Significance of Hindu way of greeting

There are different style of greetings handshakes, hug, kissing cheeks, rubbing noses...i wonder why Indian way of greeting lacks a physical contact. Curiosity which kills the cat normally... made the difference here ;) ! Googled for "namaskaram" and landed up in a feww interesting pages and here z the summary of it.

I was amazed to find the spirtual significance in greeting in Hindu culture. In hindu cluture greeting or praying is by joining both the hands together at chest height accompanied by a slight bow.

First before explaining greeting let me address to why we pray that way. When one does a "namskaram" (greeting/praying) by clasping two hands and bowing while praying, it signifies your submission or surrender to God. You say that you belong to him(God) by doing the namaskaram.

Now what we say to God interms of surrender we say to fellow human beings too so does it mean that we belong to him/or suddender to person whom we are praying..the answer is yes..the spirtual significance here does'nt change but you are acknowledging that you belong to him/her who ever you are greeting too....which is the essence of Advaitha philosphy. It is totally cool that we carry huge message of the philosophy of oneness in a simple thing like greeting.

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