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How to perform Lakshmi pooja at home?
Articles for Laxmi Puja
Icon of Laxmi or Supari on White rice representing 9 forms of Laxmi
A gold or silver coin to represent Laxmi for her bath
Handkerchiefs or pieces of cloth for wiping the coin representing Laxmi after it has been bathed
Low stool(s) with square or rectangular tops (chouki or patta), 1 big [...]
Shubh Deepawali
One festival that every Hindu will look forward to is Deepavali or Divali as it is also known. It is the time to shop for new clothes, to clean and spruce up the home as it is a joyous celebration stretched over five days. Homes sparkle with diyas and lights, the air is laden with [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Kali pooja
Kali Puja means the worship of goddess kali linked with destruction as well as death. Kali means power of time or transition. Linking goddess kali with death and destruction does not necessarily mean that death occurs due to this goddess, but mainly due to time since kali is a god of time as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How to perform Ganesh Chaturthi puja at home?
Ganesha Chaturthi (IAST: Gaṇeśa Caturthī, devanagari: गणेश चतुर्थी) or Ganesha Festival is a day on which Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees. It is also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi in Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu, Chavath ( चवथ [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Racism encore in OZ land
Shravan Kumar was stabbed with a screwdriver by a group of teens and is still battling for life in a Melbourne hospital. Upkar Singh was allegedly murdered and his dead body was found on railway the tracks. Rajesh Kumar has been attacked with a petrol bomb and suffered severe burns. Baljinder singh and Sourabh Sharma [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Goodbye Mikey
It is still hard to believe but true; Michael Jackson is no more alive. Mortality consumed the legendary singer and the cardiac arrest was an unfortunate excuse.
The fact has not sunk in yet. He left a “can not be filled” void. Controversies aside, this is to the person, who made us smile and scream in [...]
Can Google Chrome OS break the monopoly of Microsoft Windows OS?
We need to see more of the Linux-based Google Chrome OS before we can believe it will eventually prove disruptive to Microsoft Windows. While Google’s marketing push for the platform is half-hearted, the product has the potential to give a significant boost to the nascent cloud computing market as Google
seeks to [...]
