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The Nine Goddesses Of Navratri
Navratri is a festival of Goddess Durga. This nine day festival honours the nine goddess of Navratri. Each of the nine goddesses of Navratri is an avatar of Shakti. Navratri is a festival that marks Maa Durga's fight with the deviant ...
Nine Goddess Navratri
Six Things To Do On Holi
6 Things To Do On Holi
Holi is the festival of colours which is popular worldwide. All Indian communities celebrate the festival of colours with full joy and excitement. Holi is not just about playing with colours but a festival when you meet your near and dear ...
How To Stay Safe This Holi?
Holi, the Indian festival of colours is around the corner, and people are getting ready to celebrate this festival of colours. Smearing colours to the guests and acquaintance is the norm of this Indian festival. Though celebrating this festival is fun, ...
Stay Safe Holi
Holi Rituals Significance
Colourful Holi Rituals & Their Significance
The rituals associated with Holi are just as colourful as the festival itself. We call Holi the festival of colours, fun and frolic. There is indeed deep significance behind Holi customs and traditions. But having fun is the underlying principle in ...
5 Festivals Of The Holy Cow
Hindus do not eat beef for religious reasons. This is because cows are holy to Hindus. The pun or sarcastic phrase 'holy cows' has sprung from this religious belief of Hindus. According to Hindu culture, cows are holy because they are ...
Holy Cow Festivals
Spiritual Significance Of Sugarcane
Significance Of Sugarcane: Harvest Festival
Hindu Festivals are an exuberant celebration of peace and harmony and Makar Sankranti is no exception. It is an amalgamation of spirituality and science with great pageantry. Makar Sankranti is a major harvest festival celebrated in various parts of India. According ...
Rangoli Designs: Pongal Decorations
Rangoli is a fine art that is commonly practiced in many Indian states. The colourful art is considered spiritual. That is why every occasion like Diwali or Pongal is incomplete without rangoli decorations. A rangoli is ideally drawn on the ...
Rangoli Designs Pongal Decorations
Four Days Pongal Tamil Festival
Pongal: The Four Days Festival
Pongal is a very important Hindu festival which is celebrated with great joy in Tamil Nadu. Also known as the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal is a four day long festival for thanking the nature. Pongal falls in the harvesting month of ...
Why Is It Called Black Friday?
Black Friday falls a day after the Thanksgiving. Black Friday is a very special day as the Christmas shopping starts from this particular Friday. This is a very popular day in US. You can see markets filled with shoppers and sellers. ...
Why Is It Called Black Friday
World Harvest Festivals
Harvest Festivals Around The World
We became humans from apes only when we learned to grow our own food. When we started planting crops and harvesting them, we became farmers from hunters and gatherers. That was the beginning of human civilisation. Even today, after so many ...
The Kolayat Fair At Kapila's Abode
Every Indian festival is unique in its own way. Some of the larger pan-Indian festivals like Holi and Diwali get more attention and people very well know about them. However, even the local festivals like the Kolayat cattle fair in Bikaner, ...
Kolayat Fair Indian Festival
Fire Crackers Banned Diwali
Fire Crackers We'll Miss This Diwali
The government comes up with new restrictions on fire crackers every year. Some of the other poor fireworks comes under the 'banned' list every year. It is clear that the tradition of bursting crackers on Diwali is on the down-slide. Through ...
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