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Sri Rudram

Sri Rudram (Sanskrit: श्री रुद्रम्) also known as Sri Rudraprasna, Śatarudrīya, and Rudradhyaya, is a vedic hymn dedicated to Rudra (an epithet of lord Siva).  It is part of the , the 3rd of the 4 divinitive texts, the Vedas. The 1st part of Sri Rudram (chapter 16 of the Yajurveda) is known as Namakam [...]

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Rathasapthami (రధసప్థమి)

Rathasapthami (Sanskrit: रथसप्तमी, Telugu: రథ సప్తమి, Kannada:ರಥಸಪ್ಥಮಿ) or Magha Saptami is a Hindu festival that falls on the seventh day (Saptami) in the bright half (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month Maagha. It marks the seventh day following the Sun’s northerly movement (Uttarayana) of vernal equinox starting from Capricorn (Makara). It is symbolically represented in [...]

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