Find the exact date, auspicious timings, key rituals, and all the essential details you need to observe this important day.

Phalguna Amavasya, which occurs in the month of Phalguna in the Hindu calendar, holds special significance and is especially revered. This year, it coincides with a solar eclipse on February 17.

It is believed that devotees who worship Lord Vishnu and Lord Mahadev on this day are averted from even the most difficult challenges in their lives. Here is everything you need to know about Kamada ...

Phalguna Amavasya on Feb 17 brings sacred snan, Pitru Tarpan, charity rituals, and coincides with 2026’s first annular solar eclipse event.

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Hindus believe that crows are symbolic of Pitru devatas, which are the souls of one's ancestors. According to religious texts and folk tales, when a crow eats food given to it with love, it means that ...

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun removing dead fish from the Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar, along with seven truckloads of floral waste and other religious offerings. To mitigate ...

The Trinamool Congress hit back on Wednesday after the BJP slammed chief minister Mamata Banerjee for inaugurating Durga Puja pandals during Pitru-Paksha, that is before Mahayala when the goddess is ...

As Durga Puja approaches, with main festivities beginning from September 28, the streets have come alive with pandals and devotees carrying intricately crafted idols of Goddess Durga to them. Today ...

Mahalaya — the word brings with it a rush of nostalgia. From tuning radios to eating vegetarian meals, Mahalaya dawns with Birendra Krishna Bhadra’s recitation of Mahishasuramardini. Heralding Durga ...

Families across Bengal wake before sunrise to hear Birendra Krishna Bhadra’s Mahishasurmardini on Mahalaya Image Source : AI-generated via Gemini New Delhi: Mahalaya is the morning when West Bengal ...