As the monsoon season generally recedes across India in the 1st half of September, and with the beginning of Krishna Janmashtami, it marks the time and start of the pleasant season of autumn, October to November. This period has many festivals and events across India. India’s vast geography enjoys its …

All planets transit from one zodiac sign to another over time and each on a different periodic schedule. Kanya horoscope-sign is called Virgo. Sankranti means the Sun’s transit from one sign to another, which is twelve times in a year; therefore there are 12 Sankrantis a year. The Sun is …

14 सितंबर, 1949 के दिन हिंदी को राजभाषा का दर्जा मिला था. तब से हर साल यह दिन हिंदी दिवस के तौर पर मनाया जाता है. लेकिन क्या आप जानते हैं कि हिंदी दिवस क्यों मनाया जाता है?? इसके पीछे एक वजह है. दरअसल साल 1947 में जब अंग्रेजी हुकूमत …

India celebrates the Engineers Day on the birthday of Sir Er. Moshagundam Visvesvaraya. Sri Lanka and Tanzania also celebrate their Engineers Day on the 15th of September. Many different countries mark their respective Engineers Day on different other dates, e.g., France – the 3rd of April, Canada in the month …

Hindi Divas is an annual event in India. Hindi Divas’ promotion, observation is mainly organized by the Government of India, particularly the Education Department. The main purpose of the observance each year is to honor, tribute, encourage, complement, bring about awareness and promote the use of India’s most used language …

The Sanskrit word ‘Rishi’ means the spiritual leader, Sadhu, Sage, Seer, especially with mastery over the ancient sacred hymns from the prehistoric Vedic times. The number five is called ‘Pancha’ in Sanskrit. The Sanskrit word ‘Panchami’ means the 5th day of the Paksha. Paksha is the lunar, moon’s fortnight. It …

Varaha Jayanti is an annual Hindu event on one of the ten incarnations of the top three Hindu supreme deities – Lord Vishnu. This avatar of Lord Vishnu is called Lord Varaha. Varaha Jayanti is the birth-appearance celebration of this 3rd incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Varaha Jayanti falls on the …

The Hindu elephant headed deity Lord Ganesha is one of the two sons of parents Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Lord Ganesha is also called as Ganapati. Lord Ganesha is the younger son. Lord Ganesha’s brother’s name is Lord Kartikeya aka Kartika, Subramanya and Murugan, names that are used and …

सालभर रहता है जिनका इंतज़ार| भाद्रपद में लगाते है गणपती अपना दरबार || भक्त करते हैं उनका सत्कार | फिर मंगल मूर्ति करते हैं सबका उद्धार ||   गणेश चतुर्थी हिंदुओं का प्रमुख त्यौहार है, यह त्यौहार महाराष्ट्र में बड़ी धूम-धाम से मनाया जाता है। गणेश पुराण के अनुसार भाद्रपद …

क्या है हरतालिका तीज… हमारे हिन्दू धर्म में किए जाने वाले प्रमुख उपवासों में से एक माना जाता है हरतालिका तीज, जिसे महिलाएं बड़े ही श्रद्धा के साथ मनाती हैं। बता दें कि हरतालिका तीज व्रत को सभी व्रतों में सबसे बड़ा व्रत भी माना जाता है और इसे एक …