The word "Akshaya" means the never diminishing in Sanskrit. The day is considered auspicious by Hindus and Jains. It is also known as Akha Teej. People buy Gold on Akshaya Tritiya as it is believed any venture started on this day brings in prosp..
Come October, there is a flurry of activities in the neighborhood. Everybody gets busy with the preparations of the ongoing festive season that begins with Ganesh Chaturthi. After ten days of Ram Lila and Ravan Dehan in their respective areas people shop,..
Every year second Sunday of May is celebrated as Mother's Day. Recently, Mother's Day has gained popularity in India, particularly in the Metro cities. Its the day of honoring mothers and showering them with gifts...
After Last Year’s Durga Puja Photo Series , the series returns again for 2009 Kolkata.Though Durga Puja is filled mainly with highly decorated Pandals..
portrait of a gazing girl taken during holi the festival of colors from versova beach, mumbai, india..
Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish.....
I very proudly swear what a truly peerless and enchanting paradigm of national integration and communal harmony this ‘MINI INDIA’ of a society has been despite being so agonizingly far off from the Indian mainland. The confluence of various cu..
India has an age-old tradition of festivals. In India, festivals do not just offer people a temporary reprieve from their daily grind. Imbued with deep inner significance, each festival is a multifaceted celebration..
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International Kite Festival is held at Ahmedabad on January 14 every year, to coincide with the festival of Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti. Makar Sankranti is a festival that heralds a change of season marking the movement of the sun into the northern hemis..
The day of Bodhon on Maha-Shashti to the day when the idols are immersed in the rivers, lakes and seas on the evening of Dashami. However, it is considered to immerse the idols in the sacred waters of the River Ganges. It is believed that the Mother Godde..
Diwali is indeed, a glorious and colourful festival that is celebrated by all Hindus internationally. How Diwali unites and brings people and families together is a matter of experience of the millions. The beautiful array of clay lamps in all Hindu house..
Our Ramakrishna Centre observes Maha Shivaratri from 6 pm to next 6 am. The period is divided into four sessions of three hours each. And each session has puja, pouring of milk, curd, ghee, honey in respective four sessions, pasting of chandan, offering o..
Muharram is not a festival in the celebratory sense as it mourns the Kerbala tragedy when Imam Husain, grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was martyred in the early days of Islamic history. Profusely decorated taziahs (bamboo and paper replicas of the martyr's..
Vishnu is invoked in his human incarnation as Krishna on his birth anniversary in the festival of Janmashtami. The temples of Vrindavan witness an extravagant and colourful celebration on this occasion. Raslila is performed to recreate incidents from the..
Since childhood I decorate my house in Janamasthmi with colorful rangoli, idols of God and Goddesses, mud toys, bricks, flowers, etc... My mom who in the best cook in the world prepares awesome sweets in this occasion... This is the only day when I fast..
So here is my post as a summary of Durga Pujo 2008. First I would like to share a wonderful video I found on You tube with same title as my post..
Vishwakarma Puja is celebrated on Kanya Sankranti day which comes after Ganeshotsav. All engineering and architectural community celebrate this day and worship Him. Craftsmen worship their tools in His name. He is supposed to provide excellence and qualit..
Some old man/woman in the helm not knowing how to tackle the real issue and trying to appease a few of his partners decided to play with the sentiment of the people. A few raised the issue but without much of money power or backing from powerful individua..
