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Maha Shivratri: The Night of Shiva
Maha Shivratri, the night of the worship of Lord Shiva, occurs on the 14th night of the new moon during the dark half of the month of Phalguna. This year it falls on a moonless Friday night of February...
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Shiva Bhajans: Top 10 MP3 Downloads
Celebrate Maha Shivratri with some of the best Bhajans or devotional songs dedicated to Lord Shiva from the Hindi music album - Shiv Ganga (T-Series). These devotional songs are by famous Bollywood...
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12 Fascinating Forms of Lord Shiva
According to Hindu mythology, during the Puranic Age, Gods and Goddesses were glorified as supreme beings in various eulogizing texts full of amazing stories - in the Puranas....Read Full Post
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The 179th birth anniversary celebrations of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is being observed by Hindus around the world on March 03, 2014. Sri Ramakrishna was born in Kamarpukur near Kolkata on February...
View ArticleThe Spiritual Quest of George Harrison
Last week ( April 25, 2014) would have been his 71st birthday. He was perhaps one of the most spiritual of popular musicians of our times. His spiritual quest began in his mid 20s, when he realized for...
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What's God? 10 Quotations from Sri Ramakrishna
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa represents the very core of the spiritual realizations of the seers and sages of India. His whole life was an uninterrupted contemplation of God. He reached a depth of...
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Four Famous Female Figures of Vedic India
Women of the Vedic period (c 1500-1200 BCE), were epitomes of intellectual and spiritual attainments. The Vedas have volumes to say about these women, who both complemented and supplemented their male...
View ArticleHoli: Festival of Colors - March 17, 2014
Holi, one of India's biggest and brightest holidays, widely known as the 'Festival of Colors' falls on Monday, March 17, 2014.Here's all you wanted to know about this upcoming festival, also called...
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Dol-Jatra: Holi in the Eyes of Sister Nivedita
This is an essay on Holi or 'Dol-Jatra,' as it is called in Eastern India, written by Sister Nivedita, the celebrated disciple of Swami Vivekananda and Sarada Devi, consort of Sri Ramakrishna in her...
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Why Celebrate Holi?
Holi, the festival of colors (March 17, 2014) is a time to enjoy! So, please don't hold back yourself as long as you play with respect for others and use safe natural colors....Read Full Post
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The Life of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (14861534)
March 16, 2014 is the 528th birth anniversary of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, one of the most prominent Hindu saints of the 16th century. Observed on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Phalgun, this is...
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Top 12 Bollywood Holi Songs - MP3 Downloads
The colorful festival of Holi is incomplete without high-energy music - Bollywood style. Here are a dozen popular Hindi songs that are an integral part of community Holi celebrations across India. So,...
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Srimad Bhagvatam: The Crowning Glory of Vaishnava Literature
The Shrimad Bhagavatam, also known as the Bhagavata Purana, or simply the Bhagavatam, can be called the 'Bible' of the Vaishnavas or devotees of Krishna. It encompasses an wide range of knowledge,...
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New Year is Coming: Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Cheti Chand
March-April is New Years time for a number of Indian States based on their individual regional lunar calendars.The southern Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh will begin their new year -...
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Happy Vasanta Navaratri (March 31-April 8, 2014)
Navaratri literally means "nine nights." This festival is observed twice a year, once in the beginning of summer and again at the onset of winter.Vasanta Navaratri - the Spring Festival: The spring...
View ArticleNyepi: Happy New Year, Bali!
Sshhh... it's Nyepi! Even as the Southeast Asian island of Bali celebrates 'Nyepi' - the first day of the new year - on March 31, life will stand still and quietude will descend on this one of its kind...
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Happy Saka New Year 1936
According to the Saka calendar - India's national almanac, we are already in a New Saka Year of 1936. The Saka year of 1936 began on March 22, 2014, which fell in the first week of the Hindu month of...
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The Mahabharata in 36 Tweets
The story of Mahabharata comprises 100,000 verses contained in 18 chapters. Author Dr Devdutt Pattanaik just created a record of sorts in a publicity exercise to promote his book Jaya - An Illustrated...
View ArticleRamnavami - Birthday of Rama (April 8, 2014)
Ramnavami - the birthday of Lord Rama, one of the most important festivals of the Hindus, particularly the Vaishnava sect, falls on the 9th day of the bright fortnight of ...Read Full Post
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The Story of Ramayana: India's Most Loved Epic
This story of Shri Rama by the great sage Valmiki is referred to as the Adi Kavya or original epic. Universally acclaimed and accepted as the first among Sanskrit poets, Valmiki was the first to...
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