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
Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha organized ‘Emerging Voices’ concert at the Guyana International Conference Center (GICC), Liliendaal. This marked launch of Dharmic Sabha’s “Venture Against Child Abuse” campaign. Guyenes President Bharat Jagdeo attended Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s Concert. In his speech he addressed the problem of child abuse. He said that child abuse needs to tackled with [...]
Tue, April 13 2010 » 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
Basalinga Shivacharya Swami Exhorts State Government to Protect Interests of Hindus: “The Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP), was elected to power in the state with the expectation that they will protect Hindu religion and culture, and if they fail in this, the majority of Hindus in the state will teach them a lesson”, said Basalinga Shivacharya [...]
Mon, March 8 2010 » News » 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
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 [...]
Tue, February 9 2010 » Festivals, News, Video » 1 Comment
Hindu organizations in Guyana have issued a strong appeal to entertainment promoters to desist from associating Hindu religious observances with events that venerate and sell alcohol. Making the appeal were the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, the Guyana Pandits’ Council, the Guyana Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha, Guyana Central Arya Samaj, Guyana Maha Kali Organisation, Hare Krishna [...]
