The eleventh day from full moon / new moon is called as Ekadashi.
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Ganesh Chaturthi
To everyone who celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi around the world…
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One of the stories from Ramayana about Hanuman comes to mind.
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Janmashtami celebrates the birthday of Krishna 🙏🏻
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Everyone connects & relates to beaches in a different way!
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The video by American water company to save water especially outdoors was quite helpful!
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Dental hygiene and brushing teeth are a critical part of our health. However, it is interesting to observe the extent of importance we seem to attribute to it across different cultures.
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We were once known as our parent’s children, then we grew to be adults making a name for ourselves, as we grow older…
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July 4th weekend has always been a memorable one.. especially with friends and families!
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Summer time six word stories!
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Narada is a divine sage, who is the child of Lord Brahma and sings praises of Lord Vishnu!
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Stepping out to serve in a temple community kitchen today. It was a different experience!
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Once a middle-aged lady went to a temple. The spiritual teacher of the temple had a way to advise devotees and she explains her health challenges to Him, seeking a solution!
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Interesting opportunity to meet two spiritual teachers this week.
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Coconut poli is a delicacy in South India.
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Sankarabharanam is 29th of the 72 raagas in Carnatic music. Some songs have a soothing and healing effect, and some others touch our soul.
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Two different stories about elephants bringing out two different perspectives and different ways to solve our problems!
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There are four teachers in life – Mother, Father, Guru (teacher) and God who step into our lives in sequence and teach us what we need to learn and grasp in life. Had the opportunity to listen to Guru ashtakam by Shri Adi Shankaracharya! Was mesmerized by the meaning!
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How many languages do you know? Can you read, write and/or speak them? How comfortable are you using languages as a way to communicate your thoughts?
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When we face challenges in life, how do we get to know how to solve them? How do we know where to look for help and who can help us? A small story from Ramayanam gives a clue!
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As children we used to look forward to summer as it would be mango season again! Mostly 3-4 varieties of mangoes that spread across summer timeline indicated whether summer was at its peak or getting over! Now, interesting to see more than 50 varieties of mangoes around the world!
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My mother and mother-in-law have two very different parenting styles and I have had the opportunity to learn from both 🙂 Sharing the tips & learnings from my mother in law in this post!
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Heard about this from one of my friends (Jyothi) and felt like writing about the Buddhist Pagoda prayer wheel.
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Shrines (religious place of worship) are known to be a place where we get to feel comfort in connecting with God! Mesmerized by the architecture of some of the shrines from around the world!
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The Thirukkuṟaḷ is a classic Tamil language text consisting of short couplets of seven words each, each of them being called a kural, focusing on virtues of life. Sharing some of the verses on parenting!
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There was once a devotee who loved visiting the temple and performing religious rituals. She yearned to be serving at the temple, doing small things that gave her immense pleasure that she was serving God!
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New year celebrations are tied to spring in India. People speaking different languages seem to call the turn of new year by different names. How many can you name correctly?
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Murals are street art, wall paintings prevalently known as a way to express feelings prevalent in the community. While they are huge in size, some of them are so creative that cities conduct art competitions to tap into the creativity of artists to make the city come alive!
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This week I got a request to share some adjectives. So, here we go – ten adjectives in Sanskrit.
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Holi is an Indian festival of colors, filled with festivities and rituals. One of the best Holi celebrations that remains close to heart!
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While studying in school (few decades back), I learned about the states of matter – Solid, liquid and gas. Our understanding of simple facts like these also seems to have evolved over years!
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Reminded of a short story from Mahabharatha, where Krishna makes Yudhistra realize the essence of charity and how Karna was greater than Yudhistra!
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This week we will learn the Sanskrit names of ten animals!
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Interesting conversations with extended family and friends circles triggered this weekend post 🙂
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Shivaratri is celebrated by many across the world and for someone who has grown up in India, the festival brings a feeling of nostalgia!
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This was a new concept few years back, and was interesting to see how the gift shops took to customizing this for friends and families. A recent variation of the same seemed to capture my interest!
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All parts of a Neem tree offers a lot of health benefits. It was interesting to understand how the stem, leaves and especially flowers help in Ayurvedic medicine.
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Observing the verbs used by an individual can give insights into the astrological houses that influences them!
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Each of us have a specific genre of music that we love, and we find solace in listening to it when we feel low! Took to extending this further with my family today!
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During a health checkup, Doctors ask us to show our tongue! Was interesting to see that our tongue is a good indicator of our personal health!
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