Category: Festival

The Hindu festival of Navratri is celebrated with great pomp and splendour in India. The festival is so called as it encompasses celebrations over a period of nine nights. Navratri is celebrated four times in a year; however, the festival that falls during the autumn season is the most popular one. This is referred to […]

India is a famous country with known for its diversity. India is said to be a land of festivals of colours. One such festival is Onam celebrated in Kerala, India. Kerala is a beautiful country filled with greenery. The mountains, lakes, rivers, fields all add to the beauty of Kerala. Onam is a harvest festival […]

India is a land of diversity. The country has varied culture, religions and festivals. In spite of the diversity, the country is one and united. All the festivals are celebrated with much enthusiasm and excitement. The festivals are celebration for the birth of legends in different religions and their victory over the evil.  What is […]

What Vaisakhi actually stands for? The festival of Vaisakhi is a festival to celebrate the mark of the New Year according to the Hindu calendar. According to the Hindu calendar the New Year is not celebrated on the 1st of January, as it is celebrated in majority of countries worldwide outside India, 1st January is […]

Sikhism followed a tradition of Guru Parampara, a tradition where one guru has a successor in line and this tradition followed till the 10th guru and he was the last one in the line of succession. The tenth and last one in this order was Guru Gobind Singh. He was born at Bihar in the […]

Let us first decipher as what Ashura means. And can we call it another festival for the Islam world or is there something more and different meaning behind it? So, it is a well-known fact that the modern day Muslims are divided into two categories, and those two categories would be Sunni and Shia Muslims. […]