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Vrata is a
Sanskrit word that
means "vow, resolve, devotion", and
refers to
pious observances such as
fasting and
pilgrimage (Tirtha)
found in Indian...
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vrata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Vrata is a
religious practice in Hinduism.
Vrata may also
refer to:
Vrata, Dravograd, a
settlement in...
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Dashama Vrata (Gujarati:દશામા વ્રત) is an
annual 10-day
Hindu festival or
vrata (religious vow),
mainly observed in the
Indian state of
Gujarat and Diu...
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particularly worshipped by
women of
North India and Nepal. A
vrata (ritual fast)
called the
Santoshi Maa
vrata is
performed by
women on 16
consecutive Fridays to...
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Shashthi Vrata (Sanskrit: षष्ठीव्रत, romanized: Ṣaṣṭhīvrata) is a
Hindu observance. It is
primarily observed by
South Indian Hindus during the month...
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Punyipukur Vrata (Bengali: পুণ্যিপুকুর ব্রত) is an
annual monthwide Hindu ritual or
vrata (religious vow),
mainly observed in the
Bengali Hindu community...
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Prithvi Vrata (Bengali: পৃথিবী ব্রত) is an
annual Hindu ritual or
vrata (religious vow),
mainly observed in the
Bengali Hindu community in West Bengal...
- vow of
silence instead.[citation needed] Day of
Silence Moment of
Silence Vrata E. Obrecht, Silence, in The
Catholic Encyclopedia, New York:
Robert Appleton...
- this day. The
fasting vow
performed during the
period is
called "Pradosha
vrata". A
devotee should wear rudraksha,
Vibhuti and
worship Shiva by abhisheka...
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festivities of this
occasion often end with the
recitation of the
vrata katha, the
story of the vow that
offers it its
religious significance. According...
