ones organised by communities, offices, schools etc; and on the actual date most people spend time with their family at home. Probably why it was difficult for you to find any celebration of sorts...Still great to see you explore the State. Hoping to see you in person someday ✨ Wishing you a wonderful time here 🤗
Just go to Munnar, Alleppey while in Kerela. In India to deal with the never ending chaos you need to preplan many things. Organized chaos, you may call it. Decide on a rough route. Maybe Kerela- Goa-Mumbai- North east India. 🤷♂️
The Shree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple, dedicated to Maha Vishnu, in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala, India. It is widely considered as the world's richest Hindu temple.
It's a Shiva Temple 🙏 Deity is known as Ernakulathappan. There are many things to explain, but we cannot explain it one youtube comment.. Before entering hindu temples in Kerala, We should strictly follow PanchaShuddhi (5 types of Cleanliness). We should wear White Mundu(that white long cloth) as bottom wear. We should not wear shirt or any top wear, because we need to receive energy. The inner house is the Sanctum Santorum where the deity is installed. The priest and devotees energize the idol of deity and surroundings through sounds(reciting mantras), light, fragrance, water, etc. Devotees recieve energy through body(upper body) from bottom to top. It's related to Chakras in our body. In ancient times, both men and women in Kerala do not wear top, they gives priority, in an order of 1. Dharma 2. Artha 3. Kaama 4. Moksha Temples are the place related to Dharma. Ancient times people are strict about moral(dharmik) values. You are lucky to enter this temple.😊 Because non-hindus are still not allowed to enter hindu temples in Kerala, because of past attacks and incidents while european rule and sulthan rule.😶😶 Anyway you have a divine aura with you, that's why good people like you reach in front of deity automatically without any planning. 🕉️ Om namah shivaya 🙏❤ God bless all 🙏
Actually CNG stands for Compressed Natural Gas. The government is pushing towards this fuel because this is cheaper, efficient and way less polluting than petrol. In India most of the public transport vehicles have shifted to this and the remaining are shifting. You see those public city buses all across India, most of them run on CNG. Even the auto-rickshaws which foreign tourists call tuktuks (by the way, we Indian call them autorickshaws ('auto' in short) all across the country because they are automatic as compared to pedal rickshaws that we had in the past) run on CNG to cut pollution. Also, now-a-days in almost every Indian town, village and city you will find battery rickshaws. There are also public buses which run on batteries in various cities like Chandigarh, Pune, etc. Apart from these, we are mixing 20% ethanol in petrol to make it less polluting.
More interesting details from your video and the people you meet along the way. There are so many things to experience from the various festivals happening throughout all India. This is what makes your videos enjoyable. How long do you plan to spend in India and where are you going to visit next ? 😊
Phil it's kinda hard for us to understand your Scottish accent lol so most of the time they have no clue what you are asking. Also yes we use the right hand because we use the left hand to wipe our arse and as per the sadhya etiquette, you have to eat it with right hand. Even the lefties here usually learn to eat with right hand just because of that. We use banana leaves because it's been used as a plate from ancient times as banana trees are there at every home backyard. Olden times there weren't these many dishes because most of the vegetable we use these days came from Europe, south America etc during colonial period so sadhya wasn't always these many items. But these days you can add whatever you want like the nonveg items the uber guy made at his home. But it's fine as you can always ask for a fork or spoon or spork to eat it. Also we take off our shirts inside the temple mostly because we weren't wearing any shirts back in the days. Shirts were only worn after the colonialism because our climate is mostly hot and people were only covering their bottom parts back in the days. So wearing the shirts is kinda disrespectful inside the temple because you have more clothes than the god himself. You are supposed to appear as poor as you can infront of the god. You aren't supposed to look better than the god who made you. And they do not allow cameras inside also non Hindu aren't usually allowed inside. But in north Indian temples you can wear whatever you want because they have been wearing shirts from ancient times because of their climate.
I'm north Indian and thanks for sharing this knowledge regarding Dress code man that's why I always had this doubt that why men usually go without shirt in Guruvayoor,ettumanoor and padmanabhaswamy temple
Deity is consecrated in sanctum sanctorum, so it is considered a disturbance for the deity to capture video there. Besides, Its a serious place for devotion where people commune with deity, so they don't want to promote it as tourist location. Kerala temples are very strict regarding the agama shastra and follow tantric rituals to the dot. Removing shirt is all part of that.
@@cprijesh first get feeded yourself converted rice bag , world's richest temple in kerala belongs to sanatan ,n is managed by sanatis , paying taxes n donating etc , u guys manage ur missionary churches funded by ur former masters overseas n be loyal to them n also manage the islamists over there , don't worry about hindus over there , they are highly educated n well respected.😂
Community hand, referred to as clean hand, to be specially reserved for anything that may involve others. The other is the hand for personal use, referred to as an unclean hand. People understand if we are left hander, just tell them which is our clean hand. New York USA.
