Spirituality

Chaitra Navaratri 2017: Day 6 - Worship Maa Katyayani for blissful married life

The epitome of love and anger, the idols of Katyayani are portrayed as ones with four arms and three eyes, and mounted on a lion.

Mar 21, 2017, 13:25 PM IST

Chaitra Navaratri 2017: Day 5 - Worship Maa Skandamata for wisdom, salvation

Skandamata is depicted with four hands and has baby Kartikeya on her lap. She is mounted on a lion.

Mar 21, 2017, 13:20 PM IST

Chaitra Navaratri 2017: Day 4 - Worship Devi Kushmanda for power and energy

Mounted on a lioness, Devi Kushmanda is depicted with Ashta Bhuja or eight hands.

Mar 21, 2017, 13:14 PM IST

Chaitra Navaratri 2017: Day 3 - Worship Goddess Chandraghanta for courage and strength

The Goddess wears the crescent on her head which resembles a moon and hence her name is Chandraghanta.

Mar 21, 2017, 12:55 PM IST

Shekhar Ravjiani’s rendition of the powerful Gayatri Mantra out! WATCH

The Gayatri Mantra is extremely powerful and has healing effects.

Mar 15, 2017, 13:47 PM IST

Chaitra Navaratri 2017: Day 2 - Worship goddess Brahmacharini for peace and virtue!

Dressed in white, Maa Brahmacharini is the unmarried form of Sati, King Daksha’s daughter, who was later married to Lord Shiva.

Mar 15, 2017, 11:43 AM IST

Chaitra Navaratri 2017: Day 1 - Worship Devi Shailputri for good fortune

As Chaitra Navratri begins today, let’s worship Maa Shailputri.

Mar 14, 2017, 15:39 PM IST

Chaitra Navaratri 2017: Day 1 - Ghatasthapana Puja timings and Vidhi

Ghatasthapana is a ritual that establishes the feminine power.

Mar 14, 2017, 14:39 PM IST

Chaitra Navaratri 2017 schedule

Chaitra Navaratri coincides with the months of March-April in the Gregorian calendar.

Mar 14, 2017, 13:30 PM IST

Holi 2017: Holika Dahan Pujan Vidhi and Narasimha Maha Mantra

If you do not know how to perform Holika Dahan, then worry not. We have the vidhi (procedure) written below.

Mar 10, 2017, 09:39 AM IST

Holi 2017: Holika Dahan timings

Going by the Hindu Lunar calendar, Holika Dahan concurs with the full moon day in the month of Phalguna, a day which is called Phalguna Purnima.

Mar 10, 2017, 09:04 AM IST

Over 600,000 offer prayers at Pashupatinath on Mahashivratri

Over 600,000 devotees offered prayers to Lord Shiva till Saturday morning at the Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal on the occasion of the Mahashivaratri festival, media reports said.

Feb 25, 2017, 15:43 PM IST

Maha Shivaratri 2017: In this Shiva temple, devotees offer broom!

Devotees offer brooms to Lord Shiva to seek his blessings and get cured from skin diseases.

Feb 24, 2017, 09:39 AM IST

Maha Shivratri 2018: Sing Shiva Aarti to seek blessings - Check out lyrics

On Maha Shivaratri, dedicated to Lord Shiva, you can sing the Shiva Aarti.

Feb 23, 2017, 12:19 PM IST

Shravan 2017: The place where Lord Shiva and Parvati got married

Located in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand at the confluence of the Mandakini and Songanga rivers, the Triyuginarayan Temple is one of the holiest places of worship in India.

Feb 21, 2017, 13:33 PM IST