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2026 Chinnamasta Jayanti: Date, Timings, Significance, & Puja Vidhi
Vaishakha Shukla Chaturdashi in 2026 falls on 30 April. Here is the tithi window, the classical legends of Maa Chinnamasta, and the traditional home puja vidhi.
Kalyani DoraiswamyFestivals2026 Parashurama Dwadashi: Date, Timings, Rituals, Significance
Vaishakha Shukla Dwadashi in 2026 falls on 28 April. Here is the tithi window, the classical basis of the vrat, and the traditional way to observe it.
Chidambaram VelayudhamHomas & RitualsRevati Nakshatra Mantra
The Revati Nakshatra Mantra is the traditional Vedic invocation to Lord Pushan, deity of the twenty-seventh lunar mansion. Here is its form, meaning, scriptural basis and method of chanting.
Muthukumaran SelvarajNadiNadi Astrology for Second Marriage: What Palm Leaves Reveal
How Agasthya Nadi palm leaves address remarriage, the cantos that speak of a second union, the karmic reading of a first marriage’s end, and the remedies tradition prescribes when obstacles
Chidambaram VelayudhamFestivals2026 Mohini Ekadashi: Date, Timings, Vrat Katha, Puja Vidhi & Everything You Need to Know
Mohini Ekadashi in 2026 falls on Monday, 27 April. Here are the tithi timings, Parana window, Vrat Katha, and the traditional way to keep the fast and puja.
Saraswathi VenkataramanHomas & RitualsPushya Nakshatra Mantra
The Pushya Nakshatra Mantra is the Vedic chant dedicated to Brihaspati, presiding deity of this nourishing lunar mansion. The article sets out the beej and Gayatri forms, their meaning, clas
Kalyani DoraiswamyHomas & RitualsPurvasadha Nakshatra Mantra
The traditional nama mantra of Purvasadha, the twentieth lunar mansion ruled by Venus and governed by Apas, the deity of the cosmic waters.
Vaidyanathan SubramanianHomas & RitualsPurva Phalguni Nakshatra Mantra
The Purva Phalguni Nakshatra Mantra is the Vedic nama mantra addressed to Bhaga, the Aditya who presides over this lunar mansion. Tradition sets it out for natives of the star and for those
Chidambaram VelayudhamFestivals2026 Siddhilakshmi Jayanti: Date, Significance, Rituals & Puja Timings
Vaishakha Shukla Ekadashi in 2026 falls on Monday, 27 April, and coincides with Mohini Ekadashi. Here is the tithi window, the tantric place of Goddess Siddhilakshmi, and the traditional hom
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