@@philbland hii!! Phil I am following your vlog from a month and I really enjoyed whatever you do like - hello! How are , catch you later 😅. after reaching Kochi you upload a video than start a Himachal Pradesh series,and this video may be about to 2nd September So now where are you man? Only you knows 😂
Phil it's sad that u didn't find the right person to guide u at onam times u should have came to thrissur the next district there's lots of stuffs going on onam week
Also, there is a suggestion which probably you would enjoy! Go to Alleppey (this is the British name, its original name is Alappuzha), take a boat ride there through the back waters of Kerela and then rent a bike there and go to a place called Munnar taking the Mountain Gap Road. Take me on this, you will enjoy for sure! All the best! 😊👍😊
Shirt removed only in kerala temple and also some temple in my state ( neighbouring of Kerala - Tamil Nadu). In India, southern states have strict rules to follow in temples. And south is what most authentic type of hindu culture present. Some temples in south you can't even enter into ( no foreigners allowed). And about camera not allowed , I don't know reason. But most temples you can't take pictures of main deity in centre of temple.
34:43 Yes the wiping of the b*** is the reason for not eating with left hand therefore you are supposed to do the wiping with your left hand so you eat with you right hand even if you are left handed.
Did you check out the padmabasawamy temple (not sure if you can go inside, but you can visit the outside). You must check out Munnar, old church's, mosques,
There is a lot of Gold in the temple and a lot of temples have been looted, some destroyed by the invaders in the past... so some temples(like puri Jagannatha) don't even allow non-practicing hindus inside... past 1000 years have been very brutal for India.. and finally there could be any spiritual reasons which I don't know...
@@Alchemy12 ha ha.. Just a simple search of "Trivandrum onam" will give you the results. "trivandrum onam lights" will show you the lights. 'Trivandrum onam concers will show you all the concerts happened in multiple venues around the city. trivandrum onam fair will show you the multiple fairs around the city. "trivandrum onam procession" will show you the ending procession. Any one can see for themselves. In this video, this guy was scouting around Kochi all day and he could't find a place where celibrations are going on. That would't have happend if he was in Trivandrum as people would've pointed him out to Kanakakunnu area where festival activities were going on even after Thiruvonam. .
Actually CNG stands for Compressed Natural Gas. The government is pushing towards it because it is cheaper, efficient and way less polluting than petrol. Most of the city public transport vehicles all across the country run on CNG. People are also buying vehicles which are pre-fitted with the CNG compatible system so that they don't have to get those large cylinders fitted in their cars' boot. Even most of the auto-rickshaws that foreign tourists call tuk-tuks (by the way, all across India we Indians call them auto (short for auto-rickshaws) as they are automatic as compared to pedal rickshaws that we had in the past) also run on CNG. Also, in various cities like Pune, Chandigarh, etc., we have public buses which run on batteries. Now-a-days in almost every Indian cities, villages and towns you will find rickshaws that run on batteries (we call them toto). Even we are blending 20% ethanol in petrol to make it less polluting and that ethanol is produced from agricultural residues in a very sustainable manner. In this way farmers are also getting benefitted by selling there residues and crops like Sugarcane as well for ethanol production.
Things to improve- You went to kerela without being prepared- what are the places to go in Cochin, where is the snake boat at etc. you don’t give viewers interesting sights- your channel won’t grow. It should be a combination of well planned and unplanned adventures to get views 2. Among many vloggers- I saw that your communication skill needs a lot of work- people are having a very hard time to get you and you cannot decipher out what the people are saying when they speak in an accent or use broken English. 3. When you ask questions- your eyes should be able to spot who is college educated and who is not- hence who can you communicate with to get accurate information I have travelled from east Asia to Europe. My eyes are extremely quick to spot who could potentially be college educated and by that who can I communicate with for a more accurate communication
You are right people are forced to eat with their right hand because left hand is for wiping and is seen with disgust. But those are old people customs. Now you can eat with any hand you want. Only that some old timers might feel disgusted
Photos of main Santorum is not allowed in any big temple or any other religions places just for to maintain the dignity and respect of the deity. Please don't repeat again, you can film outside. Removal of shirt may be local custom of the temple. Please someone reply its significance.
Hello phil hope you are good and enjoying when are coming to pakistan every one talking about you wonder when phil is coming back to pakistan ❤❤❤❤❤we are missing you ❤❤❤
The reason for no video in worshiping place in india ( most of the places) is The worshiper or devotee need to be left with their utmost privacy during their prayers.
Any malayali Brother can u pls clarify my doubt that i saw few men in sabrimala wearing black attire and few were shirtless , compared to guruvayoor, ettumanoor and padmanabhaswamy where every men were shirtless.
Shabrimala have different origin, different customs than the usual temples in Kerala. Shabrimala predates the Brahmin migration to Kerala and some historians say it has tribal origins. Also, ideally you go into Shabrimala only after taking the 42 day preperation, where you become swami therefore rules are light regarding attire.
