for few festivals such as Pongal, Vaisakhi and Sankranti are calculated on the basis of solar cycle. There are innumerable festivals observed in India due to acts of worship,fasting, offering to deities, rituals, charity, celebrations, puja, aarti, signifying an ancient Hindu mythology and so ...
Some of these myths may explain eclipses, times when the earth's shadow temporarily blots out the sun or moon. A solar eclipse creates a period of eerie near-darkness in the middle of the day—an event that surely cried out for a reassuring explanation. A well-known myth about the ...
“shadow” planets that are thought to cause eclipses and are associated with lunar nodes—which in turn are considered to be deities that control their respective days of the week. The exact words for each day of the week vary across differentIndian languagesand other countries of South and...
for few festivals such as Pongal, Vaisakhi and Sankranti are calculated on the basis of solar cycle. There are innumerable festivals observed in India due to acts of worship,fasting, offering to deities, rituals, charity, celebrations, puja, aarti, signifying an ancient Hindu mythology and so ...