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Celebrating the 2010 Krishna Janmashtami Festival in India The festival of Janmashtami commemorates the birthday of Lord Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The festival is also referred to as Gokulashtami, or Govinda in Maharastra. Lord Krisha is revered for his wisdom about how to live life on Earth. When is Krishna Janmashtami Celebrated: [...]

Janmashathami On the eighth day of the black half of Bhadra (August-September) was born Shri Krishna, the eighth Avtar or incarnation of Vishnu. Therefore, this day is well-known as Janmashtami or Krishna Janmashtami. This auspicious day of birth of Krishna, the direct manifestation of Vishnu himself, is celebrated in all parts of India with eclat [...]

Jagannath Puri Jagannath Puri : The Temple, The Temple Architecture The Deities, History of the Deities, Puja Timings, Darshan , The Costumes (Veshas), Jagannath Puri : Location Jagannath Puri : Legend Jagannath Puri : Festivals – Sayana Ekaadasee, Dakhinaayana Sankraanti , Damanaka Chaturdasi , Makara Sankraanti , Pushyaabhisheka, Paarshwa Parivartana , Deva Uthaapana , Praavarana [...]

Jagannath Puri Jagannath Puri : The Temple, The Temple Architecture The Deities, History of the Deities, Puja Timings, Darshan , The Costumes (Veshas), Jagannath Puri : Location Jagannath Puri : Legend Jagannath Puri : Festivals – Sayana Ekaadasee, Dakhinaayana Sankraanti , Damanaka Chaturdasi , Makara Sankraanti , Pushyaabhisheka, Paarshwa Parivartana , Deva Uthaapana , Praavarana [...]

Jagannath Puri Jagannath Puri : The Temple, The Temple Architecture The Deities, History of the Deities, Puja Timings, Darshan , The Costumes (Veshas), Jagannath Puri : Location Jagannath Puri : Legend Jagannath Puri : Festivals – Sayana Ekaadasee, Dakhinaayana Sankraanti , Damanaka Chaturdasi , Makara Sankraanti , Pushyaabhisheka, Paarshwa Parivartana , Deva Uthaapana , Praavarana [...]

Jagannath Puri Jagannath Puri : The Temple, The Temple Architecture The Deities, History of the Deities, Puja Timings, Darshan , The Costumes (Veshas), Jagannath Puri : Location Jagannath Puri : Legend Jagannath Puri : Festivals – Sayana Ekaadasee, Dakhinaayana Sankraanti , Damanaka Chaturdasi , Makara Sankraanti , Pushyaabhisheka, Paarshwa Parivartana , Deva Uthaapana , Praavarana [...]

Jagannath Puri Jagannath Puri : The Temple, The Temple Architecture The Deities, History of the Deities, Puja Timings, Darshan , The Costumes (Veshas), Jagannath Puri : Location Jagannath Puri : Legend Jagannath Puri : Festivals – Sayana Ekaadasee, Dakhinaayana Sankraanti , Damanaka Chaturdasi , Makara Sankraanti , Pushyaabhisheka, Paarshwa Parivartana , Deva Uthaapana , Praavarana [...]

Jagannath Puri Jagannath Puri : The Temple, The Temple Architecture The Deities, History of the Deities, Puja Timings, Darshan , The Costumes (Veshas), Jagannath Puri : Location Jagannath Puri : Legend Jagannath Puri : Festivals – