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Poli Swarga Deepam is a kind of lighting lamp during the month of Karthika which represents the end of the auspicious month. Karthika Masam is one of the mythological months where we find devotees take a holy bath near rivers and light lamps. Every day of this month is auspicious, Amavasya (new moon) devotes lighten lamp with a name poli swargam (one of the rituals performed especially in the Andhra region).   Story 1: Poli is one of the daughters-in-law in a combined family. Her aunt used to get jealous of her daughter-in-law for her devotedness towards god. She used to create obstacles to stop her worship, during one occasion she tried to stop her lighting lamp in the month of Karthika.                 She gave allotted daily work in such a way that she could not complete them on time, even then poli used to complete her work and lighten lamp. She used to make cotton and light using th...

During Vamana avatar, Lord Vishnu has taken land from Bali with a wish of conquering as much as land his three steps. During the second step when he put on Brahma Loka lord Brahma wanted to cleanse the foot with water. That water flowed in four directions, water flown towards the south was entangled in Lord Shiva hair and this river is called as Ganga. Lord Shiva was fond of Ganga than Goddess Parvati. During that time there was a drought on earth for fourteen years. There was only one place which was not affected was sage Goutama hermitage. All people in surrounding places came to the sage hermitage for shelter. Lord Ganesh was unable to see his mother penance and decided to make a solution by bringing down Ganga to earth. He decided to go to sage Goutama hermitage in disguise manner and became friendly with other people. He requested Jaya who is one of goddess Parvati companion to adopt the form of a cow and pretend to be dead. Once this cow went to the farm of sage and ...

Many of us can’t resist having delicious foods. There is nothing wrong having healthy food but nowadays we are shifting towards fast foods and junk foods which is not only filled with spicy ingredients but also bringing unnecessary health risks. Our ancients clearly mentioned not to eat more than 2 times a day in Taitireeya Brahmanam. The time interval between two meals is considered to be fasting and you get benefits of fasting. While having food we need to eat sitting towards the East. Best Eating Habits as per Ancient Texts: Eating facing towards East will increase our life, if you face towards the south then it is said to increase respect, the north facing will help you in fulfilling your wishes. Also according to Vamana Purana and Vishnu Purana, it is said not to face towards the west and north. Our ancient texts say its best to have food facing towards the East. Thumb rules of Hindu eating habits: Never eat sitting on leaves or iron tables. If you are wishing...

Diwali is considered as one of the auspicious festivals. It is being celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs as per their customs and religion. In Hindu, we celebrate this festival as a victory of light over darkness and evil spirit. When it comes to children, as it is celebrated on Amavasya, it’s the festival of sweets, crackers, and lights. Festival begins with Dhan Trayodashi or Dhanteras as the first day and on the second day its Naraka Chaturdashi and then Diwali. Apart from these three important days people also celebrate Govardhan pooja on the fourth day and Bhai dooj (brother-sister relationship) on the fifth day. Among all on third day i.e on Diwali, Lakshmi pooja is famous and is believed that performing Lakshmi pooja on this day brings you wealth and prosperity. How to perform Lakshmi Pooja: First, we need to cleanse the house by sprinkling river Ganga water or any spiritual river water. Then perform Kalash Pooja and Lord Ganesh Pooja. Light...

Arjuna Phalguna: Thunderstorm occurs naturally; our ancestors say not to stay under a tree when there is a thunderstorm. If we observe storms occur mostly over trees. Also now a day we have learned that we should not be even below telephone poles or electric poles. Scientists say that there may be a slight discharge of electricity from them which is not safe to humans. Also many suggest that instead of standing on the ground sleeping is good, even if you are struck from storm sleeping position helps to lower the risk as storm energy is absorbed by earth (as earth acts as a neutral body) From our childhood, whenever there is a thunderstorm our parents utter the word “ Arjuna Phalguna ”, there is a small story from Mahabharat epic behind uttering those words. When Pandavas are returning from the forest, Arjuna brings Uttara to Sami tree for weapons. In order to rescue cows stolen from Duryodhana and Karna, Arjuna says to bring down weapons from the tree. During that period o...

Knowingly or unknowingly we offer sindhoor and betel leaves and ask the priest to perform a pooja. Did you observe the fact that betel leaves are used only to Lord Hanuman while performing pooja. Betel leaves are offered to those who have read and absorbed the knowledge of Vedas and Sastras, we respect to their knowledge and request them to bless by offering betel leaves along with two nuts and two bananas (tambulam). If you perform abhishekam with betel leaves and consume them after your meals you will be blessed with peace and prosperity. An important point to remember that if someone gives you tambulam then never rotate (give same leaves to others) those beetle leaves to others as they are not spoiled. Tambulam will consist of three beetle leaves , two nuts, and banana, we can also add one rupee coin and a flower. We offer this tambulam along with some Dakshina (fruits, money, clothes, rice, etc.) considering the presence of Dhakshinya Devi blessing to Brahmins to get the c...