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The festival involves fasting from 6:33 AM to 6:59 PM. Women pray for their husbands' longevity, prepare a special dish called Karadai, and engage in rituals, including tying a sacred thread.

Many people perform Rudrabhishek, chant mantras, and meditate for inner peace and spiritual progress. Reciting Shani Chalisa and placing a lamp under a peepal tree is also a common practice on this ...

Mahashivratri, celebrated on February 26, 2025, honours Lord Shiva and marks the union of masculine and feminine forces in the universe. Devotees engage in fasting, chanting mantras, and ...

Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ritual bath outside of the Middle East, along with an oil lamp decorated with a menorah dated ...

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If you sign up to the Rituals free club 'My Rituals', you'll be sent an offer for your birthday. The Rituals website says it's a 'free' shower oil when you purchase another product, but we were ...

This ancient ritual celebrates the victory of good over evil, symbolized by the burning of an effigy of the mythical demoness Holika. Observed on the full moon night of the Phalgun month in the ...

Instead, the archaeologists — budding and not — last summer uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have ...

Although the ritual appears to have been practiced in different ways across Iron Age Iberian sites, more research is needed to be certain, de la Fuente-Seoane said. Kristina Killgrove Social Links ...

Performing daily puja with devotion pleases the deities. Lighting a diya, offering flowers, and chanting mantras bring peace, positivity, and prosperity. Observing fasts on Ekadashi, Navratri, or ...

This day is considered highly auspicious for worshipping Lord Shiva, and devotees observe special rituals and prayers to seek his blessings. ALSO READ: Mahashivratri 2025: Puja Samagri, Puja Vidhi, ...