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Saint Patrick’s Day also known as St. Paddy’s Day or Paddy’s Day is an annual celebration of the patron saint of Ireland Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17th and is considered a national holiday for the Irish. Celebrations include wearing anything green and consuming Irish beer. Your Saint Patrick’s Day will be incomplete unless you are …

St. Patrick’s Day is the celebration of Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick. Patrick was born in Wales about 385 AD. He actually considered himself a pagan until the age of 16. At that age, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders, and during his captivity he became closer to God. He escaped from slavery after six …

Every March 17th, thousands of people don their greenest garb, march in Irish pride parades, eat green clover-shaped cookies, and quaff frosty mugs of green beer in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. But do you really know who St. Patrick was and why he is celebrated? Patrick was born in AD 387 just south of Hadrian’s Wall in Britain, which …

St. Patrick’s Day celebrated annually on 17 March is named after St. Patrick, a patron saint of Ireland who is believed to have died on that day. The life and work of St. Patrick is shrouded in vagueness. We rely on the works of some 7th century hagiographers and the anonymous writer of the Annals of Ulster for information about …

According to another legend, once Brahma and Vishnu, two other deities of the holy Trinity, had an argument as to their supremacy. Brahma being the Creator declared himself to be more revered, while Vishnu, the Preserver, pronounced that he commanded more respect. Just then a colossal ‘lingam’, known as Jyotirlinga, blanketed in flames, appeared before them. Both Brahma and Vishnu …

Lord Shiva is the supreme God among five important deities of Hindu religion. He is therefore also termed as ‘Mahadev’. People address him by hundreds of names and ‘Neelkanth’ is one of them. According to the religious scriptures, during churning of the milky ocean, the poison or ‘Halahal’ also came out of the ocean which terrified the Gods and Demons. …

Lord Shiva is the deity of destruction and the dark forces. So, the dark night is naturally dear to him. The night is the time of the predators when they set out to enactnightly destruction of life. The dark forces set out to torment the world in the form of ghosts, spirits and shadow. The dark nights of the descending …

All hurricanes are given names. Just to help us identify storms and track them as they move across the ocean. Remember, there can be more than one hurricane at a time and without naming them, we could get confused and which storm we’re talking about. For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the particular saint’s …

Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is often inaccurately called “Lunar New Year”, because – as part of the lunisolar Chinese calendar – the date is partially determined based on lunar phase. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese …

God tells us in the Quran that we shall not kill ourselves, that life is sacred, and that we shall not aggress. If an enemy aggressive and fights us, we can defend ourselves but we have no excuse to fight them if they decide to refrain. Also, we must not kill another believer; so before we strike we have to …