Guru Purnima 2025 — honouring Maharishi Veda Vyasa and the sacred Guru tradition. The significance of the Guru in Sanatana Dharma, puja vidhi, and the deeper teaching of surrender.
In the vast spiritual landscape of ancient India, few figures shine as brightly as the Saptarishis — the Seven Great Seers. Revered across Vedic texts
A spiritual genius of commanding intellect and power, Swami Vivekananda crammed immense labor and achievement into his short life (1863–1902). Born Narendranath Datta, Vivekananda in his youth was fascinated by the agnostic Western schools of philosophy.
In the early part of the 9th century, when Adi Shankaracharya was wandering in the southern part of the India, he happened to pass through
Emperor Maandhata ruled with his capital at Ayodhya with his wife Indumathi and thier three sons, Purukutsa, Ambarisha and Naabhaga and fifty daughters. During that
~ By Mukesh Bhatnagar (Exclusive for Sanskriti Magazine) As has already been indicated, if Vishvamitra’s yogic sadhana starts with meditation on Agni as the universal
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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