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You can follow the source.
When a guide depends on a book, institution, teacher, calendar, or edition, we name it. Sources appear on the page so you can read further and decide what you think.
How we work
How we earn your trust.
You should never have to guess where a claim came from—or whether one tradition is being presented as all of Hinduism. Here is what you can expect from every Diya guide.
Our promise to readers
Clarity before certainty.
We would rather show you where an answer becomes nuanced than make a complicated tradition sound conveniently simple.
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Differences stay visible.
Hindu traditions, regions, temples, and families do not always practice or explain something in the same way. We name meaningful differences instead of smoothing them into one universal answer.
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The boundaries are clear.
A Sanskrit text, an English translation, a commentary, and Diya’s plain-language explanation are not the same thing. We label those layers so one voice is never quietly presented as all of them.
Before a guide reaches you
Care is part of the work.
The details vary by subject, but every public guide moves through the same four questions.
We begin with your question.
A useful guide should answer something a real person might wonder at home—not wander through every possible fact about a subject.
We read before we write.
We look for sources close to the subject: named editions for scripture, established institutions for practice, and location-aware calendars for festival dates.
We ask where the answer changes.
If the answer depends on tradition, teacher, family, place, or date, the guide should tell you. Sometimes the honest answer is that you need to ask the community you practice with.
We check the whole guide.
An editor reviews clarity and support. Religious and cultural claims receive an additional review so that a confident sentence is never mistaken for a well-grounded one.
Our boundaries
What we will not do.
- Invent Sanskrit, translations, ritual steps, or quotations.
- Publish a festival date from memory or without a location.
- Present one family’s or tradition’s practice as universal.
- Hide a source, a disagreement, or the limits of a short guide.
A living record
See something we should revisit?
Sources can be updated, links can move, and we can get something wrong. Tell us what you noticed and the Diya team will take a closer look.
Email team@trydiya.com