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Vrat (Fasting and Observance)

Hinduism. Observed mainly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (Telugu tradition). Goddess Gauri (Parvati), Chandra (the Moon God)

Atla Taddi

Atla Taddi is a Telugu festival observed on the third day (Tadiya/Tritiya) after the full moon in the month of Ashwayuja (Ashwin). Married women fast for the long life of their husbands, and unmarried girls fast to receive a good husband. They worship Goddess Gauri and break the fast after moonrise with atlu (dosas).

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Vrat (Fasting and Observance)

Hinduism. Observed mainly in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, and Karnataka, and also in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other regions as Vat Savitri Vrat. Savitri and Satyavan, Yamraj, Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva (represented by the Vat/Banyan tree)

Vat Purnima

Vat Purnima is a sacred vrat observed by married women on the full moon day (Purnima) of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha. Women fast, worship the banyan tree, and pray for the long life, health and well-being of their husbands, in remembrance of Savitri’s devotion.

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Upanayanam (also known as Yajnopavita Sanskara, Janeu/Janoi ceremony)

Samskara (Hindu Rite of Passage)

Hinduism — primarily observed among Brahmin, Kshatriya, and Vaishya communities (the three "twice-born" or dvija varnas), though customs vary by region and lineage. Surya (Sun God, invoked for wisdom and vitality), Gayatri Devi (personification of the Gayatri Mantra), Agni (fire, as witness), and the family's Kuladevata (ancestral deity)

Upanayanam (also known as Yajnopavita Sanskara, Janeu/Janoi ceremony)

Upanayanam is a Vedic samskara marking a boy's initiation into formal spiritual and scholarly life, symbolized by the investiture of the sacred thread (yajnopavita) and the imparting of the Gayatri Mantra by his father or guru.

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