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Hanukkah Greetings For Jewish Community

Hanukkah Greetings

Hanukkah Greetings For Students And Children: Hanukkah… The festival of lights is here. Light the menorah, play with the dreidel and feast on latkes and sufganiyots. Celebrate the spirit of Hanukkah with friends, family… One such way is sending digital greetings. In the article, we have compiled a list of Hanukkah greeting cards. Hanukkah Greetings For Students And Children * …

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Durga Puja Origin Story For Students And Kids

Durga Puja Origin: Story Of Durga Pooja, Durga Puja Legend

Durga Puja Origin Story: Durga Puja finds its origin in the Hindu mythology. Goddess Durga is regarded as the deity of power. She entered the earth with the aim to kill the demon Mahishasura, who set out to conquer the world with his tyranny and invincible power. Due to her victory over him, Goddess Durga is sometimes referred to as …

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Durga Puja Pandals: Making and Idol Installation

Durga Puja Pandals: Durga Puja Pandal Making, Idols In Durga Pooja Pandals

Durga Puja Pandals: Durga Pooja is a ten days long festival celebrated with great pomp and show in Northern and Eastern part of India. The preparation for this pooja and celebrations begins days before the festival. Generally, the Durga Pooja is done on a community level and the idols and pandals (tents) for the Pooja are arranged by the pooja …

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History of Durga Puja: Origin of Durga Pooja

History of Durga Puja: Origin of Durga Pooja

History of Durga Puja: Durga Puja also known as Durgotsab is an annual Hindu festival which celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess of power, Durga or Shakti. It is a nine days affair in which last six days are observed with complex rituals and intricate ceremonies as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Nabami and Bijoya Dashami. The dates …

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Durga Puja Customs: Hindu Rituals & Customs

Durga Puja Customs - Hindu Rituals & Customs Of Durga Pooja

Durga Puja Customs: Durga Puja is celebrated with pomp and geity in West Bengal state of India and among the Bengalis all around the world. People enjoy all the ten days of the festival with a lot of fun and religious observance. In fact, Durga Puja is the most important festival for Bengalis. Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, …

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Kolkata Traditional Durga puja transforming into urban festival

Kolkata Traditional Durga puja transforming into urban festival

With catchy themes and concepts often reaching great artistic heights and big corporate involvement adding to the glitter, fun and fiesta, the contemporary Durga puja in Kolkata has evolved from what it was decades back. It now embraces those on the margins, and has truly become “glocal” – with both local and global elements – but at the same time …

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West Bengal Durga Puja begins

West Bengal Durga Puja begins

Decked up in their best, residents of West Bengal state of India plunged into festivities and merriment on Monday marking the first day of Durga Puja – the biggest festival in this part of the world. Chants of ‘Jai Durga’ and ‘Bolo Durga Mai Ki Jai’ reverberated across the state with every city, small town and village joining in the …

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Children’s Day Greetings For Students

Children's Day Greetings

Children’s Day Greetings For Students: Children’s Day is recognized on various days in many places around the world, to honor children globally. In India, Children’s Day is celebrated on 14 November, on the birthday of the first Prime Minister of independent India, who was fondly called Chacha Nehru (Uncle Nehru) or Chacha ji (Uncle), and who emphasized the importance of …

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14 August Pakistan Independence Day Greetings For Kids

14 August - Pakistan Independence Day Greetings

14 August Pakistan Independence Day Greetings For Kids: Celebrated on 14th of August the Pakistan Independence Day is a day of dedication and pride for the people of Pakistan. In the year 1947, on this particular day Pakistan was made an independent country by the British. The country surfaced out of the Indian subcontinent in the year 1947, the border …

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