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Tamil Puthandu, also known as Puthuvarusham or Tamil New Year, is the first day of the year on the Tamil calendar. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, as the first day of...

Holi is a Hindu spring celebration celebrated in the Indian subcontinent, otherwise called the "celebration of hues" or the "celebration of affection". The celebration means the triumph of well-finished underhandedness, the entry of spring, the end of winter, and for...

Karadayan Nonbu is a festival of fasting [vratham] wherein married Tamil women pray for the well-being and longevity of their husbands. According to tradition, this nonbu will be performed exactly at the time when the Tamil month of Maasi ends...

Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi (born March 13, 1969, as Sankaran in a village called Thandalam, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu) is the 70th Shankaracharya (guru and head or pontiff, Peetadhipathi) of the Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, a Hindu religious institution. He...

Republic Day respects the date on which the Constitution of India became effective on 26 January 1950 supplanting Dominion status offered by the British Regime. The Constitution was embraced by the Indian Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, and happened...

Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akha Teej (Tuesday, May 3, 2022) is a very propitious and holy day for the Hindu and Jain communities. Since it is considered the most favorable day, all the activities like spirituality undertaken that day...

Karthigai Deepam is a Hindu festival that is celebrated mainly by Tamil Hindus. The day of Karthigai Deepam is fixed based on Tamil Solar Calendar. It falls in the month of Karthikai when Karthigai Nakshatra prevails during Ratrimana. This is...

Skanda is a popular Hindu deity, especially among Tamil Hindus. Lord Skanda is the son of God Shiva and Goddess Parvati. In south India, Skanda is considered as the younger brother of Lord Ganesha while in north India Skanda is...

'Deepam', 'Vilakku' or 'Diyas' in north India, are an inseparable part of the thousands of years of Indian culture. For the uninitiated, it can be described as a lamp. The difference is, that a lamp is used to dispel the...