Qadr…….………………………………………………..4 Eid ul Fitr……………………………………………………………..5 Eid ul Adha…………………………….…………………………….6 Ashura……………………………….………………………………..6 Rites of passage…………………………………………..7-9 Conclusion……………………………………………………10 This book has been made for the readers to better understand the importance of both the Islamic Festivals and the Rites of passage from the point of view of Islams. There are only two Muslim festivals set down in Islamic law: Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha ("Eid" or "Id" which means festival)
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Indian literature Article Free Pass * Introduction * Related * Contributors & Bibliography Indian literature‚ writings of the Indian subcontinent‚ produced there in a variety of languages‚ including Sanskrit‚ Prākrit‚ Pāli‚ Bengali‚ Bihārī‚ Gujarati‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Kashmiri‚ Malayalam‚ Oriya‚ Punjabi‚ Rajāsthānī‚ Tamil‚ Telugu‚ Urdu‚ and Sindhi. A brief treatment of Indian literature follows. For full treatment‚ see South Asian Arts: Literature. The earliest Indian literature
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two years ago he was not known to us. Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar (1932 –2004) was a poet from Maharashtra‚ wrote in both Marathi and English. Radically experimental in nature‚ his poems are oblique‚ whimsical‚ mysterious‚ baffling and at the same time dark‚ sinister‚ and sarcastic and funny. His poetry represents the quintessence of modernism and left profound influence modern Marathi poets. Despite his inspiring and profound creativity it is ironical that his greatness has not been adequately acknowledged
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An idol maker gives finishing touches to a Ganesha statue during the Chaturthi festival. Batukamma is a spring festival celebrated by Hindu women of the Telangana region. Festival | Date of Observance | Date of Observance (2010 Gregorian calendar) | Description | Makar Sankranti or Pongal | Makar Sankranti marks the transition of the Sun into Makar. It marks the beginning of the gradual increase of the duration of the day. Pogal is first day of Uttarayana‚ coinciding with the beginning of the
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novels in Marathi and has translated Richard Burton’s Arabian Nights. Gauri Deshpande’s poetry deals mostly with everyday life and she writes often to release the tensions which keep building in her and demand utterance‚ the experience being “transmitted in terms of imagery‚ rhythm and nuances of words”. In the words of C.P. Singh her poems “show an artist in making‚ a struggling towards the happy blending between deep experiences and a congruent poetic form that makes a gem of art out of the raw
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There are only two Muslim festivals set down in Islamic law: Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha ("Eid" or "Id" means festival). There are also several other special days which Muslims celebrate. Al-Hijra (1 Muharram) The Islamic New Year’s Day. This festival commemorates the Hijra (or Hegira) in 622 CE when the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) moved from Mecca to Medina. This was the beginning of the growth of Islam into a world faith. The Muslim calendar counts dates from the Hijra‚ which is why Muslim
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Temple in Bhingar. In 2001‚ the total population was 7620 people out of which 51% were males and 49% females. At the time‚ the literacy rate was 73% ‚ which was higher than the national average of 59.5%. The language spoken in this town Bhingar is Marathi. Ahmednagar is the largest district in the state of Maharashtra. The district is famous of the town of Shirdi associated with Sai Baba. In olden days it was part of Bombay presidency until India’s independence in 1947 when it became part of Bombay
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Shivaji Bhosle (Marathi: शिवाजी भोसले; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680)‚ with the royal title Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (Marathi: छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज) was a Maratha king [5] from the Bhosle dynasty who founded the Maratha empire.[6][7] Shivaji led a resistance to free the Marathas from Sultanate of Bijapur‚ and establish the rule of the Hindus ("Hindavi Swarajya"). He created an independent Maratha kingdom with Raigad as its capital‚[7] and fought against the Mughals to defend his kingdom successfully
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become quite obvious that Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) pose a much larger threat than they did thirty years ago. By observing their studies and trends‚ experts have nearly proven that Emerging Infectious Diseases are not just a thing of the past. Many of these diseases originate in a non-human animal source‚ also known as zoonoses (zoonotic hosts). It is most important that the experts communicate with the public about the seriousness of EID‚ in case of an outbreak. Our nation‚ and world‚ must
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If the crescent is sighted‚ it is the first day of the new month and beginning of ’Eid day. If the crescent is not sighted within ½ an hour after sunset on the 29th day of Ramadan the Muslims complete 30 days of fasting. Either way‚ the 1st of Shawwal‚ the 10th month of the Islamic lunar calendar is ’Eid al-Fitr. On ’Eid day‚ Muslims gather in a larger facility than the neighborhood masjid and join in Salat al-’Eid which is composed of Salat followed by an address by the Imam (leader). This is a major
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