Educational articles on Sanatan Dharma
Aasana to sit for Puja, is one of the must-have items for any kind of Saadhna (any spiritual practice). You should never just sit directly on the bare floor while performing spiritual practices as it dissipates all of your energy grounding it downward into the earth. Sitting on the bare floor yields the exact opposite results than what we are intending.
This is a common question when we are shopping for Shankh for using it during daily Aarti or when we are shopping for Dakshinawarti Shankh for keeping it in our home temple. But with so much of fake, manufactured Shankh being sold around us, how do we know what we are buying is a real, natural Shankh or is an artificially manufactured one? We try to get some answers for you.
Bilva Patra which is also known as BelPatra (or Beil Leaves, Bilva Leaves etc.), Â is offered to Lord Shiva to please Him. Bhagavati Lakshmi is also offered BilvaPatra on occasions. Now we discuss the glories and types of Bilva Patra or Beil Leaves in this post.