The story of Lord Satyanarayan is popular in the world. Satyanarayana Vrat Katha is the true form of Lord Vishnu as the most revered fast story among Hindu religious leaders....

A griha pravesh puja ceremony, also known as grihapravesh or the house warming ceremony, is a Hindu puja ceremony performed, when one enters a new home for the first time...

The original Sundara Kanda is in Sanskrit, and was composed in popular tradition by Valmiki, who was the first to scripturally record the Ramayana. Sundara Kanda is the only chapter...

The annaprashana (Sanskrit: 31″2t!CIl H, romanized: annapraSana), also known as annaprashana vidhi or annaprashanam, is a Hindu rite of passage (Sarnskara) that marks an infant’s first intake of food other...

Godh bharai is a traditional Indian baby shower celebrated during pregnancy to welcome the unborn baby to the family and bless the mother-to-be with abundant joys of motherhood.In Hindi, godh...

Mundan called Tonsure in English is the act of shaving the baby’s first hair on the head. The tradition is considered important in Hindu tradition mandatory. During the mundan ceremony,...

Ganesh Chaturthi: The festival of Ganesha Chaturthi is being celebrated with pomp. It is also called Vinayak Chaturthi. This festival will be celebrated for a full 10 days. Lord Ganesha...

The traditional wedding ceremony for Hindus. The wedding ceremonies are very colourful, and celebrations may extend for several days. The bride’s and groom’s home-entrance, doors, wall, floor, roof-are sometimes decorated...

Sindhi weddings are generally lavish affair with lots of razzle-dazzle involved. The weddings generally involve quite a number of rituals and customs which involves a lot of fun and merriment....

An engagement or betrothal is the relationship between two people who want to get married, and also the period of time between a marriage proposal and a marriage. During this...

The Navagraha puja and the Navgraha Homam are performed to pacify the malefic and to receive the blessings of the ruling deities of each of the nine planets, this puja...

Shuddhikaran Puja is performed on the eleventh day of the birth or a death in the family for the purification of the house and the family members and to save...