Birthdays celebrated as per tithi (a lunar day) are very pious, because we receive a lot of Chaitanya (Divine consciousness) on this day. This Chaitanya should be utilized to the fullest. It can be achieved simply by avoiding certain acts. Let us understand the various acts which can be easily avoided and thus help receive maximum blessings from God.
Since the water in rivers and water reservoirs is flowing, it can create radiance in a dormant state from the sound (arising out of flowing of the water) and also intensify it.
Read about the prayer to be recited before a bath and shlokas to be recited while bathing along with their importance.
Let us understand the science underlying the acts of women combing or plaiting their hair before bathing, ideal posture for bathing, cleaning the openings of body etc.
By offering dakshina, a virtue of sacrifice develops in the individual. From sacrifice, detachment develops and this in turn gives rise to vairagya (Ascetic-like detachment).
Drawing a rangoli in a sattvik pattern around a wooden platform or altar before commencing any puja (Ritualistic worship) helps to form a protective sheath, of rapidly moving waves emanating from that pattern, around wooden platform or altar.
Read about the qualities to be learnt from the substances used in Puja (Ritualistic worship)
Akshata has the ability to attract frequencies of 5 Deities, to activate them, make them functional and to transmit them with the help of Earth and Water elements.
When offering Naivedya, first pray to the Ishtadevata (Benevolent Deity) and draw a mandal on the floor in front of the Deity.
Vatpournima is a vowed religious observance performed by married women on the full moon day (pournima) in the Hindu lunar month of Jyeshtha to prolong their wifehood.
