Navratri
Navratri’, the festival of garba in Gujarat, Durga Puja in West Bengal, and Ramlila in the North, celebrates the conquest of good over evil. There are two main mythological stories associated with navratri and Vijaya Dashami (the last day of the nine day of the ten day long festival). One of them narrates the story [...]
Mahashivratri
The festival of Mahashivaratri is universally celebrated by Hindus each year in honor of Lord Shiva. The 14th day of the dark half of every month is called Shivaratri or the night of Shiva. Once a year, during the month of Magha, this night is called Mahashivaratri, which means the great night of Shiva. There [...]
Ugadi
The festival of Ugadi marks the New Year in the Telugu calendar. In the northern region of the country it is largely celebrated as Barhaspatyamana, whereas in the south it is also known to people by the names Sauraman and Chandramana. The name Ugadi has actually been derived from Yuga Aadi which means Beginning of [...]
Ramzan Id
Ramadan is considered to be the most angelic of all the months of the Islamic calendar. It was in this month that The Quran was revealed providing guidance to the people as to how to lead a life full of truth, courtesy and dispensation. In the sacred month of Ramadan the Muslims observe fasts for [...]
Pateti
Pateti, also known as Navroj is the Parsi New year. Navroj depicts the day when Mother Nature discards all the old, useless and abortive out of sight and dresses up like a new bride welcoming harmony and jubilation in not only her but everyone’s life. The significance of this day lied in the fact that [...]
Muharram
Muharram is the first month of Islamic Calendar or the lunar Hijrah Calendar. It is considered to be one of the four heavenly months described in the Quran. The festival Muharram starts on the first day of this month and lasts for ten days from thereon. It is celebrated to commemorate the mortification of Hazrat [...]
Holi
Hinduism is the world’s oldest civilizations and dominates a major part of the country, with a belief that all paths lead to the same god. This quality of accommodating cultures has given birth to many festivals, one of which is holi-a festival of colors. Holi is celebrated on the full moon day of phagun in [...]
Gurunanak Jayanti
Gurunanak jayanti is one of the most important festivals of Sikhs. It is celebrated in accordance to mark the birth of Gurunanak dev Ji, the first guru of Sikhs. Gurunanak Jayanti is commonly known as Gurupurab in Punjab. As the history goes, the invasions of rulers from outside India started threatening the culture of the [...]
Guru Purnima
According to the Srutis, “To that high-souled aspirant, whose devotion to the Lord is great and whose devotion to his Guru is as great as that to the Lord, the secrets explained herein become illuminated”. In the Hindu culture religious and non-religious GURUS have always been given a paramount stature. Therefore on the day of [...]
Gudi Padwa
The beginning of the Hindu New Year, Gudi Padwa is widely celebrated all over the country and is considered to be the most auspicious day of the Hindu calendar. The first day of the first Hindu month is “shuddha pratipada”, which comes in the month of Chaitra. One of the Muhurats among the three and [...]
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