We Hindus worship almost everything which help or helped us to survived and show the discipline of life to be healthy,wealthy, and wise ....we worship cow because cow is very useful to our society its existence in a family means at least your children will not be hungry in day to day life ....that's the reason we worship everything
Thanks for uploading! Hindu Sanatana Dharma / Hindu Dharma and Bharat that is India is a living civilization (the only one that is left on the planet to survive against the onslaught of Abrahamic religions! I may sound rude here! I have very many practicing Christian and muslim friends as individuals and families! But we openly discuss about these things and accepted to have our views and opinions!! Subject matter is very wide! But my 2cents! Hindu Sanatana Dharma Temples are conceptualised in layout and content to replicate innher body system of human beings. These Gods are NOT Gods as perceived in Abrahamic religions! These Gods are Deities or Murthys of Specific Devaas (or self exuberant entities capable of bestowing blessings to devotees who can connect with LOVE (not out of fear!). These dieties are invoked in to the specific Murthy (Englishman's Idol) by way of procedures prescribed in Vedas (using specific Mantras and methods). Once sanctified, the place is open to devotees, whosoever wants to connect with the specific Deity and seek blessings. Idea is to create a physical system that stimulates the mind to connect to the divinity invoked in to the Deity /Murthy in the form of energy chakras (or energy centres) similar to human body. During the worship that was going on (on your left as you were coming out) with the priest moving the lamp in front of the Diety, the loud noise is to stimulate the lower level chakras of the devotees and lesser loud but higher pitch sounds stimulates the higher chakras and the one in the hands of the priest is designed to give the sounds to stimulate the devotees top three chakras (out of the 7 chakras within the body). Thus enable devotee to remain focussed and to connect with the divinity being invoked in the Deity!. The outermost circle in which you moved around is supposed to represent your gross body - where the loudest of sounds are heard, and there is second inner circle which represents subtle body or astral body-where less loud but higher pitch sounds are played and the third inner circle is where ONLY priests move around (that they remain in a bit of a meditative state - knowingly or unknowingly)! Usually, in most of the temples, devotees are not allowed to cross in to second circle! Third inner circle, no temple permits devotees! Reason is that certain energies once disrupted in those circles, restoring becomes a painful / prolonged process!! About taking out your clothes (for gents ONLY!): This is my guess!! No one is supposed to be visiting without taking at the least one bath for the day plus addl bath post to any serious ablutions! Women are considered to have been bestowed with better perceiving ability and better capacity to connect to Deities. So, no bars for them up to second inner circle. Where as men need some action to 'bring to awareness of the place/ongoing process' to stop other interactions and become focussed! And removing shirt will ensure that they remain focussed! Why Camera Not Allowed: 1. Devotees 'just curiousos' will be busy taking photographs that distracts/disrupts the ongoing processes / build up of ambiance for the worship. And in turn it disrupts the subtler level of communication between the energy centres of the devotees and the Deity. 2. Historically, most of the vandalisation of the temples took place after recce by those who planned and vandalised the temples!! If you research you will come to know!!
Please bump into educated people who can understand you and will guide you mostly you go towards labour workers and expect them to understand your Scottish accent
35:37 As it is a cultural aspects that we take food by our right hand and on the other hand i.e left hand we wash our butts after potty. That is why we Indians respect right hand over left one. But, left handed people like you can do as you like.
You have a question that why you are not allowed to film inside the temple. Answer is you can always film but in temple's corridors and cannot film in front of God because you are there to prey only. Filming is very very inappropriate and indecent behaviour. In some temple you cannot film at all because of security reasons. Your next question is in regard to taking off shirt? So I suggest you can ask temple staff. According to me it will be the way of praying in this temple.
Why are male devotees required to remove their shirts? They are still continuing the old tradition. Indian males did not wear shirts or cover up upper part of the body in old times.. The shirt is seen as “foreign” since European colonized India..
It’s something similar to Azan. Usually temples in Kerala closes for Pooja (A ritual the main guy perform with the deity). In the past, Ringing bell signifies that the Pooja is over and the temple is open for the public for prayers. It’s mostly around 6 in the evening daily. Still they follow the same customs. These varies from place to place. There’s no standardised procedure for temples Ig. Kerala, the culture is very different from the north.
@@akashravi2209 Right, there is a call to prayer (Azan) five times a day to remind locals that the prayer is going to be started soon. Usually, there is a gap of 15 minutes between Azan and Namaz. But I have seen in movies and videos that Hindus ring the bell when they enter into temple. That's why I asked about it.
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That man did not understand that you are a left-hander and not able to eat with your right hand. You don't need to struggle with your right hand. Next time, please don't do so Also you can request for a spoon .Your accent is very difficult to follow for most of the kerala people.
Phil I feel so bad for you no one seemed very helpful and most everyone seems to not understand English and of course they don’t speak or understand Hindi and keep giving you wrong directions with the Onam stuff And 17:40 the drunk men keep following you🤦🏽♀️ Such a difference from Pahalgam, Dharamshala to Kerala
Very true. Hard to believe it's the most literate state in the country. People don't say no when they don't know something or they don't understand something.
@@manishas9411 it is his area or Street 😂. As a youtuber you gone into his area and saying he is following me looks funny 😂. If he is follower why he is standing with the people there? Because he is know by the people who are teaching him dance. So don't generalize or put your logic less comment here 😂.
In this video I refer to an Onam video I had filmed earlier that day…
You can watch that video at the link 👇
ua-cam.com/video/d9s3lMXAooI/v-deo.htmlsi=JLjWK74dgN30ZwSP
Eat with ur left hand if u wipe ur butt with right one...🤣
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Always eat with Right Hand ✋👌 learn more
Traveling is a good thing but learn the purpose of life....
