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Gita Jayanti is the birthday of Bhagavad Gita, (700-verse Hindu scripture) and the sacred text of the Hindus. It is celebrated on the Shukla Ekadashi, the 11th day of the waxing moon in the month of Marga...
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Ekadashi, or fasting, is performed in honor of Lord Vishnu. There are two types of Ekadashi: one observed monthly and the other honored annually. Mokshada Ekadeshi is the Ekadeshi of Magha Shukla Paksh...
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Dhanu Sankranti marks the day when Sun enters in the Dhanu Rashi or Sagittarius. This is the beginning of the ninth month of Hindu solar calendar. On this day, Lord Surya the sun god is worshipped. In...
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Dattatreya Jayanti marks the birth of the Hindu god Dattatreya (Datta) in approximately 2450 BC. Dattatreya is a compilation of the Hindu divine male trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The birth is cel...
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Margashirsha is a month of dedication and devotion to the Lord Krishna. On the morning of the day of the full moon (Margashirsha Purnima), devotees take a holy bath with roots of Tulsi plant. While bathin...
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In the Hindu Calendar, Pausa is the tenth month. PLEASE NOTE: We use the Indian Civil Calendar, which is the official holiday calendar in India, the largest Hindu nation. The Hindu faith has many cale...
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In Hindu faith, Chaturthi is dedicated to Lord Ganesha. Sankashti Chaturthi (Sankata Chaturthi) is observed on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha (dark lunar phase or the waning phase of the moon). If thi...
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Lohri is a cultural festival celebrated in the Punjabi region of India each year by the Sikhs and Hindus. It marks the end of the previous farming year and the financial beginning of the next farming year...
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On January 11, 1894, two Welsh Christian missionaries, Rev JH Lorrain and Rev FW Savidge, arrived in the Indian state of Mizoram. The reverends established India's Presbyterian and Baptist churches in the...
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First celebrated and declared by the government of India in 1984, National Youth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of Swami Vivekananda on January 12, 1863. Vivekananda was a prolific lecturer and t...
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Bhishma Ashtami is marked on the eighth day of Shukla Paksha during the month of Magha. It marks the day Bhishma of Mahabharata, (Ganga Putr Bhism), died. Fasting and various rituals are performed on th...
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On February 20, 1987, the states of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh were formed in India. This is a state holiday in both.
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In 1986 the government of India designated February 28 each year as National Science Day to celebrate Sir CV Raman’s 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for the Raman Effect. The effect was announced on February...
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Rama Ekadashi in the Hindu religion is celebrated in the month of Kartik during the waning phase of the moon (Krishna Paksha). Fasting on Rama Ekadashi is believed to wash away all the sins committed....
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Dhan (treasure or property) Teras (the thirteenth day) is celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna paksha (dark fortnight) in the Hindu month of Kartik. Hindus believe that when goddess Lakshmi...
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Naraka Chaturdashi (Naraka Nivaran Chaturdashi ) is a Hindu holiday, which falls on the second day of the five-day festival Diwali. In Hindu mythology teaches that the asura (demon) Narakasura was kille...
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Govardhan Puja is celebrated four days after Diwali. In the Hindu calendar, this is the first lunar day of Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight) in the month of Kartik. Cow dung hillocks are built to symbo...
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Chitragupta is the patron god of the Hindu community of Kayasthas. The son of Lord Brahma, this is the god who keeps an accounting of all human actions on earth. The day of his observance is also known...