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Kaal Bhairav Jayanti 2026 shrine at dusk with temple bells, a trishul, a lit diya, black sesame, marigolds and coconut
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Kaal Bhairav Jayanti 2026: 5 Powerful Rituals You Must Know

Kaal Bhairav Jayanti 2026 falls on Tuesday, 1 December, on the Ashtami of the waning moon in Margashirsha. As evening settles, devotees light...

Skanda Sashti 2026 brass Vel with a peacock feather, red hibiscus, kumkum & a lit diya on yellow cloth
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Skanda Sashti 2026: 6 Sacred Rituals You Need to Know

Skanda Sashti 2026 falls on Sunday, 15 November, the sixth and final day of a vratam that begins on Tuesday, 10 November. Across...

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

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