Publisher's Synopsis
All great Hindu festivals have religious, social and spiritual elements to them. In every festival there is bathing in the morning before sunrise in the river or tank or well. Every individual will have to do some Japa, prayer, Kirtan, recitation of Sanskrit verses and meditation, as well as the ever important fasting.;This text explains the significance and the philosophy of many traditional fasts as enshrined in the pauranic scriptures and their practice.
