Holashtak is an eight-day period in the Hindu calendar that falls right before Holi. The word itself tells you what it is, ‘Holi’ combined with ‘Ashtak’, meaning eight, which refers to the eight days ...

Shiva is a great god in Hindu stories. He is shown with three eyes as the third eye sits in the middle of the brow. It is not ...

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