Cultural Tradition
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|| Why Every Hindu Should Keep A Shankh? Origin, Significance and Types Explained || In Hindu culture, the Shankh is one of the four integral parts of Bhagawan Vishnu. In temples,...
Madhakalis come and explain which part of Salaf has taught this https://t.co/9HqVLTDbcp
The tradition of applying henna for Eid celebrations dates back centuries & is deeply rooted in Muslim culture. The art of henna has been practiced in South Asia, Africa & the Midd...
A story of the first and last time I went to a babalawo 😭😭 A thread 😪 https://t.co/3TyUBtA9me
Happy St Joseph's day! Buona Festa di San Giuseppe! This Catholic feast celebrates St Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus. It is very big in countrie...
Shab e Barat or Night of forgiveness is a significant Islamic festival. Observed on the 15th of Shaban, it is believed on this night Allah decides the fortune & future of every cre...
It is believed on one Thai Amavasyai day, a traveling sage named Salihotran arrived in Thiruvallur and encountered a congregation of sages. They were bathing in the tank Hrith-Thap...
Ìkúnlẹ̀ Abiyamọ (kneeling posture of a woman in labour)… Before the coming of the British, the main birthing position for a woman in Yorubaland was kneeling down. This posture is...
Marco Pallis wrote this in 1939 in his "Peaks and Lamas" on Tibetan country. Very relevant to everyone i know of in my own generation and the one right before it. Will remain just...
Impalement of #jains in Madurai & around in 7-8th Century CE This hidden piece of history is seen in paintings & sculptures in temples & literary sources in Tamil Nadu. Annual fes...
Calling Diwali 'Jashn-e-Riwaz' is part of an old linguistic tactic that Abrahamics have been employing for ages to belittle us. To begin with, they added 'ism' to 'Hindu' but 'ity'...
🕉 Today is Arudra Darshanam-Thiruvathira-Bhagwan Shiva’s Nakshatra - a day when Mahadev as Nataraja, Lord of dance & performed Cosmic dance of creation & Destruction.On this day,Lo...
@Chandrapida1 @NeonKashmir 1) Actually, it is undeniable that Vegetarianism was considered a virtue in premodern Kashmir. All the Rishis of Kashmir were vegetarians. Even Muslim Ri...
