Bhai Dooj (25 October 2017, Kartik Shukla Dwitiya), a festival for celebrating sibling love. It is said, the Lord of death Yamraj visits his sister River Yamuna Maharani to take her blessing.

Sri Maha Lakshmi Ashtak was composed by Indra, and is written in Padma Purana. In Bangalore, I find ladies singing it in temples as commonly as Durga Chalisa is sung in temples of North India.