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	<title>Hindu Festivals &#38; Rituals</title>
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		<title>Jagannath Puri return festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pandit Ji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jagannath Puri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jagannath Puri Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jagannath Puri Return Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Jagdeo at Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha Concert</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Voices Concert]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guyana Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Venture Against Child Abuse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha organized &#8216;Emerging Voices&#8217; concert at the Guyana International Conference Center (GICC), Liliendaal. This marked launch of Dharmic Sabha&#8217;s &#8220;Venture Against Child Abuse&#8221; campaign. Guyenes President Bharat Jagdeo attended Hindu Dharmic Sabha&#8217;s Concert. In his speech he addressed the problem of child abuse. He said that child abuse needs to tackled with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Deenga Gawar&#8217; Hindu festival for Early Marriage of Bachelors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pandit Ji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deenga Gawar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deenga Gawar Celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deenga Gawar Jodhpur]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jodhpur celebrated the fortnight long unique &#8216;Deenga Gawar&#8217; 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. &#8220;We have been celebrating this festival, in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ram Navami Celebrated Across The Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pandit Ji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayodhaya Rama Navami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ram Navami 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ram Navami Celebration 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ram Navami India 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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: &#8220;Communal harmony marks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Archaeology Of Hindu Ritual &#8211; Michael Willis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pandit Ji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Archaeology of Hindu Ritual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Michael Willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindu Ritual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindu Rituals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF HINDU RITUAL: Michael Willis; Cambridge University Press, 4381/4, Ansari Road, New Delhi-110002. Rs. 795. About the Book: &#8220;The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual&#8221; provides a fresh analysis of the Hindu Rituals drawing conclusions and references from modern theoretical framework and in the age-old Hindu texts. Comprehensive annotations &#38; references enhance the scholarly value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basalinga Shivacharya Swami Exhorts Gov to Protect Interests of Hindus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pandit Ji</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Basalinga Shivacharya Swami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindu Dharma Jagruthi Sabha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindu Jana Jagruthi Samithi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holi Festival 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.hindu-festivals.net/blog/2010/03/holi-festival-2010/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pandit Ji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holi 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holi festival 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holi videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lathmar holi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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		<title>Nepalese Festival Involving Swearing &amp; Cursing</title>
		<link>http://www.hindu-festivals.net/blog/2010/02/nepalese-festival-swearing-cursing/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.hindu-festivals.net/blog/2010/02/nepalese-festival-swearing-cursing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pandit Ji</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cursing festival]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skin Care This Holi!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pandit Ji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colours Harmful Effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair Care During Holi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holi 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holi Celebrations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holi Colours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holi Hair Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holi Skin Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safe Holi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skin Damage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slin Care During Holi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is no festival more vibrant, colorful and exhilarating than Holi. Everyone wants to enjoy it &#8211; 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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Holi Celebrations in Pushkar</title>
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		<comments>http://www.hindu-festivals.net/blog/2010/02/special-holi-celebrations-pushkar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pandit Ji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holi Celebrations in Pushkar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holi with flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pushkar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rajasthan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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), [...]]]></description>
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