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  2. Superstition in India - Wikipedia

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    This is a superstition common in Hinduism which defines how a house or a building should be constructed and how the orientation and direction and location of rooms and doors should be arranged. Many construction companies in India construct buildings according to it.

  3. Folklore of India - Wikipedia

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    Indian folklorists during the last thirty years have substantially contributed to the study of folklore. Devendra Satyarthi, Krishna Dev Upadyhayaya, Prafulla Dutta Goswami, Kunja Bihari Dash, Ashutosh Bhatacharya and many more senior folklorists have contributed for the study of folklore. But it is during the 1970s that some folklorists ...

  4. Mangala Dosha - Wikipedia

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    Mangala Dosha (IAST: Maṅgala-doṣa), also known as Mangal Dosh because of schwa deletion, is a Hindu superstition, [1] [2] prevalent in India. A person born under the influence of Mars as per Hindu astrology is said to have "mangala dosha" ("mars defect"); such a person is called a Mangalika (or Manglik). According to the superstition, the ...

  5. Category:Superstitions of India - Wikipedia

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    Category: Superstitions of India. ... This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. M. Mass excitability in South Asian culture (1 C, 6 P) R.

  6. List of superstitions - Wikipedia

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    A superstition is "a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation" or "an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition."

  7. Leap year superstitions and traditions from around the world

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    As we bid 2023 adieu and welcome the first few days of 2024, we look forward to what the next 12 months have in store. In Chinese culture, this year marks the Year of the Wood Dragon, which ...

  8. Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an ...

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    Like many superstitions that have evolved over time and across cultures, it is difficult to pinpoint the precise origins of Friday 13th. What we do know, though, is that both Friday and the number ...

  9. Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    The era from 400 BCE to 400 CE was the period of the compilation of India’s great epics, the Mahabharata and Ramayana. These were central manifestations of the newly developing Hindu synthesis, contributing to a specific Hindu mythology, emphasising divine action on earth in Vishnu 's incarnations and other divine manifestations.