About Navratri Navratri is one of the most significant and awaited Hindu festival. The zeal and excitement of the festival is evident all over India way before the actual festival starts. Navratri celebrations in India are grand and everyone wants to be a part of them. Meaning of Navratri Navratri literally means ‘Nine Nights’ in the Sanskrit language. There are various myths associated with the festival and different religions and communities in India have a different way to celebrate
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lunar month in February end or early March * divine love of Radha for Krishna * The festivities officially usher in spring‚ the celebrated season of love. * powders has a medicinal significance: the colours are traditionally made of Neem‚ Kumkum‚ Haldi‚ Bilva‚ turmeric‚ sandalwood paste‚ extracts of flowers and leaves and other medicinal herbs prescribed by Āyurvedic doctors * Ranging from socio-cultural‚ religious to biological there is every reason why we must heartily enjoy the festival
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STAR PLUS found success in 2000 with BALAJI Telefilms. Longest Running Soap - “ K ” Series : Longest Running Soap - “ K ” Series 3 Jul 2000 - 6 Nov 2008 1830 episodes 16 Oct 2000 - 9 Oct 2008 1700 episodes Kaun Banega Crorepati & Khichdi (2003) Kumkum 15 Jul 2002 - 13 Mar 2009 1450 episodes Kasauti Zindagi Ki 29 Oct 2001 - 28 Feb 2008 1400 episodes Bhabi Mission To provide the best & quality entertainment to the audience. Star Plus Reveals Its Vision Of The Future The channel claims that its
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ODISSI The Odissi dance is the Indian classical dance from the Eastern state of Odissa. It has a long‚ yet broken tradition. Although dance in Odissa may be traced back more than 2000 years‚ it was brought to near extinction during the colonial period. Therefore‚ modern Odissi dance is a reconstruction. Like other forms of Indian classical dance‚ the Odissi style traces its origins back to antiquity. Dancers are found depicted in bas-relief in the hills of Udaygiri (near Bhubaneshwar) dating
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References: 1) Economic & political week‚ volume 23. no 18 - In search of our past- Uma Chakravarti and Kumkum Roy. 2) Status of Women in Indian Society - Dr. (Ms.) Rekha Singh. ------------------------
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY By URJIT ZAVERI 14BLS119 On the night of December 2‚ 1984 forty one metric tons of methyl isocyanate also known as MIC was released from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. After one year of this incident almost 1800 people dies in this disaster and 320‚000 people had been affected by it. By 1991‚around 4000 people dies because of the gas in their body. Union carbide was a U.S company that started manufacturing pesticides in Bhopal‚ India. The valve malfunctioned on the 2nd December
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Turmeric ‚the Golden Spice with a lot of medicinal properties has been held sacred from time immemorial. In India ‚many other country’s and some far-eastern Asian nations‚ turmeric forms a part of Hindu religious customs and practices. It is associated with the worship of Hindu deities : `Kaali’ (Mother Goddess) and `Naaga’ (Serpent deity). In Kerala‚ dried turmeric powder‚ rice powder and a few other plant derived powders are used in colouring materials in making and decorating the huge `Kalams’
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Cassandra Weaver Introduction to Sociology Professor Ekern Due: January 19‚ 2015 Indian Traditional Wedding The Indian wedding compared to the Christian wedding‚ in my opinion is much more intense and has many more rituals. Their weddings are much more colorful‚ comparatively to our traditional black and white and are much more intricate and ornate. Not only that‚ but there is much more involved in the actual wedding before the ceremony even takes place. Lastly‚ the bride and groom don’t rely on
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Different Lifestyles followed by the States of India A Project Report by Siddhant Sharma (St. Thomas School) s/o Dr. Chanchal Kumar Sharma India is a country of twenty eight states and seven union territories. Lifestyle means the way of life of the people. This includes their language‚ religion‚ dance‚ dresses and food. Different states of India follow different lifestyles. This project is about lifestyle of ten major states of India. 1. Haryana
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Until the beginning of the 20th century there was no formal education available for Dalits. Dalit literature as a genre emerged only in 1970’s through some of the Dalit protest movements in Maharshtra and Andhra Pradesh. Dalit literature is the literature produced by the Dalit consciousness. Human freedom is the inspiration behind it. Dalit literature must be written from the Dalit point of view and with a Dalit vision. The “Dalit view point” calls for writer to internalise the sorrows and sufferings
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