Hindus

Lakshmi Devotional Song – Arathi Hymn – Varamahalakshmi Festival

This devotional song was sung by my mother's aunt during arathi to Goddess Lakshmi.  You can use any tune suitable…

Happy Ugadi 2019

Another Hindu New Year: Ugadi has dawned bringing with it new hopes, joys, and sorrows. Sweet and bitterness are faces…

Aarathi

Items Required: Camphor or Cotton Wicks soaked in Ghee Aarathi Plate Flower Petals and Manthrakshathe (Rice smeared with Ghee and…

Rama Navami

Rama Navami is a festival celebrating the birth of Sri Rama, son of King Dasharatha of Ayodhya. “Yada Yadaa hi…

Swarna Gowri Vratha – Gowri Habba – Gowri Festival

Swarna Gowri Vratha/Pooja is celebrated by girls and women in Karnataka and Andhara Pradesh. Goddess Gowri is the mother of…

Rakhsha Bandhan

Rakhsha Bandhan festival is a celebration of the brother-sister bonding, celebrated mainly in North India. It falls on Poornima /…

Mannethithina Amavasya

Manneththina Amavasya, “mannu” means mud; “yeththu” in Kannada means bullocks and “Amavasya” means no moon day. This festival is celebrated…

Ugadi, Hindu New Year

Ugadi, the name is split into Uga + Adi = Ugadi. Uga means Year and Adi means first in Sanskrit…