Hindu festivals are a mix of religious rituals, spectacle, prayer, processions, eating, drinking, music and dance, philanthropy, and other traditional activities. Originally, festivals in India had many purposes like self-purification, overcoming negative influences, renewing society, tiding over crises, and reviving nature’s powers. In fact, the word 'utsava' means not only ‘festival’, but also the generation of power. Hindu festivals are also related to the cyclical processes of nature, so…

General: People born in the Cancer sign may enjoy peace and harmony in their families in September. Your financial position, too, could remain somewhat to your advantage, and you might be spending on medical expenses and for spiritual matters. But still, cash flow could only be moderate, and so you may have to curtail your expenses. Good business opportunities might be coming up for you, while you could also hope for success in your trading operations. Students are likely to overcome…

Marriage is one of the important parts of our life. We give great importance to marriage in many aspects save one: matching horoscopes before marriage. This is an age-old custom among Hindus. Before a marriage is finalized, the horoscopes of the boy and the girl are matched. If they match, the marriage is recommended. If they don’t match, the astrologer who does the Thirumana Porutham or horoscope matching for…

Krishna Jayanthi marks the birthday of Lord Krishna, a much-loved Hindu deity. It is also called Krishna Janmashtami or Gokulashtami. Many sweets and savouries are prepared on this occasion as offerings for Krishna. in case you can’t prepare a lot of things, even butter, curd, milk, and rice flakes with jaggery will please him. These were his childhood favorites.…