About Us
Mantras, scriptures, festivals and temples — checked against sources and explained in full, in Hindi and English.
Bhakti Arohan is a home for Hindu devotional knowledge in both Hindi and English — mantras, aartis, chalisas, stotras and bhajans; the Bhagavad Gita and other scriptures verse by verse; festivals, vrat and puja vidhi; temples, kathas and the sages behind the tradition. The original text on every page is checked against published sources, then explained the way a knowledgeable friend would explain it: what it says, where it comes from, and when and how it is used.
ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय।तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय॥
Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.
What we hold ourselves to
Checked, not recalled
Every verse is matched against published editions before it goes live — never typed out from memory.
Meaning, not just lyrics
Original text, transliteration and meaning, plus where it comes from and when and how it is recited.
Two languages, equal care
Every page is written in full in Hindi and in English — neither is a thin translation of the other.
Honest about gaps
If only part of a text can be confirmed, we publish that part and hold the rest back until we have a source.
Corrections welcome
A person checks every reported mistake against the source, and the page is fixed if you are right.
Free and independent
No account or payment needed to read, and no ties to the temples, astrologers or colleges we list.
Why we built this
Bhakti Arohan began with a frustration many of us shared: wanting to look up a mantra's correct wording, or understand why a festival falls when it does, and finding the answer scattered across five different websites — one with the Sanskrit but no translation, another with an English meaning but garbled transliteration, a third padded with ads and little actual content. Devotional knowledge that should have been simple to find kept turning into a small research project. We wanted one place that got the text right, explained it properly, and did it in both Hindi and English without treating either as an afterthought.
Our vision
We want Bhakti Arohan to become the place people trust first when a question of devotion comes up — whether that's a grandparent teaching a grandchild the Hanuman Chalisa, a student memorising the Gayatri Mantra before an exam, or someone simply curious why Diwali lasts five days. Not a replacement for a guru, a family tradition, or a priest's guidance, but a dependable companion alongside them — accurate enough to lean on, warm enough to actually enjoy reading.
What you'll find here
- Prayers and hymns — mantras, aartis, chalisas, stotras and bhajans, each with the original text, transliteration, meaning, and when and how it is recited.
- Scriptures — the Bhagavad Gita, Durga Saptashati and Sundarkand, read section by section or verse by verse with translation and explanation.
- Deities — a page for each deity that brings together their mantras, aartis, stories and festivals.
- Festivals, vrat and puja — festival guides with dates and meaning, vrat kathas and rules, step-by-step puja vidhi and jalabhishek.
- Temples, stories and sages — temple profiles, kathas, and Rishi-Muni profiles of the seers and acharyas behind the tradition.
- Reading for everyday life — articles, spirituality and daily bhakti practices for each day of the week.
- Today's Panchang — tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana for your city, on the home page.
- Muhurat and dosh — muhurat guides for weddings, griha pravesh, naming and mundan, buying a vehicle or property and opening a business, along with daily timings such as Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya and Brahma Muhurat; and dosh guides to Mangal dosh, Kaal Sarp, Pitru dosh, Shani Sade Sati and others, explaining how each is judged, when it is cancelled and the traditional remedies.
- Astrologers — profiles of qualified jyotish practitioners who write for us. You can read their articles and contact them directly; their articles are reviewed by our team before they are published.
- Gurukuls & Colleges — a directory of Sanskrit universities, colleges and gurukuls teaching Sahitya, Jyotish, the Vedas and Indian culture, with a guide to the traditional degrees for students.
We're actively expanding this library; if something you're looking for isn't here yet, it's very likely on its way — and you can always ask us for it.
Why every page is in Hindi and English
We built Bhakti Arohan in both Hindi and English on purpose, not as an afterthought translation bolted onto one main language. Some readers think and pray in Hindi and simply want the Sanskrit, the meaning and the explanation in their own language, without switching to English halfway through. Others are more comfortable in English and want that same depth of explanation without needing to read Hindi first. Rather than picking one audience, we write every page twice, in full, so both kinds of readers can understand it easily in whichever language feels like home.
How we check what we publish
Devotional text is easy to get subtly wrong. A missing halant or a swapped word in a chalisa verse can change its meaning, and an error copied from one website to the next starts to look authoritative simply because it is everywhere. So we work the other way round:
- Text first, explanation second. Every mantra, aarti, chalisa, stotra and scripture verse is matched against established published editions and reputable devotional sources before it goes live — never typed out from memory. Only once the verses are checked do we write the meaning, and we write it from those verses rather than from a general description of the deity.
- Honest about gaps. If we can confirm only part of a text, we publish the part we can stand behind and hold the rest back until we have a source, rather than filling the gap with something that merely sounds right.
- Directory facts from the source. Founding year, courses and contact details in the Gurukuls & Colleges directory come from each institution's own official website, and every listing shows when it was last checked.
- Panchang for your city. Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are calculated for the city you choose, because sunrise — and with it the day's panchang — differs from place to place.
- Astrologer articles reviewed. Articles written by the astrologers on our site are reviewed by our team before they are published.
Found a mistake?
Even with careful checking, something can slip through — a matra in the wrong place, a festival date that shifted, a college that changed its phone number. If you spot one, please tell us through the contact form or at [email protected]. Include the page link and, if you can, the source you are comparing against — a book edition, a temple's official website. A person on our team checks every report against the source; if you are right, the page is corrected, and we try to reply within a few days to let you know. For college listings, the Suggest an Update page goes straight to the team that maintains the directory. The same channels work if there is a mantra, aarti or temple you would like to see added.
Independent, and free to read
Bhakti Arohan is not affiliated with any temple, institution or astrologer listed on the site. The astrologers are independent practitioners, and any consultation you arrange with one is between you and them. Colleges are listed only to help students find them; we don't represent any of them, and their official websites remain the final word on admissions and fees.
Our promise
No paywalls on reading. No pretending to replace real spiritual guidance. And no treating Hindi as the lesser-effort translation of an English original — both languages get the same care. "भक्ति से उन्नति की ओर" — a journey to a higher self — is at the heart of everything we publish here.