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Festivals
The Maharashtrian Diwali: Vasubaras, Diwali Padwa, and Bhau Beej as Their Own Sequence
Maharashtra's Diwali opens with vasubaras and runs through abhyangasnan, Lakshmi Pujan, Diwali Padwa's ovalne, and bhau beej, held together by days of faral.
Vidhata Editorial Desk9 Sept 2026 · 10 min - 🌇
Festivals
Bhai Dooj 2026: The Aparahna Tilak Window, City by City
Bhai Dooj 2026 falls on Wednesday 11 November. The tilak belongs in aparahna, the afternoon fifth of the day, not whenever the family happens to sit down. Computed aparahna windows for sixteen Indian cities and six cities abroad, why the date sits two days after Govardhan Puja this year, and how Bhau Beej, Bhai Phota, and Nepal's Bhai Tika are genuinely different observances, not regional spelling of one ritual.
Vidhata Editorial Desk9 Sept 2026 · 9 min
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