The word Navaratri means ‘nine nights.’ During Navaratri, we worship the goddesses Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati, in that order for three days each. The most important day is the 10th day, Vijayadashami. The word Vijayadashami means ’10th day of victory.’ I will tell you about the significance of this festival. We worship goddess Durga because […]
Golu Dolls Placement and Removal- Navratri is the celebration of the divine goddess mother. The word Navaratri finds its origin in Sanskrit – Nava meaning Nine and Ratri meaning night. Dusshera or Vijaya Dashmi denotes the last day of the festivities. Traditional schools divide the nine days into three sets of three days, with each […]
As the churning progressed, the Kshreea Sagara, with the herbs' effects induced into it, started producing various Ratna's. As agreed upon earlier, these Ratna's were divided 4 ways among Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva, Devas, and Asuras. [Note: Various Puranas mention a different number of Ratna's produced from the ocean's churning. The number ranges from nine […]
Samudra Manthan story is one of the most well-known stories documented in Vishnu Purana. Also known as Ksheera Sagara Manthan or Amrit Manthan, the story also explains many concepts like why Lord Shiva is known as Neelakanta, the birth of goddess Lakshmi, the origins of Rahu and Ketu and so on. Few scholars draw parallels […]
In Vedic astrology, Dasha holds a crucial part of an individual's life. It handles aspects of life, shapes it and gives a clear sign of the effect of every planet in the natal chart. Shukra Mahadasha also indicates the consequences of native's actions taken or not taken. The fruitful results & baleful effects based on […]
The festival of light is a beautiful occasion to bring positivity and bonding and is a widely celebrated festival in India, transcending religious borders. The word Deepavali finds its origins in Sanskrit, meaning rows of lighted diyas. Going by the Hindu calendar, Deepavali falls on the fifteenth days of the Karthika month, i.e., either in […]
Diwali is a famous and most awaited festival in Hinduism. Diwali is a festival of lights. During those days people like to decorate their houses with different types of Diya’s, lights, rangoli’s, toran’s, wall paintings, etc. Lighting lamps have special significance on Diwali day. Here we are providing some Diwali decoration ideas with different items. […]
In India, Hindus perform Gruhapravesham to join in a new house. It is also known as a Housewarming ceremony. By choosing auspicious dates and muhurat housewarming ceremony is performed. An auspicious day is determined by the astrologer charts, on that day family moves into the new house. Without performing the Griha Pravesh puja a residence must […]
Navagraha means nine planets. Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are the nine planets. All of these nine planets' temples are found in different places in India. Navagraha temples are most famous in Tamilnadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam and Madhya Pradesh in India. The Sun or Surya Temple Suryanarayana temple […]
Everyone must have witnessed the situation of searching puja Samagri names and meanings in other languages. As India is the most diverse nation and with many languages and cultures. We @PujaNPujari came up with a list of puja Samagri/material/items list in different languages along with respective images. Hope this will help everyone who has moved […]