Gurupurav: Guru Nanak's Birthday  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 915, Hits: 7886]
Saints like Guru Nanak make their presence in this weary world in order to show the right path to the suffering humanity
Amrik Singh  Updated On: 11/1/2009
Tags: Prabhat Pheri, Tenth Sikh Guru, Nishan Sahib, Bhangra Dance, Sikh Community, Saint, Humanity, Rai Bhoeki Talwandi, Nankana Sahib, Lahore, Pakistan, Mehta Kalu, Mata Tripta, Bibi Nanaki, Astrologer Hardyal, Pandit Bhijnath Shastri, Maulvi Qutab-ud-Din, Nirankar, TERA MAIN TERA, Mool Mantra, Shri Guru Granth Sahib, Bhai Mardana, Akhand Path
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Baisakhi - derives its name from the month of Vaisakha  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1598, Hits: 6697]
For Hindus, it's start of new year, celebrated with requisite bathing, partying, and worshiping. It's believed that the goddess Ganga descended to earth thousands of years ago...
Updated On: 4/5/2009
Tags: Thirteenth of April every year, Baisakhi, Vaisakha, Shrines, Temples, Gurudawaras, Offer prayers, Worship, Bhangra dances, Sikh community, Guru Gobind Singh organised sikhs into Khalsa, Hindu Calendar, Goddess Ganga, Jammu Nagbani Temple, Vishu Kani, Bohag Bihu, Vaisakha bathing, Holy shrine of Badrinath
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Lohri  [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1123, Hits: 7963]
For the people of North India, Lohri is symbolic of their love for celebrations...
Updated On: 1/13/2008
Tags: Northern part of India, Punjab Festivals, Haryana Festivals, Himachal Pradesh Festivities, Bonfire Festival, Paush, Magh, Makar Sankranti, Makar Rashi, Uttarayan, Maargazhi, Bhagawad Gita, Pongal, Bihu in Assam, Bhogi, Sankranti, Dulla Bhatti, Seeds, Gur, Sugar-candy, Rewaris, Loi, Sant Kabir, Lohi, Loh, Chapattis, Holika, Til, Rorhi, Jaggery, Tilorhi, Gajak, Aadar aye dilather jaye, Makki ki roti, Sarson ka saag, Vanjli, Algoza, Dhol, Gidda, Reign of Emperor Akbar, Holika and Lohri, Ways of Demanding the Lohri, Jaggery, Gajak, Rewri, Traditional Lohri Fairs, India
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