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Hindu
17 Apr 2021

मेवाड़ का त्यौहार हर साल वसंत ऋतु के स्वागत पर उत्साह और खुशी के साथ मनाया जाता है।

pउदयपुर का मेवाड़ पर्व यह भारत में विश्व का दूसरा सांस्कृतिक उत्सव प्रतिवर्ष मनाया जाता है। /p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

दशहरा हिन्दुओं का एक प्रमुख त्योहार है, यह अश्विन मास के शुक्ल पक्ष की दशमी तिथि को मनाया जाता है।

pभगवान राम ने इसी दिन रावण का वध किया था तथा देवी दुर्गा ने नौ रात्रि एवं दस दिन के युद्ध के उपरान्त महिषासुर पर विजय प्राप्त की थी।/p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

भारत के साथ कई देशो में भी मनाया जाता है दशहरा।

pदशहरा को विजयादशमी भी कहा जाता है। /p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

Ganesh Chaturthi: The Grand Festival of the Elephant God

div div pThere is a morning in late August or early September when something extraordinary begins to happen in Mumbai. Neighborhoods that have been quietly planning for months suddenly erupt. Massive clay figures—some taller than three-story buildings—are carried through streets on decorated trucks, accompanied by thousands of dancing, drumming, singing devotees. The air fills with the sound of "Ganpati Bappa Morya!"—a cry of devotion and joy that echoes from apartment buildings, temple courtyards, and crowded streets simultaneously. For ten days, Mumbai belongs not to its 20 million human residents but to Ganesha—the elephant-headed god of beginnings, wisdom, and the removal of obstacles./p /div /div div div pGanesh Chaturthi is India's most exuberant public festival, transforming cities, towns, and villages across Maharashtra and beyond into extended celebrations of devotion, community, artistry, and pure joy. It's simultaneously one of Hinduism's most important religious observances and one of India's most spectacular cultural events—a combination that has attracted millions of visitors, inspired generations of artists, and created a tradition of community organization that has no parallel in any other festival anywhere./p /div /div div div pUnderstanding Ganesh Chaturthi means understanding Ganesha himself, the mythology that gives the festival meaning, the extraordinary rituals that structure ten days of celebration, and the remarkable history of how a religious observance became a vehicle for political liberation and community identity./p /div /div div div Ganesha: Understanding the Elephant God /div /div div div pBefore understanding the festival, you must understand its central figure—and Ganesha is among the most fascinating, beloved, and complex deities in any religious tradition./p /div /div

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

सनातन धर्म के महत्वपूर्ण ग्रंथ रामायण के रचयिता महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयंती 20 अक्टूबर को मनाई जाती है।

pहिंदू पौराणिक कथाओं के अनुसार, वाल्मीकि का जन्म अश्विन महीने की पूर्णिमा के दिन हुआ था। हर साल अश्विन महीने की पूर्णिमा के दौरान देश के विभिन्न हिस्सों में कई धार्मिक और सामाजिक कार्यक्रमों का आयोजन किया जाता है।/p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

Holi: The Colorful Festival of Love and Spring

pThere's a moment during Holi when chaos transforms into something transcendent. You're surrounded by strangers smearing colored powder on your face, water balloons exploding around you, the air thick with rainbow dust catching sunlight, creating halos around everyone. A child throws pink powder at an elderly man who retaliates with green. A CEO and his driver are indistinguishable under layers of color. For a few hours, social hierarchies dissolve, grudges evaporate, and the entire country becomes a canvas for joy./p pHoli is India's most exuberant festival—a celebration that looks like madness to outsiders and feels like liberation to participants. It's the festival where restraint dies, where grown adults act like children, where touching strangers is encouraged, where getting completely filthy is the entire point. But beneath the colorful chaos lies profound meaning: the triumph of good over evil, the arrival of spring, the burning of ego, the renewal of relationships, and the divine love between Krishna and Radha./p pTo understand Holi is to understand something essential about Indian culture—the ability to find profound spirituality in riotous celebration, to see the sacred in play, and to recognize that sometimes the path to the divine runs through absolute, uninhibited, color-splattered joy./p The Origins: Mythology, History, and Multiple Meanings pHoli's origins weave through multiple Hindu mythological narratives, each adding layers to the festival's significance:/p The Story of Holika and Prahlad pThe most prominent legend explains the bonfire that precedes Holi's color celebration:/p pHiranyakashipu, a demon king blessed with near-immortality, became so powerful and arrogant he demanded worship as a god. His son Prahlad remained devoted to Lord Vishnu despite his father's fury. Hiranyakashipu's attempts to kill Prahlad failed repeatedly—poison didn't affect him, elephants refused to trample him, snakes wouldn't bite him./p pFinally, Hiranyakashipu enlisted his sister Holika, who possessed a magical shawl making her immune to fire. She carried Prahlad into a blazing pyre, intending to burn him alive while remaining safe herself. But divine justice intervened—the shawl flew from Holika to protect Prahlad, and she burned while he emerged unscathed./p pVishnu then appeared as Narasimha (half-man, half-lion) and killed Hiranyakashipu, upholding dharma and protecting his devotee./p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

गुड़ी पड़वा का पर्व चैत्र मास के शुक्ल पक्ष की प्रतिपदा तिथि को मनाया जाता है।

pगुड़ी नाम का अर्थ "विजय पताका" है। 'युग' शब्द 'युग' और 'आदि' शब्दों के मेल से बना है।/p