Chaturmasya (Sanskrit: चातुर्मास्य, lit. 'Cāturmāsya'), also rendered Chāturmāsa, is a holy period of four months, beginning on Shayani Ekadashi (June-July)...

Shastras and Yati Dharma. During this season of Chaturmasya, the wandering mendicants (Yatis) takes Chaturmasya deeksha, stay at a suitable place and become...

period is known as Chaturmasya (lit. "four months") and coincides with the rainy season. Shayani Ekadashi is the beginning of the Chaturmasya. Devotees start...

visited Bhuvaraha temple many times and took even Chaturmasya deeksha here. During his Chaturmasya deeksha he created a Dhanda Tirtha, a pond with stick...

were going away, Chamunda met Ratnaprabhasuri and urged him to stay for chaturmasya. He ordered monks who would not be able to perform severe penance to...

wandering sanyasis observe this day by offering puja to their guru, during Chaturmasya, a four-month period during the rainy season, when they choose seclusion...

Jagadguru Madhvacharya visited this temple many times. He took even Chaturmasya deeksha here during this time he created Dhanda Teertha with his stick...

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Hindu month of Kartika. It marks the end of the four-month period of Chaturmasya, when the god Vishnu is believed to be asleep. It is believed that Vishnu...

continue to wander from town to town except during the rainy season (chaturmasya), and the term "vihara" refers to their wanderings. Vihara or vihara...