Past childhood memories in India! | अपना भारत 8/7/2014 Home About me About this Blog Dharma (Religion + Universal Law) ← Are Indians in India coward and foolish? Freedom Team of India Transforming India Is “भारत” falling apart? → Past childhood memories in India! Posted on March 17‚ 2011 My childhood was carefree unknown to what is happening around. The childhood in mid 70’s was full of life enjoying outdoors. No TV‚ Internet or video games. In summer we used to
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temples and carry lanterns to an evening parade under the light of the full moon. The highlight of the lantern festival is often the dragon dance. The dragon-which can stretch a hundred feet long-is typically made of silk‚ paper and bamboo. Diwali Diwali‚ the Hindu festival of lights‚ is the best known of Hindu celebrations and certainly the brightest. Amid the darkest skies of autumn‚ lights brighten homes throughout India—a sign of welcome to the gods Rama and Lakshmi. Families get together
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something of a festive air attached to these occasions. Some festivals are observed throughout the country‚ or in a greater part of it; others‚ such as the famed snake race of Kerala‚ have peculiarly regional associations. Yet others‚ most notably Diwali and Holi‚ have been instrumental in bringing the diaspora of Indian communities back together. In remote places like Fiji‚ Mauritius‚ Trinidad‚ Jamaica‚ and Guyana‚ these festivals are celebrated with a pomp and vigor not always witnessed in India
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Divya Nagendran Professor Barbara J. Melaas-Swanson LSFY 102-32 31 January 2011 Sikhism Religion: Gurpurb A festival is a celebration of life. Festival is harmonious‚ rich‚ varied and colorful. A festival is a celebration which breaks the tedium of life. They bring peace and joy to the multitudes. Festival provide as symbol to the cultural‚ social and domestic life of the people. There are different kinds of festivals celebrated around this world. There are festivals based on legends or persons
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celebrates many festivals. Some are celebrated in the memory of our national heroes‚ to mark either their birth‚ or death. The Diwali and the Dussehra and the Janmashtami of the Hindus‚ Muharram of the Mohammedans‚ Christmas and Easter of the Christians are such festivals. Children enjoy themselves heartily. They dress themselves gaily. The bazaars wear .a festive look. The Diwali of the Hindus‚ particularly‚ is celebrated with great joy. The bazaars‚ streets and houses are illuminated. There are dazzling
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FRIDAY UTKAL DIWAS SHREERAM NAVAMI RAJA SANKRANTI RATH YATRA Id-Ul-Fitre INDEPENDENCE DAY JANMASTAMI GANESH PUJA GANDHI JAYANTI DURGA PUJA & KUMAR PURNIMA MUHARRAM X MAS Sunday : Maha Shivratri (10.03.2013)‚ Maha Bisubha Sankranti (14.04.2013)‚ Diwali (03.11.2013) Sd/Registrar KIIT University‚ Bhubaneswar HOLIDAY LIST FOR THE YEAR 2013 (Teaching & Non- Teaching Staff) DATE 25.01.2013 26.01.2013 15.02.2013 28.03.2013 29.03.2013 01.04.2013 20.04.2013 15.06.2013 10.07.2013 09.08.2013 15.08
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not festivals as such‚ though there may be something of a festive air attached to these occasions. English: Diwali Chakra in Displaly English: Radha celebrating Holi‚ c1788. (digitally... Holi Some festivals are observed throughout the country‚ or in a greater part of it; others‚ such as the famed snake race of Kerala‚ have peculiarly regional associations. Yet others‚ most notably Diwali and Holi‚ have been instrumental in bringing the diaspora of Indian communities back together. In remote places
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generalize people‚ you are classifying a group as the same‚ destroying any individuality. Another way to stop racism is to make religious holidays less bias. Why do the Christian holidays of Christmas and Easter require a day off but Eid and Diwali do not? Eid and Diwali are the most important holidays in the Muslim‚ Hindu and Sikh calendar‚ yet they do not warrant a day off. Students should not fall behind their studies just because they are celebrating their religion’s biggest holidays. It is extremely
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’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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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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