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Margazhi’s Quiet Power: Chennai Music Season, Bharatanatyam, and Vishu Across Continents
Margazhi (Mārgaśīrṣa) transforms the year’s close into a contemplative and artistic season, celebrated in Chennai’s Music Season and echoed by diaspora communities such as Sacramento’s 2025 Margazhi festival. The month’s Vaishnava and Shaiva observances—Tiruppavai, Pavai Nombu, Vaikuntha Ekadasi, and Arudra Darshanam—balance rigorous sadhana with living culture, from kolam to Bharatanatyam. A case study of marking…
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Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Jayanti 2026: Sacred Date, Punarvasu Meaning, and Ways to Observe
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi’s 146th Jayanti will be observed on January 4, 2026, aligned with Punarvasu (Punarpoosam/Punartham) Nakshatra in Margazhi Masam per the Tamil calendar. The day is traditionally marked at Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, with Veda parayana, recitations of Ramana’s works, meditative silence, and reflective satsanga. Observing the Jayanti by Nakshatra rather than solar birthdate…