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  2. Superstition in India - Wikipedia

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    Common superstitions in India today include a black cat crossing the road being bad luck, cutting fingernails/toenails at night being bad luck, a crow calling meaning that guests are arriving, drinking milk after eating fish causing skin diseases, and itchy palms signalling the arrival of money. [3][4][5][6][7]

  3. Hindu astrology - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Hindu astrology, also called Indian astrology, Jyotisha (Sanskrit: ज्योतिष, romanized: jyotiṣa; from jyót 'light, heavenly body') and, more recently, Vedic astrology, is the traditional Hindu system of astrology. It is one of the six auxiliary disciplines in Hinduism that is connected with the study of the Vedas.

  4. Shyam Manav - Wikipedia

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    Total views. 43 Million. Website. shyammanav.com. Shyam Manav is a rationalist and social reformer who leads the Akhil Bharatiya Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (ABANS) organization that fights superstitions. [1][2] He established ABANS in 1982 along with other rationalist activists from India. He also runs his YouTube channel where he discuss ...

  5. Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    Hindu mythology is the body of myths [a] attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, [1] the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, [2]) the Puranas, [3] and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and Divya ...

  6. 13 Food and Cooking Superstitions From Around the World - AOL

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    1. Gifting a knife could end a friendship. According to Chinese lore, gifting a knife to a friend could also sever your relationship. To avoid the risk of cutting ties, give your recipient a coin ...

  7. Kundali (astrology) - Wikipedia

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    Kundali (astrology) Kuṇḍali (also called janmapatra) is the Indian term for the astrological chart or diagram representing the positions of the navagraha -s of Indian astrology at a particular moment like the moment of the birth of a child. The navagraha -s are the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and the two nodes of ...

  8. Folklore of India - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The folklore of India encompasses the folklore of the Republic of India and the Indian subcontinent. India is an ethnically and religiously diverse country. Given this diversity, it is difficult to generalize the vast folklore of India as a unit. [citation needed] Although India is a Hindu-majority country, with more than three-fourths of ...

  9. Mangala Dosha - Wikipedia

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    Mangala Dosha (IAST: Maṅgala-doṣa), also known as Mangal Dosh because of schwa deletion, is a Hindu superstition, [1] [2] prevalent in India. A person born under the influence of Mars as per Hindu astrology is said to have "mangala dosha" ("mars defect"); such a person is called a Mangalika (or Manglik).