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St. Patrick’s Day celebrated annually on 17 March is named after St. Patrick, a patron saint of Ireland who is believed to have died on that day. The life and work of St. Patrick is shrouded in vagueness. We rely on the works of some 7th century hagiographers and the anonymous writer of the Annals of Ulster for information about …

According to another legend, once Brahma and Vishnu, two other deities of the holy Trinity, had an argument as to their supremacy. Brahma being the Creator declared himself to be more revered, while Vishnu, the Preserver, pronounced that he commanded more respect. Just then a colossal ‘lingam’, known as Jyotirlinga, blanketed in flames, appeared before them. Both Brahma and Vishnu …

Lord Shiva is the supreme God among five important deities of Hindu religion. He is therefore also termed as ‘Mahadev’. People address him by hundreds of names and ‘Neelkanth’ is one of them. According to the religious scriptures, during churning of the milky ocean, the poison or ‘Halahal’ also came out of the ocean which terrified the Gods and Demons. …

Lord Shiva is the deity of destruction and the dark forces. So, the dark night is naturally dear to him. The night is the time of the predators when they set out to enactnightly destruction of life. The dark forces set out to torment the world in the form of ghosts, spirits and shadow. The dark nights of the descending …

All hurricanes are given names. Just to help us identify storms and track them as they move across the ocean. Remember, there can be more than one hurricane at a time and without naming them, we could get confused and which storm we’re talking about. For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the particular saint’s …

A large percentage of the Chinese are followers of Taoism. According to Taoist belief, the Jade Emperor is the ruler of heaven, mankind and hell. It is said that the Jade Emperor decided to assign a different animal for each year, so that people could easily remember the twelve-year zodiac cycle. So he called one representative from each animal species …

Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is often inaccurately called “Lunar New Year”, because – as part of the lunisolar Chinese calendar – the date is partially determined based on lunar phase. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese …

God tells us in the Quran that we shall not kill ourselves, that life is sacred, and that we shall not aggress. If an enemy aggressive and fights us, we can defend ourselves but we have no excuse to fight them if they decide to refrain. Also, we must not kill another believer; so before we strike we have to …

The Nice Carnival has been held annually since the 14th century, 12 days before the Christian festival of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, and which occurs 40 days before Easter (excluding Sundays). During this period, various performances and festivities succeed one another on a 2-km stretch of the town. Floats, cavalcades, masked balls, floral processions, confetti showers and …

How Does Homeopathy Work?: It is a system of treatment which was developed by Samuel Hahnemann in 1796. Hahnemann borrowed some points of the system from Hippocrates and Paracelsus. It is based on the principle ‘like cures like’. The basic tenet of homeopathy is that the cure of a disease is effected by drugs that are capable of producing, in …