Why we are here ....
Dude pls upload it in a sequence. It becomes more interesting and easy to follow along. This’ll also help your viewership as people know where to pick up from incase they want to come back later.
Men usually remove shirt to show respect to the lord before entering Kerala Temples. The main idol of lord is kept in sanctum sanctorum which is different from altar. Devotees should pray to the lord by circumambulating in clockwise direction. Photography is not allowed inside due to security reasons. Each temple has its own customs.
This is not a custom. Actually this is a superstition
I'd say dressing codes are purely based on the the traditional way people living in Kerala used to wear their dresses
Male usually wear a dhoti and nothing in the upper body due the humidity and hot climatic conditions and may be they just don't feel its needness
Hey Phil,
I am really sorry that there was no one to help you with the proper route where the festivals were taking place in Kochi during Onam.
Basically I am from Kochi, Kerala. And actually this year Onam was an energetic and enchanting one. Its okay that you missed this time but i hope next time you wouldn't surely miss it.
Btw, We take of Shirt inside temple to show respect to Lord Shiva, where we place the god inside the temple premises. Thats the reason why they informed you to remove the shirt before entering the proper premises of the temple. Kerala is called - "Gods Own Country", where we respect gods like anything. And Hinduism is a vast and oldest religion in the world, so in India each state you go and each and every temple you visit, there will be different rules.
In Kerala,
Some temple like Devi Temples, we dont have to where Mundu (you saw that, one of your taxi drivers where wearing it, and thats called Mundu). And as i said, for Devi temples we can where jeans and for Lord Shiva temples we can wear jeans and thats not a problem but you need to take of the shirt to show respect to the god.
And for Lord Krishna temples in Kerala, you can't wear Jeans or Trousers, You can only wear a "Mundu" (the thing that we were under our lower body) and the shirt should be removed. (This is how it works for Krishna Temples)
Hinduism is just not a religion it teaches us about Nature and Culture.
Thanks and Regards Mate.
Love from Kerala. 😊
You are lucky that you could film the diety and the inside temple.. usually, they don't allow.. between thanks for recording the 🔔. I literally got goosebumps hearing them❤
Come to Kolkata/Calcutta for Durga Puja. It's a five day festival (20th to 24th Oct) of pure fun, joy, celebration and nostalgia. You'll love it!
Now become 10 days festival bcoz of UNESCO world heritage recognition.
In Bangladesh too🥰
Thiruvananthapuram capital of Kerala is best place to visit in onam
Ved and a-ved (boudh, jain, charvak) both are sanatan. Famously called as sindhu (hindu) river civilization or Indus (India) river civilization. Collectively called as Sanatana dharma. Eko devah sarvabhuteshu goodah. One god resides in everyone and everything, takes any names and any forms, he is also formless and also infinite. As for the disciple is the god.
This is the right information without hate, thank you, who ever you are
Beautiful temples of Kerala ❤❤❤❤❤
The Scottish 🏴 played well today🏉. All love from South Africa 🇿🇦 Phil. Love your videos.
First phil, you are very sweet. Please do not change in your lifetime. The bells were ringinging as that was the time of god prayer. You should eat by left hand btw I am also left hander and I have experienced same. Your understanding about why they were asking to eat from right hand is peefectly correct. Next time simply tell them that you are left hander and do all your work with left hand. I have not seen a vlogger like you who is completely natural. Remain like this for whole of your life and believe me god likes people like you.
35:02 you are correct. No rule as such. Just use your natural way. Nothing wrong with it.
If possible I suggest you to be in mumbai from next mon-wed bcz ganesh chaturthi is on its way and the aymosphere of mumbai will be mesmerizing
Wish you would've visited Trivandrum, the Capital city of Kerala for Onam celebrations. It was full of activities there including fairs, concerts, lights etc and in the last day, there is also a procession...
Mysore dasara(karnataka state)10 days festival many people come from around the world to see that I hope u won't miss that Sun, 15 Oct, 2023 - Tue, 24 Oct, 2023 . You can google for more information ❤
Hi Phil, about your query
According to ancient Indian tradition, the mind as well as body should be pure and simple while visiting a place of worship. In fact, a temple is not a spot where one can show off wealth or attire. Everybody needs to realize that we are nobody before God.
While visiting a shrine, devotees ideally should wear the simplest dress in the most proper manner. It is based on this concept that certain temples prohibit devotees wearing trousers from entering the inner precincts. The devotees are required to be clothed in ‘mundus’ here.
India is hosting G20... Proud moment for ous and we r becoming supperfast developing economy. ❤❤
yah, you can eat with what ever hand your comfortable, it has to deal with sanity reasons in the past.
-you can check out unlimited veg at mothers veg plaza, served on a banana leaf. but you definitely can use what ever had you want to use.
Come to Kolkata during Durga Puja, will starts from 20.10.23 to 24.10.23 .It will be a lifetime experience for you Phil.
As you know that,India is rich in heritage and very diversified country .Durga Puja is the main festival of West Bengal.
