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Lighting the lamp
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Lighting the lamp
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Griha Pravesh is the ceremonial first entry into a new home. The word means "entering the dwelling". Its purpose is to settle the house — to acknowledge the land, the directions, the elements and the …
Read the guide →For Griha Pravesh, tradition looks at four things: the nakshatra, the tithi, the weekday and the lunar month. Favourable nakshatras: Rohini, Mrigashira, Chitra, Anuradha, Revati, Uttara Phalguni, Utta…
Read the guide →Satyanarayana Pooja is a vrata — a vow observed with a specific intent. It is most often performed as an act of gratitude: after a new job, a recovery, a marriage, a house purchase, or simply on a Pur…
Read the guide →Namakarana is the naming samskara, traditionally performed on the eleventh or twelfth day after birth, though many families now hold it in the first three months. It is the point at which the child fo…