Spirituality

A Journalist Reveals have been trying to find more information on the concept of the Mahalaya Paksha among Hindus since last year. Currently, Mahalaya Paksha is going on. It began from September 24-25 and it will continue till the coming Tuesday, October 9. We, finally, got in touch with K ...

A Journalist Reveals has been on the lookout for South Indians celebrating Navaratri with golu or koluvu. We came across Shobha Ratnakar from Bangalore, who has received awesome Navaratri feedback from visitors to her home during the festival. She has an issue common with most of us – the dearth ...

A Journalist Reveals’ request for inputs from South Indian Navaratri celebrators has been making rounds of the different WhatsApp groups. Through one of our contacts, we found Padma Ramesh from Bangalore. The significant part of her celebration is the Navaratri Kanya Pooja performed on the tenth day. Excerpts from the ...

This year, we at A Journalist Reveals are on the lookout for South Indians celebrating Navaratri with golu or koluvu. Somehow, my niece Tejaswini from Bangalore contacted me and said that she would be celebrating the festival in the said way (Tejaswini is the daughter of my paternal cousin Sampath ...

The story of Anant Chaturdashi goes thus: Brahmin Sumant and his wife Diksha had a daughter called Sushila. Diksha dies and Sumant married Karkash, who ill-treated her step-daughter. Sushila married Kaundinya and left the house to avoid the harassment of Karkash. They reached a river and Kaundinya went to take ...

We at A Journalist Reveals have been on the lookout for inputs from South Indians celebrating Navaratri with Golu or Koluvu. How Beginners Celebrate Navaratri: We found Sureka Ramesh, originally from Tanjore but settled in Bangalore. Surekha was willing to share some information on the subject. We found it useful ...

Today is Anant Chaturdashi. If Lord Anant (the Eternal One) is worshipped today, we receive eternal happiness and prosperity. Any wish placed at the feet of the Lord is fulfilled. Method: We can worship a photo of Maha Vishnu with the snake Anant. The idol or photo of Maha Vishnu ...

The first day of Moharram 2018 fell on September 20 this year. Although it is supposed to be a sad day, it is the beginning of the Muslim New Year. Yesterday, some individuals from that religious community living near Govind Nagar and Parshwa Nagar, Mira Road, Mumbai celebrated the festival ...

Ganeshotsav ends with Ganapathy Visarjan. In Maharashtra, some people take the smaller idols in their own hands to the immersion venue. If the idol is bigger than a man can hold, they transport it within a tempo, car or even a large truck. Some people chant slogans while they take ...

Today, I will share the details of Ganeshotsav 2018 – Our Celebrations. This time Lord Ganesha’s vehicle was the elephant. This event is very auspicious. Ganeshotsav 2018 – Our Celebrations: This time, we made it a point to arrange some scenes from the life of Lord Ganesha at our altar. ...