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Navagraha

How to Worship the Navagrahas at a Temple

Navagraha puja benefits start with doing it right: how to walk around the nine planets at a temple, which direction, what to offer, and what to hold in mind.

Archana

Ratha Saptami

Ratha Saptami: The Sun Turns His Chariot North

Ratha Saptami significance: the day the sun's chariot turns north, the seven-leaf bath, a chariot kolam, and a morning sun practice to try for a week.

Archana

Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti Meaning: Sun, Sesame and Winter

Makar Sankranti meaning for body and mind: the sun's turn north, why sesame and jaggery are eaten in winter, kites, early baths, and one practice to try.

Archana

Astrology

Reading Your Birth Chart Without Fear

How to read a birth chart without fear: a calm, practical way to look at houses, planets and dasha periods as questions to work with, not verdicts to dread.

Archana

Karthigai Deepam

Karthigai Deepam at Home: Lamps in Rows

Karthigai Deepam at home: how to set out rows of agal vilakku lamps, prepare pori and appam, and keep the lamps as a practice of attention in a small space.

Archana

Skanda Sashti

Skanda Sashti Fasting: A Gentle Six-Day Guide

Skanda Sashti fasting, gently: how the six-day Murugan vratham works, what people eat, how to adapt it to work and health, and what to do each of the six days.

Archana

Navratri

Navratri Fasting Rules, Reasons and Kindness

Navratri fasting rules explained plainly: what people eat and avoid, why, how to fast safely with work and health, and gentler options that still count.

Archana

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