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Lohri Bonfire Harvest Festival Celebration by North Indians

Lohri - Bonfire Celebration

Lohri Bonfire: Despite icy wind, the festive mood of Lohri is keep its warmth owing to its Bonfire celebration. It is an accepted fact that this festival is to worship fire. Lohri is not a religious festival, but a celebration marking the end of an intense winter and it also celebrates the sowing of the rabi crop. It celebrates the …

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Legends of Lohri Festival: Thanksgiving to Sun God, Dullah Bhatti

Legends of Lohri Festival: Punjabi Culture & Tradition

Legends of Lohri Festival: There are few renowned legends associated with this historic festival of Punjab, the most significant of them being the Dullah Bhatti, which evolved around the Festival of Lohri. Lohri marks the end of the dreary and awfully cold month of Pos (mid December to mid January) and the next day of Makar Sankranti, ushers in the …

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North India to celebrate Harvest Festival of Lohri: Winter Solstice

Harvest festival of Lohri is being celebrated with traditional fervor and enthusiasm in most parts of North India today. Lohri is a popular festival celebrated by the people of Punjab, particularly of the Sikh and Hindu faiths. The origins of Lohri are many and it is primarily linked to the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Many people believe the …

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Lohri: Sikhs Bonfire Harvest Festival of North India

Lohri Festival

Lohri: Sikhs Bonfire Harvest Festival – Amidst the freezing cold weather, with the temperature wobbling between 0 – 5 degree Celsius and the dense fog outside, everything seems stagnant in the northern part of India. However, below the apparently frozen surface, you would be amazed to find a palpable wave of activity going on. People, especially in the northern states …

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Social Significance of Lohri Festival: Harvest and Fertility Festivals

Social Significance of Lohri - Punjab Harvesting Festival

Social Significance of Lohri: Though Lohri festival has no religious significance but it holds a great social significance and is celebrated as a day of imparting social love to one and all. The festival of Lohri is meant to relieve people from worldly day to day routine, and make them relaxed, cheerful and happy. It is the time when people …

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Who was Dulla Bhatti and his relation with Lohri Festival?

Who was Dulla Bhatti and his relation with Lohri Festival?

Dulla Bhatti was a famous legendary Rajput hero of Punjab, who led a rebellion against the famous Mughal king Akbar. There is a kind of epic in Punjabi language called Dulle di var, which narrates the battle events of Dulla Bhatti. Still there is a famous region in Punjab (now in Pakistan), called Dulle Di Bar means the forest of …

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वीर बाल दिवस: 26 दिसंबर – गुरु गोविंद सिंह के साहिबजादों को समर्पित

वीर बाल दिवस: 26 दिसंबर - गुरु गोविंद सिंह के साहिबजादों को समर्पित

धर्म के लिए हुए बलिदान, मुगलों के सामने नहीं झुकने दी खालसा की शान: कहानी गुरु के उन साहिबजादों की जिनको समर्पित है ‘वीर बाल दिवस’ सतलुज से लेकर यमुना नदी के बीच के पूरे क्षेत्र पर वजीर खान का ही शासन चलता था। उसने गुरु गोविंद सिंह के 5 और 8 वर्षीय बेटों साहिबजादा फ़तेह सिंह और साहिबजादा जोरावर …

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अयोध्या में सरयू किनारे राम नाम महायज्ञ: 100 कुंडों में 1100 जोड़े करेंगे हवन

अयोध्या में सरयू किनारे राम नाम महायज्ञ: 100 कुंडों में 1100 जोड़े करेंगे हवन

1008 नर्मदेश्वर शिवलिंग, 21000 पुजारी… अयोध्या में सरयू किनारे ‘राम नाम महायज्ञ’, 100 कुंडों में 1100 जोड़े राम मंत्रों के साथ करेंगे हवन महायज्ञ रामायण के 24 हजार श्लोकों के जाप के साथ 17 जनवरी से हवन शुरू होगा जो 25 जनवरी तक चलेगा। हर दिन 1008 शिवलिंगों का पंचामृत से अभिषेक किया जाएगा। यज्ञशाला में बने 100 कुंडों में …

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विश्व हिन्दी दिवस: 10 जनवरी

विश्व हिन्दी दिवस: 10 जनवरी

विश्व हिन्दी दिवस का उद्देश्य विश्व में हिन्दी के प्रचार-प्रसार के लिए वातावरण निर्मित करना, हिन्दी के प्रति अनुराग पैदा करना, हिन्दी की दशा के लिए जागरूकता पैदा करना तथा हिन्दी को विश्व भाषा के रूप में प्रस्तुत करना है। विदेशों में भारतीय दूतावास विश्व हिन्दी दिवस को विशेष आयोजन करते हैं। सभी सरकारी कार्यालयों में विभिन्न विषयों पर हिन्दी …

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