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Hindus Have been Bursting Crackers on Dīpāvalī for Centuries — A Historical Account

A historical account of firecracker use in Hindu Diwali celebrations, tracing references from ancient texts to 16th-century festivals, emphasizing its cultural and religious significance.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 9 min read

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Ningol Chakouba: A Festival From Manipur, in Delhi

Learn about the 'Ningol Chakouba' festival, celebrated once a year in October/November, on the second lunar day of the Heyangie month as per the Manipuri calendar.

H. Leikoiba, Kavita Krishna Meegama 8 min read

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Recollection: The Glory of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī

A journey to Mathura, the heart of Kṛṣṇa's abode, where every step is a testament to the indomitable Hindu spirit.

Pankaj Saxena 5 min read

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Turners of Time - How Hindu Festivals Rotate the Year

Exploring the significance of Holi and Hindu festivals as profound cultural markers that rotate the year, intertwining cosmic cycles with human culture.

Pankaj Saxena 7 min read

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Chaṭh - a Living Tradition and Cultural Homecoming

We owe a lot to our mothers and grandmothers, who carry forth traditions year after year diligently. In the case of Chath, it involves fasting for more than thirty six hours and standing in cold water, all for the wellbeing of their family. Even amidst apathy towards culture by many, Chaṭh gives me hope.

9 min read

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Rāma’s Journey – the Avatāra in You, a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay

We celebrate the return of Rāma with a Festival of Lights, for if his journey- Rāma’s Ayaṇa- is recreated within us, it generates within us the Supreme Light. His journey within us is the journey from untruth to truth. From Darkness to Light. It is the rising of Agni from earth to sky, the ultimate union, or Yoga.

Amritanshu Pandey 12 min read

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Ahoi Aṣtamī – How Hindu Dharma Teaches Deep Ecology through Festivals

The festival of Ahoi Aṣṭamī instills the deep sense in Hindus that our actions have consequences; that human civilization destroys Nature by the sheer act of living in great groups and thus has to make extra efforts to respect and protect Nature; and that we have to give back to Nature as we take much from it.

Pankaj Saxena 7 min read

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Towards Dharma-centric Polity - Lokmanya Tilak and the Universalization of Gaṇeśa Utsava

As dharma disappears from daily personal life, and from specific regions, universalized Hindu festivals are capable of bringing dharma back again at the center. As temples become the primary vehicle of Hindu regeneration all over Bhāratavarṣa, festivals can become the Hindu regenerators in the north.

Pankaj Saxena 11 min read

Dharma Today

Kṣetra, Śāstra, Utsava

On this Aṣṭamī, we look at how festivals are to time what temples are to space - they are gradients of divinity.

Pankaj Saxena 13 min read

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Hindus Have been Bursting Crackers on Dīpāvalī for Centuries — A Historical Account

Ningol Chakouba: A Festival From Manipur, in Delhi

Recollection: The Glory of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī

Turners of Time - How Hindu Festivals Rotate the Year

Chaṭh - a Living Tradition and Cultural Homecoming

Rāma’s Journey – the Avatāra in You, a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay

Ahoi Aṣtamī – How Hindu Dharma Teaches Deep Ecology through Festivals

Towards Dharma-centric Polity - Lokmanya Tilak and the Universalization of Gaṇeśa Utsava

Kṣetra, Śāstra, Utsava