Heidi Klum, Seal renew marital vows in Hindu ceremony

suchandra · May 29, 2008

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Heidi Klum, Seal renew marital vows in Hindu ceremony

German supermodel Heidi Klum and her singer husband Seal renewed their marital vows in a Hindu ceremony on their third wedding anniversary.

India was the theme of the wedding that was held at Mexico’s Costa Careyes beach early this month. Indian priest Pandit Shailesh Tripathi was especially called from Indian holy city Varanasi to conduct the ceremony.

Apart from the ceremony, everything about the function was also Indian. For one, the wedding mandap was decorated in Indian motifs.The bride and groom as well as the guests were reportedly dressed in Indian dresses like banarasi saris, lehenga, sherwanis and kurtas.

Heidi Klum was dressed like an Indian bride in lehenga-chunni and wore exquisite jewellery. Seal wore a black sherwani.

According to a newspaper report, Pandit Tripathi performed elaborate poojas like Ganesh pujan and Navgarh pujan. Heidi and Seal also did saat phere.

Heidi’s parents were also part of rituals like Kanyadaan (giving away of the bride) and Paon Pujai (washing the groom’s feet).

Heidi and Seal have known Tripathi since their visit to India last year. The couple was mesmerized by the Vedic mantras that Tripathi chanted in Kashi. Later, he had also conducted a special Ganga Puja (done for married couples) for Heidi and Seal.

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RadheyRadhey108 · May 29, 2008

Are they Hindu or did they just like the ceremonies and what they represented?

suchandra · May 30, 2008

Are they Hindu or did they just like the ceremonies and what they represented?

Since Pandit Tripathi performed elaborate poojas could be that he implanted the bhakti-lata-bija.

The Bhakti-Lata-Bija

BY SRILA BHAKTIVEDANTA NARAYAN GOSVAMI MAHARAJA

FRANCE, Oct 16 (VNN) — Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja

Toulouse, France: July 6, 2002

[From July 2 to July 7, three hundred devotees gathered from France, Germany, England, Italy, and America to hear the hari-katha of Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja in Toulouse, France. Every evening he gave class from Caitanya-caritamrta, leading up to the topic of Sri Rupa-siksa, and within that, he discussed the topic of the seed of the bhakti creeper. He specifically requested that his lectures on this subject be published.]

[sripad Madhava Maharaja:] Srila Gurudeva has ordered me to explain the verse:

brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva

guru krsna prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija

By the causeless mercy of guru and Krsna, the devotional practitioner can receive the seed of bhakti.

[srila Narayana Maharaja:] Who will receive the seed?

[Madhava Maharaja:] The sadhaka.

[srila Narayana Maharaja:] Why did you say sadhaka? Anyone can receive it.

[sripad Madhava Maharaja:] By the combined causeless mercy of Guru and Krsna, any living entity can receive the bhakti-lata-bija. In this verse, "guru krsna" has two meanings: It means "by the combined mercy of Sri Guru and Sri Krsna," and it means that Guru is a manifestation of Krsna. Guru and Krsna are non-different, and this is confirmed in the Caitanya-caritamrta:

guru krsna-rupa hana sastrera pramane

guru-rupe krsna krpa karena bhakta-gane)

["According to the revealed opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is non-different from Krsna. Lord Krsna, in the form of the spiritual master, delivers His devotees." (Cc Adi 1.45)]

By the causeless mercy of asraya-bhagavan (the spiritual master), the living entity can receive the bhakti-lata-bija. This bhakti-lata-bija is the desire to serve Krsna. How will this desire to serve Krsna manifest in the heart? It manifests by hearing hari-katha from the bona fide Guru and bona fide Vaisnavas. If we try to hear Krsna's pastimes with faith from Gurudeva, and also from pure Vaisnavas, the desire to serve will appear in the heart. I'd like to give some examples from the pastimes we have heard from our Gurudeva and from the Vaisnavas:

One time, Krsna and His sakhas like Sridama, Madhumangala, and others were wrestling with one another, and eventually Sridama came out the winner - and Krsna was clapping alone. Seeing this, the sakhas asked Him, "Krsna, why are You clapping so much?" He replied, "Because I defeated Sridama in the wrestling match."

Meanwhile, Durvasa Rsi, who was sitting and watching the whole scene, couldn't decide whether Krsna was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or just a mundane boy. He watched in amazement as the boys debated with Krsna. Sridama challenged Him, "Krsna Kanhaiya, how can You say that You defeated me? All the sakhas are eyewitnesses; they all saw that You were on the ground on Your back, underneath me. Therefore I am the winner." Krsna replied, "But My nose was pointing up, and he whose nose points down is the loser; so you are the loser!"

full article: http://www.vnn.org/europe/EU0210/EU16-7601.html