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Chhath Puja 2026 devotees offering Sandhya Arghya with bamboo soop trays to the setting sun in a river
Festivals

Chhath Puja 2026: 5 Sacred Rituals You Need to Know

Chhath Puja 2026 falls on Sunday, 15 November, with Sandhya Arghya offered to the setting sun that evening, and the four-day vrat running...

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026, Lord Vishnu in yoga nidra in the cosmic ocean, about to wake as Chaturmas ends
Festivals

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026: How to Welcome the Lord Back Home

Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2026 falls on Friday, 20 November, & for many homes it is the morning the year quietly turns. After four...

4 Mukhi Rudraksha bead from Nepal on a wooden base, the sacred bead of Brahma
Rudraksha

4 Mukhi Rudraksha: The Best Guide to Brahma’s Sacred Bead

The 4 Mukhi Rudraksha is the bead of knowledge & creation. In the shastras, it represents Lord Brahma, the four-faced creator of the...

Rudraksha testing explained by Dr. Tanay Seetha on the Rudralife podcast, with a bead under a lab microscope
Rudraksha

What you should know about Rudraksha testing in 2026

Rudraksha testing at Rudralife began with a simple question asked over 25 years ago: what is the science behind the bead? In this...

Dev Diwali 2026 on the Varanasi ghats, lakhs of diyas glowing along the Ganga under the Kartik full moon
Festivals

How to Celebrate Dev Diwali 2026: Everything You Need to Know

Dev Diwali 2026 falls on Tuesday, 24 November, the full moon of Kartik that arrives fifteen days after Diwali. Known as the Diwali...

Bhai Dooj 2026 tilak thali with kumkum, akshat, a diya, marigolds, sweets, betel leaf & dry fruits
Festivals

How to Celebrate Bhai Dooj 2026 the Right Way

Two days after Diwali, the festival season closes on its gentlest note. Bhai Dooj 2026 falls on Wednesday, 11 November, when sisters apply...

Why we buy gold on Dhanteras: gold coins & a gold chain on a brass plate beside a diya & marigolds
Festivals

4 Powerful Reasons Why We Buy Gold On Dhanteras Every Year

Every year, as Dhanteras arrives, homes across India light their first lamps & families step out to bring home a little Dhanteras gold....

How India celebrates Diwali, with diyas & a flower rangoli at a marigold-garlanded home entrance
Festivals

7 beautiful ways India celebrates Diwali that you need to know

Diwali is one festival, yet it is lived in a hundred ways. In Ayodhya it is the night Lord Ram came home. In...

Govardhan Puja 2026 with a cow dung Govardhan hill decorated with marigolds, diyas & a thali of kumkum & rice
Festivals

What You Should Know About Govardhan Puja 2026

Govardhan Puja 2026 falls on Monday, 9 November, the day after Diwali, on Kartik Shukla Pratipada. It honours the day young Shri Krishna...

Dhanteras 2026 puja chowki with a brass kalash, gold coins, coriander seeds, a diya, marigolds & a new broom
Festivals

What you should know about buying Rudraksha this Dhanteras 2026

Dhanteras 2026 falls on Friday, 6 November, & opens the five days of Diwali. It is the evening when homes welcome Goddess Lakshmi...