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HAPPY HOLI 2021

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  #HOLI Holi, a traditional Hindu festival, celebrates the beginning of spring and takes place over two days. It is a celebration of fertility, colour and love, as well as the triumph of good over evil. Holi is one of the major festivals of India and is the most vibrant of all. Although the festival originated in India and is still widely celebrated there as a religious festival, it has been adopted in many places around the world. It is best known for the powder that revellers throw on each other, leaving festival-goers coated in colour by the end of the day. But this is just one part of Holi, which is split into two events: Holika Dahan and Rangwali Holi. Holika Dahan takes place the night before Rangwali Holi. Wood and dung-cakes are burned in a symbolic pyre to signify good defeating evil (in Hindu Vedi scriptures, the God Vishnu helps burn the devil Holika to death). The next morning, people gather in public spaces and ...

Mahashivratri– a night of tremendous possibilities

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  Mahashivratri – a night of tremendous possibilities Lord Shiva also known as Neelkanth, Kalyankari, Rudra, Bholenath, Bhole Baba, Shiv Shankar, Cannabis God, and by many other countless names has devotees in every nook and corner of the globe. Maha Shivratri is one such festival that is celebrated by the Hindus in great reverence to Lord Shiva. It is a day to commemorate the marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Apart from being a major festival for Shiva worshippers, it is also one of the prominent Hindu festivals. As per the Hindu calendar, it is celebrated every year on the 13th night or 14th day of the Maagha month This festival is celebrated with great devotion across India. If you want to know the handful of places which exhibits a grand affair of Mahshivratri then go on and read the blog. Abode of Lord Shiva: Varanasi One of the oldest cities in the world, Varanasi houses one of the most important Shiva temples in the country (Kashi Vishwanath). On this day, peo...