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Holi or Holika, also called Holikotsava, is an extremely popular festival observed throughout India. Popularly associated with Sri Krishna, the festival is mentioned in very early religious texts...

Makar Sankranti is one of the major Hindu festivals. It is a four-day harvest festival in the Magh month of the Hindu Solar Calendar. This festival occurs every year on the 15th of January (14th on...

4th Mantra येने॒दं भू॒तं भुव॑नं भवि॒ष्यत् परिगृ॑हीतम॒मृते॑न सर्व॑म् । येन॑...

Mantra यत्प्र॒ज्ञान॑मु॒त चेतो॒ धृति॑श्च॒ यज्ज्यो ति॑र॒न्तर॒मृतं॑...

The "Siva-sankalpa-suktam" is a profound hymn found in Chapter 34 of the Shukla Yajurveda Vajasaneyi Madhyandina Samhita, consisting of six verses. These verses glorify the mind endowed with virtues...

येन॒ कर्माण्य॒ पसो॑ मनी॒षिणो॑ य॒ज्ञे कृ॒ण्वन्ति॑ वि ॒दथे॑षु॒ धीराः ।...