
The Smart Choice Is To Be Vegetarian
The debate on ‘why it is good to be a vegetarian’ has long been settled. The internet is full of information on why eating meat
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The debate on ‘why it is good to be a vegetarian’ has long been settled. The internet is full of information on why eating meat

श्री गुरुभ्योनमः न निर्मिता के न दृष्टपूर्वा न श्रुत्वा हेममयी कुरङ्गी तधापि तृष्ण रघुनन्दनस्य विनाशकाले विपरीतबुद्दिः || [It has not been made by anybody so

Adjacent to the PVR Anupam multiplex in south Delhi’s Saket neighbourhood stands a tin shack on wooden slabs and decorated with a few torn rugs.

Some time ago, a man in the US was sentenced to 6 months in jail for tying his dog to his car and dragging him

Cows are incredibly intelligent, thoughtful and sensitive animals who are among the gentle giants of the world. Despite weighing in excess of 1,400 lbs, they

If you’re a vegetarian and are blindly trusting what you eat just because the ingredient list doesn’t mention any non-veg ingredients, you need a reality

Once every 2.5–3 years — when the rare 13th month of Adhika Maas opens — a thirteenth Vinayaka Chaturthi appears. The Mudgala Purana calls it Varada Chaturthi, the “boon-giving” Chaturthi, and holds it as the most fruit-bearing Ganesha day of the entire calendar. Today, Wednesday May 20, 2026, is that day.

Padmini Ekadashi 2026 falls on Wednesday, May 27 — the Shukla Paksha Ekadashi of Adhika Maas, the rarest Ekadashi in the entire Hindu calendar (it appears only every 2.5–3 years). The Padma Purana conversation between Bhagavan Krishna and Yudhishthira, the Vrat Katha of Queen Padmini, complete vrat vidhi with jagrana, mantras, and the lotus symbolism that gives the Ekadashi its name.

Ganga Dussehra falls on Monday, May 25, 2026 — commemorating the day Maa Ganga descended from Vaikuntha to the earth through the millennia-long tapasya of King Bhagiratha. The full account from the Valmiki Ramayana, snan vidhi, dana traditions, mantras, and the teaching of sustained sincerity.

Once every 2.5–3 years, the Hindu calendar opens a quiet thirteenth chamber — the intercalary month Lord Vishnu took for His own. A Puranic look at Adhik Jyeshtha Maas 2026 (May 2–31), the Padma Purana account of how it became Purushottam Maas, and a complete householder’s guide for its closing days.

Of all the days of the week, none is held closer to Mahadeva than the second. A Puranic look at why Mondays belong to Lord Shiva — the Chandra–Shiva bond, the Solah Somvar Vrat, vidhi, mantras, and the quiet teaching of the crescent on His brow.
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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