Today is the beginning of my favorite month. Just like in god’s we have lord vishnu, in month’s we have “Shravana” or “Saawan”….. And what makes this most unique is: 1. It marks the beginning of festival season 2. It’s a month where people take “Baadha”, start reading religious texts and scriptures, worship and indulge in allied activities. It is…
Category: History
Guru Purnima!
Today it’s 3rd July – Guru Purnima!. Guru Purnima is celebrated in honor of great sage Vyasa’s birthday. He was the ancient saint who wrote 18 Puranas, the Mahabharata, and the Srimad Bhagavata and compiled the four Vedas. Hence, Guru Purnima is also known as a Vyasa Purnima. Vyasa is being described in Gita as a ‘Vyasa…
Legend of Sitala Mataji – Thadri or Shitala Saatam Significance
Once there was a joint family in a village and and the old mother in law had three daughter in laws ,as she had three sons all were happy and wealthy. The daughter in law of the younger son was from poor family so she was always targeted by all the member s of the family.now the holy month of…
Journey from Bombay to AAMCHI MUMBAI!
Bombay has no bombs and is a harbor not bay. Today(1st May), in the year 1960, Bombay (now Mumbai) was transformed from a Bombay State to Bombay City and a capital of a newly created state Maharashtra. Life of the present Mumbaikar’s is quite different from the early one’s. From Stone Age to Sultan of Gujarat: Anyone…