Navratri Day 5 (March 23, 2026): Maa Skandamata Puja, Significance & 5 Powerful Rituals for Peace and ProsperityNavratri Day 5 marks a calming yet powerful phase focused on peace, emotional balance, and blessings for family and career growth. Dedicate...
23 Mar, 2026, 10.51 AM IST
Avoid These Purchases During Navratri 2026 or Risk Negative Energy & Financial SetbacksChaitra Navratri is considered one of the most spiritually charged periods in the Hindu calendar, where purity, discipline, and mindful liv...
17 Mar, 2026, 03.11 PM IST
Holashtak 2026: Start and end dates, do’s and don’ts, and spiritual significance explainedAs Holi approaches, Hindus observe Holashtak, an eight-day period from February 24 to March 3, 2026, considered inauspicious for new beginn...
26 Feb, 2026, 12.28 PM IST
Ashadhi Ekadashi 2025: Date, rituals, spiritual meaning, and why it’s observedDevshayani Ekadashi, also known as Ashadi Ekadashi, will be celebrated on July 6, 2025, marking the start of Chaturmas. During this sacred ...
24 Jun, 2025, 04.56 PM IST
Holi Bhai Dooj 2025 date: Is it on March 15 or 16? Check muhurat timing, and important tilak rituals you should rememberHoli BHai Dooj Date: Holi Bhai Dooj will be celebrated on March 16, 2025. Sisters apply Tilak on their brothers' foreheads, and brothers pr...
14 Mar, 2025, 01.50 PM IST
Triguna TrimurtiDattatreya, the three-headed deity, embodies Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh, representing creation, preservation, and destruction. He is the lo...
13 Dec, 2024, 11.11 PM IST
Fasting for Navratri? A list of things to do, and not do for 9 daysA Navratri fast must be balanced by maintaining a Sattvic diet. This diet includes eschewing non-veg, heavily fried and processed foods and...
17 Oct, 2023, 01.10 PM IST
Investing rightTaking a deeper, spiritual perspective, it appears that the genesis of the trouble lies in adhering to non-spiritual investing values. If t...
06 Apr, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
Chaitra Navratri 2023: These foods should be avoided during the 9-day-long festivalFollowing Chaitra Navratri, which begins on March 22, some foods should be avoided during the festival, which includes onion and garlic.
22 Mar, 2023, 01.28 AM IST
Is every gift a gift?The rajasic kind of giving is that which is done with regret, unwillingness or violence to oneself, or with a personal and egoistic object,...
11 Nov, 2022, 11.32 PM IST
The human endeavourOne is a great yogi but if there is no love for the goal, then those suspended propensities are converted into crude matter; the subtle hum...
26 Oct, 2022, 11.10 PM IST
- The Magic Of Three
The Holy trinity, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, symbolise creation, perfection and destruction, the three key phases of our lives - birth, gro...
04 Apr, 2022, 11.04 PM IST
Three paths of meditation25 Mar, 2022, 11.02 PM IST
- A Tonic We Call Sleep
The vrittis and vasanas become dormant, or latent. It ceases all its functions. The wandering mind gets rest. It is nature's way of chargin...
17 Mar, 2022, 11.27 PM IST
You have a blank boardAs a spiritual person, you have to rise beyond the idea 'What am I going to receive?' and you connect with the idea 'What can I be?' If you...
30 Dec, 2021, 11.25 PM IST
- HRD Ministry suggests IITs to get separate canteen for veg students
Jain's letter has been forwarded to IITs along with a cover letter from the Ministry, asking them to keep the ministry informed of action t...
30 Oct, 2014, 08.38 PM IST
- Moon and money
Lakshmiji's festival celebrates harvest and the end of monsoon with vigil kept during the night of the full moon (Sharad Purnima).
18 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST