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Vrat kathas

Each katha says which scripture or tradition it comes from. The full text appears as DharmikStudio publishes it, checked and unchanged.

Pattachitra painting of Jagannath, Raghurajpur, Odisha (artwork, not a murti photo)Raghurajpur, Odisha · Patrick.zip, CC0 1.0
The Ekadashi kathasThe Padma Purana and the Bhavishyottara Purana. In the tradition each Ekadashi has its own katha, told by Sri Krishna to Yudhishthira.
Badrinath temple facade, painted in red, blue and goldBadrinath · Vishwanath Negi, CC BY 4.0, cropped
The Satyanarayan kathaThe Skanda Purana, Reva Khanda. Five chapters, read at home on Purnima or after an auspicious event.
Gopuram of Meenakshi temple, MaduraiMadurai · Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, cropped
Navratri and the Durga SaptashatiThirteen chapters of the Markandeya Purana, known as the Durga Saptashati or Chandi Path.
Carved storeys descending inside the Rudabai stepwell, AdalajAdalaj · Ms Sarah Welch, CC0 1.0
The Karwa Chauth kathaFolk tradition, told a little differently in each home.
The ghats of Varanasi at night, lamps along the riverVaranasi · Immanuelle, CC BY 4.0, cropped
Chhath PujaFolk tradition of Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Shikhara of Shri Mahakaleshwar temple, UjjainUjjain · Gyanendra Singh Chauhan, CC BY 3.0, cropped
The Maha Shivratri kathaThe Shiva Purana.
Pattachitra painting of Jagannath, Raghurajpur, Odisha (artwork, not a murti photo)Raghurajpur, Odisha · Patrick.zip, CC0 1.0
The birth of Sri KrishnaThe Srimad Bhagavata Purana, tenth canto.