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October 2018

October 30, 2018

Karwa Chauth for Nursing Mothers

Karwa Chauth can be a bit of a controversial festival because of it being something...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

Holi Resources

Since last year's Holi I have found a bunch of cool things to share about...

February 05, 2018

Mahashivratri on the 13th

Mahashivratri is this coming Tuesday! I will probably not be doing a whole lot for...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

My Navratri 2017

I apologize that I didn't post anything for Diwali. It really snuck up on me!...

September 2017

September 12, 2017

Navratri 2017

The Hindu holiday of Navratri (the fall one) is coming up fast! This is probably...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

I Missed Ganesh Chaturthi

Well, as I was saying a little while back it can be easy to miss...

July 2017

July 25, 2017

Hindu Festivals in August

Finally what feels like a dry spell on festivals is coming to an end and...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

Lesser Known Hindu Festivals

I wager that Hindus may have the most festivals or holidays of any religion in...

March 2017

March 06, 2017

Holi 2017 [Hindu Holiday]

One of Hinduism most fun and inclusive holidays is coming up: Holi! I say inclusive...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

Mahashivratri 2017 (Hindu Holiday)

This year Mahashivratri (Shiva's Great Night) will be Friday February 24th. For me this is...

January 2017

January 04, 2017

Hindu Holidays 2017

There are other Hindu holidays, festivals, and events, but these are the ones that we...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Diwali 2016

Diwali (also called Deepavali) is here early this year! It is in fact this weekend,...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Navratri 2016

Tomorrow is the start of fall Navratri. This is honestly probably my favorite holiday. I'm...

May 2016

May 03, 2016

Got My Holi Afterall

Holi was very late for me this year, but I'm glad I didn't miss out...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

No Holi For Me This Year

Today is Holi! It's one of my favorite holidays (see lots of information about it...

March 04, 2016

Mahashivratri 2016

I hate when blogs do this but I'm going to start with an apology! I've...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

Navratri Holiday Party!

It was a hectic week last week. Had to do a lot of work to...

November 2015

November 18, 2015

My Diwali 2015

What a week it has been! Super busy. Brad had a birthday party on Saturday...

November 05, 2015

New Clothes

Whenever I read up on celebrating Hindu holidays they almost always include the instruction that...

November 03, 2015

Diwali 2015 [Hindu Holiday]

So first off we went to the midwife yesterday and everything went great. We heard...

October 2015

October 25, 2015

My Navratri 2015

I have a very good friend who is Gujarati and she invited me to join...

October 13, 2015

My Navratri Golu 2015

First of all I wanted to give a quick update about the health insurance. A...

October 07, 2015

Get Ready for Navratri!

Another one of my favorite holidays, it's almost Navratri time. The festival starts October 13th...

September 2015

September 21, 2015

My Life in Hindu Holidays

I've had some really special moments of my life happen around Hindu holidays. We got...

September 17, 2015

My Ganesh Chaturthi 2015 [Hindu Holiday]

I recorded a video of my attempt at a Maha Ganapati Homam at home (using...

September 14, 2015

Ganesh Chaturthi 2015 [Hindu Holiday]

Sri Ganesha's birthday is coming up this Thursday September 17th! This is one of my...

September 05, 2015

Happy Krishna Janmashtami!

Hope you are all having a great holiday! I'll be rocking this little guy at...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Krishna Janmashtami 2015!

Even though Krishna Janmashtami is late this year, taking place in early September instead of...

March 2015

March 04, 2015

Hindu Holiday: Holi!

I love Holi. It is one of my favorite holidays of the year. If only...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

My Mahashivaratri Prayer!

For your enjoyment I have created a video of me performing a short Shiva puja...