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Hindu
17 Apr 2021

Diwali Around the World: How the Festival of Lights is Celebrated

div div pWhen autumn arrives and darkness comes earlier each evening, millions of people across the globe prepare to celebrate light's triumph over darkness. Diwali—also known as Deepavali—transforms homes, temples, streets, and entire cities into glowing celebrations that illuminate not just physical spaces but also the human spirit. What began as an ancient Hindu festival in the Indian subcontinent has evolved into a global celebration embraced by diverse communities, adapted to different cultures, and recognized in countries far from its origins./p /div /div div div pThis is the story of how Diwali has traveled from its roots to become one of the world's most widely celebrated festivals, how different communities interpret and observe it, and how a 2,500-year-old tradition continues to evolve while maintaining its essential message—that light, goodness, and knowledge will ultimately prevail over darkness, evil, and ignorance./p /div /div div div /div /div

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

दिवाली के अगले दिन यानि आज गोवर्धन पूजा की जाती है। वैसे तो यह पर्व पूरे देश में मनाया जाता है, लेकिन ब्रज में इसका विशेष महत्व है।

pगोवर्धन पूजा विशेष रूप से मथुरा की कृष्णा नगरी में की जाती है। इस दिन गाय पूजा का भी बहुत महत्व माना जाता है। गोवर्धन पूजा की कथा भगवान कृष्ण से जुड़ी है। इस दिन भगवान कृष्ण ने इंद्रदेव के अहंकार का नाश किया था।/p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

दशहरा या विजयदशमी का त्योहार बहुत धूमधाम से मनाया जाता है।

pयह पर्व वीरता का उपासक है, भारतीय संस्कृति की वीरता की पूजा है।/p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

Durga Pooja

pThe festival is marked with the installation of Lord Ganesh's clay murtis privately in homes and publicly by Shri Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularly known as Lokmanya Tilak in Pune in the year 1893 on elaborate pandals . Ganesh Chaturthi , also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chaviti is a Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Lord Ganesh to earth from Kailash Parvat with his mother Goddess Parvati/Gauri. Offerings and prasāda from the daily prayers, that are distributed from the pandal to the community, include sweets such as modaka as it is believed to be a favourite of Lord Ganesh.The festival ends on the tenth day after start, when the idol is carried in a public procession with music and group chanting, then immersed in a nearby body of water such as a river or sea, called visarjan./p pOn the last day of the festival, the tradition of Ganesh Visarjan/Nimajjanam takes place. The concluding day of the 10-day festival is also popularly known as Anant Chaturdashi. As the word 'visarjan' or 'nimajjanam' implies, on this day immersion of Lord Ganapati's idol takes place in a river, sea, or water body. On the last day, the devotees come out in processions carrying the idols of their beloved God and perform immersion./p pThere is an interesting story behind the legend of Ganesh visarjan. It is believed that Lord Ganesha returns to Mount Kailash to join his parents Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati on the last day of the festival. The celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi also denotes the significance of the cycle of birth, life and death. Ganesha, who is also known as the Lord of New Beginnings, is also worshipped as the Remover of Obstacles. It is believed that when the idol of the Ganesha is taken out for immersion, it also takes away with it the various obstacles of the house and these obstacles are destroyed along with the visarjan/nimajjanam. Every year, people wait with great anticipation to celebrate the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi/p p /p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

गणेश चतुर्थी हिन्दुओं का एक प्रमुख त्योहार है, गणेश चतुर्थी पर हिन्दू भगवान गणेशजी की पूजा की जाती है।

pगणेश चतुर्थी का त्योहार भारत के विभिन्न भागों में मनाया जाता है किन्तु महाराष्ट्र में बडी़ धूमधाम से मनाया जाता है।/p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

चैत्र नवरात्रि अष्टमी पूजा:

pनवरात्रि की अष्टमी को महाष्टमी या दुर्गाष्टमी कहा जाता है/p

Hindu
17 Apr 2021

Navratri and Durga Puja: Nine Nights of Devotion and Dance

pThere is a moment on the eighth or ninth night of Navratri when something extraordinary happens. Thousands of people—young professionals who spent their days in glass office buildings, elderly grandmothers who haven't danced in decades, children who should probably be sleeping—are moving together in concentric circles around a central lamp, their feet tracing the same steps their ancestors traced centuries ago. The garba music pulses through the air, voices blend in devotional songs that have survived a millennium, and for a few suspended hours, modernity dissolves completely./p pThis is Navratri—nine nights that transform India more completely than perhaps any other festival. It's not a single celebration but a continent of celebration, manifesting differently in every region, expressing different theological ideas, reflecting different relationships with the divine feminine. In Gujarat, it's an all-night dance festival of extraordinary beauty. In West Bengal, it culminates in Durga Puja, a five-day spectacular of art, culture, community, and devotion that has no parallel anywhere in the world. In the South, it's Golu—elaborate doll displays celebrating divine stories. In the North, it's Ram Lila performances and Dussehra's burning of Ravana./p pAll these share a common thread: nine nights consecrated to the goddess, to Shakti—the divine feminine energy that sustains existence itself./p The Mythology: Why Nine Nights? pThe number nine appears across Hindu cosmology with deep significance—nine planets (navagraha), nine forms of devotion (navadha bhakti), nine days of cosmic battle. The mythology underlying Navratri explains why the goddess needed exactly nine nights:/p The Battle of Mahishasura pThe primary Navratri mythology centers on the demon Mahishasura—the buffalo demon whose name translates to "great power"—who received a boon making him invincible to all male beings (gods, humans, demons). With this protection, Mahishasura conquered heaven, defeated the gods, and established tyrannical rule over creation./p pThe gods, powerless individually, combined their divine energies into a single force—Shakti, the divine feminine, who manifested as Durga (meaning "the invincible"). Each god contributed weapons and powers: Shiva gave his trident, Vishnu his chakra, Indra his thunderbolt, Agni his fire, Varuna his noose. Durga rode a lion into battle, the embodiment of combined cosmic power meeting supreme evil./p pThe battle lasted nine days. For nine nights, Durga fought Mahishasura's armies, killing demon after demon with her ten arms (each carrying a divine weapon) while riding her lion through cosmic battles of staggering scale. On the tenth day, she killed Mahishasura himself, restoring order to the universe./p pNavratri celebrates these nine nights of divine battle. Each night commemorates a stage of the cosmic conflict. The tenth day—Vijaya Dashami or Dussehra—celebrates the goddess's victory./p