Tag Archives: Devotional Poems for Students

Durga Puja: English Poetry On Goddess Durga

Durga Puja - Srinjay Chakravarty

Durga Puja: Srinjay Chakravarty Durga Puja, also known as Durgotsava, or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess and is also celebrated because of the victory of Goddess Durga over Mahishasur, Durga. The temple priest has rung his bell. A cloud of smoke from candles and lamps …

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कृष्ण मुक्ति: राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

कृष्ण मुक्ति: राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

कृष्ण मुक्ति: राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना – Lord Krishna was cursed by Gandhari that he would be killed by the arrow of a petty hunter in the forest. As if to fulfill this destiny, Lord Krishna went to Prabhasa forest and rested under a tree awaiting his death. A hunter mistaking his feet for a deer shot an arrow that brought …

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The Buddha At Kamakura: Rudyard Kipling Poem

The Buddha At Kamakura - Rudyard Kipling English Poem

The Buddha At Kamakura: Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, in Bombay, India. He was educated in England but returned to India in 1882. A decade later, Kipling married Caroline Balestier and settled in Brattleboro, Vermont, where he wrote The Jungle Book (1894), among a host of other works that made him hugely successful. Kipling was the recipient of the …

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Easter Sunday: Old Classic Easter Poetry

Easter Sunday - Ingeborg Bachmann

Easter Sunday: Ingeborg Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the daughter of Olga (née Haas) and Matthias Bachmann, a schoolteacher. Her father was an early member of the Austrian National Socialist Party. She had a sister, Isolde, and a brother, Heinz. She studied philosophy, psychology, German philology, and law at the universities of Innsbruck, Graz, …

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Easter Hymn: That Celebrate the Resurrection

Easter Hymn: That Celebrate the Resurrection

Easter Hymn: A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word hymn derives from Greek ὕμνος (hymnos), which means “a song of praise”. A writer of hymns is known as a hymnist. The singing …

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Easter Means Eternal Life: Easter Sunday Poetry

Easter Means Eternal Life - Joanna Fuchs

Easter Means Eternal Life: Joanna Fuchs is married and currently lives in Sandpoint, Idaho. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in fashion retailing. Joanna’s first writing job was teaching correspondence courses American Savings and Loan Institute. During her career she has wrote and presented her own speeches at colleges and corporations. Easter Means Eternal Life: Joanna …

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Easter Bunny: Short Easter Sunday Kids Poetry

Easter Bunny: Christian Culture & Traditions

Easter Bunny (also called the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare) is a folkloric figure and symbol of Easter, depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs. Originating among German Lutherans, the “Easter Hare” originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behavior at the start of the season of Eastertide. The Easter Bunny is …

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Easter Day: Oscar Wilde Easter Special Poetry

Easter Day: Oscar Wilde Easter Special Poetry

Easter Day: Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly 30 A.D. The holiday concludes the “Passion of Christ,” a series of events and holidays that …

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Easter Comes But Once a Year: Easter Poetry

Easter Comes But Once a Year: Easter Poetry

Easter Comes But Once a Year: Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded …

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