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Vedic astrology, written for thinking seekers
Plain-language essays from the Vidhata Editorial Desk - grounded in Parashari, KP, and Lal Kitab traditions. No marketing fluff, no copy-paste predictions, no fear-mongering. Just clear thinking about how the planets shape life.
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Vrats & fasting
Navratri Fasting Rules: What the Vrat Actually Permits, and Why
Most Navratri food lists give you a column of allowed items and a column of forbidden ones with no explanation. Here is why grains, table salt, onion and garlic are excluded, why kuttu and singhara are not really grains at all, and why your family's version of the fast can look nothing like your neighbour's and still be correct.
Vidhata Editorial Desk9 Sept 2026 · 10 min - 🛕
Pooja & rituals
Durga Pooja: the Bengali festival that turned celebration into art
Bengali Durga Pooja is the most artistically elaborate festival in the Hindu calendar - 9 days of pandals, idols, themed art, and devotion. Here is the structure and why it matters.
Vidhata Editorial Desk13 Jan 2026 · 6 min - 🪔
Festivals
Navratri: what each of the 9 nights actually represents
Most people fast through Navratri without knowing each night honors a different form of Durga. Here is the Navadurga decoded - Shailaputri to Siddhidatri.
Vidhata Editorial Desk28 Jul 2025 · 9 min
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