Dasara is celebrated all over India as a religious as well as a social festival. Nava means nine and rathri means night and so Navarathri means nine nights. Some call it as Navarathri, some as Vijaya Dashami, and some as Dussehra. Doesn’t matter what you call, does it? This year Dasara is celebrated from September [...]
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14 Oct
Amazing Rangoli for Dasara from Smt. Padmini
Smt. Padmini of Coimbatore has yet another amazing rangoli designed for this year Dasara. Smt. Padmini’s rangoli has been published in “The Hindu” newspaper as well. I received a request forwarded by my Sister to post the Rangoli on this blog from Ms. Manjula. To quote from her email This years Rangoli and a picture [...]
12 Oct
Sreenivasa Kalyana – Live Webcast from Uttaradimath.org
It is customary to listen to Sree Srinivasa Kalyana during Dasara. My father said he was visiting Jaynagar 4th block Raghavendra Swamt Mutt every evening to listen to the same. I get these daily updates from several lists I have subscribed, one such list email I received had live webcast of the same on Uttaradimatt.org. [...]
8 Oct
Ashwin Masa ಅಶ್ವಿನ್ ಮಾಸ – October 8th – November 6th 2010
Ashwin Masa ಅಶ್ವಿನ್ ಮಾಸ, Dhakshinayana ದಕ್ಷಿಣಾಯನ, starts from October 8th – November 6th 2010. October 8th – Navarathri Starts October 13th – Saraswathi Avahana October 14th – Saraswathi Pooja October 15th – Durgastami October 16th – Mahanavami October 17th – Vijaya Dashami October 18th – Ekadashi October 22nd – Poornima, Hunnime November 2nd – Ekadashi [...]
9 Oct
2009 Dasara Festival at my Sister’s Place
I came back on Wednesday early morning from my amazing visit to India. I am completely tired, and had to work from Wednesday itself. I will be writing about my visit to Mantralaya as well, which was amazing and a miracle by itself. You might know that Mantralaya was flooded last week. Anyway, my two [...]
20 Sep
Navaratri-Dussera in Brief
Compiled by B.R. Ramaprasad and sent to me by my Aunt Lalitha Rao. • Navaratri and Dussera are festivals celebrated over a period of ten days. The first nine days constitute the Navaratri festival. Navaratri means nine nights (Nava= nine, ratri = night).The term “Dussera” which is the last and tenth day is derived from [...]
25 Aug
Sri Srinivasa kalyana by Sri Vadiraja Thirtaru
Ms. Shubha Sudheendra has provided the lyrics for Sri Srinivasa kalyana composed by Sri Vadiraja Thirtaru. This song is sung during Dasara. The attached PDF is in Kannada. Thanks Ms. Shubha. Srinivasa Kalyana
10 Dec
Mahishasura Mardini Stotra in Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit and English
Veda Sri has taken the time to translate and share the Mahishasura Mardini Stotra in Telugu. She sent me the baraha script, I have translated and converted to a pdf file. Thank so much Veda Sri. You can download the lyrics in different languages here: Telugu Kannada Sanskrit English
8 Oct
Sweet Dosa in Minutes
I had mentioned last year about Sweet Dosa. I prepared the same yesterday for Saraswathi Pooja. So, here comes the recipe with minor changes and also pictures. In a bowl mix 1 cup wheat flour, 1/2 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup maida. Add two cups of brown sugar, 4-5 tbsp coconut, and cardamom, and also [...]
5 Oct
Shri Ashta Lakshmi Stotra
This is yet another Goddess Lakshmi stotra that is recited by many during Dasara. The tune is just like Mahishasura Mardini Stotra. Ashta Lakshmi, are a group of eight Hindu goddesses, who preside over eight sources of wealth and thus represent the powers of Lakshmi. Thus, the ‘Ashta Lakshmi’ are considered secondary manifestations of the [...]
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