Magha Gupt Navratri (Winter Secret Navratri)
Esoteric nine-night worship of the Ten Mahavidyas (Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, etc.) by spiritual seekers.
Essays on Sanatana Dharma, astronomical science behind Hindu festivals, temple architecture, and practical Vedic philosophy.
Esoteric nine-night worship of the Ten Mahavidyas (Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, etc.) by spiritual seekers.
Monsoon internal meditation and Tantric/Vedic propitiation of the primordial feminine cosmic powers.
Sacred weekly fast dedicated to Lord Someshwara (Shiva) and Chandra for mental tranquility and peace.
Newlywed and married women observe on all Shravana Tuesdays for marital longevity and happy family life.
Sacred festival on holy Tungabhadra at Mantralayam Raghavendra shrine, Alampur, and Hampi.
South India greatest river festival along Godavari banks at Rajahmundry, Bhadrachalam, Basar, & Nashik.
Twelve-day holy bathing festival on River Krishna banks at Vijayawada, Amaravati, Nagarjuna Sagar, Srisailam.
Grand confluence festival on River Cauvery at Mayiladuthurai, Srirangam, and Kumbakonam.
Sacred festival along Bhima river banks passing through holy Pandharpur shrine of Lord Vitthal.
Twelve-day holy pilgrimage on mighty Brahmaputra river at Guwahati Kamakhya ghats.
Sacred 12-day river festival when Jupiter enters Aries; millions bathe in holy Ganga river.
Twelve-day holy river bathing celebration when Jupiter enters Taurus along Mother Narmada.
Sacred river festival at Kaleshwaram Sangam and Kurukshetra when Jupiter enters Gemini.
Grand 12-day festival along holy Yamuna river banks when Jupiter enters Cancer rashi.
Largest Bonalu fair with thousands of women carrying decorated pot lamps and oracle Rangam foretelling the year.
Sacred Vidyarambham initiation where thousands of toddlers write their first letters in raw rice at Kollur.
Shrine where child Lord Murugan enlightened his father Lord Shiva with the secret of the primordial Pranava Om.
Enormous copper cauldron filled with 3,500 kg ghee lit atop 2,668-foot holy Arunachala peak blazing across 30 km.