If you are interested to come to Kolkata during Durga Puja,then I will help you to explore the sweet festival of us.please reply.
Lots of love.
50+ different country is equal to india ❤ . It is very diverse but there is unity in diversity but Phil u should stay atleast 6-8 months in south india (karnataka,andra, telengana,tamil nadu,kerela)and 6-8 in north India (Maharashtra,oddisa, jharkhand, madhya pradesh, chattisgarh, rajasthan, uttarpradesh and west bengal etc) and 3 months in north east india(Assam, meghalaya, arunachal pradesh and many more)
Sorry that you missed Onam! But, you cannot be very far away from celebrations in this land of festivals! Go to Kolkata (British name Calcutta) on the eve of Durga Puja around 18-19th October. It will be days of celebrations with vibrant colours, music and cuisines. You will enjoy it definitely. Best of luck! 😊👍😊
Friend, I'm surprised that nobody has prevent you from using camera in a temple. Usually non Hindus were not allowed inside the temples.
Carved conches are considered holy in the South Indian temples. If you keep such a conch near to your ears you can hear the sound of the ocean. The air column within the conch resonate that way. While blowing the conch the sound of the universe “ Om” you can hear. While doing puja for the diety , the conch is being blown by the Poojari.
It is believed that God enters into a man’s heart through his chest and into the heart of a woman through her face. That is why men are asked to remove the shirt.
Temples are not considered as a place of worship. It is considered as the diety’s home. So depending on the diety , different customs should be followed at different temples.
Because in kerala it's rare to see people eating with left hand and there is no wrong on this. But mostly we use everything with right hand like eating, shake hands we used to
just ignore people and don't stop eating with your left hand and told them that i am left handed
There aren't typically any traditional public 'Onam Parties' in Kerala. The celebrations are usually on the weekend before or after the actual date, the ones organised by communities, offices, schools etc; and on the actual date most people spend time with their family at home. Probably why it was difficult for you to find any celebration of sorts...Still great to see you explore the State. Hoping to see you in person someday ✨ Wishing you a wonderful time here 🤗
Thanks that’s excellent advice for next year 😁 hopefully someone will invite me to their home for Onam
@@philbland like that guy you found on the road.
@@philblandi am inviting advance for next onam in my home
U missed Mysore Dasara in Mysore KARNATAKA it's a big event in South INDIA next year u can try😊
Just go to Munnar, Alleppey while in Kerela. In India to deal with the never ending chaos you need to preplan many things. Organized chaos, you may call it. Decide on a rough route. Maybe Kerela- Goa-Mumbai- North east India. 🤷♂️
Right handed eating is related to aspausious and related to acupressure related to good digestion etc
The Shree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple, dedicated to Maha Vishnu, in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala, India. It is widely considered as the world's richest Hindu temple.
People not understanding your accent which leads to something else is funny😂
Eating with right hand gives blessings in your food and positive enery.
Phil's random encounters are truly legendary 😅
It's a Shiva Temple 🙏
Deity is known as Ernakulathappan.
There are many things to explain, but we cannot explain it one youtube comment..
Before entering hindu temples in Kerala,
We should strictly follow PanchaShuddhi (5 types of Cleanliness).
We should wear White Mundu(that white long cloth) as bottom wear.
We should not wear shirt or any top wear, because we need to receive energy.
The inner house is the Sanctum Santorum where the deity is installed. The priest and devotees energize the idol of deity and surroundings through sounds(reciting mantras), light, fragrance, water, etc. Devotees recieve energy through body(upper body) from bottom to top. It's related to Chakras in our body.
In ancient times, both men and women in Kerala do not wear top, they gives priority, in an order of
1. Dharma
2. Artha
3. Kaama
4. Moksha
Temples are the place related to Dharma. Ancient times people are strict about moral(dharmik) values.
You are lucky to enter this temple.😊 Because non-hindus are still not allowed to enter hindu temples in Kerala, because of past attacks and incidents while european rule and sulthan rule.😶😶
Anyway you have a divine aura with you, that's why good people like you reach in front of deity automatically without any planning.
🕉️ Om namah shivaya 🙏❤
God bless all 🙏
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Actually CNG stands for Compressed Natural Gas. The government is pushing towards this fuel because this is cheaper, efficient and way less polluting than petrol. In India most of the public transport vehicles have shifted to this and the remaining are shifting. You see those public city buses all across India, most of them run on CNG. Even the auto-rickshaws which foreign tourists call tuktuks (by the way, we Indian call them autorickshaws ('auto' in short) all across the country because they are automatic as compared to pedal rickshaws that we had in the past) run on CNG to cut pollution. Also, now-a-days in almost every Indian town, village and city you will find battery rickshaws. There are also public buses which run on batteries in various cities like Chandigarh, Pune, etc. Apart from these, we are mixing 20% ethanol in petrol to make it less polluting.
He is shaking the carbonated drink. wow genius
😂 that's what I said to myself.
You can really mediate on these bell sounds. Listen carefully while closing your eyes
Government will celebrate officially😊
You are seen sep 19 Ganesh chaturthi.most famous in Hyderabad and mumbai
More interesting details from your video and the people you meet along the way. There are so many things to experience from the various festivals happening throughout all India. This is what makes your videos enjoyable. How long do you plan to spend in India and where are you going to visit next ? 😊
Can anyone tell me how pay shopkeeper 160 for 1 fizz and 1 redbull...
