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December 2025 Hints

If your plant is shrivelled, the following can help you revive it: Add one table spoon sugar in two litres water. Let the sugar dissolve completely. Later feed to the plant. Dissolved a … [Read More...]

November 2025 Hints

Fold used butter wrappers and put them in your fridge. Next time you need to grease a pan, just grab your pre-buttered wrapper and coat the pan. Fruit fly problems – -Take a glass and fill it part … [Read More...]

Sugar Snap Peas Stir Fry Recipe

I was delighted to find Sugar snap peas in the grocery store and they are so easy to use. The whole pod can be eaten.  They are sweet and crisp.  You can add them to salads or eat them as is … [Read More...]

Vegetarian Recipes

Vegetable Spring Rolls

A Chinese dish usually served as a starter but tastes good in the middle as well as the end of the meal or to snack anytime of the day. Time Required: 40 Minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients: … [Read More...]

Travel

St. Lawrence Church

Churches built by the Portuguese dot the Goan landscape and St. Lawrence Church is one of them. Located on a hill and built in Portuguese style of architecture, this white church was built in 1565 for … [Read More...]

Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary

Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary is part of Sharavathi River Valley and was declared protected in 1972. It is the best place to spot many species of exotic birds and butterflies along with mammals and … [Read More...]

Jaswant Thada, Jodhpur

Jaswant Thada is situated to the left of the Mehrangarh fort complex in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. This beautiful white marble structure was built in 1899 in memory of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II. Photographs … [Read More...]

Ramana Ashram, Thiruvannamalai

"Distracted as we are by various thoughts, if we would continually contemplate the Self, which is Itself God, this single thought would in due course replace all distraction and would itself … [Read More...]

Bhadravathi

I remember visiting Bhadravathi in 1979 as part of our school education trip. We visited Vishweshwaraya Iron and Steel Limited (VISL) factory and all I can remember is that it was very hot and noisy … [Read More...]

Belur

Belur – the historical town is situated on the banks of River Yagachi in Hassan District of Karnataka. Belur was known as Velapuri. The Hoysala dynasty ruled over the Deccan and parts of Tamil Nadu … [Read More...]

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Festivals

Subramanya Shashti

Subramanya Shashti also known as Champa Shashti  is celebrated honoring the birth of second son of Shiva named Subramanya / Skanda. It falls on the 6th day of the Hindu month of … [Read More...]

Visarjana Manthra

The following manthra is chanted while performing the visarjana / send off to god. In Kannada Script: ವಿಸರ್ಜನಾ ಕ್ರಮ ಯಜ್ಞೇನ ಯಗ್ನಮಯಜಂತ ದೇವಾಃ | ತಾನಿ ಧರ್ಮಾಣಿ ಪ್ರಥಮಾನ್ಯಾಸನ್ || ತೇಹ ನಾಕಂ … [Read More...]

Kalasha

This is an important arrangement in any of the Hindu rituals/pooja.  This occupies a prominent place in the pedestal along with the idols or photographs of gods and goddesses.  During marriages the … [Read More...]

Upanayana

Every male child born in certain Hindu communities has to go through the Upanayana ritual. Upanayana is also known as Munji, Brahmopadesham (supreme teaching), and Sacred thread ceremony. The … [Read More...]

Guru Nanak Jayanthi

The birthday of Guru Nanak who is the founder of Sikhism is celebrated by Punjabis all over the world. Devotees pay obeisance to their Guru in Gurudwaras. Guru Nanak Dev was born in 1469 at … [Read More...]

Mangala Drowya and Pooje Samaanu

Mangala Drowya and Pooje Samaanu means sacred items used on auspicious occasions like marriage rituals, upanayana (sacred thread ceremony), shrimantha (arathi to pregnant women), namakarna (naming … [Read More...]

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