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Thai Pusan Thai Pusan is celebrated in Tamil Nadu usually in the temples dedicated to Kartikeya. Trenches of burning coal are laid out for the devotees to walk over. It has been seen that people who volunteer to undertake this experience with faith come away unharmed and unscathed. The chief priest of the temple and the twelve ‘Hero-youth’ first go out in procession from the temple to bath, smear themselves with...
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Teej Teej is a festival for the womenfolk. In Northern India, the festival announces the coming of monsoon season. It falls on the third day of the waxing moon in the month of Shravan. The celebration is spread through the states of Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Delhi. It is observed with excess joy and merry-making. The temple of Lord Shiva becomes the centre of attraction. On this day, girls...
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Tarnetar Fair The Trinetreshwar Mahadev Fair at Tarnetar takes place near the industrial town of Thangadli, Saurashtra. The fair is held every year on the 4th, 5th and 6th of the Shukla Paksha (August-September), near Surendranagar. The fair celebrates the legendary marriage of Arjuna (great warrior in the epic Mahabharata) with Draupadi. The fair is still a kind of marriage market. The youths of tribes of Kolis, Rabaris and Bharwards are...
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Tabernacles Tabernacles is a Jewish festival which is observed all over the world from the 15th to 23rd of Tishri, i.e. in the months of either September or October. Historically, the festival is observed in commemoration of the time when Jews left Egypt and became wanderers in the search of Palestine, their religious home. At that time, they were devoid of any name and had to spend days and nights in...
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St. Francis Xavier Day The body of St. Francis Xavier lies in a silver casket in the Church of Bom Jesus in Goa. Ceremonies to honour his death are performed on December 3, the day he was buried. There are many stalls selling trinkets and souvenirs in the fair that is held on the occasion. A wide variety of food and drinks are available. The atmosphere is happy and festive. St....
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Sonepur Mela On the confluence of Gandak and Ganga lies Sonepur, a station of Northeast Railway. It is the place where Asia’s largest cattle fair is organised. The fair begins on the full moon of Kartik purnima and it lasts for a month. In Sonepur fair, cattle, especially elephants, brought from all over India, are sold. Cattle are decorated and painted in crimson, orange, pink and purple to facilitate identification. The...
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Skanda Shashti Skanda Shashti is celebrated in South India with great rejoicing and devotion in the Tamil month of Tulam during October-November. Generally, it is celebrated with an extra measure of grandeur in temples dedicated to Subramanya. According to legend, Skanda, the second son of Shiva, also known as Karthikeya or Subramanya, was born without the intervention of any female. Shiva cast his seed into the fire and it was received...
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Sindhu Festival Many rivers and river valleys worldwide have played a significant role in the evolution, sustenance and development of civilization. The mighty Sindhu river symbolizes the power of the ancient Indian civilization, which evolved over a period of thousands of years. The name of the river comes from the Sanskrit word Sindhu. It is mentioned in the Rig Veda. Words like Hindu, Hindustan and India have been derived from Sindhu...
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