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Maha Shivaratri – The Do’s and Dont’s On Maha Shivaratri Hinduism
Mar 2, 2019 4 min read

Maha Shivaratri – The Do’s and Dont’s On Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivaratri – The Do’s and Dont’s On Maha Shivaratri As per the lunar calendar, Shivaratri falls on March 4. This is considered a very important festival as…

Are Aghoris and Naga Sadhus’s Same? Hinduism
Jan 24, 2019 5 min read

Are Aghoris and Naga Sadhus’s Same?

With  Kumbh Mela is in full swing with thousands of devotees, enthusiastic foreigners are thronging Prayagraj for the Holy dip. The most common doubt for any one following…

All you need to know about ‘Bhimana Amavasya’ Hinduism
Aug 11, 2018 7 min read

All you need to know about ‘Bhimana Amavasya’

Bheemana Amavasya, also known as Bhima Amavasi and is an important Hindu ritual performed by women in Karnataka. Bheemana Amavasi Vrata 2018 date is August 11. Bheemana Amavasya…

Indian Temples in Foreign Lands – “Pashupathinath Temple, Nepal” Hinduism
Apr 24, 2018 11 min read

Indian Temples in Foreign Lands – “Pashupathinath Temple, Nepal”

Indian Temples in Foreign Lands  Starting this week Religion World will take you on global religious and spiritual trip that introduces to different Hindu temples that are outside…

Pakistan Katas Raj’s temples adorned ahead of Shivratari celebrations Hinduism
Feb 14, 2018 2 min read

Pakistan Katas Raj’s temples adorned ahead of Shivratari celebrations

Pakistan Katas Raj’s temples adorned ahead of Shivratari celebrations APP LAHORE: The Hindu community will celebrate the religious event of Shivratari all over the country today (Tuesday) and an…

Pancharama  Kshetras – Five Temples Dedicated to Lord Shiva Hinduism
Feb 13, 2018 13 min read

Pancharama  Kshetras – Five Temples Dedicated to Lord Shiva

Pancharama  Kshetras – Five Temples Dedicated to Lord Shiva Pancharama is the name given to those five temples which are dedicated to Lord Shiva. These places are distributed over…

Mahashivaratri Special – Famous Shiva Temples In India Hinduism
Feb 13, 2018 2 min read

Mahashivaratri Special – Famous Shiva Temples In India

Mahashivaratri  – Famous Shiva Temples In India Lord Shiva is also called as Mahadev, is one of the deities from Trinity (Lord Vishu, Lord Shiva and Brahma).  With Shivaratri just…

Mahashivaratri Special : The Five Elements Temples of Lord Shiva Hinduism
Feb 12, 2018 1 min read

Mahashivaratri Special : The Five Elements Temples of Lord Shiva

The Five Elements Temples of Lord Shiva  Representing the five elements of life, Pancha Bhootalu – Agni (Fire), Vayu (Air), Jal (Water), Prithvi (Earth) and Akash (Space), temples have been dedicated to Shiva with Lingams that represent each of these…

Magha Maasam : Significance of Magha Snanam Hinduism
Jan 21, 2018 6 min read

Magha Maasam : Significance of Magha Snanam

Magha maasam is the 11th month of Hindu lunar calendar. Makha nakshtram (star) falls on the pournami day of this month. “Magham” is a Sanskrit word Ma+Agham. “Ma”…

Datta Jayanti: Celebrating the God within! Hinduism
Dec 3, 2017 5 min read

Datta Jayanti: Celebrating the God within!

The practical meaning of Datta is experiencing ‘I am the soul’. Here the meaning is to explain that soul is the God and he is omnipresent and we…

Thiruvannamalai : “Thirukarthigai” – The Oldest Hindu Festival Hinduism
Dec 2, 2017 6 min read

Thiruvannamalai : “Thirukarthigai” – The Oldest Hindu Festival

The Karthigai Deepam Festival is celebrated in the Tamil month of Karthigai (November – December) at Arunachaleswarar Temple, Thiruvannamalai, it is one of the most significant festival celebrated…

Divine Mysteries : The Ever Mysterious Chidambara Rahasyam Hinduism
Nov 26, 2017 6 min read

Divine Mysteries : The Ever Mysterious Chidambara Rahasyam

Chidambara Ragasiyam/Rahasyam (Tamil for “secret of Chidambaram”) is a Hindu belief that there is a secret message conveyed through the embossed figure near the shrine of Shiva in…

Karthika Masam : Significance of Vanabhojanalu Hinduism
Nov 8, 2017 2 min read

Karthika Masam : Significance of Vanabhojanalu

Vanabhojanam or Karthika vanabhojanam (Vanabhojanalu) is a kind of annual ritualistic picnic undertaken during Karthika masam in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. As per Hindu tradition, plants are considered…

Karthika Pournami Festival : Story and Significance Hinduism
Nov 3, 2017 5 min read

Karthika Pournami Festival : Story and Significance

Karthika month is the most auspicious month in Hindu calendar. In this month we offer prayers to both Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. There are two significant festivals…

Srisailam temple to open early on Nov 3 Hinduism
Nov 1, 2017 2 min read

Srisailam temple to open early on Nov 3

As Karthika Pournami would begin on November 3 afternoon and continue till 11.18 a.m. on November 4, the Srisailam temple authorities decided on Tuesday to open the temple…