Vedic Festivals
Pancha Prayag – the five confluences
Pancha Prayag of Alakananda River grace the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. They are the confluences of sacred rivers with Alakananda, the Adi Ganga or Vishnupadi River. Pancha Prayag are revered on par with Ganga. The sacred river Alakananda traces its origin back to the Satopanth Glacier […]
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Ugadi Festival
Ugadi is originally known as Yugadi. It is the beginning of a New Vedic Year for the followers of Chandramana Almanac – the lunar calendar. The great Mathematician Bhaskaracharya calculated that the new year begins from the sunrise of Yugadi festival. Ugadi is a widely celebrated […]
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Ratha Saptami
Ratha Saptami or Magha Saptami is a prominent festival celebrated especially in South India and particularly in the ornate and grand temples of South India. It is observed on the seventh day of the Shukla Paksha in the Magha Masa. Ratha Saptami is the birthday of […]
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Vasanta Panchami
Vasanta Panchami or Basant Panchami festival is celebrated all over India. Although it has lost its importance gradually, nonetheless the festival has its own charm. Vasanta Panchami festival is celebrated during the Magha Masa on the Shukla Panchami. It is celebrated to welcome the Spring season or […]
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Vaikuntha Ekadashi
Vaikuntha Ekadashi is one of the grandest festivals celebrated in almost all the Vaishnava Temples all over India connected to the Sri Sampradaya or the Ramanuja Sampradaya. The festival marks its advent every year during the auspicious month of Marghashirsha when the sun is in the […]
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Ekadashi Gufa
Ekadashi Gufa is in Badrinath, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Devotees visiting Badrinath must not miss this holy cave. Ekadashi Gufa is not very prominently spoken of as many other holy places. But it plays a vital part in the Vedic culture as Ekadashi Devi […]
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Sri Sarangapani Temple
Sri Sarangapani Temple is one of the 108 Sri Vaishnava Divaya Desham Temples and one among the Pancha Ranga Kshetras in the Cholanadu Divya Desham circuit. Sarangapani Temple is also known by many other names such as Bhaskara Kshetram and Kalyanapuram due to the various lilas […]
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Navaratri – the victory of Dharma
Navaratri is an Indian festival celebrated over a period of nine days in the autumn season every year. There are four seasonal Navaratris i.e. Vasantha, Sharada, Magha and Ashada out of which the Sharada Navaratri is the most popular Navaratri celebrated post monsoon in honor of […]
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Unique Events in temples which happen only on Akshaya Tritiya
Akshaya Tritiya is celebrated on the third day of the bright half of the lunar month of Vaishakha. Directly under the supervision of Lord Vishnu, this day is considered the most auspicious day by Hindus due to the various celestial events which happened on this day. […]
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