Spirituality

Today, we are sharing information on Shani Worship. On any Amavasya, special Shani worship is performed. On Shani Amavasya, it gains all the more importance. In temples, abhishekams are performed by not only the priests but also the devotees, especially; those people, who have Shani dasha, if the planet Saturn ...

Shani Amavasya fell on November 18 this year. In any case, Amavasya is a powerful day. But, Amavasya gains more importance due to its falling on a Saturday. At the same time, this day was very auspicious because Shani was looking at Mars on that day. This day is celebrated ...

Rama Ekadashi falls 4 days prior to Diwali. It is a very important Ekadashi for Hindus. We clean the place in front of Tulasi Brindavanam with cow dung. Then, we draw a 7 color rangoli at that place. Applying geru on the sides of the rangoli, we complete it. This ...

The story goes thus: There was a trader in a city. He had 7 sons. All his sons were married. One day, the 7 daughters-in-law went with his daughter to bring mud for making a stove. While digging the mud, the daughter unwittingly killed the young ones of an animal ...

We had shared information about Karva Chauth and immediately posted about Dhan Triyodashi. We are, now, sharing information about festivals falling in between these 2 days. Today, we are sharing about Aahoyi Ashtami that falls after Karva Chauth. On Karva Chauth, the wellbeing of the husband is prayed for. On ...

This time, Uthpanna Ekadashi fell on a Tuesday. Uthpanna Ekadashi is already a special day for Vaishnavites. Since it fell on Tuesday, it is hailed as a very special day. Ekadashi appeared on this day during Satyayuga. The story goes as follows: During Satyayuga, there was a Rakshasa called Moor. ...

The Chaturthi after Guru Poornima was a special one and is called Angaraka Chaturthi or Sankashti because it fell on Tuesday this time. On that day, Lord Ganesha has to be worshipped. We can worship Lord Ganesha like we have mentioned in our post on Ganesh Chaturthi. Or we can ...

The Poornima after Vaikuntha Chaturdashi is called Guru Poornima. On this day, we worship Lord Satyanarayana and Goddess Mahalakshmi. We have already shared about this before. On this day, Lord Shiva had killed Tripurasura and thus, we worship Lord Shiva as well. Lord Vishnu had also taken the Matsya Avatara ...

The Chaturdashi appearing during the Tulasi Vivaha days is called Vaikuntha Chaturdashi. On this day, worshipping Lord Ananta Padmanabha, standing Lord Vishnu with sheshanaga and Goddess Lakshmi is good. On this day, Lord Vishnu is ready to bless everybody with the doors of Vaikuntha open. On this day, people performing ...

The story of Tulasi Vivaha is as follows: According to Devi Bhagavatam, Brinda wanted to marry Lord Vishnu and performed penance for the same. Lord Vishnu appeared before her and said that He could not marry her in this birth. He told her to marry someone else for this birth ...