What is real price ....
Phil it's kinda hard for us to understand your Scottish accent lol so most of the time they have no clue what you are asking.
Also yes we use the right hand because we use the left hand to wipe our arse and as per the sadhya etiquette, you have to eat it with right hand. Even the lefties here usually learn to eat with right hand just because of that.
We use banana leaves because it's been used as a plate from ancient times as banana trees are there at every home backyard.
Olden times there weren't these many dishes because most of the vegetable we use these days came from Europe, south America etc during colonial period so sadhya wasn't always these many items. But these days you can add whatever you want like the nonveg items the uber guy made at his home.
But it's fine as you can always ask for a fork or spoon or spork to eat it.
Also we take off our shirts inside the temple mostly because we weren't wearing any shirts back in the days. Shirts were only worn after the colonialism because our climate is mostly hot and people were only covering their bottom parts back in the days. So wearing the shirts is kinda disrespectful inside the temple because you have more clothes than the god himself. You are supposed to appear as poor as you can infront of the god. You aren't supposed to look better than the god who made you. And they do not allow cameras inside also non Hindu aren't usually allowed inside.
But in north Indian temples you can wear whatever you want because they have been wearing shirts from ancient times because of their climate.
I'm north Indian and thanks for sharing this knowledge regarding Dress code man that's why I always had this doubt that why men usually go without shirt in Guruvayoor,ettumanoor and padmanabhaswamy temple
Deity is consecrated in sanctum sanctorum, so it is considered a disturbance for the deity to capture video there. Besides, Its a serious place for devotion where people commune with deity, so they don't want to promote it as tourist location.
Kerala temples are very strict regarding the agama shastra and follow tantric rituals to the dot. Removing shirt is all part of that.
Hindu sanatan dharma is oldest religion on earth ...since earth formed
What rubbish
Sanathan BHIKHARI Kerala mein bahuth hai.
We feed them well. 😊
@@cprijesh first get feeded yourself converted rice bag , world's richest temple in kerala belongs to sanatan ,n is managed by sanatis , paying taxes n donating etc , u guys manage ur missionary churches funded by ur former masters overseas n be loyal to them n also manage the islamists over there , don't worry about hindus over there , they are highly educated n well respected.😂
@@cprijeshAnd what community do belong to .....coz not everyone is Ambani...even we feed the other community on streets 😂
@@cprijeshyou why are you feeding them.because you are also a beggar 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Community hand, referred to as clean hand, to be specially reserved for anything that may involve others. The other is the hand for personal use, referred to as an unclean hand. People understand if we are left hander, just tell them which is our clean hand. New York USA.
Title of the video should have been more respectable.
Agree, I changed it to surprising instead of crazy
@@philbland hii!! Phil I am following your vlog from a month and I really enjoyed whatever you do like - hello! How are , catch you later 😅. after reaching Kochi you upload a video than start a Himachal Pradesh series,and this video may be about to 2nd September So now where are you man? Only you knows 😂
I think u should visit more south indian temples there many many beautiful temples especially u will love architecture i promise ❤
Phil it's sad that u didn't find the right person to guide u at onam times u should have came to thrissur the next district there's lots of stuffs going on onam week
Hinduism is just a way to live life..
Come to kolkata in mid oct (20-24th) during durga puja festival..You will mesmarised.. I promise
Also, there is a suggestion which probably you would enjoy! Go to Alleppey (this is the British name, its original name is Alappuzha), take a boat ride there through the back waters of Kerela and then rent a bike there and go to a place called Munnar taking the Mountain Gap Road. Take me on this, you will enjoy for sure! All the best! 😊👍😊
Shirt removed only in kerala temple and also some temple in my state ( neighbouring of Kerala - Tamil Nadu). In India, southern states have strict rules to follow in temples. And south is what most authentic type of hindu culture present. Some temples in south you can't even enter into ( no foreigners allowed). And about camera not allowed , I don't know reason. But most temples you can't take pictures of main deity in centre of temple.
U should stay in Bengaluru instead of Delhi u will love it❤
49:35 its a hindu shiva temple.. Shirt off is for respect for the god.( who you are you are rich or poor you should look like same in front of god)
Its like a cultural thing to eat with your right hand
34:43 Yes the wiping of the b*** is the reason for not eating with left hand therefore you are supposed to do the wiping with your left hand so you eat with you right hand even if you are left handed.
Phil searching for Onam like there is no tomorrow. Also folks in Kerala seem to suck at directions lol
Did you check out the padmabasawamy temple (not sure if you can go inside, but you can visit the outside).
You must check out Munnar, old church's, mosques,
Scottish english accent is really difficult to understand. Probably US accent is the easiest for Indians to understand.
There is a lot of Gold in the temple and a lot of temples have been looted, some destroyed by the invaders in the past... so some temples(like puri Jagannatha) don't even allow non-practicing hindus inside... past 1000 years have been very brutal for India..
and finally there could be any spiritual reasons which I don't know...
