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Raksha Bandhan Greetings For Students

Raksha Bandhan Greetings

Raksha Bandhan Greetings For Students: Raksha Bandhan is a Hindu festival that celebrates the love and duty between brothers and sisters; the festival is also popularly used to celebrate any brother-sister like loving protective relationship between men and women who are relatives or biologically unrelated. Raksha Bandhan, also abbreviated to Rakhi, is the Hindu festival that celebrates brotherhood and love. …

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Akshaya Tritiya Greetings For Hindu Devotees

Akshaya Tritiya Date: Hindu - Jain Culture & Traditions

Akshaya Tritiya Greetings For Devotees, Students And Children: Akshaya Tritiya which is also known as Akha Teej is highly auspicious and holy day for Hindu communities in India. It falls during Shukla Paksha Tritiya in the month of Vaishakha. Akshaya Tritiya falling on a Rohini Nakshatra day is considered very auspicious. The word Akshaya (अक्षय) means never diminishing. Hence the …

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International Day of Yoga Greeting Cards

International Day of Yoga Greeting Cards

International Day of Yoga Greeting Cards: Yoga is very necessary and beneficial for all human being if it is practiced by all on daily basis in the early morning. Official name of this day is UN International Yoga Day and also called as Yoga Day. It is a worldwide event celebrated by the people of all countries through practicing yoga, meditation, …

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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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