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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

inauspicious and unattractive in Hinduism, such as the crow and the chaturmasya period. The goddess is often depicted carrying a winnowing basket on...

closely associated with Prabodhini Ekadashi, which marks the end of the chaturmasya, a four-month period when Vishnu is believed to sleep. Prabodhini Ekadashi...