Sawan Shivaratri 2025 (सावन शिवरात्रि 2025)

Danda means stick or cane in Sanskrit and the Sanyasi who keeps this stick is called Dandi Sanyasi. The Dandi Sanyasis, an important sect of saints in the country, claim that Shankaracharya was chosen from among them. Sadhus aspiring to become Dandi sanyasis have to cross many hurdles before being accepted. Dandi Swami is the one who has a stick in his hand.

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Gandamool (also spelled Gandmool or Gandanta Nakshatra) is an important concept in Vedic astrology referring to certain birth constellations (nakshatras) that are believed to create difficulties or karmic challenges in a person’s life if they are not properly appeased through rituals.

Kartik Maas is the eighth month of the Hindu calendar, which falls in October and November of the Gregorian calendar. In India's national civil calendar, Kartika is the eighth month of the year.

Ravi Yog is formed when the distance between the Sun’s Nakshatra and the Moon’s Nakshatra is anything except the 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, or 14th Nakshatra.