Ancestors
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Pitru Paksha 2025 dates and Shradh calendar: When to honour ancestors
Spirituality | Aug 02, 2025, 02:18 PM ISTPitru Paksha is a sacred time to remember our ancestors with devotion. Here’s the 2025 Shradh tithi calendar and guidance to perform rituals with faith.
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Mauni Amavasya 2025: Treat your ancestors with this delicious rice and jaggery pudding, know recipe
Food | Jan 28, 2025, 07:16 PM ISTHonour your ancestors on Mauni Amavasya 2025! Prepare a traditional rice and jaggery pudding to pay tribute. Get the easy and delicious recipe to make this sacred offering.
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When is Mahalaya Amavasya 2024? Know date, muhurat, puja rituals and significance
Lifestyle | Oct 02, 2024, 09:22 AM ISTKnow the significance of Mahalaya Amavasya 2024, marking the beginning of Pitru Paksha. Learn the date, muhurat, puja rituals, and importance of this auspicious day honoring ancestors.
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Pitru Paksha 2023: Do's and don'ts to follow during 15 days of shradh
Lifestyle | Sep 28, 2023, 06:05 PM ISTThe period of Pitru Paksha is considered to be one of the most sacred and revered times in India. It is believed that during this period, the souls of our departed ancestors visit us and our offerings are a way to appease them and honour their memories.
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Renewing history! Scientists locate unknown ancestor of man in Andaman
India | Jul 26, 2016, 04:40 PM ISTIn a discovery that could potentially challenge the history of human evolution, an Indo-Spanish team of researchers caught hold of a centuries old, but still unknown descendant of a new family of early men in
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Olive oil had been by our ancestors for cooking
Lifestyle | Dec 22, 2014, 08:09 PM ISTLondon: Excavation experts have unearthed nearly 8,000-year-old ancient clay pots in the Lower Galilee region of northern Israel with olive oil residues in them, driving home the point that our ancestors were aware about the