Festivals

Today is the first day of Navaratri. Some spiritual people say that this time the Devi has descended to the earth from the heavens on an elephant. After placing the kumbha and the dolls in the pooja area, we have to begin the pooja. We have to apply an auspicious ...

Continuing with yesterday’s post on kumbha worship, some people are beginning the pooja from 21st morning itself. Some people are planning to begin from the 21st evening. Some of them have decided to prepare the kumbha on the 20th itself. Kumbha can be kept on mandasana or a vidhana can ...

Now, we will talk about the kumbha. The kumbha can be of copper, brass, silver or mud. Wash the chosen kumbha well with tamarind and rock salt. Some people apply limestone paste over a one-inch area on the expanded portion of the kumbha and then, apply turmeric and kum kum ...

Often my Mom gets queries about how to start doing Navaratri Poojas in South Indian style. Some North Indians from Chennai, who have shifted elsewhere, have begun missing the South Indian Navaratri. She also got a query from a North Indian how to begin the celebrations after taking blessings. She ...

Nowadays, colored Ganeshas are worshipped during this time and the idols are taken in processions to be immersed in water bodies. When we pray to the Ganeshas going for immersion, we are destined to get moksha. On August 31st, which was the 7th day of Ganeshotsav, it was my birthday ...

It is Vighneshwara’s Navaratri from Ganesh Chaturthi to Anant Chaturdashi. On Tritiya, we invoke Gauri and on Chaturthi Lord Ganesha. See more here. People decide to keep the Lord for 1 ½, 3, 5, 7 or up to Chaturdashi. In North India, people immerse the Ganesh idols in flowing water, ...

One day before Ganesh Chaturthi is the festival of Haritalika Gauri. Gauri worshipped Har (Lord Shiva) to attain Him as her husband. The next day is Ganesh Chaturdashi. Ganesha was born from Goddess Parvati. She made Him guard Her Privacy. One day, Lord Shiva came that way and was stopped ...

Janmashtami is the day Lord Krishna was born. Lord Krishna was born to kill the demons Kamsa and Chanura. On that day, God incarnated to vanquish evil. Almost all Hindus celebrate Janmashtami in their own way. We celebrated the festival on a small scale this time. As usual, we performed ...

All of the Brahmin’s family members immediately opened their eyes and went outside to see who had come. But, they all saw only red feet marks coming from the main door to the swing. On the swing was a large gold pot with a 3D image of Goddess Mahalakshmi sitting ...

Thus, Brahmin’s family covered all the gift items and the food and they remained fasting the whole day having only fruits and milk. That day got over waiting for the woman. That night none of them sleep and insist that the youngest daughter-in-law did not call the woman properly. The ...