’Utsava’ is the Sanskrit word for Hindu festivals‚ meaning ’to cause to grow ’upward’. In the Hindu calendar dates are usually prescribed according to the lunar calendar. In vedic timekeeping‚ a tithi is a lunar day. Hindu festivals include: * Diwali * Gudi padwa * Pongal * Holi * Navratri * Ganesh Chaturthi * Raksha Bhandan * Krishna Janmashtami * Dussehra * Dasara * Onam * Vijayadashami * Shivaratri * Ugadi Iftar meal on Ramadan -------------------------------------------------
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Anita Desai?s novel‚ The Village by the Sea‚ is a vibrant narration of perseverance and hope in distress. It is a saga of changes and adaptation‚ a little of evil and more about the goodness of nature and human kindness. Based on true events‚ it is a story set in a small coastal village Thul near Bombay. The two main characters of the novel are a brother and sister duo‚ 13-year-old Lila and 12-year-old Hari. They have two young school-going sisters‚ Bela and Kamal‚ a chronically ill mother and
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(The corresponding figures were 70% and 30% respectively – in volume terms). GTPPL procured tea from Calcutta auctions and blended it to suit the local (Gujarati) taste. GTPPL executives had no plans to enter the national market in the near future and wished to strengthen their leadership in the local market. Product superiority (the “Gujarati” blend) and consumer loyalty seemed to be the corner stone of the business for GTPPL. According to GTPPL sources‚ their long standing in the business had
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Indian cuisine encompasses a wide variety of regional cuisines native to India. Given the range of diversity in soil type‚ climate and occupations‚ these cuisines vary significantly from each other. Indian cuisine has also shaped the history of international relations; the spice trade between India and Europe is often cited by historians as the primary catalyst for Europe’s Age of Discovery.[6] Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe and Asia. Cuisine differs across India’s diverse
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Tihar (Dipawali) - everything you ever wanted to know about Tihar... its all here! About Tihar : The Nepali festival Tihar is also known by many names such as Dipawali or Bhai Tika or Laxmi Puja or as a festival of lights. It is a five-days festival‚ which comes soon after the Dashain Festival‚ and Tihar is all about worshiping of different animals such as crow‚ dog‚ cow‚ and worshiping of the Hindu Goddess of Fortune or Wealth (Goddess Laxmi)‚ and cooking great meals at home
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festival celebrated in your home town. Diwali or Deepawali is a Hindu festival of lights. The word Deepawali literally means rows of diyas (clay lamps). It is a family festival. It is celebrated 20 days after Dussehra It is celebrated to commemorate the return of lord Rama to his kingdom after 14 years of exile. It is also meant to celebrate the destruction of arrogant tyrant Bali at the hands of Vishnu. Another reason for the celebration of Diwali is that the 6th guru of the Sikhs‚ Guru
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Today’s world pollution is a big concern and it poses serious threat to the human health and environment. With unprecedented expansion in population‚ the pollution in India has sky rocketed. The pollution in India shoots up abruptly due to various factors and the pollution due to festivals is also one among them. The practice of immersion of Ganesh idols after the Ganesh festival in various cities is causing severe water pollution which leads to the death of tonnes of fish and many aquatic creatures
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the development of the Gujarati novel.Zaverchand Meghani was instrumental in planting the seed of this novel. And as though the fortune was also in his favor‚ he gave the one of the best novels to Gujarati literature in the form of Malela Jiv‚ he reaches his destination by looking at the pole star of the success‚ and through this he has reached the pole star its success. He got highest state of creation by writing one of the most interesting novels in the history of Gujarati literature. His wondrously
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Homework Research Task Part 1 ❖ With regards to educational settings‚ define the meaning of a) Aims b) Values Part 2 ❖ You need to find out what your school placement’s vision‚ aims and values are. ❖ You will then need to write a 300 -500 word report on how your school implement their aims and values‚ giving examples of how this is demonstrated. Write your answers in full sentences. Do not just copy and paste from internet sources. You
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Andhra Pradesh (/ˌɑːndrə prəˈdɛʃ/; Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్)‚ abbreviated A.P.‚ is one of the 28 states of India‚ situated on the country’s southeastern coast. It is India’s fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city isHyderabad. Andhra Pradesh is bordered by Maharashtra‚ Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north‚ the Bay of Bengal in the east‚ Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the west. According to the Planning Commission of India‚ in the financial
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