Gayatri Jayanti / Nirjala Ekadashi: The regional customs, food, and family questions readers search for |
By late June, many homes begin to sound different. Someone is checking the panchang, the Hindu almanac, on a phone. Someone else is asking if water is allowed, if tea counts, if Dwadashi, the twelfth lunar day, will end too early where they live. In some families, the day is spoken of as Nirjala Ekadashi,…