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Chaitra Navratri 2021 #navratri

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Chaitra Navratri 2021 :  Date, Puja Vidhi, Muhurat, Timings, Significance Navratri has been a long-standing tradition for all of us with a great amount of religious value attached to it. We also know that Navratri undeniably is one the biggest Hindu festivals celebrated across the nation with great fervor and enthusiasm. However not many would know, that it is celebrated in different seasons, five times a year. They are Chaitra Navratri, Ashadha Navratri, the Sharada Navratri, and the Paush/Magha Navratri. Of these, the Sharada Navratri in the  Varsha ritu  (onset of autumn) and the Chaitra Navratri in the  Vasanta ritu  (season of spring) are very important. Chaitra Navratri Chaitra navratri is also known as the Vasanta navratri. It usually falls in the month of March or April and marks the first day of the Hindu calendar. It is a grand nine days festival celebrated with great enthusiasm in Northern India. This Navratri is celebrated during the shukla paksha ...

Good Friday 2021 #goodfriday

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  What’s So Good about Good Friday? Why do we call Good Friday “good,” when it is such a dark and bleak event commemorating a day of suffering and death for Jesus? Justin Holcomb What is Good Friday and why do we call Good Friday “good,” when it is such a dark and bleak event commemorating a day of suffering and death for Jesus? What is Good Friday? For Christians, Good Friday is a crucial day of the year because it celebrates what we believe to be the most momentous weekend in the history of the world. Ever since Jesus died and was raised, Christians have proclaimed the cross and resurrection of Jesus to be the decisive turning point for all creation. Paul considered it to be “of first importance” that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and was raised to life on the third day, all in accordance with what God had promised all along in the Scriptures ( 1 Corinthians 15:3 ). On Good Friday we remember the day Jesus willingly suffered and died by crucifixion as the ultimat...