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Please NOTE: Simply because one may not believe in a particular belief, it doesn’t give them the right to mock or shoot it down. Just

Putting an end to the rampant misuse of red beacon lights on cars that causes inconvenience to the general public, the Narendra Modi led NDA

Municipal schools in Mumbai and suburbs would teach Bhagwad Gita to students in order to make them focused and impart them knowledge about spiritualism, a

A teenage student of Class 11 has been arrested and sent to jail for allegedly posting on Facebook “objectionable” comments attributed to Uttar Pradesh minister

The elderly parents of an IAS officer, who took on the building and sand lobbies in Karnataka, threatened on Wednesday to commit suicide if the

Congress on Wednesday attacked the Akali Dal-BJP government in Punjab and the SGPC in Parliament for marking the death anniversaries of the killers of Indira

The 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva — where each stands, its sacred story, and how to make the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga pilgrimage in person or in spirit this Shravan.

The Rudrabhishek is the abhishekam said to please Lord Shiva fastest. What it is, the meaning of each sacred substance, the Sri Rudram, and how it is performed at home this Shravan.

Shravan runs July 30–Aug 27 in 2026, with four Sawan Somwars (Aug 3, 10, 17, 24). Why the whole month belongs to Mahadeva — the churning of the ocean, the poison He drank, and how to keep the Sawan vrat.

Thiruvonam 2026 falls on Wednesday, August 26 — the crown of Kerala’s ten-day festival. The Bhagavata story of King Mahabali and the Vamana avatar, and why Onam is a homecoming, not a defeat.

On Monday, August 17, 2026 — a Shravan Monday — Hindus offer milk and prayers to the serpent. The stories of Shesha, Vasuki, Kaliya and Astika, and the puja vidhi for Nag Panchami.
Sanskriti comes from the Sanskrit root “kr” which means to do or to make prefix “sam” is applied before it to convey a sense of embellishment. It means actions done for the holistic refinement and perfection all the potentialities within a human being.
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