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Kanya Sankranti Information For Hindus

Kanya Sankranti - Hindu Festival

Kanya Sankranti: ]The beginning of the sixth month is largely marked by Kanya Sankranti, according to the Hindu Solar Calendar. Sankranti is the time when Sun changes position from one rashi to another. This day is also celebrated as Vishwakarma Jayanti. All the twelve Sankrantis in the year are highly auspicious for alms giving and charity purpose. In Odisha and West …

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Sri Vithappa Fair: Bagalkot, Karnataka

Sri Vithappa Fair: Bagalkot, Karnataka

Time: September – October (Hindu month of Aswija) Venue: Vithappa, Bagalkot, Karnataka State, India Significance: Held in honor of Sri Vithappa Highlights: Village fair and religious procession accompanied by drummers Sri Vithappa fair is the popular fair held in the honor of the Vithappa deity in the village Vithappa. The first fair was held 200 years back since then the …

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Payippad Boat Race: Alappuzha, Kerala

Payippad Boat Race: Alappuzha, Kerala

Event Name: Payippad Boat Race Location: About 35 km from Alappuzha near Harippad, Kerala Time: August – September (Chingam month of Malayalam calendar) Payippad Boat Race: About The state of Kerala in India is a tourist’s delight with its amazing beautiful back waters that run throughout the state. The best way to enjoy these back waters is to witness the …

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Manarcad Perunnal: St. Mary’s Church

Manarcad Perunnal: St. Mary's Cathedral Annual Fiesta

Event Name: Manarcad Perunnal Start Date: 01 September (Every Year) End Date: 08 September (Every Year) Venue: St. Mary’s Church Location: Manarcad District: Kottayam Manarcad Perunnal: Annual Fiesta Manarcad Perunnal is an annual fiesta held at St Mary’s Church at Manarcad in the Kottayam district of Kerala. It is revered as the most famous festival of Christian community which continues …

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Aranmula Vallamkali: Parthasarathy Temple Boat Race

Aranmula Vallamkali

Aranmula Vallamkali is an annual water sports meet especially for boat races held in Aranmula district Kerala. The water fiesta is organized during Onam in the month of September. This world famous fiesta owes its origin to the Sree Parthasarathy Temple situated on the banks of the Pamba River. Parthasarathy Temple Boat Race: Vallamkali refers to the boat race competition …

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Nuakhai: Odisha Agricultural Festival

Nuakhai: Odisha Agricultural Festival

Nuakhai or Nuankhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Odisha. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season. According to the calendar it is observed on panchami tithi (the fifth day) of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada or Bhadraba (August-September), the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. This is the most …

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Luv Kush Jayanti: Hindu Fest celebrated by Koiri & Kushwah Samaj

Luv Kush Jayanti - Hindu Festival

Luv Kush Jayanti is observed on the day of Shravan Purnima in North India. The celebration of Luv Kush Jayanti is limited only to some specific communities in North India – mostly found in Indore and Chandigarh. The Koiri Samaj and Kushwah Samaj are the most prominent communities among them. Luv and Kush were the twin sons of Sri Ram …

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Narali Purnima: Hindus Coconut Festival of Maharashtra Fishermen

Narali Purnima: Hindus Coconut Festival

Narali Purnima: The Hindu festival of Narali Purnima or the Coconut festival is celebrated with great fervor and in a jubilant manner by the fishermen and the fishing community in Maharashtra on the full moon day of Shravan. Shravan is one out of the four most auspicious months in the Hindu calendar. Thus, a full moon day or the Purnima …

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Neelamperoor Pooram Padayani Festival

Neelamperoor Pooram Padayani Festival

The grand Padayani Festival is celebrated on the Pooram day in the Malayalam month of Chingam. The festival is mainly celebrated in the state of Kerela. The Palli Bhagavathy temple in the beautiful village Neelamperoor in Alappuzha, is beautifully decorated for the festive celebrations. Neelamperoor Pooram Padayani: Malayalam Festival As the festival of Neelamperoor Pooram Padayani is celebrated in the …

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Janmashtami: Lord Krishna Birthday

Janmashtami, Lord Krishna's Birthday - Hindu Festival

Janmashtami — On the eighth day of the black half of Bhadra (August – September) was born Shri Krishna, the eighth Avatar or incarnation of Vishnu. Therefore, this day is well known as Janmashtami or Krishna-Janmashtami. This auspicious day of birth of Krishna, the direct manifestation of Vishnu himself is celebrated in all parts of India with clat and great enthusiasm. …

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