Tirth Editorial Team
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Janmashtami Meaning: Krishna’s Midnight Birth and the Night Families Keep
Janmashtami is the festival of Lord Krishna’s birth, kept on Ashtami of the dark fortnight of Bhadrapada. Families fast through the day and break the fast only after the midnight puja and aarti.
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Karwa Chauth vrat: sargi, puja vidhi, the katha and the moon
Karwa Chauth, also called Karaka Chaturthi, is a nirjala fast married women keep for their husbands’ long life, from sargi before sunrise until the Moon is offered water at night.
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Ganesh Chaturthi: Story, Puja Vidhi and Visarjan Guide
On the bright Chaturthi of Bhadrapada, families bring Lord Ganesh home. The day is kept as his birth and honours him as the remover of obstacles.
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Raksha Bandhan: the stories, the rakhi ritual and what it means
Raksha Bandhan means the tying of the raksha, a protective thread bound on the wrist with a prayer on Shravana Purnima, with the stories and the rite behind it.
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Laxmi Puja 2026 Date: 8 November, Muhurat and City Times
Lakshmi Puja 2026 falls on Sunday, 8 November. The New Delhi muhurat is 5:54 PM to 7:50 PM; other cities start between 5:20 PM (Kolkata) and 6:27 PM (Mumbai).
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Maha Lakshmi Puja on Diwali: vidhi, samagri and the story of Shri
Lakshmi Puja at home on Diwali: set the Lakshmi and Ganesha murtis on a red cloth, worship Ganesha first, then offer the goddess the shodashopachara offerings in order in pradosh kaal, after sunset.
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What Diwali means: the history and meaning of Deepavali
Diwali is the everyday form of Sanskrit dipavali, dipa (a lamp) plus avali (a row), so a row of lamps. It is lit on the new moon of Kartika, and each region of India hangs its own story on it.
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Dhanvantari mantra in Sanskrit and English, with word-by-word meaning
The Dhanvantari mantra, “Om namo bhagavate Vasudevaya Dhanvantaraye”, salutes Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods. Sanskrit text, Roman letters and a dictionary meaning for each word.
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Agni Mantra: The Vedic Mantras to Agni with Meaning
The Agni mantra is usually Agnim ile purohitam, the first verse of the Rigveda, with its meaning, plus Agnaye svaha said at a havan.
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Maa Kali Mantra: Om Kreem Kalikayai Namah With Meaning
A widely printed Maa Kali mantra is Om Kreem Kalikayai Namah, a one-line salutation that bows to Maa Kali as Kalika. Devotional sites say it at night, often 108 times.