On
15
Jan,
TV
czarina
won't
eat
or
drink
for
six
hours
and
will
lock
herself
up
in
a
room
chanting
mantras.
ekta
kapoor
is
every
bit
the
spirituality
geek
she
comes
across
to
be.
Today,
during
the
partial
solar
eclipse
(11.25
am
to
3.15
pm),
the
TV
czarina
won't
be
seen
floating
in
a
jacuzzi
as
she
had
the
last
time
there
was
an
eclipse
--
but
will
lock
herself
up
in
her
bedroom
for
six
hours
chanting.
Says
a
source
close
to
Ekta,
"Though
it's
a
partial
solar
eclipse,
it's
a
very
powerful
one
and
Ekta
won't
be
stepping
out
of
her
home
this
time
till
the
eclipse
gets
over
by
three.
In
fact,
thought
it
starts
at
11.25
am,
Ekta
feels
it's
better
to
start
a
couple
of
hours
ahead.
It's
a
good
grahan
and
is
supposed
to
clean
up
all
the
bad
events
that
is
happening
in
the
world
today.
Ekta
won't
be
touching
a
drop
of
water
or
eating
a
morsel
of
food
during
the
entire
time
of
grahan
as
everything
that
lights
casts
its
rays
on
gets
polluted
during
this
time.
You
are
not
supposed
to
swallow
anything
during
the
eclipse
to
show
your
loyalty
to
the
Sun
God
as
he's
getting
swallowed
himself."
Adds
the
source,
"After
the
jacuzzi
last
year,
her
plans
have
changed
for
this
year.
This
year
she's
decided
keep
the
negative
energy
away
by
locking
herself
in
her
bedroom
and
chanting
mantras.
Chanting
mantras
during
a
solar
eclipse
is
said
to
be
1000
times
more
effective
than
normal
days.
It's
a
long
grahan
lasting
over
hours
but
sound
energy
is
more
powerful
than
light
energy
so
Ekta
will
spend
that
time
chanting
hymns
in
her
room.
During
this
time
all
the
Gods
are
supposed
to
be
covered
too
(as
light
shouldn't
come
on
them
too)."