“There is coming a mighty fine way to say hello to each other without that damn Christian hug as they have ruined it and now there is nothing, but you are Ron to see that all say NAMASTE.â€
NAMASTE, sometimes called namaskar and namaskaram, is a customary Hindu non- contact manner of respectfully greeting and honoring a person or group, used at any time of day. It is an expression of veneration, worship, reverence, an “offering of homage†and “adoration†in the vedic literature and post-vedic texts such as THE MAHABHARATA.
In the contemporary era, NAMAH means ‘BOW’, ‘OBEISANCE’, ‘REVERENTIAL SALUTATION’ or ‘ADORATION’ and ‘TE’ means ‘TO YOU’. Therefore, NAMASTE literally means “bowing to youâ€. In Hinduism, it also has a spiritual import reflecting the belief that “the DIVINE and SELF (ATMAN) is same in you and me, and connotes “I bow to the DIVINE in youâ€, which means “the SACRED in me recognizes the SACRED in youâ€.(source Wikipedia)
Having been grown-up myself among the hindu faith community, I regularly used the NAMASTE, particular during a gathering where a deity is celebrated.