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  Chitragupta ji’s Story: The Scribe Who Still Asks

  Chitragupta ji keeps Yama Dev’s ledger of every deed, and in the Garuda Purana he still asks the Sravanas. Kayastha families worship him with pen and inkpot on Bhai Dooj.

  8 Nov 2026 · 8 min read

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  Chappan Bhog: Why 56 Dishes? The Seven Days Under Govardhan

  The chappan bhog meaning is 56 offerings laid before Bhagwan Krishna. The usual reason is eight meals a day for seven days under Govardhan Hill, but the Bhagavata gives only the seven days.

  7 Nov 2026 · 7 min read

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  Kali Puja History: Why Bengal Worships Maa Kali at Midnight

  In one Bowbazar house every electric light goes off when Kali Puja begins, because the family believes Maa Kali is worshipped in darkness. This is how a few old Kolkata homes keep the night.

  7 Nov 2026 · 7 min read

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  Samudra Manthan Story: A Curse, a Truce and a Pot of Amrit

  A dropped garland, a truce with the asuras, a mountain on a tortoise’s back and a poison only Bhagwan Shiva could hold: the churning of the ocean of milk, told in order.

  7 Nov 2026 · 9 min read

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  How Kubera Dev Became Keeper of Wealth and Lost Lanka to Ravana

  Kaikasi saw Kubera Dev arrive in the Pushpaka and urged Ravana to become like him. In the Valmiki Ramayana, Kubera Dev later gave up Lanka without a fight.

  7 Nov 2026 · 7 min read

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  Narak Chaturdashi Story: Who Struck Narakasura Last? What the Puranas Say

  In the Bhagavata Purana, Bhagwan Krishna’s discus takes Narakasura’s head; in the Vishnu Purana he cuts him in two. Satyabhama rides beside him in both. Her last blow comes from the popular telling.

  7 Nov 2026 · 6 min read

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  The Alakshmi Story: Maa Lakshmi’s Elder Sister, Left at a Lake

  Is Alakshmi really Maa Lakshmi’s sister? In the Linga Purana she is the elder of the two, created before Maa Lakshmi and then married to a sage who could not keep her at home.

  7 Nov 2026 · 7 min read

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  What a Lit Diya Says in Hindu Worship, and Valmiki’s Welcome Without Lamps

  The significance of lighting a lamp comes from an Upanishad prayer, the Gita’s steady flame and arti. Valmiki’s Ayodhya welcome has flowers but no lamps.

  7 Nov 2026 · 5 min read

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  Owl Meaning in Hinduism: Why It Sits Beside Maa Lakshmi

  Why does an owl sit at Maa Lakshmi’s feet in so many Diwali pictures? No known text explains it, so several readings are held side by side.

  7 Nov 2026 · 6 min read

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  Budh graha in jyotish: Mercury’s signs, dignities and dasha

  Budh graha is Mercury, the fourth of the nine grahas. It rules Mithuna and Kanya and is exalted at 15 degrees of Kanya.

  1 Nov 2026 · 10 min read

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  Solah shringar: the sixteen adornments and what they mean

  Solah shringar is Hindi for “sixteen adornments”, the head-to-toe preparations of a bride. Published lists of the sixteen differ, and no single fixed list exists.

  30 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

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  Abhijit nakshatra meaning: the extra 28th lunar mansion, its star and deity

  Abhijit is the extra nakshatra between Uttara Ashadha and Shravana. Its star is Vega, its deity is Brahma, and the Atharvaveda counts it as the 28th.

  30 Oct 2026 · 8 min read