It is a festival dedicated to the worship of Nag Devatas. Married women perform the puja for the well-being of their children.
After the eclipse, puja will be performed in the evening, the Chief Administrative Officer of the Shri Kedarnath-Badrinath Temple Committee said.
The Monday Amavasya is seen to be the luckiest of all the Amavasya days. It’s referred to as Somvati Amavasya.
Dhanteras is a combination of the words ‘Dhan’ and ‘Teras.’ Dhan represents wealth, and Teras represents the thirteenth day.
Deepavali is the time of year when people become homebound to celebrate with family, friends, and loved ones, from decorating their homes to cleaning and donning new clothes during Diwali-specific cleaning.
Bhai Dooj is also called Bhai Bij, Bhaiya Dooj, and Bharti Dwitiya.
Send your loved ones these Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi greetings to show them that you are thinking of them during this special time.
The date of the holiday falls on the 12th day of Rabi’ al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar.
Vijayadashami is a religious Hindu festival that is celebrated every year in October. The word “Vijayadashami” means “victorious Tenth Day”.
On the occasion of Maha Navami, devotees of Maa Durga worship Maa Siddhidatri.
Long queues were seen at community puja pandals as people gathered in large numbers to offer flowers to the Goddess after two years of muted celebrations due to the pandemic.
On Maha Saptami, Goddess Durga is worshipped in her various forms, such as Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati.
According to Hindu scriptures, Maa Brahmacharini was a great Sati, and her form is symbolic of the severe penance carried out by Goddess Parvati.
Like in the past, the Board has made elaborate arrangements to facilitate a much larger number of pilgrims who are likely to visit the Shrine during Navratras.
The festival takes place in the month of Ashwin during the Shukla Paksha (waxing phase of the Moon), hence the name.
Similarly, people were also seen performing ‘pind dan’ on the banks of Falgu river in Gaya, Bihar and on the Ganga ghat in Varanasi.
According to the Hindu calendar, Pitru Paksha, or the 16-day lunar day period on Mahalaya is when Hindus pay homage to their ancestors, beginning with the full moon day (Purnima) that occurs immediately after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival and ends with the new moon day.
Hence, the day is celebrated with great fervour in her birthplace Barsana and the entire Braj region on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Shukla Paksha of the month of Bhadrapada.
As per the Hindu calendar, Lord Krishna, an avatar of Lord Vishnu, was born on the eighth day of the month of Bhadra. The day mostly falls in the months of August or September as per the Western calendar.
The temples in the city have been decorated with colourful lights. The chants of “Jai Shree Krishna” is reverberating across the city.
Dahi Handi is marked a day after Janmashtami. According to Drik Panchang, this year, Dahi Handi falls on Friday, August 19, 2022.
According to the drikpanchang, this year, the ashtami tithi begins August 18 at 12:16 am and ends at 01:01 am August 19.
Devotees in Bihar also thronged Shiv temple in Patna to offer prayers. People in Assam also celebrated the festival.
Nag Panchmi is observed to commemorate Krishna’s victory over Kalia, who agreed not to harass human beings in exchange for his life before Krishna.
The Islamic New Year is celebrated on the first day of the month of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. This year, the Islamic New Year will fall on July 29th.