The Story behind Anant Chaturdashi

Ganesha Chaturthi also known as Ganeshotsav is a ten day festival which ends on Anant Chaturdashi (fourteenth day of the waxing moon period). The dates of the festival vary from year to year, in 2013 Ganesh Chaturthi will fall on 9th September and Anant Chaturdashi will fall on 18th September. The story behind this festival goes like this...

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Festival of Anant Chaturdasi

The festival of Anant Chaturdasi is a festival of purification. Because this festival falls on the fourteenth day of the waxing moon period, the dates of the festival vary from year to year. In 2013, the Anant Chaturdashi will fall on 18th September....

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Festival of Ganesha

It is believed that Lord Ganesha bestows his presence on earth for all his devotees during this festival. It is the day Shiva declared his son Ganesha as superior to all the gods, barring Vishnu, Lakshmi, Shiva and Parvati. Ganesha is widely worshiped as the god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune and traditionally invoked at the beginning of any new venture or at the start of travel. 

The festival, also known as Ganeshotsav ("festival of Ganesha") is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada, starting on the shuklachaturthi (fourth day of the waxing moon period). The date usually falls between 19 August and 20 September. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on Anant Chaturdashi (fourteenth day of the waxing moon period)....

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Kali Meditation For the Solstice

She is mad, Her lover is mad, and I am mad for loving Her!

This world is bewitched by the lovely Goddess.

No one can describe how lovely She is, how glorious,

how perfect Her gestures, how sudden Her moods.

Her lover, poisoned with love for her, calls out Her name

endlessly, singing Kali's name over and over and over.

Life has its currents, cycles, tides which ebb and flow....

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