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Yugadi - Celebration of a new beginning March 28, 2017 15:50

Yugadi, Telugu: Ugadi/Yugadi, Kannada: Yugadi, Konkani: Yugadi and Marathi: Gudi Padwa is the New Year's Day in the Deccan region of India. It falls on a different day every year because the Hindu calendar is…

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Navratri Festival: Worshiping Of Goddess Shakti October 01, 2016 13:24

Navratri festival is celebrated across India and Nepal to worship nine forms of Hindu Goddess Shakti on each of the nine days of the Navratri. Nava is actually means nine and ratri means nights. This…

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It’s Janmashtami celebration ferver everywhere August 25, 2016 13:05

Ashtami rohini, birthday of Lord SriKrishna is being celebrated as the janmashtami, all over the world. The festival is celebrated on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) of the month of…

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Raksha Bandhan: Festival To Celebrate Love Between Brothers And Sisters August 17, 2016 16:13

Raksha Bandhan is the festival occurs on full moon day or Purnima in Shravana month according to the Hindu mythology. This festival is hugely celebrates love and duty between brothers and sisters. Although it is…

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Nag Panchami: The Worshiping Of Serpent Gods August 06, 2016 14:38

Nag Panchami is the festival, followed by Hindu Population in India and Nepal, where the people, especially women, worship snakes or serpents by offering milk and pray for the wellness of their families. The day…

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Guru Purnima: Festival Of Gurus And Shishyas July 19, 2016 10:50

Guru Purnima, is the full moon day in the month of Ashadha (June-July) and observed by the three major religions, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. This has been traditionally celebrated as a day when disciples worship…

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Rath Yatra: The Chariot Festival July 06, 2016 11:24

Rath Yatra or the chariot festival is an important religious festival in Hinduism that involves moving deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshana on a chariot. In Sanskrit, chariot means “rath” and “yatra” means journey. Hence,…

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End Of Holy Month Of Ramzan: Eid Al Fitr July 06, 2016 10:24

Eid Al Fitr, more commonly known as Ramzan Eid, is one of the important religious festivals in the religion of Islam. It is marked by Muslims all over the world at the end of the…

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Ganga Dussehra June 14, 2016 16:20

Ganga Dussehra is a festival in Hindu religion which falls during Dashami Tithi of Jyeshtha or the month of May or June. This year the festival has occurred on June 14. This festival is known…

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Apara Ekadashi June 01, 2016 15:45

Apara Ekadashi, is a Hindu festival, celebrated to worship Lord Vishnu and seek for love and affection of the protector God. According to Mahabharata, once a Pandava, Yudhishthira asked Lord Krishna to name of the…

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Lord Narsimha Jayanti May 20, 2016 15:48

Today is the Lord Narsimha Jayanti, being celebrated worldwide to respect and worship Lord Narsimha, who according to the puranas born on Vaishakh Shukla Chaturdashi. Narsimha Jayanti Puja To mark this incident and to worship…

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Ujjain Simhasta Kumbh: Second Shahi Snaan Begins May 09, 2016 15:46

Kumbh Mela or Kumbh fair, is the Hindu religious faith and mass gathering of devotees to bathe in a sacred river at the place of pilgrimage. It takes place once in every 12 years when…

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