Dhanteras (Dhanwantari Jayanti) is also known by the names of Dhantrayodashi and Dhanvantari Trayodashi. This festival that marks the beginning of the Diwali celebrations and therefore it is considered the first day of five-day long festivities of Diwali. The term ‘Dhanteras’ consists of ‘dhan’ which literally means wealth and ‘teras’ which means thirteenth. Here thirteenth is meant to indicate the day ‘Trayodashi’, on which Dhanteras falls. Dhanvantari Trayodashi is celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day […]