Namaste

Namaste or Namaskar is a neutral greeting used a lot in many East Asian countries. It is used when Hello and Hi are used in English, though it has a very different meaning.

Namaste is kind of like a praise to the person receiving the namaste.

The word's meaning is “I bow to the divine in you.” Namaste is a traditional Indian greeting of respect and thank you, with spiritual and symbolic meaning, This is more traditional to do it to your elders.

Namaste Media

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  Pressing hands together with a smile to greet namaste – a common cultural gesture in India

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  Hindu god Kubera on the left with a person in Añjali Mudrā (13th century Chennakesava Temple, Somanathapura, Karnataka).

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  Entrance pillar relief (Thrichittatt Maha Vishnu Temple, Kerala).

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  Joko Widodo greets Emmanuel Macron at the 2021 G20 Rome Summit

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  The Prince of Wales meeting the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in Glasgow, Scotland on November 01, 2021 (1)

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  A Hindu man making the Añjali Mudrā

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  The ninth line from the top, last word in the Rigveda manuscript above is namas in the sense of "reverential worship"

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  Wai gesture in a Thai temple

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  Hinduism, Hindu namaste, Balinese people culture