Rites, Importance and Stories related to Origin of Hindu Festivals & Rituals
Lakhs of devotees thronged to Puri for the return of Lord Jagannath. The return festival is held nine days after the annual Rath Yatra, which marks the journey of the three deities from the 12th century Jagannath temple in three splendidly decorated wooden chariots to Gundicha temple, about two kilometres away. The deities return to [...]
Sat, July 24 2010 » Festivals, News » No Comments
Jodhpur celebrated the fortnight long unique ‘Deenga Gawar’ festival that culminated on Thursday in which married women in traditional attire take out a procession, beating up unmarried men with the belief this would herald their early marriage! During the procession, the women sing folk and devotional songs. “We have been celebrating this festival, in our [...]
Sun, April 4 2010 » Festivals, News » No Comments
Ram Navami was celebrated today (ninth day of the Chaitra month of the Hindu calendar) all over India joined by people from other religions as well. At many places Ram Navami was markedby Rath Yatra and other ceremonious processions. In Haridwar, around 1 million devotees took a dip in the Ganges. Ref: “Communal harmony marks [...]
Wed, March 24 2010 » Festivals, News » No Comments
Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated across the country and the world, with great enthusiasm and fervour. Clouds of colour in the air, faces unrecognisable but for big smiles, frenzied dancing, and the sweetest of sweetmeats people (young or old, rich or poor, Hindu or Muslim) immersed themselves in the celebrations. Lathmar Holi
Tue, March 2 2010 » Festivals, Video » No Comments
Each year, Nepalese youth in two villages in the south of the Himalayan country save up their choicest insults for a 10-day “cursing festival” that reaches its climax Sunday. The youngsters in the neighbouring villages of Parsawa and Laxmipur hurl insults at each other, their neighbours, villagers and passers-by — and then laugh, reports AFP. [...]
Sat, February 27 2010 » Festivals, News » No Comments
There is no festival more vibrant, colorful and exhilarating than Holi. Everyone wants to enjoy it – to dance in clouds of gulal and to get soaked in shower of colored water. Yet many of us suffer from skin problems, allergies, breakouts and irritations later on. The result is not just spoilt clothes and floors, [...]
Thu, February 25 2010 » Festivals, Miscellaneous » No Comments
With still some days to go before the festival is celebrated all across the world, people in Pushkar (in Rajasthan) celebrated Holi in their own special way. They celebrated the festivals with flowers instead of the colors as is the general practice. Here is an excerpt from the news story in Yahoo: On Saturday (Feb.20), [...]
Sun, February 21 2010 » Festivals, News » No Comments
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by Tamil population. It is one of the most popular Hindu festivals in Malaysia and is celebrated by all regardless of their religion. Like every year Hindus celebrated Thaipusam in Malaysia by piercing their bodies with metal spikes and hooks. This may look gut churning to some but [...]
