Start your fasting journey gently. Opt for phalahar vrat, allowing fruits and milk, instead of strict methods like 'nirjala vrat' with no water. Hydration is key! Drink water throughout the day.

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They are not allowed to eat or drink (even water) during daylight hours. Fasting is a private act of worship bringing about nearness to God, as well as a form of spiritual discipline and a means to ...

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We design our life. Why not design our death? From our need for shelter, we've built Fallingwater; from our need to eat, soufflé. What art of living could we occasion out of knowing we must die?

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