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CHHATH Puja : Festival of the Sun God

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Chhath is an antiquated Indian festival singularly committed to the God of Sun and Chhathi Maiya. This festival, that starts on October 27 in the not so distant future, is commended by all Hindus and particularly North Indians with energy and excitement. Individuals praise Chhath and offer appreciation to Surya Devta for gift life on earth and conceding wishes. Chhath Puja is carried on for four days and incorporates certain rituals like sacred bathing, fasting, offering prayers, and so forth. As indicated by the Hindu timetable, Chhath is praised on the sixth day of the month of Kartik (October). On the festival of Chhath, individuals wake up ahead of schedule, scrub down in waterway Ganga and quick for the whole day. The female of the house plunges her feet in water and offers prayers to the climbing sun which is additionally called as aragh. Watching quick on this day is not in the least a simple undertaking. One needs to quick without water for around 36 hours, which is alongs

Significance of Baisakhi : Festivals of India

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Vibrant Festival of Baisakhi is acknowledged to be a to a extremely important  festival in India for number of reasons. Apart from being significant for the farmers as a harvest festival, the festival is of prime importance in Sikhism as an establishment day of Khalsa Panth. Furthermore, favorable Baisakhi day is of importance for astrological reasons excessively !!  Astrological Significance of Baisakhi  The festival of Baisakhi falls on April 13 consistently and April 14 once in like clockwork. Change in date is a direct result of the way that date of Baisakhi is figured as stated by the solar datebook. Mysteriously, the date of Baisakhi is noteworthy as denote sun's entry into Mesh Rashi. For this very reason, numerous individuals likewise know Baisakhi as Mesha Sankranti. The promising date of Baisakhi is praised all over India under distinctive names and ceremonies. It is praised as 'Rongali Bihu' in Assam, 'Naba Barsha' in Bengal, "Puthandu" in

Celebrating New Year the Hindu way

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Hindu calendar is an aggregate name for a large portion of the lunisolar calendar and solar calendar utilized within India since aged times. There are a few regional Hindu calendars and the month which begins the year additionally differs from region to region.  Hindus in different states of India praise the New Year in their own specific ways and not these fall on that day. Real states in North and South India (Nav Varsh Samvat or Hindi New Year or Chaitra Shukladi) commend their New Year on Vikram Samvat Chaitra Shukal Pratipada (March-April) the first day after the No Moon (Amavasi) in Chaitra Month. The Hindi New Year is dependent upon lunar schedule and hence the date changes yearly.  Generally, the Andhra Pradesh (Ugadi) , Karnataka (Ugadi), Maharashtra (Gudi Padwa), Kashmir (Navreh), Manipur (Cheiraoba), Himachal Pradesh (Chaitti and Basoa ), Bihar (Chaitra Pratipada), Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh (Chaitra Pratipada) and Sindhi (Cheti Chand) New Year falls on that day – t