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  2. Manabasa Gurubara - Wikipedia

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    Devotees believe that the goddess herself visits every household to remove pain and sorrow. It is held on every Thursday in the month of Margasira. [1] [2] [3] It is widely believed that Goddess Lakshmi is drawn to cleanliness, inspiring everyone to thoroughly clean their homes and adorn them with intricate jhoti chita designs. [4]

  3. Agrahayana - Wikipedia

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    Margashirsha Guruvar Mahalakshmi Vrat, also known as Margashirsha Devi Vrat, is a sacred observance dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi. This fast is observed on all Thursdays of the Margashirsha month in the Hindu lunar calendar, totaling four days of devotion and prayer.

  4. List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    Reaction to fast Result 1 1913 (13–20 July) [2] 7 days Phoenix, South Africa First penitential fast [3] 2 1914 (February) 1 day [4] Phoenix, South Africa A Phoenix teacher had violated Ashram rules by eating pakodas with some students but denied it. Gandhi began an indefinite fast of atonement. [5] She confessed a day later. Gandhi ended the ...

  5. Dashama Vrata - Wikipedia

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    Dashama Vrata (Gujarati:દશામા વ્રત) is an annual 10-day Hindu festival or vrata (religious vow), mainly observed in the Indian state of Gujarat and Diu. [1] ...

  6. Varalakshmi Vratam - Wikipedia

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    Varalakshmi Vratam (Sanskrit: वरलक्ष्मी व्रतम्, romanized: Varalakṣmī Vratam), also called Varalakshmi Puja, is a Hindu observance to propitiate the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. [1]

  7. Thursday - Wikipedia

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    "Thursday's Child" is a song by The Chameleons on Script of the Bridge (1983). "Outlook for Thursday" was a hit in New Zealand for Dave Dobbyn. Thursday (mixtape)" is the name of a mixtape by R&B artist The Weeknd released in 2011. "Thirsty" is a song by American pop band AJR that prominently features the lyrics 'Thirsty, thirsty Thursday' [26]

  8. Religious fasting - Wikipedia

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    Thursday fasting is common among the Hindus of northern India. On Thursdays, devotees listen to a story before opening their fast. On the Thursday fasters also worship Vrihaspati Mahadeva. They wear yellow clothes, and meals with yellow colour are preferred. Women worship the banana tree and water it. Food items are made with yellow-coloured ghee.

  9. Jalaram Bapa - Wikipedia

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    Jalaram Bapa, popularly known as Bapa (4 November 1799 (Samvat 1856) – 23 February 1881 (Samvat 1937), was a Hindu saint from Gujarat, India.He was born on 4 November 1799, [1] one week after the Hindu festival of Diwali, which is associated with his Iṣṭa-devatā Lord Rama.