Amongst India’s innumerable festivals, Holi ranks as the most colourful. It celebrates the arrival of spring and death of demoness Holika; it is a celebration of joy and hope. Holi provides a refreshing respite from the...
Read MoreHiranyakashipu was the king of the asuras (demons). Hiranyakashipu’s brother had been slain by Vishnu for terrorising gods and goddesses. So Hiranyakashipu wanted to destroy Vishnu and keep other Gods in heaven subdued. He...
Read MoreHoli (also called Holaka or Phagwa) is an annual festival celebrated on the day after the full moon in the Hindu month of Phalguna (early March). It celebrates spring, commemorates various events in Hindu mythology and is time...
Read MoreHoli or Holika, also called holikotsava, is an extremely popular festival observed throughout the country (India). It is especially marked by unmixed gaiety and frolics and is common to all sections of the people. This festival...
Read MoreHoli is the festival of colors. This is observed in a grand fashion in India. However not many know the traditional significance of this festival. After dakshayAga, shakti took the form of the daughter of the mountain king...
Read MoreUntil recently, the mysterious Lord of the Universe, Jagannath Mahaprabhu, and His art and culture was Greek to Mohammad Abid Ali, a Muslim resident in Bhubaneswar. The town of Bhubaneswar lies about 60 kilometers from Jagannath...
Read MoreRatha Jatra, the Festival of Chariots of Lord Jagannatha is celebrated every year at Puri, the temple town in Orissa, on the east coast of India. The presiding deities of the main temple, Sri Mandira, Lord Jagannatha, Lord...
Read MoreThe Festival of Jagannath Mishra is an observance of the Jata karma samskara for baby Nimai (Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu). Following the fast for Gaura Purnima, which is broken upon the rising of the moon, the next day is held for...
Read MoreRatha Yatra is held in the month of Asardh according to Bengali calendar (June – July), and the world famous Puri Ratha is now preparing to get underway. But nearby, another super-excellent festival is celebrated: the...
Read MoreThe people of the former tributary states and the present Daspalla, Khandapara, Nayagarh and Ranpur area of Nayagarh district of Orissa observe a number of festivals all the year round. These festivals may broadly be divided...
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