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Durga Ashtami or Maha Ashtami is the eighth day of the Navaratri festival celebrated by Hindus in veneration of the goddess Durga.In Eastern India, Durga Ashatmi is also one of the most auspicious days of the five days-long Durga Puja festival. [1]
Tenth day of waxing moon of Ashvin (Hindu calendar) Vijayadashami is the Hindu celebration of good over evil. Govatsa Dwadashi: In a poster condemning the consumption of beef, the sacred cow Kamadhenu is depicted as containing various deities within her body. Twelfth day of the waning moon fortnight (Krishna Paksha) in the month of Kartik ...
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Devotees fast on this day and gifts are offered to Brahmin priests praying for prosperity, wealth and health. [ 7 ] [ 6 ] [ 8 ] Devotees also listen to the vrata katha of Amalaka Ekadashi. [ 11 ] Offering of food and charity is prescribed on this day; the virtue is equated to the performance of a vajapeya , a soma yajna sacrifice.
Chaturmasya begins on the eleventh day of the Hindu lunar month of Ashadha or Devashayani Ekadashi. This is celebrated as the day that the deity Vishnu enters a yogic sleep ( yoga nidra ) [ 7 ] on his serpent, Shesha , for a period of four months and wakes up on Prabodhini Ekadashi .
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This day is also known as Pausha Putrada Ekadashi, to differentiate it from the other Putrada Ekadashi in Shravana (July–August), which is also called Shravana Putrada Ekadashi. [2] Couples fast on this day and worship the god Vishnu for a good son. [3] This day is especially observed by Vaishnavas, followers of Vishnu.
It is the most important day of the Pitri Paksha. [3] [5] Those who have forgotten to perform shraddha can do so on this day. A shraddha ritual performed on this day is considered as fruitful as one conducted in the holy city of Gaya, which is seen as a special place to perform the rite, and hosts a fair during the Pitri Paksha period. [4]