Puja & RitualsWhat the old Vastu texts actually call a dosh, with chapter and verse, a simple check you can do from your own front door, and the modern 'doshas' the texts never mention.
vastu doshvastu doshavastu dosh kya hota haivastu dosh ke lakshan
15 October 2026
Puja & RitualsThe remedies the old Vastu texts actually give, verse by verse, what people sensibly do today, and where pyramids, salt bowls, wind chimes and yantras come from.
vastu dosh remediesvastu dosh nivaranvastu dosh ke upayvastu remedies for home
15 October 2026
Puja & RitualsThe 81-square Vastu Purusha mandala, square by square from the Brihat Samhita: the story, the 45 devas and where each sits, how the Vastu Purusha lies, the marmas and the brahmasthan, and why the grid is worshipped.
vastu purusha mandalavastu purushavastu mandalabrahmasthan
14 October 2026
Puja & RitualsThe eight Vastu directions with their guardians and what the classical texts put in each, from the Brihat Samhita to the Vishvakarma Prakasha, with the north-east, the south-west and the modern rules explained.
vastu directionsvastu direction chartnorth east vastusouth west vastu
14 October 2026
Puja & RitualsA plain guide to Vastu Shanti: the occasions that call for it, how it fits with griha pravesh, what happens in the havan, the samagri, and what to settle when booking.
vastu shantivastu shanti pujavastu doshavastu havan
13 October 2026
Puja & RitualsA guide to the writing-initiation ceremony: why it is done on Vijayadashami, the Saraswati puja at its heart, how the child's first letters are traced on rice, and what it is called across India.
aksharabhyasamvidyarambhamakshara abyasamezhuthiniruthu
9 October 2026
Puja & RitualsFor the pandit or purohit who wants more calls: what to do after every puja, how to set up WhatsApp so it answers for you, how to collect reviews, and how to get puja requests from people in your city through Purohit.app.
pandit bookingspurohit workpandit registrationget puja bookings
8 October 2026
Puja & RitualsThree ways to become a purohit, what you have to learn, and the karmakanda and paurohitya courses running in 2026-27 with their fees, length and who can join, from each institution's own notice. Then how a new purohit gets his first bookings.
how to become a purohithow to become a panditkarmakanda coursepurohit course online
8 October 2026
Marriage & MatchingThe same-gotra rule is a kinship rule from the Dharmasutras, not a genetic one. How it differs from the sapinda rule, why South Indian cross-cousin marriage turns the genetic argument upside down, and what the science actually supports.
same gotra marriagesagotra marriagewhy same gotra cannot marrygotra scientific reason
7 October 2026
Marriage & MatchingA gotra follows one line of your ancestors, father to father, back to a rishi - the same path the Y chromosome takes. What a 2025 study of gotras and DNA found, why one line is a small part of your ancestry, and what a gotra cannot tell you.
gotragotra sciencegotra dnagotra y chromosome
7 October 2026
Panchang & CalendarLong before telescopes, the tradition divided the moon's path into 27 equal arcs and named each for its stars. Here is the real astronomy of the nakshatras: the 13-degree-20-minute divisions, the moon's 27.3-day cycle, and why your janma nakshatra and the day's nakshatra matter in ritual timing.
nakshatra27 nakshatrasjanma nakshatrabirth star
6 October 2026
Puja & RitualsHow Sri Vaishnava households perform the annual srardham: the five seats including Sri Mahavishnu, the forms ranked from fullest to simplest, why the homa form is pressed, and the rules for Ekadashi and postponing.
iyengar srardhamsri vaishnava shraddhasrardham procedurehiranya srardham
4 October 2026
Puja & RitualsWhat happens in a Smartha annual shraddha, in order: sankalpa, seating the brahmins, arghya, the fire offering, the silent meal, the farewell and the pinda pradana - with where the Apastamba, Katyayana and Ashvalayana schools differ.
smartha shraddhashraddha vidhiapastamba shraddhaparvana shraddha
4 October 2026
Puja & RitualsThe shradh's core is the same everywhere, but North Indian and Bengali homes read it from different calendars and texts: full-moon month names, panchbali and sidha in the Hindi belt; Raghunandana's rules, the adya shraddha, habishyi and two schools of panjika in Bengal.
shradh north indiabengali shraddhapanchbalisidha
4 October 2026
Puja & RitualsA Madhva shraddha follows the same Vedic order as a Smartha one, and understands every step as worship of Sri Hari within the ancestors. What that means in practice: the Ekadashi rule, the Math panchanga, the quiet house, and what to tell your purohit.
madhva shraddhamadhwa shraddhadvaita shraddhamadhwa pitru karya
4 October 2026
Puja & RitualsA practical guide to bhoomi puja: why the land is worshipped before construction begins, when it is done, the vidhi from the first dig to the foundation offerings, and how bookings differ for households and builders.
bhoomi pujabhumi pujanfoundation ceremonyconstruction puja
2 October 2026
Puja & RitualsThe tradition never asks you to skip a shraddha you cannot afford or attend. It gives a ladder of smaller forms, from sankalpa and hiranya shraddha down to sesame water and a prayer with raised hands - with the passages they come from and who may perform it.
shraddhahiranya shraddhaama shraddhasankalpa shraddha
1 October 2026
Puja & RitualsA missed shraddha is made up, not abandoned. How to check what was really missed, the order of make-up days the tradition gives, how Pitru Paksha covers a lost year, and what to do when it has been several years.
missed shraddhashraddha postponedsarva pitru amavasyamahalaya shraddha
1 October 2026
Panchang & CalendarA tithi is not a day - it is an angle. Each 12-degree step the moon gains on the sun is one tithi, and because the moon's orbit is elliptical, tithis stretch, shrink, skip and repeat. That one fact answers the perennial question of why ekadashi keeps moving.
tithitithi meaningekadashi datekshaya tithi
29 September 2026
Puja & RitualsWhat goes on a griha pravesh card, in order, with complete samples in English, Hindi and Kannada, a WhatsApp message to send with it, the before-sunrise date that sends guests a day early, and how to put a scannable map on the card.
griha pravesh invitationgriha pravesh invitation messagehousewarming invitationgruhapravesam invitation
27 September 2026
