Author: Satish Nair

What we intended by “Namaste”, it is an Indian greeting gesture or salutation to display our respect to others, which is a gesture consisting of a small bow, while holding the palms together rose before the body. When meet a person of your own faith (mostly), we greet each other, regardless of the diversity of Hindu tradition, the underlying and unifying principle is that God resides within all beings. The greetings “Namaste” (Sanskrit), Namaskar (Hindi) and “Vanakkam” (Tamil) used by Indians to greet each other when they meet, where the three words mean; “I bow to You”, the “I” and the “You” refer to the divine identity and is an acknowledgment of the divinity and essential unity between them.

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I came upon this video in YouTube and enjoyed the beautiful way it represented the meaning of Namasté. Namasté, from India, is a commonly spoken salutation showing respect and taken literally means “I bow to you”.

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