Srivaishnava Festivals and Auspicious Days

One of the unique features of our heritage and tradition is the celebration of festivals and auspicious days. What is the significance and implications of these ancient practices and rituals on these particular auspicious days? What is the historical, cultural and religious background of these festivals?

This book – Srivaishnava Festivals and Auspicious Days, answers all these questions in detail as it enlists and unfolds the various festivals and auspicious days of each month from the ‘Chandramana Ugadi’ to the ‘Tirunakshatra of Sri Ramanujacharya’. Each festival’s Significance, deity of worship, rituals of celebration, traditional songs sung and special recipes for the particular festival are all elaborated comprehensively. The procedures followed by Srivaishnavas in celebrating these festivals is unique in many aspects. The main aim of this book is to throw more light about this uniqueness. Details about the different delicious dishes (along with the recipes and method of preparation) to be offered to the Lord as part of these festivals and the different songs to be sung at these times add to the fragrance of the festivities. This book is thus a unique compendium worth reading, understanding, practicing and passing on to the generations to come.