
NGT BANS chanting of mantras, ringing of bells at Amarnath temple
The directions come after the NGT rapped the Amarnath Shrine Board last month for failing to provide adequate infrastructure facilities to pilgrims The National Green
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The directions come after the NGT rapped the Amarnath Shrine Board last month for failing to provide adequate infrastructure facilities to pilgrims The National Green

Remembering the massive Hindu Killing by Indira Gandhi in a day of Gopastami 50 years ago in Delhi. While a report says 375, participants says 5000

~ By Sonita Kashyap Searching for the right answers in history can be a very slow and painful process for historians and archaeologists. It takes

~ By Santosh Kumari / एक हीरा ही पर्याप्त है – संतोष कुमारी In ancient times, there lived in India, a great seer, his name was

This Diwali, Singapore’s Land Transport Authority followed-up on last year’s successful Deepavali-themed trains and did the same this year too. These trains and buses, adorned

~ By Santosh Kumari / – संतोष कुमारी We find interesting reference in Rigveda about a group of seers who are known as Keshins as well

The rarest Ekadashi of the entire Hindu calendar is three days away. The Padma Purana preserves a conversation between Bhagavan Krishna and Yudhishthira about a single Ekadashi the great Rishis spend lifetimes waiting for — Padmini. The Vrat Katha of Queen Padmini of Mahishmati, the lotus teaching, and why May 27, 2026 is the morning Vaishnavas across Bharata are preparing for.

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.
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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