Month: Kartik
tirth: none
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Kali Puja History: Why Bengal Worships Maa Kali at Midnight
In one Bowbazar house every electric light goes off when Kali Puja begins, because the family believes Maa Kali is worshipped in darkness. This is how a few old Kolkata homes keep the night.
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Kartik Mahatmya katha: seven stories from the Padma Purana
Satyabhama asks Krishna what in a former life made her so dear to him, and his answer is the Kartik Mahatmya: seven stories from the Padma Purana.
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Yama Dwitiya katha: Yama and Yamuna, as the Bhavishya Purana tells it
On Kartika Shukla Dwitiya, the Bhavishya Purana says, Yamuna fed her brother Yama in her own house, and the tithi became known as Yama Dwitiya.
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Akshaya Navami Vrat Katha
Akshaya Navami Vrat Katha is a sacred Hindu observance celebrated on the Navami (ninth day) of the Shukla Paksha in the Kartik month. The word Akshaya means “eternal” or “never diminishing,” symbolizing everlasting prosperity, virtue, and blessings. This vrat is deeply connected with devotion, charity, and divine grace. It is believed that any good deed…
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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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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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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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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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The Tulsi Mantra
You’ll notice this yourself the house feels a little softer near a Tulsi plant. The air shifts. It’s lighter, calmer. Maybe that’s why, for centuries, people have treated Tulsi not as a plant, but as Maa Tulsi herself divine, nurturing, steady. Chanting the Tulsi Mantra isn’t about ritual for show. It’s about connecting with something…
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Govardhan mantra: the Bhagavata verse to Giriraj, with word meanings
Bhagavata Purana 10.21.18, “hantayam adrir abala”, in which a gopi calls Giriraj the best among the servants of Hari, with the Sanskrit and word meanings.