Method of celebrating birthday
Celebrating birthday helps in protecting us from negative energies. Let us understand how to obtain maximum benefits from celebrating birthday as prescribed by Hindu Dharma.
Shri Ganesh Chaturthi – Clarification of Doubts
It is mentioned in the scriptures that immersion of Shri Ganapati Idol should necessarily be done in flowing water or a reservoir.
Do you know the effects of these acts on your birthday?
Birthdays celebrated as per tithi (a lunar day) are very pious, because we receive a lot of Chaitanya (Divine consciousness) on this day. This Chaitanya should be utilized to the fullest. It can be achieved simply by avoiding certain acts. Let us understand the various acts which can be easily avoided and thus help receive maximum blessings from God.
Why bathing in the morning is more beneficial than bathing at night ?
Since the water in rivers and water reservoirs is flowing, it can create radiance in a dormant state from the sound (arising out of flowing of the water) and also intensify it.
Prayer to be recited before a bath
and shlokas to be recited while bathing
Read about the prayer to be recited before a bath and shlokas to be recited while bathing along with their importance.
Why should women bathe after combing their hair ?
Let us understand the science underlying the acts of women combing or plaiting their hair before bathing, ideal posture for bathing, cleaning the openings of body etc.
Ritual of offering dakshina (Offering in cash or kind)
By offering dakshina, a virtue of sacrifice develops in the individual. From sacrifice, detachment develops and this in turn gives rise to vairagya (Ascetic-like detachment).
Importance of Rangoli and Panchagavya
Drawing a rangoli in a sattvik pattern around a wooden platform or altar before commencing any puja (Ritualistic worship) helps to form a protective sheath, of rapidly moving waves emanating from that pattern, around wooden platform or altar.
Qualities to be learnt from the substances used in Puja (Ritualistic worship)
Read about the qualities to be learnt from the substances used in Puja (Ritualistic worship)
Why are only unbroken rice grains used as akshata in ritualistic worship ?
Akshata has the ability to attract frequencies of 5 Deities, to activate them, make them functional and to transmit them with the help of Earth and Water elements.