Online site for festivals, fasting days etc.

[Urmila]

Is there any site where I can get details of days of religious importance like Navrathri, diwali, ekadasi etc. Earlier I was seeing panchangam.com but it is not updated. Any other proper online calendar site, please, urgently needed ?

[Nerd]

http://www.sysindia.com

http://www.sysindia.com/tamil/cgi-bin/calendar.cgi

The second is a direct link to the *scanned daily sheet* calendar..

[Urmila]

Thanks very much kasi_sce, for your prompt & timely help .

[Yamuna]

Being away from family , am confused with a few of our traditional practices, like can we do 'rahukaala' poojai at home or only in Temple ? Which days of the week are auspicious for cleaning god's silverware, vilakku, for changing the mangalyam thread etc. ? Can we keep water in a copper vessel while chanting mantras (at home) & give the water to family members on completing the shlokas ? What is ideal time for doing prayers at home ?....lots more doubts are coming in my mind !
Is there any site for knowing these traditions correctly ?

Also, any sites for teaching shlokas to kids, small verses which they can easily recite ? Have googled to get some coloured pictures of Gods like Hayagreeva, dakshinamurthy, Vishwaroopam etc. but get only unrelated pictures, that too of film stars !!

Any help is greatly welcome,
Thanks.

[NOV]

See if the following can help:

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;...ktext=Hinduism

(go to the bottom of the page for more specific leads)


http://www.himalayanacademy.com/basics/

http://www.hindunet.org/faq/fom-serv/cache/1.html

http://www.hindubooks.org/hinduqa/

[Yamuna]

Thanks a lot Mr.Nov, for the very comprehensive site !! So much of info. is available, will go thro' leisurely .

[Yamuna]

Have just stumbled upon another site on religion/ practices/ symbolisms etc. , quite good it seems.

www.urday.com

[lordstanher]

Just curious- r there still ppl. (I'd mean mostly women!) among the present gen. who r still into performing 'vrathams' (fasting)??
Not tat I personally believe in them but feel tat others hav a right to do it if they want to...!