Aum

File:AUM symbol, the primary (highest) name of the God as per the Vedas.svg

Om

Om (also spelled Aum), is the most sacred symbol in Hinduism. Hindu scriptures tell many things about this symbol. In Hinduism, Om is like calling god's name towards you. This name is generally said three times, before chanting any prayers. Om is usually related to the Hindu God Shiva, who is the destroyer god.

Aum Media

• Om symbol.svg

  Om ligature in Devanagari script

• 004 Gopura, Aum Sign (26596636998).jpg

  Om (ௐ) in Tamil script with a trishula at Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, Singapore; Om appears frequently as an icon in temples (kovils) and spiritual retreats

• Golden Mandala with Om symbol at Hindu temple in Malaysia.jpg

  A rangoli featuring Om surrounded by stylised peacocks; Om often features prominently in the religious art and iconography of Indian religions

• OM in Rakhi.jpg

  A rakhi in the shape of Om

• Shiva as the Lord of Dance LACMA edit.jpg

  Statue depicting Shiva as the Nataraja dancing in a posture resembling the Devangari ligature for Om; Joseph Campbell argued that the Nataraja statue represents Om as a symbol of the entirety of "consciousness, universe" and "the message that God is within a person and without"

• Bengali Om.svg

  Aum symbol in Bengali alphabet.

• Aum Om black.svg

  Om, a symbol in Hinduism

• Devanagari AUM ओम्.svg

  The syllable Om (Aum) spelled out in Devanagari script (ओम्) in full rather than the simpler ligature.

• Om jaïn black.svg

  L'Om jaïn, symbole du jaïnisme.

• Ek onkar.svg

  Ek_onkar

Related pages

• Om Shinrikyo is a Japanese new religion or cult.