Spirituality

Today is Raksha Bandhan. Previously, on this day, people tied raksha sutra to each other for their well-being. When Lord Indra was defeated by the demons and returned to His abode, Indrani tied a raksha sutra on His hand as He decided to return to the battlefield. Post this, He ...

By Robin Singh I am a co-founder of Peepal Farm – a stray animal recovery center and an organic farm – in a village near Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. It’s a place for animals to heal and be heard. Before this, I was running a successful tech company in the US. ...

Mitushi Palkar is back again with another case-study. This time she talks about another client, who is the mother of a boy. Her client approached Mitushi when her son was just 9 months old. Let us see what happened then. What was the problem? Last year around this time a ...

In the month of Shravan, it is said that Lord Shiva moves about on the earth. There are several forms of Shiva Lingam. Most important one among them is Narmadeshwar, which is formed near the River Narmada. We can attain all kinds of boons when we worship this form of ...

From the day after the bygone poornima, for some people in North India, Shravan month has begun. In the South and some other places in the North, Shravan begins from the day after the coming new moon day. For the former, from today the Shravan Somwar begins. The moon is ...

On 26th this month, a friend’s friend, who is a Sardarni married to a Hindu, called me up and said, “We have been living in Dubai for the last 2 years and returned home now. We like Hindu rituals and decided to begin this year’s poojas with Satyanarayan pooja on ...

Tomorrow, we will be watching this century’s longest total lunar eclipse. In Hinduism, an eclipse is seen in a differently than science does. It is going to occur from tomorrow night 10.44 for one hour 43 minutes. The eclipse brings with it impurity also called sutaka. Astrologers and priests say ...

Now, we will talk about the pooja method. The selected place in the pooja area (North, North-East or East) should be cleaned with cow dung and cow’s urine. Draw an ashtadala in yellow rangoli at that place. Apply sandalwood powder to each petal and turmeric and kum kum to the ...

During Chatur Masya, poojas to resolve all obstacles in human life and doshas related to planets can be performed. Devotees, performing vigorous vrata of Chatur Masya, should rest on clean floor or carpet or mat spread on a clean surface (cleaned with cow’s urine and Ganagajal), from Dasami itself. They ...

Today is Harishayani Ekadashi. It is also called Devashayani Ekadashi, Padmanabha Ekadashi and Yoga Nidra Ekadashi. Beginning today, Maha Vishnu goes into Yoga Nidra in the milky ocean for the next 4 months. He is seen reclining on the Shesha Naga in the Padmanabha pose with Mahalakshmi serving him. Some ...