A lunar month, about July to August
Sanskrit name of a lunar month, from the nakshatra (star) near its full moon: Shravana.
Shravana falls in about July to August on the solar calendar, and is the month of Shiva fasts on Mondays, Raksha Bandhan and Teej. The exact dates move a little each year because the Hindu calendar follows the moon.
Janmashtami keeps Krishna's birth on the dark Ashtami, ideally at midnight under Rohini. This article sets out the day, what the Garuda Purana prescribes, and which customs are later.
Somwar Vrat, the Monday fast, is consecrated to Shiva as Someshwara. Worship through Jalabhishek, Bilva offerings, and Om Namah Shivaya brings mental peace, marital harmony, and spiritual grace.
Bhakti is the path of liberation through unconditioned love and surrender to the Divine, unfolding through nine classical limbs and five devotional moods.
Born the eighth child of Devaki in a prison cell, Krishna was carried across a parting Yamuna River by Vasudeva to escape the tyrant Kansa's death sentence.
Vamana's three paces and King Bali's kept promise as the Bhagavata Purana tells it, and how Kerala's Onam tradition tells Mahabali's yearly return.
The divine katha of Harishayani Ekadashi marking the beginning of the four sacred months of Chaturmas when Lord Vishnu rests upon Sheshanaga.