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गणेश चतुर्थी उत्सव का आरंभ: अष्टसिद्धि दायक गणपति सुख-समृद्धि, यश-एेश्वर्य, वैभव, संकट नाशक, शत्रु नाशक, रिद्धि-सिद्धि दायक, ऋणहर्ता, विद्या-बुद्धि-ज्ञान तथा विवेक के प्रतीक माने जाते हैं। शिव पुराण के अनुसार गणेशावतार भाद्रपद के कृष्णपक्ष की चतुर्थी के दिवस पर हुआ था। शिव – पार्वती ने उन्हें अपनी परिक्रमा लगाने से प्रसन्न होकर सर्वप्रथम पूजे जाने का आशीष दिया था जो …

The pawnbrokers’ symbol is three spheres suspended from a bar. The three sphere symbol is attributed to the Medici family of Florence, Italy, owing to its symbolic meaning of Lombard. This refers to the Italian province of Lombardy, where pawn shop banking originated under the name of Lombard banking. The three golden spheres were originally the symbol which medieval Lombard …

According to a popular legend, July was named after Julius Caesar and hence it had 31 days. Later, when Augustus Caesar took over the Roman Empire, he wanted August, the month named after him, to have 31 days as well. Hence, the two extra days were taken from February, which was then left with 28 days. However, some historians don’t …