Spirituality

A question was raised by someone over the phone about how people from Karnataka celebrate Holi. There are 2 types of Maharashtrians – Konkanathas and Deshasthas. Alliances with Deshasthas is possible for people from Karnataka. Today, things have advanced so much that a Konkanastha girl, we know, has been married ...

Some of our readers have asked us to write about Naivedyam that can be offered to God every day. Thus, I am sharing this recipe, today. Roast 1:1 rice and yellow-colored split green gram and grind into a smooth rawa consistency separately. Keep them aside. Heat 2 parts of jaggery ...

Today is Sunday and on this Sunday the Sun is moving to Aquarius and meeting Ketu. This combination has happened after several thousand years. Saturn is looking at the Sun. Aquarius is the sign of Saturn. Sun is also looking at Rahu. But, Rahu is silent. On this day, pooja ...

Nowadays, ladies even perform Shraddhas. It happened with us. We had collections of heirlooms handed down from past generations to ours in our family. Our Lady of Intolerance stole them, when we had gone out. We went to an ashram and told them about it. They told us to perform ...

Vedas and Upanishads say that people performing Shraddhas perform Mahalaya Shraddha for those, who have died without children; people, whose death is not known to their relatives and those, who had accidental deaths. Even today, good people perform Shraddha to these people. My father himself does it. Thus, sonlessness and ...

People, who consider Bhagavad Geeta and Mahabharata as sacred, give tila tarpana to Bheeshma that is why this day is called Bheeshma Dwadashi. People may even call this as Tila Dwadashi. Today is the day when holy people perform homam with til. Today, bathing early in the morning and performing ...

Today is Jaya Ekadashi. Gupta Navaratri was going on for the last 10 days and yesterday was Dashami. There are 2 Gupta Navaratris in a year and the next day after this month’s Gupta Navaratri is always Jaya Ekadashi. If Maha Vishnu is worshipped on Jaya Ekadashi you attain victory ...

Below the color rangoli, a lotus of 8 petals can also be made in a round shape. Auspicious signs like Om, Swastik, Kumbha, shankha chakra, Garuda, parrot and peacock can be drawn and performed at least panchopachara pooja In some homes of Karnataka, the week after Ratha Saptami, till the ...

Makara Sankaranti, which is celebrated for nearly one month, ends with Ratha Saptami. From Ratha Saptami Uttarayana begins. Lord Suryanarayana travels on a ratha with one wheel and 7 horses. According to mythology, the Sun God begins to move towards the North. Bheeshma Pitmaha of Mahabharata decided to leave for ...

The 29th Pratishta Mahotsav of Bhadrakali Temple, Bhayandar (W), Mumbai will commense from February 24th to March 3rd, 2017. During this period, several spiritual tantric poojas and homams will be performed there. Late Mr. Vishwambaran founded this temple for all the devotees and ran it very efficiently. The man was ...