Festivals and Vrats

My dear students, ‘Mahashivratri’ is celebrated on Magh Krushna Paksha Chaturdashi, Kaliyug Varsh 5114 (14th day of the bright fortnight of the Hindu lunar month of Magh).

Dear friends, we celebrate many festivals in our country as per Hindu culture. On the festival day, we ourselves must be happy and make others happy too.

On this day, figures of Navnag (nine cobras) are drawn with turmeric or raktachandan (red sandalwood) on a wooden seat and are worshipped; they are offered naivedya of milk and parched rice.

The spiritual benefit of celebrating the festival of Rakshabandhan to the sister and brother is the reduction in their give-and-take account.

Srikrushna was born on Shravan Krushna Ashtami (Eighth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Shravan) at midnight, when the moon was in Vrushabh formation with the lunar asterism, Rohini.

Introduction / Incidents in Deity Hanuman’s life and their significance / Ritualistic worship / Prevalent ritualistic worship

Holi is celebrated from the full moon day (pournima) of the Hindu lunar month of Phalgun till the fifth day (panchami).

One derivation of the word Dasara is from dashhara. 'Dash' means ten and 'hara' means defeated.

The implied meaning of Ananta is the Energy in the form of Chaitanya that has no end. The date as per the Hindu lunar calendar

The Rushis, that is, the sages, are at a level between the human beings and the deities. Detachment and spiritual knowledge is achieved through long-term

All the wives of Deities harassed by the battle between the Deities and the demons prayed to Srimahalakshmi. Appeased by the

The Bhavishya purana narrates a story in the context of this festival which is as follows - A female demon invaded a village and she started harassing little children. Hence the people obscenely abused and cursed her.

Since the Vasant festival (utsav) starts from the fifth day (panchami) in the bright fortnight of the Hindu lunar month of Magh, that day is called Vasant panchami.

This festival, unlike other Hindu festivals, is not dependent on the position of the moon, but on position of the sun. On this day, the sun enters the zodiac sign of Capricorn.