This year uma maheshwara vratham comes on 23-09-2010. This is a big vratham must be done for16 years.If you start doing this varatham you need not take small vrathams like sivarathri vratham; somavara vratham and pradosha vratham. this is just like Rishi panchami vratham.
After finishing sukla chathurthi vratham you can start this vratham.Some details are there in cook and see book 3 rd volume written by meenakshi ammal.udhyapanam may be done as per vradha choodamani book.
After finishing sukla chathurthi vratham you can start this vratham.Some details are there in cook and see book 3 rd volume written by meenakshi ammal.udhyapanam may be done as per vradha choodamani book.