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 [...]
Dhulivandan
Celebrated on the next day of chromatic and ever colorful festival Holi, Dhulivandan is mainly celebrated in the state of Maharashtra located in the southern peninsula. This festival is of great importance and fervor to the agriculturists and the farmer community as it marks the arrival of new crop. It is celebrated on the dark [...]
Bhai Dooj
A part of the Diwali celebrations, Bhai-Dooj is celebrated on the second day of Diwali. There are two festivals on the Indian Calendar that ceremonialize the armored bond between brothers and sisters, one is Raksha Bandhan and the other is Bhai-Dooj. Both the days have parity and quite a lot similarity. While Raksha Bandhan is [...]
Dussehra
Celebrated for almost ten days, Dussehra as popularly known demarcates the Triumph of Good over Evil. This is the time when people all over the country start their celebrations for the festive season of Diwali. Also known as Vijayadashmi, it is celebrated on the tenth day of Ashwin which comes after the nine day fasting [...]
Hanuman Jayanti
An ideal Karma yogi Lord Hanuman has always been worshipped for benevolence and his desire less and dynamic devotion to Lord Rama. He is believed to have been born out of Wind God and Devi Anjani after a number of divine events and is also considered as Lord Shiva’s Avatar. Also known by the names [...]