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Guru Pradosha 2026: Powerful Shiva Vrat Rules and Benefits

Guru Pradosha 2026 is an exceptional Pradosha Vrat that occurs when Trayodashi occurs on a Thursday. Pradosha Vrat is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is performed two times in each lunar month, once in Shukla Paksha and once in Krishna Paksha. The primary prayers occur in the evening when Trayodashi…

MyLifeXP · 7h ago

Why Does South India Worship Mahabharata’s Shakuni?

Shakuni is remembered as one of the most dangerous strategists in the Mahabharata. His dice game with the Pandavas, his influence over Duryodhana and his role in the chain of events leading to the Kurukshetra war have made his name almost synonymous with cunning. Yet, in a small part of…

MyLifeXP · Oct 4

3 Miraculous Births Nobody Talks About in Hindu Mythology

What if three of Hindu tradition’s most revered divine women share a mysterious connection in the way their stories describe their arrival on Earth? Maa Parvati, Maa Sita and Radha Rani are associated with divine feminine power in different Hindu traditions, but their birth stories are far from ordinary. One…

MyLifeXP · Oct 1

October Pradosh Vrat 2026 date: Check when is Guru Pradosh Vrat, shubh muhurat and puja vidhi

Pradosh Vrat October 2026 will be observed on October 8 during the Ashwin Krishna Paksha Trayodashi. The fast falls on a Thursday and will therefore be known as Guru Pradosh Vrat. This year, monthly Shivratri will also coincide with the occasion. Check the Pradosh Vrat date, Pradosh Kaal timing, shubh…

The Economic Times · Sep 30

Sawan Blessings: 6 Shiva Temples Every Devotee Should Visit

Somnath Temple, Prabhas Patan, GujaratThe first jyotirlinga stands at the edge of the Arabian Sea, and the waves have been breaking against it since before the temple was rebuilt the last time, and the time before that. Somnath has been destroyed and reconstructed at least six times, the current structure…

Times Life · Sep 30

5 Shiva Mantras That Carry the Weight of Stillness

The Panchakshara: Where Everything BeginsNa-ma-shi-va-ya. Five syllables, and the oldest continuous chant in the Shaiva tradition. The Panchakshara mantra appears in the eighth anuvaka of the Sri Rudram, itself part of the Krishna Yajurveda, and its five syllables are mapped in classical commentary onto the five elements: earth, water, fire,…

Times Life · Sep 30

Why Shiva Kept Giving Shachi Boons? The Truth Revealed

What if Lord Shiva himself kept asking a young devotee to ask for a boon, but she simply stood there with tears in her eyes? The story of Shachi Devi, also known as Indrani, is remembered in Hindu tradition as a remarkable tale of devotion, divine grace and unexpected blessings.…

MyLifeXP · Sep 30

The Devi Mahatmya Said the Goddess Was Supreme, and No Earlier Sanskrit Text Had Gone That Far

The text that rewrote the hierarchyBefore the Devi Mahatmya arrived, composed somewhere in the 5th or 6th century CE as part of the Markandeya Purana, the Goddess existed in Sanskrit literature as a presence, not a principle. She appeared in the Rigveda as Vak, the sacred word. She appeared in…

Times Life · Sep 30

10 Sacred Places in India Where Spiritual Energy Is Said to Be Felt Most Deeply

Varanasi, Uttar PradeshThe oldest continuously inhabited city on earth doesn't ease you in. The moment you step onto the ghats at dawn, the Ganga is already doing something, smoke rising from the Manikarnika cremation ground, priests chanting the Ganga Aarti, boatmen moving through mist without hurry. Varanasi is where Hindus…

Times Life · Sep 29

"Revanth Reddy has converted himself into Revanthuddin": Telangana BJP Chief demands apology over CM's Ram-Shiva remarks

Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao has condemned comments made by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. Reddy suggested a division between Lord Ram and Lord Shiva based on socio-economic status. Rao accused him of trying to divide the Hindu community for political gain. BJP leaders warned that such remarks would…

The Economic Times · Sep 29