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United Nations has passed a resolution declaring June 21 every year as the International Yoga Day (World Yoga Day). India‘s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged the International Community to adopt 21 June as the International Yoga Day. Why 21 June was chosen as International Yoga Day? Every year in Northern hemisphere, the Summer Solstice falls on June 21. It …

भारत में हर साल गर्मी का मौसम नए रिकॉर्ड बना रहा है और तापमान लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है। ऐसे में अक्सर लोगों के मन में सवाल उठता है कि देश का सबसे गर्म स्थान कौन सा है। आमतौर पर लोग जैसलमेर को सबसे गर्म जिला मानते हैं, लेकिन सच्चाई कुछ और है। भारत का सबसे गर्म शहर कौन-सा है? …

World environment day annual celebration campaign was started to address the huge environmental issues like wastage and losses of food, deforestation, increasing global warming and so many. Every year celebration is planned according to the particular theme and slogan of the year to bring effectiveness in the campaign all through the world. World Environment Day Celebration: It is celebrated to …

What is Nautapa – the 9 days of intense heat: What experts say and how to be safe during the heat wave According to Hindu scriptures and astrology, Nautapa begins when the Sun, Surya, enters the Rohini Nakshatra, a lunar mansion in the Taurus zodiac. Summers in India are a survival game of their own kind. While in many European …

World No Tobacco Day celebration is organized on annual basis by the WHO and its member states including non-governmental and governmental organizations for the people to get aware of all the health issues caused by the tobacco use. Some of the activities which are organized for celebrating the day are public marches, demonstrations programmes, big banners, advertising campaigns through educational …

भारत की सबसे गहरी झील मानसबल (Manasbal Lake) है, जो जम्मू-कश्मीर में स्थित है। यह झील अपनी प्राकृतिक सुंदरता और साफ पानी के लिए प्रसिद्ध है। इस झील की गहराई लगभग 13 मीटर है और इसे कश्मीर की सबसे खूबसूरत मीठे पानी की झीलों में गिना जाता है। भारत में सबसे गहरी झील कौन सी है? भारत के खूबसूरत राज्य …

What are Baisakhi Customs and Rituals? The harvest festival of Baisakhi is celebrated with pomp and gaiety across the vibrant state of Punjab. It falls on the first day of the Indian calendar month, Vaishakh, which is usually April 13. Apart from being a harvest festival, it holds a special significance in the Sikh community, because it commemorates the establishment …

What is Baisakhi Dance? Popular folk dances of Punjab: Dancing is one of the most prominent aspects of Baisakhi celebrations in Punjab. Most popular form of dance for the occasion is Bhangra and Gidda, the folk dance for men and women respectively. To celebrate the harvest festival of Baisakhi men and women dress themselves in traditional attire and get together in …

What is Significance of Baisakhi? Vibrant Festival of Baisakhi is considered to be an extremely important festival in India for number of reasons. Apart from being important for the farmers as a harvest festival, the festival is of prime importance in Sikhism as a foundation day of Khalsa Panth. Besides, auspicious Baisakhi day is of importance for astrological reasons too! …

What is History of Baisakhi? Baisakhi or Vaisakhi Festival is celebrated as the Sikh New Year and the founding of the Khalsa Panth. History of Baisakhi traces its origin from the Baisakhi Day celebrations of 1699 organized by the Tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh to form Khalsa – Brotherhood of Saint Soldiers to fight against tyranny and oppression. What …