PURI: Thousands of habisyalis and elderly women ended the month-long Kartika Brata by taking a holy ... abakash, surya puja and rosa homa before offering gopal bhog to the deities.

Celebrated one or two days before the major Diwali festival, Dhanteras falls on the thirteenth day of the waning phase of the lunar month in the month of Kartika. Dhanteras is a special occasion ...