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Yoga (Sanskrit, योग Listen ^[archive]) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. There is a broad variety of Yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. Among the most well-known types of yoga are Hatha yoga and Rāja yoga.

Yoga gurus from India later introduced yoga to the west, following the success of Swami Vivekananda in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the 1980s, yoga became popular as a system of physical exercise across the Western world. Yoga in Indian traditions, however, is more than physical exercise; it has a meditative and spiritual core. (Full article...)

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October 04 Kojagara Puja, Sharad Purnima
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October 08 Karwa Chauth
October 12 Ahoi Ashtami
October 13, 1911, Death of Sister Nivedita
October 15 Rama Ekadashi
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October 21 Bhaiya Dooj
October 25 Chhath Puja
October 27, 2013 Patna bombings
October 28, 1867, Birth of Sister Nivedita
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October 30 Kansa Vadh
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To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean”, says the persevering soul; “at my will mountains will crumble up”. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.

~ Swami Vivekananda ~

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