The Purana of the Goddess
A Purana in twelve books devoted to the Goddess (Devi); Shakta tradition counts it among the major Puranas, while some lists place it among the secondary ones.
A Purana that praises the Goddess as the supreme power. Book 9, chapter 46 describes Shashthi, also called Devasena, the protector of children honoured at Chhath.
What a stotra is, the forms it takes, and forty-five hymns arranged by the deity each one praises, with the best known linked where the story mentions them.
Tulsi, revered as Vrinda and Vishnu's eternal beloved, is the sacred basil honored in daily worship and never missing from his offerings.
Tulsi Vivah is the wedding of Tulsi to Vishnu on Kartika Dvadashi. The article sets out the day, what the Puranic chapters say, and why the wedding is described as custom.
Chhath in order: Nahay Khay, Kharna, then standing in water to offer arghya to the setting and rising Sun, with the fast, the offerings and Chhathi Maiya.
The 51 Shakti Peethas mark where Maa Sati's limbs and ornaments fell, from Kamakhya to Hinglaj, each guarded by a Bhairava.
The Ashtadasha Shakti Peethas are eighteen Maha seats of the Divine Mother named in a hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.