2012 Mayra Garcia Diwali: Festival Of Lights (Extra Credit) The event I attended was the celebration of Diwali Festival sponsored by the Indian Student Association of Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. This event was held on Thursday‚ November 15 from 2:30-5:30 P.M. First the event started off with a speech by Divya Pidaparti talking about what Diwali is. Diwali is much more than sweets‚ lights and fireworks. It’s good over evil and light over darkness. Diwali is one of the most significant
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Topic: Security Android Security Apps and Utilities. Platform:Android Abstract App. 1: This is targeted specially for traveling girls and old person. The user will launch the App while passing by a lonely or not so safe place. User will continuously keep pressing the panic button of the App. Upon any mishap the user will just release the button and Message and Email will go to the designated person along with the longitude and latitude where
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in brief‚ Deepavali or Diwali‚ the "festival of lights‚" is celebrated between mid-October and mid-November across the India. Diwali is one of important festivals of the Hindu and is celebrated together with family by performing traditional activities in their homes. The celebration of Diwali has been unique and beautiful moment for the people of Chaibasa City. The city is full of natural beauties and people are quite friendly. Being a cosmopolitan town‚ the Diwali have been celebrating
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Diwali rituals Diwali‚ the festival of lights‚ is one of the important and widely spread holidays celebrated in India. It is a celebration of lights‚ and for many‚ it is truly a sensory experience; some families decorate their houses with all sorts of lights and open up to the neighbors‚ sharing their love and their food. Those celebrating Diwali spend time with family and friends. They perform religious ceremonies to bring in wealth and prosperity for a new year‚ cook and eat delicious food
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Diwali The Festival Of Lights An ancient celebration with deeply spiritual roots‚ this Festival of Lights is technically a tradition with a religious foundation‚ but all that are willing to share in the season of abundance are welcome. Thousands of oil lamps‚ fireworks‚ lavish feasts‚ fragrant flowers and colored sand in the form of lotus blossoms adorn India in this annual homecoming that is Diwali. The festival has its roots in ancient Indian texts and it stands for
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a year of waiting‚ Diwali arrived. Everyone’s house would be lighted up with lamps & joy. Almost everyone loves celebrating Diwali. Though I’m an atheist‚ I also like this festival as it lights up the world. But along with bit happiness for the arrival of Diwali‚ I get lots of worry every year. Whatever you say‚ Diwali‚ along with bunch of other festivals & functions‚ are tagged with some key words – crackers‚ pollutions‚ global warming & noise. However we celebrate this Diwali; we can’t remove these
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Diwali (also spelled Devali in certain regions) or Deepavali‚[1] popularly known as the "festival of lights"‚ is an important five-day festival in Hinduism‚Jainism‚ and Sikhism‚ occurring between mid-October and mid-November. For Hindus‚ Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes. Deepavali is an official holiday in India‚[2] Nepal‚ Sri Lanka‚ Myanmar‚Mauritius‚ Guyana‚ Trinidad & Tobago‚ Suriname
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DIWALI Firecrackers and fireworks are popular on the eve of Diwali. Firecracker Concerns Nowadays there is a significant growth in campaigns on creating awareness over the adverse impacts of noise and air pollution. Some governments drive to keep the festival less noisy and pollution-free. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has banned production of crackers with noise levels of over 125 decibels.In survey of UP Pollution Control Board‚ it was revealed that the emission of smoke was found more
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Diwali - Hindu Festival of Lights Each year in October and November‚ Indian people who are followers of the Hindu religion celebrate the festival of Diwali by decorating their homes with hundreds of little lamps called divas. The word Diwali is a contraction of deepavali - which literally means "cluster of lights" or "row of lamps" and the festival symbolises the triumph of light over darkness. Diwali is one of the most ancient Hindu festivals in India where it is a national holiday and celebrated
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August 27‚ 2010 (aged 85) Margao‚ Goa‚ India Resting place Priol‚ Goa‚ India[2] Occupation freedom fighter‚ activist‚ linguistic activist‚ poet‚ author Language Konkani Ethnicity Konkani Ravindra Kelekar (March 25‚ 1925 – August 27‚ 2010) was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language‚ though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi.[3] A Gandhian activist‚ freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement‚ he is a well known Konkani scholar‚ linguist‚ and creative
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