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Durga Puja is the most important festival of Bengalis. Consisting of series of rituals this five day long homecoming welcome of Goddess Durga is close to every Bengalis heart and soul.Durga Puja means more to us than just a religious festival.It is a celebration of life, culture, popular customs and know
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Mahalaya is an auspicious occasion observed seven days before the Durga Puja, and heralds the advent of Durga, the goddess of supreme power. It`s a kind of invocation or invitation to the mother goddess to descend on earth - "Jago Tumi Jago". This is done through the chanting of mantras an know
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`Nav` means `nine` and `ratri` means `night`, thus, `Navratri` means `nine nights`. Thereare many legends attached to the conception of Navratri like all Indian festivals but all of them are related to Goddess Shakti (Hindu Mother Goddess) and her various forms. Though it is one of the most celebrat know
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In 1942, his ‘Quit India’ slogan was to serve as the final signal to British dominion in India. The partition of India and Pakistan came as a personal shock to Gandhi. When the nation was rejoicing independence (1947), Gandhi went to Naokhali to ameliorate the conditions of the communal know
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Kal means Darkness; Kali takes away that Darkness. She takes away the darkness from every individual who strives in the path of perfection by performing the spiritual disciplines of purifying austerities. Just as all the colors of the spectrum mix into black, yet still black remains black, so too, K know
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The month of Muharram marks the beginning of the Islamic liturgical year. The Islamic year begins on the first day of Muharram, and is counted from the year of the Hegira (anno Hegirae)—the year in which Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina (A.D. July 16, 622). The new year in 2007 marks th know
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Palani`s most important festival is Pankuni Uttiram in March-April on the day Uttiram star (nakshatra) is ascendant. This ten-day event at the Tiru Avinankudi temple, at the foot of the hill occurs in the off-season and so agriculturists and other rural folk participate in it and give offerings of p know
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Thai Pusam celebrated in Tamil Nadu usually takes place in the temples dedicated to Kartikeya or Mariamman where trenches of burning coal are laid out for the devotees to walk over. It has been seen that people who volunteer to undertake this experience with faith, come away unharmed and unsca know
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Maham comes in the month of Maasi and the images of gods and goddesses are taken out to the sea for a dip. In areas away from the coast, the rivers or the tanks are the centres for this float festival.
The Maham is an annual event. But once in twelve years, its importance exceeds bounds of know
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| 9/20/2007 9:23:00 PM Comment(0) Email
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Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. On this day, Christians remember the day when Jesus was crucified on a cross.
The date of Good Friday changes every year. See our main Easter page to find out why.
The date of the first Good Friday will never be known, but many scholars believe t know
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Id-ul-Zuha, also called Bakrid, is a festival of great rejoice. It is a commemoration of Hazrat Ibrahim`s great test of obedience to Allah, who ordered him to sacrifice the person dearest to him. Ibrahim decided to sacrifice his son Ismail, at Mina, near Mecca. As the great religious leader was on t know
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Karwa Chauth is a fast undertaken by married Hindu women who offer prayers seeking the welfare, prosperity, well-being, and longevity of their husbands. The term `Chauth` means the `fourth day` and `Karwa` is an earthen pot with a spout - a symbol of peace and prosperity.
It is one of the most fa know
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Vishwakarma is known as the divine engineer since the Puranic age. As a mark of reverence He is still worshipped specially by the engineering community. The festival is observed on the "Kanya Sankranti Day", which follows the "Ganesh Puja", in every industrial towns. Towns presen know
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Teej is the festival of swings. It marks the advent of the monsoon month of Shravan (August). The monsoon rains fall on the parched land and the pleasing scent of the wet soil rises into the air. Swings are hung from trees and decorated with flowers. Young girls and women dressed in green clothes si know
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This is an important festival of Mithilanchal for Sadhwa women of all castes and is performed for the well being and longevity of their sons and daughters. It is performed on Aswin Krishna Ashtmi prevailing in Pradosh time. They observe Nirjala fast on this day and break the fast next day on the exp know
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The festival is especially significant for married women, who observe a two-day fast and offer prayers along with fruits and flowers to the Sun God.
People go to bathing ghats on riverbanks and pay obeisance to both the rising and the setting sun during the festival, which is celebrated on the si know
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Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesh on the fourth day (Chaturthi) of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada month of Hindu calendar. It is among the most celebrated of the festivals in Indiaknow
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September 5 is Teacher`s Day in "India". It is the birthday of second President of India and teacher Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. When Dr. Radhakrishnan became the president of India in 1962, some of his students and friends approached him and requested him to allow them to celebrate 5 Se know
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| 9/2/2007 9:58:00 PM Comment(1) Email
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Janmashtami is celebrated every year on the 8th day of the dark fortnight that is also known as the Krishna Paksh, in the Hindu month of bhadon (around July-August). The period usually coincides with the rainy season.
The festival celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna – the black God. Krishna know
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Rakhi is an exceptional occasion that is celebrated every year. Rakhi is a festival of brother & sister. This year Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) is on August 28, 2007. Around the globe, Raksha Bandhan is the festival of fastening the knot of alliance, is a mark of seeking celestial ecstasy. ”Raks know
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| 8/20/2007 6:25:00 AM Comment(0) Email
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Independence Day (India)
India`s Independence Day ( Swatantrata Divas) is celebrated on August 15 to commemorate its ind know
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| 8/13/2007 9:07:00 AM Comment(1) Email
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Christmas, the festival of joy and cherish, is the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ. In India the event is celebrated with great know
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Republic Day is the name of a public holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they first became republics. Some of these are former Commonwealth realms, in which the British monarch was head of state until the change of status.know
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Vasanta Panchami heralds the spring season. It is hence celebrated with gaiety and festivity to mark the end of winter. Colour yellow, symbolic of spring, plays an important part on this day. One to all are dressed in yellow colour, offering of yellow colour flowers are made during the pujas. Kesar know
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Celebrated in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi, Lohri occurs in the month of Magha know
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Makar means Capricorn and Sankranti is transition. There is a sankranti every month when the sun passes from one sign of the zodiac to the next. There are twelve signs of the zodiac, and thus there are twelve sankranti's as well. Each of these sankranti's has its own relative importance but two of t know
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Jai GaneshaOver a century since the first community Ganesh Festival was held in Pune, today Pune has 5000 and more mandals joining the fervour of the festival. The celebrations sure have changed over the years the exuberance remaining the same though. The Beginning Way back in 1892 the great reforme know
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Gudi Padva - Celebration of New Year
New Year is celebrated in different states of India under various names, for e.g. Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Gudi Padava in Maharashtra. The Sindhis celebrate it as Cheti chand.
The Meaning
Gudi means a banner raised to announce victory and joy and know
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Lets have a look and enjoy how Holi is celebrated in different states of the country:
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Holi is one of the major festivals of India and is celebrated in almost every parts with great fun and frolic. The joys of Holi know no bound. The festival is celebrated across the four corners of India or rather across the globe. However, each part of the country has its own way of celebrating Holi know
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