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Swami Vivekananda, while strolling with some of his disciples on the roof of the late Balaram Basu’s house in Calcutta in 1882 recalled the life
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Swami Vivekananda, while strolling with some of his disciples on the roof of the late Balaram Basu’s house in Calcutta in 1882 recalled the life

Last week a group of Sikhs invited questions about their religion as part of a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) forum. Below are some of

The Supreme Being is Karta Purakh, the Creator, transcendent and All-pervasive. Creation is His manifestation. “True is He and true is His Creation, All has

Once Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh faith, went to a village accompanied by his Muslim companion, Mardana. The people of the village were rude and did not

Please click on images to view in full: The spiritual richness of India is adored worldwide. Being a home of various religions, India has different

Pingalwara is a home for physically, mentally disabled, orphans, aged and people suffering from incurable and terminal diseases. This heaven for the human discards was

On Guru Purnima, we pause to remember a truth that is easy to forget: no

As nine quiet nights of worship draw to a close, Gupt Navratri leaves behind a

On Friday, July 10, 2026, the rare Krishna Paksha Ekadashi of Nija Ashadha arrives. The Padma Purana tells the story of Hemamali — the Yaksha gardener of Bhagavan Kubera in Alaka, whose single morning of distraction with his wife Vishalakshi cost him his form, his wife, and his celestial city. Cursed to wander the earth of Bharata as a leper for a long time, he was at last shown the way back by Sage Markandeya — a single sincere keeping of Yogini Ekadashi.

On Saturday, June 20, 2026, Bengali households across Bharata will welcome their married daughters and sons-in-law home for the legendary jamai-aador feast and perform the Shashthi Vrata. But behind the warmth lies a story most Bengalis know by heart and most non-Bengalis have never heard — the wife who stole the hilsa, blamed the cat, lost six sons to Maa Shashthi’s wrath, and was finally forgiven. The Vrat Katha, the vidhi, the mantras, and the deeper teaching.

On Monday, June 29, 2026, women across Maharashtra, Gujarat, and southern Bharata will tie red thread around banyan trees and hear the story of Savitri — the wife who walked behind Yamaraja Himself when He came for her husband, and out-argued the Lord of Dharma into returning Satyavan’s life. The Mahabharata’s Pativrata Mahatmya Parva, the vrat vidhi, and why the banyan witnessed everything.
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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