The Vedic literature that has come down to our times is attached to various traditional schools of recitation and ritual called the ‘shakhas’. All the
A day prior to the actual colour festival of Rang wali Holi, people collectively gather to perform the Holika Pujan. It’s that time of the
He will be succeeded as the head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam by Vijayendra Saraswati. Jayendra Saraswati, the 69th Shankaracharya of the Kanchipuram Kamakoti Peetam
By Stephen Knapp From the information that we have, we can fairly safely say that since Islam existed only from 622 CE, the majority of
There was a farmer in a village who had two daughters. One of them got married locally and another was married to a Sozian (a
“If our religion has survived many vicissitudes in the past, it is because of our temples and the festivals associated with them. The spiritual, moral,
Bhadrapada begins today in North India, opening a lunar month that moves from the midnight
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.
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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