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Maha Shivaratri 2012 Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva.Alternate common names/spellings include Maha Sivaratri, Shivaratri, Sivarathri, and Shivaratra. Shivaratri literally means the great night of Shiva or the night of Shiva.It is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day of the Maagha or Phalguna month of [...]

Maha Shivaratri 2012 Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva.Alternate common names/spellings include Maha Sivaratri, Shivaratri, Sivarathri, and Shivaratra. Shivaratri literally means the great night of Shiva or the night of Shiva.It is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day of the Maagha or Phalguna month of [...]

Sankranti Festival 2012 Makar Sankranti is one of the most auspicious occasions for the Hindus and is celebrated in almost all parts of the country in myriad cultural forms with great devotion fervour & gaiety.It is a harvest festival.Makar Sankranti is perhaps the only Indian festival whose date always falls on the same day every [...]

Lohri Festival 2012 Lohri is an extremely popular Punjabi agricultural winter festival celebrated throughout Punjab and in parts of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu.The origins of Lohri are many.Many people believe the festival began as a celebration of the eve of the winter solstice. Lohri is the Punjabis and Dogras cultural celebration on the [...]

Sankranti Festival 2012 Makar Sankranti is one of the most auspicious occasions for the Hindus and is celebrated in almost all parts of the country in myriad cultural forms with great devotion fervour & gaiety.It is a harvest festival. Makar Sankranti is perhaps the only Indian festival whose date always falls on the same day [...]

Christmas Festival 2011 Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ celebrated generally on December 25 as a religious and cultural holiday by billions of people around the world.A feast central to the Christian liturgical year it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.Christmas is [...]

Christmas Festival 2011 Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ celebrated generally on December 25 as a religious and cultural holiday by billions of people around the world.A feast central to the Christian liturgical year it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.Christmas is [...]

Muharram Festival 2011 Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar.It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited.Since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar.Muharram is so called because it is unlawful to fight [...]

Muharram Festival 2011 Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar.It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited.Since the Islamic calendar is lunar Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar.Muharram is so called because it is unlawful to fight during this [...]

Guru Nanak Jayanti 2011 Guru Nanak Gurpurab, also known as Guru Nanak Birthday, is the birthday of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak, and one of the most sacred festivals in Sikhism. Apart from Sikhs, the Nanakpanthi Hindus and other followers of Guru Nanak philosophy also celebrate this festival.Sikh Guru birthdays are known as Gurpurab.The [...]