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HOW-TOs: Do It Yourself!
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Here's how to do things yourself...just follow our simple step-by-step guide, and make your life a lot more exciting!

Be an Ideal Hindu
Being an ideal Hindu simply implies living a righteous life by obeying the two basic tenets of Karma and Dharma.

Set Up Your Puja Room
Every Hindu household has a sacrosanct place where the family deity and gods are housed. It is also good to have a personal nook for praying or meditating.

Meditate
Meditation increases the ability to concentrate and enhance memory power. It brings in a sense of inner peace and tranquility, and makes you appealing in nature.

Exercise Breath Control or Pranayama
Pranayama is a simple exercise that controls the involuntary continuous action of inhaling and exhaling by arresting and regulating the process of breathing.

Do 'Sun Salutation' Yoga or 'Surya-namaskar'
A Vedic ritual solemnized in the early morning, this Yogic exercise is an easy way to keep fit.

Select a Personal Astrologer
If you don’t want to get confused in life, stop hopping from one astrologer to another and look for the right one.

Embark on a Pilgrimage
Going on a pilgrimage is considered not only auspicious (for it is believed to cleanse one's sins) but it can also be reinvigorating to the mind.

Prepare 'Til Gajak' (Sesame Candy)
A speciality of northern India, Gajak is a dry sweet, made of sesame seeds or 'til' as they are known in Hindi. Its 'til' cooked in sugar syrup and set in thin layers, that can be stored for months.

Make Cottage Cheese Fudge (Sandesh)
"Sandesh" or Cottage Cheese Fudge is a common Indian sweet, generally used as "prasad" in Pujas as offering to the almighty. Here's a Bengali recipe.

Apply Mehndi or Make Henna 'Tattoos'
The art of making tattoo-like intricate designs on the palms with henna is a special adornment for Hindu weddings as it is said to bring good fortune.

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