Vishnu festival marks the onset of the harvest period which signifies fertility, growth and prosperity.
This festival is basically practiced in Kerala and is marked on the Medam months first day in the Panchang of Malayalam.This month as per the English calendar falls within the duration of April to May.
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With Ram Navami in line the stock market is facing a truncated week as it will remain closed on the 12th of April on account of the festival. Further during the week another downtime will be witnessed because of the occasion of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti on Thursday.
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Popularly referred to as the festival of colors, holi also known as the Sanskrit term Dhuli Vandana is celebrated with a lot of color and joy.
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So it is Valentine’s Day finally and time for young couples to paint the town red! Gifts are being exchanged and flowers being sent. Lovely Valentine’s Day sms are being sent to declare one’s eternal love for their Valentine.
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After the couples in love who are keeping pace with the Valentine week it’s the restaurants owners who are the next best people to keep up with the pace. They are leaving no stones unturned to lure the customers into their restaurants.
The Valentine Week celebration is in full-flow this year and the much awaited Hug Day is falling on Feb 12th this week. Many of us must have already had their inbox full of warm Hug Day sms and wonderful Hug Day quotes.
Teddy Day
Love is in the air and cute little teddy is there to help you when it comes to impressing your girlfriend on Teddy Day. The soft toys have always been great ways to show your love and the Valentine week’s fourth day is dedicated to them.
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So all the love birds who are drooling in the mushy-mushy feelings of their beloved round this month, have you people decided upon your Valentine gift? Hopefully we are some sort of help to you all.
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Chocolate Day
Chocolate Day is the third day in the Valentine week that spells the sweetness of love and its sumptuous appeal. Celebrated on the 9th of February that is Wednesday, Chocolate Day is a good way to spread out the sweetness of love and joy.
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Valentine Day
Valentine Day is a passé for sure, now comes a whole range of Valentine Week to celebrate love, friendship and togetherness.
The whole week, from 7th of February to 14th February would see, people celebrating the whole week for one reason or the other. Ranging from days like, Chocolate Day, Hug Day, Rose Day, the whole week would be submerged in celebrations.
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Lohri is the festival celebrated with much fervor and exuberance in Punjab, Harayana, New Delhi and parts of Himachal Pradesh for fertility and harvest of the golden crop of ‘Rabi’ in the month of January.
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The commemoration of Gurpurab is devoted to the Sikh gurus and their lives. This is mainly in the form of birthdays or martyrdom. The meaning of the word Gurpurab is the remembrance day of the Guru’s.
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Eid-Ul-Zuha or Eid-Al-Zuha is being celebrated all over the world today. This festival is marked as “the festival of sacrifice” by the Islam followers all over the world.
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The Muslim festival of Bakr-Id as it’s called in India, also called Eid-ul-Zuha in Arabic keeps the Muslim population in cities abuzz with activity and celebrations. The 12th and the last month of the lunar Islamic calendar Dhu al-Hijjah has its 10th day celebrated as Bakr-Id with much pomp and fervor. BakrId 2010 falls today and all are looking for good Sms to send their loved ones wishing them health and good luck. [SMS ,Greetings]
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Happy Diwali
People send Diwali greetings to their friends and family members on Diwali occasion. Diwali is also termed as Deepawali meaning a festival of light. People wish each other to have a bright, prosperous and happy Deepawali. [For Deepawali Wallpapers click here]
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Dhan trayodashi or Dhavantari Trayodasi is also known as Dhanteras, a well celebrated festival in India.
It does not fall on a fixed date but occurs in a fixed pattern as per Hindu calendar. It comes on the thirteenth day of the Krishna Paksha of Kartik month in Hindi Calendar.
In Thailand the festival of Diwali is called Lam kriyongh which is a celebration they perform with banana leaf lamps and candles set afloat in a river but the original counterpart of the festival of rows of lights that’s ‘Deepavali’ we celebrated has been taken over by shiny and affordable Chinese bulbs and lights that have replaced the clay lamps that were the main attraction a few years back.
November 1st denotes the day Kerala came into being as a state after combining three independent provinces of Malabar, Travancore and Cochin in 1956 and since then the day has been celebrated as ‘Kerala Piravi Dinum’ by the people of the land.
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Happy Diwali
The Festival of rows and rows of lights, sweets and gifts, Diwali is actually a five day event in itself. The communion of two more religious and sacred events of ‘Goverdhan puja’ and the ‘Bhai dooj’ are celebration in themselves and peculiarly reflects the Indian penchant for extended festivities to enjoy and have a fun time with friends and family.
Diwali or Deepavali is a popular festival of not only Hinduism but Sikhism and Jainism too. “Deep” in Sanskrit means earthen lamps and “avali” refers to a row, so “Deepavali” in turn refers to a row of lights. It generally falls between mid-octobers to mid-November. Diwali is an official off in India, Fiji, Guyana, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Surinam and Trinidad & Tobago.
