Tirth Editorial Team
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Vat Savitri Vrat Katha: Savitri’s Three-Day Vow and Yama’s Four Boons
The Vat Savitri vrat katha is the story of Savitri, who followed Yama and won back her husband Satyavan. Married women keep the vrat and worship a banyan tree.
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Karwa Chauth katha: Veeravati and the sahukar’s daughter
The Karwa Chauth katha is heard before the arghya to the moon ends the fast. Families tell two versions: the sahukar’s daughter and Veeravati.
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Chhath Puja: the four days, the arghya to the Sun and why it is kept
Chhath Puja is four days of worship of Surya Dev and Chhathi Maiya around Kartik Shukla Shashthi, with arghya to the setting and the rising Sun.
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Ahoi Ashtami katha: Syahu Mata and the seven sons, in both tellings
The Ahoi Ashtami katha is the story mothers hear at the evening puja of Ahoi Ashtami. Families tell it in two forms, both about Syahu Mata, the porcupine.
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Teej Festival: Hariyali, Kajari and Hartalika Explained
Teej is kept on Tritiya, the third day of a lunar fortnight, three times in Shravana and Bhadrapada. Women keep it for Parvati and Shiva, remembering the penance by which Parvati won Shiva.
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Bhai Dooj: the story of Yama and Yamuna, the tilak and the rituals
Bhai Dooj falls on Kartika Shukla Dwitiya. Sisters apply a tilak, do an aarti and feed their brothers, as Yamuna fed Yama in the Skanda Purana.
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Onam Festival: Mahabali, the Ten Days, Pookalam and Sadya
Onam is Kerala’s ten-day festival in the month of Chingam, from Atham to Thiruvonam, when homes welcome King Mahabali on his yearly visit and celebrate the harvest with a pookalam and an Onasadya.
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Govardhan Puja: the story of Govardhan Hill, Annakut and the puja at home
Govardhan Puja, also called Annakut, falls on Kartika Shukla Pratipada and honours Shri Krishna lifting Govardhan Hill, with a cow dung Govardhan and cooked offerings.
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Dhanteras: why it is celebrated, Dhanvantari puja and the Yama Deepam
Dhanteras opens the main days of Diwali. Families worship Lakshmi with Kubera after sunset, honour Dhanvantari, physician of the gods, and light a lamp at the door for Yama.
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Diwali: the five days, the stories and how families celebrate
Diwali is five days of worship around the Kartika new moon, from Dhanteras to Bhai Dooj, with Lakshmi Puja on the new-moon night as its heart. Each day has its own story and its own rite at home.
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