Diwali Specials 2025 (दीवाली विशेष 2025)

Touching the feet of elders is a traditional gesture in Indian culture that shows respect, humility and blessings. Bhaktibharat here shares some basic "rules".

“Grah Vakri” (ग्रह वक्री) is a term used in Vedic astrology (Jyotish Shastra).

The festival of Guru Purnima will be celebrated on 24 July 2021. According to the Hindu calendar, the holy festival of Guru Purnima is celebrated every year on the full moon date of the month of Ashadha. The worship of the Guru has special significance on this day.

Tilak is a Hindu tradition that has been going on for a long time. Different groups use different types of tilaks.

Ravi Yog is formed when the distance between the Sun’s Nakshatra and the Moon’s Nakshatra is anything except the 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, or 14th Nakshatra.

In Hindu tradition, deities are adorned with gold jewelry not for luxury, but for deeply symbolic, spiritual, and cultural reasons.

Mandala Puja, a long period of 41 days with all the austerities and routines prescribed in the scriptures, is followed with strict rituals.