You should've visit Trivandrum for onam celebration
Most Onam festivals happen in the Capital of Kerala, Trivandrum.
Nope..
@@Alchemy12 ha ha.. Just a simple search of "Trivandrum onam" will give you the results. "trivandrum onam lights" will show you the lights. 'Trivandrum onam concers will show you all the concerts happened in multiple venues around the city.
trivandrum onam fair will show you the multiple fairs around the city. "trivandrum onam procession" will show you the ending procession. Any one can see for themselves. In this video, this guy was scouting around Kochi all day and he could't find a place where celibrations are going on. That would't have happend if he was in Trivandrum as people would've pointed him out to Kanakakunnu area where festival activities were going on even after Thiruvonam. .
Actually CNG stands for Compressed Natural Gas. The government is pushing towards it because it is cheaper, efficient and way less polluting than petrol. Most of the city public transport vehicles all across the country run on CNG. People are also buying vehicles which are pre-fitted with the CNG compatible system so that they don't have to get those large cylinders fitted in their cars' boot. Even most of the auto-rickshaws that foreign tourists call tuk-tuks (by the way, all across India we Indians call them auto (short for auto-rickshaws) as they are automatic as compared to pedal rickshaws that we had in the past) also run on CNG. Also, in various cities like Pune, Chandigarh, etc., we have public buses which run on batteries. Now-a-days in almost every Indian cities, villages and towns you will find rickshaws that run on batteries (we call them toto). Even we are blending 20% ethanol in petrol to make it less polluting and that ethanol is produced from agricultural residues in a very sustainable manner. In this way farmers are also getting benefitted by selling there residues and crops like Sugarcane as well for ethanol production.
Things to improve-
You went to kerela without being prepared- what are the places to go in Cochin, where is the snake boat at etc. you don’t give viewers interesting sights- your channel won’t grow. It should be a combination of well planned and unplanned adventures to get views
2. Among many vloggers- I saw that your communication skill needs a lot of work- people are having a very hard time to get you and you cannot decipher out what the people are saying when they speak in an accent or use broken English.
3. When you ask questions- your eyes should be able to spot who is college educated and who is not- hence who can you communicate with to get accurate information
I have travelled from east Asia to Europe. My eyes are extremely quick to spot who could potentially be college educated and by that who can I communicate with for a more accurate communication
You are right people are forced to eat with their right hand because left hand is for wiping and is seen with disgust. But those are old people customs. Now you can eat with any hand you want. Only that some old timers might feel disgusted
Are you planning to go back to Kuala Lumpur and four seasons hotel?? If yes how long??
Bro...onam celebrations are already over here...
Please come lucknow beautiful city
The city of lakshman
It's because everybody is eating with their right hand
Hai Philip navratri festival in gujrat an West Bengal.
Photos of main Santorum is not allowed in any big temple or any other religions places just for to maintain the dignity and respect of the deity. Please don't repeat again, you can film outside.
Removal of shirt may be local custom of the temple. Please someone reply its significance.
Hello phil hope you are good and enjoying when are coming to pakistan every one talking about you wonder when phil is coming back to pakistan ❤❤❤❤❤we are missing you ❤❤❤
The reason for no video in worshiping place in india ( most of the places) is The worshiper or devotee need to be left with their utmost privacy during their prayers.
Hello 👋 you should also visit ladakh 😅❤
Any malayali Brother can u pls clarify my doubt that i saw few men in sabrimala wearing black attire and few were shirtless , compared to guruvayoor, ettumanoor and padmanabhaswamy where every men were shirtless.
Shabrimala have different origin, different customs than the usual temples in Kerala. Shabrimala predates the Brahmin migration to Kerala and some historians say it has tribal origins. Also, ideally you go into Shabrimala only after taking the 42 day preperation, where you become swami therefore rules are light regarding attire.
U gonna make us laugh 😂😂😂
you should go to udaipur buddy
We Hindus worship almost everything which help or helped us to survived and show the discipline of life to be healthy,wealthy, and wise ....we worship cow because cow is very useful to our society its existence in a family means at least your children will not be hungry in day to day life ....that's the reason we worship everything
Thanks for uploading!
Hindu Sanatana Dharma / Hindu Dharma and Bharat that is India is a living civilization (the only one that is left on the planet to survive against the onslaught of Abrahamic religions! I may sound rude here! I have very many practicing Christian and muslim friends as individuals and families! But we openly discuss about these things and accepted to have our views and opinions!!
Subject matter is very wide! But my 2cents!
Hindu Sanatana Dharma Temples are conceptualised in layout and content to replicate innher body system of human beings.
These Gods are NOT Gods as perceived in Abrahamic religions! These Gods are Deities or Murthys of Specific Devaas (or self exuberant entities capable of bestowing blessings to devotees who can connect with LOVE (not out of fear!). These dieties are invoked in to the specific Murthy (Englishman's Idol) by way of procedures prescribed in Vedas (using specific Mantras and methods). Once sanctified, the place is open to devotees, whosoever wants to connect with the specific Deity and seek blessings.
Idea is to create a physical system that stimulates the mind to connect to the divinity invoked in to the Deity /Murthy in the form of energy chakras (or energy centres) similar to human body.
