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Urs Urs is a Muslim festival celebrated to commemorate the death anniversary of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. However, very often the celebration of Urs is attended by people of other religions too. Urs is observed during the first six days of the Islamic month of Rajah and thousands of Muslims from India as well as from foreign countries come to the graves to pay homage to the great saints. According to the...
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Ugadi The New Year festival Ugadi comes close on the heels of Holi. While the strong colours of Holi start fading away, the freshness of spring lingers on with sprightliness all around. Ugadi is celebrated with festive fervour in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Ugadi marks the beginning of a new Hindu Lunar calendar with a change in the moon’s orbit. It is a day when mantras are chanted and predictions...
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Tulsi Vivah Tulsi Vivah is celebrated on the twelfth day of the bright half of Kartik. A great warrior Jalandhar had become invincible in three worlds. Consequently, the gods contrived a plan to defeat him. The gods came to Jalandhar’s house and informed Vrinda that her husband had been killed in the battle. To justify their information, they put the severed head and body of the monkey in front of her....
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Three Kings’ Festival The feast of Three Kings, celebrated at Epiphany, is one of the most important festivals in Goa. It is commonly celebrated on the 6th of January every year. On this day the three villages of Chandor come together to put on a grand show. In reality, three little boys in the age group between 8 to 10 are chosen as Kings of three different villages. They dress up...
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The Ganges Festival The first ten days of the month Jyeshth’ are dedicated to honour the River Ganges or Mother Ganges. The Ganges is believed to flow in the three worlds: in heaven it is called Mandakine, on earth the ‘Ganges’ and in the northern region the Bhagirathi’. People believe that by bathing in the Ganges sins are washed away. The principle centres for the worship of the Ganges are Gangotri,...
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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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