Mattu Pongal: This third day is meant for the cattle (‘mattu’) – the giver of milk and puller of the plough. The farmer’s ‘dumb friends’ are given a good bath, their horns are polished, painted and covered with metal caps, and garlands are put around their necks. The Pongal that has been offered to the gods is then given to …

Why it is a Harvest Festival? Pongal comes from the word ‘ponga’ which literally means ‘boil’ and so ‘pongal’ connotes ‘spillover’ or that which is ‘overflowing’. It’s also the name of the special sweet dish cooked on the Pongal day. Pongal continues through the first four days of the ‘Thai’ month that starts on January 14 every year. What is …

Pongal festival is celebrated for four continuous days beginning from the last day of Tamil month of Maargazhi (December – January) and lasting upto the third day of Thai. Pongal is celebrated in the month of January after the winter solstice. When is Pongal festival? The date of Pongal usually remains same as it is reckoned according to the solar …

Pongal Around The World: The festival of Pongal is celebrated with zeal and fervor by the Tamilians in India as well as in any part of the world they reside. As this harvest festival is considered very auspicious, even the Tamils living abroad celebrate this festival with the wish of prosperity as well as for keeping their cultural ties with …

बहुत समय पहले की बात है। महाराष्ट्र में किसी जगह एक गुरु का आश्रम था दूर-दूर से विद्यार्थी उनके पास अध्ययन करने के लिए आते थे। इसके पीछे कारण यह था कि गुरुजी नियमित शिक्षा के साथ व्यावहारिक शिक्षा पर भी बहुत जोर देते थे। उनके पढ़ाने का तरीका भी अनोखा था। डोर का महत्व: मकर संक्रांति त्योहार से संबंधित …

Pran Pratishtha in Ayodhya: The Culture Department is making extensive preparations for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony to be held in Ayodhya on January 22. To make the event unique and unforgettable, 2,500 folk artists will perform on 100 stages in Ayodhya on January 22, according to an official statement from the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday. Ayodhya: 2,500 folk artists …

Huge surge in demands for Ramayana-related scriptures ahead of Ram Lalla Pran Pratishtha, runs out of Ramcharitmanas stock The demand for Ram-related scriptures has gone so high that Gita Press in Gorakhpur, the premier publisher of Hindu scriptures, have now run out of copies and finding it difficult to meet demands. Gita Press sees huge surge in demands for Ramayana: …

Social Significance of Lohri: Though Lohri festival has no religious significance but it holds a great social significance and is celebrated as a day of imparting social love to one and all. The festival of Lohri is meant to relieve people from worldly day to day routine, and make them relaxed, cheerful and happy. It is the time when people …

Dulla Bhatti was a famous legendary Rajput hero of Punjab, who led a rebellion against the famous Mughal king Akbar. There is a kind of epic in Punjabi language called Dulle di var, which narrates the battle events of Dulla Bhatti. Still there is a famous region in Punjab (now in Pakistan), called Dulle Di Bar means the forest of …

1008 नर्मदेश्वर शिवलिंग, 21000 पुजारी… अयोध्या में सरयू किनारे ‘राम नाम महायज्ञ’, 100 कुंडों में 1100 जोड़े राम मंत्रों के साथ करेंगे हवन महायज्ञ रामायण के 24 हजार श्लोकों के जाप के साथ 17 जनवरी से हवन शुरू होगा जो 25 जनवरी तक चलेगा। हर दिन 1008 शिवलिंगों का पंचामृत से अभिषेक किया जाएगा। यज्ञशाला में बने 100 कुंडों में …