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Yuge Atthavis vitevari ubha II Vamangi rakhumai dise divya shobha II Pundlikache bheti parbrahmale ga II Charani vahe bhima uddhari jaga ...

Shattila Ekadashi is one of the most important Ekadashis. According to the Hindu calendar, it is observed every year during the month of Mag...

प्रभुं प्राणनाथं विभुं विश्वनाथं जगन्नाथ नाथं सदानन्द भाजाम् । भवद्भव्य भूतॆश्वरं भूतनाथं, शिवं शङ्करं शम्भु मीशानमीडॆ गलॆ रुण्डमालं तनौ स...

Shri Sathyanaranayana katha is from Skandha purana, Reva kaanda. Sutha Puraanikji was the narrator of these stories, in Neimishaaranya to th...

Vaikuntha Ekadashi (Kannada: ವೈಕುಂಠ ಏಕಾದಶಿ; (Tamil: வைகுண்ட ஏகாதசி; Telugu: వైకుంఠ ఏకాదశి; Sanskrit: वैकुंठ एकादशि) (Sometimes called Mukkot...

People piercing their body with hooks, skewers and (vel) small lances during Thaipusam at Murugan Temples is a common sight. In the beginnin...

Lakshmi puja is a Hindu ritual performed on Diwali Amavasya, is the third day of Dipavali (Diwali), the Hindu festival of lights. According ...

Dear Samaj Bandhavas, Sri Venkatesha Seva Samithi Charitable Trust has been conducting monthly Sathyanarayana Pooja at our Ishtadevatha...

Vinayaka Chaturthi or Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations end with the immersion or Visarjan of clay Ganapati idol in water. Hindus worship Brah...

Prasad The word ‘prasad’ means that which gives peace. During any form of worship, ritual or ceremony, Hindus offer some items of food to ...

Signifance of Ekadasi Fasting: Ekadasi or Ekadashi is a Sanskrit word derived from the words, Eka which means one and dasi, the womanly for...

Sanskrit (संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam [sə̃skɹ̩t̪əm], originally संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, "refined speech") is a historical Indo-Aryan l...

Krishna Janmashtami ( कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी kṛṣṇa janmāṣṭami), also known as Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrish...

A Homam is a ritual performed with fire. It is also called “Havan”or “Yajna”. Our body is considered to be made up of five elements – Earth,...

'Shri' or 'Shree' stands for Lakshmi and 'yantra' stands for device. Shri Yantra is a device that helps invok...

Ashta Lakshmi (Ashta means eight + Lakshmi means the Goddess of wealth) signifies the eight divine aspects of Ma Lakshmi. The eight represen...

Hindu House Warming Ceremony Griha Pravesh is a ceremony performed on the occasion of one's first entry into a new house. Once the hou...

QUESTION 1: Only ten people survived the great war which lasted eighteen days. The amount of blood that was shed was so much that the soil i...