During the worship that was going on (on your left as you were coming out) with the priest moving the lamp in front of the Diety, the loud noise is to stimulate the lower level chakras of the devotees and lesser loud but higher pitch sounds stimulates the higher chakras and the one in the hands of the priest is designed to give the sounds to stimulate the devotees top three chakras (out of the 7 chakras within the body). Thus enable devotee to remain focussed and to connect with the divinity being invoked in the Deity!.
The outermost circle in which you moved around is supposed to represent your gross body - where the loudest of sounds are heard, and there is second inner circle which represents subtle body or astral body-where less loud but higher pitch sounds are played and the third inner circle is where ONLY priests move around (that they remain in a bit of a meditative state - knowingly or unknowingly)! Usually, in most of the temples, devotees are not allowed to cross in to second circle! Third inner circle, no temple permits devotees! Reason is that certain energies once disrupted in those circles, restoring becomes a painful / prolonged process!!
About taking out your clothes (for gents ONLY!): This is my guess!!
No one is supposed to be visiting without taking at the least one bath for the day plus addl bath post to any serious ablutions!
Women are considered to have been bestowed with better perceiving ability and better capacity to connect to Deities. So, no bars for them up to second inner circle.
Where as men need some action to 'bring to awareness of the place/ongoing process' to stop other interactions and become focussed! And removing shirt will ensure that they remain focussed!
Why Camera Not Allowed:
1. Devotees 'just curiousos' will be busy taking photographs that distracts/disrupts the ongoing processes / build up of ambiance for the worship. And in turn it disrupts the subtler level of communication between the energy centres of the devotees and the Deity.
2. Historically, most of the vandalisation of the temples took place after recce by those who planned and vandalised the temples!! If you research you will come to know!!
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Please bump into educated people who can understand you and will guide you mostly you go towards labour workers and expect them to understand your Scottish accent
35:37 As it is a cultural aspects that we take food by our right hand and on the other hand i.e left hand we wash our butts after potty. That is why we Indians respect right hand over left one. But, left handed people like you can do as you like.
So you don't know aboit Toll plaza 😂 i guess its new thing for you
You have a question that why you are not allowed to film inside the temple. Answer is you can always film but in temple's corridors and cannot film in front of God because you are there to prey only. Filming is very very inappropriate and indecent behaviour. In some temple you cannot film at all because of security reasons. Your next question is in regard to taking off shirt? So I suggest you can ask temple staff. According to me it will be the way of praying in this temple.
Exactly
You should visit punjab side
Why are male devotees required to remove their shirts? They are still continuing the old tradition. Indian males did not wear shirts or cover up upper part of the body in old times.. The shirt is seen as “foreign” since European colonized India..
Habeebi come to calicut
you should wash your hands everytime you wipe your butt or ass 😅😊😂
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Why do Hindus ring bell in temple?
Magzn toss
@@Javaid098 Magzn toss?
It’s something similar to Azan. Usually temples in Kerala closes for Pooja (A ritual the main guy perform with the deity). In the past, Ringing bell signifies that the Pooja is over and the temple is open for the public for prayers. It’s mostly around 6 in the evening daily. Still they follow the same customs. These varies from place to place. There’s no standardised procedure for temples Ig. Kerala, the culture is very different from the north.
@@akashravi2209 Right, there is a call to prayer (Azan) five times a day to remind locals that the prayer is going to be started soon. Usually, there is a gap of 15 minutes between Azan and Namaz.
But I have seen in movies and videos that Hindus ring the bell when they enter into temple. That's why I asked about it.
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Crazy? Plz remove that word
Go Kerala backwaters and enjoy luxury 🚢 boat
Use left hand for eating...bcs u r aeft hand guy😅
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Does no one in India speak English? 🙄Phil hasn’t had one informative conversation with anyone here
Kerela sabse garib hai rajya hai or uske karana wahan educated log bhi kam hai
Ok
@@invisibleman9684😂garib hai?? Kerala?.
That man did not understand that you are a left-hander and not able to eat with your right hand. You don't need to struggle with your right hand. Next time, please don't do so
Also you can request for a spoon .Your accent is very difficult to follow for most of the kerala people.
Speak in kanada 😂
regarding Eating Morals
Eat with Right Hand ✋👌
Learn To Eat , Write ✍️ and other activities
But wash your private parts with Left hand....
Phil I feel so bad for you no one seemed very helpful and most everyone seems to not understand English and of course they don’t speak or understand Hindi and keep giving you wrong directions with the Onam stuff
And 17:40 the drunk men keep following you🤦🏽♀️
Such a difference from Pahalgam, Dharamshala to Kerala
Very true. Hard to believe it's the most literate state in the country. People don't say no when they don't know something or they don't understand something.
He never followed . When does that drunk man followed? Only kids followed don't overreact 😂.
@@santhoshv3028I put it in the comment 17:40 same drunk guy from 13:51
@@manishas9411 it is his area or Street 😂. As a youtuber you gone into his area and saying he is following me looks funny 😂. If he is follower why he is standing with the people there? Because he is know by the people who are teaching him dance. So don't generalize or put your logic less comment here 😂.
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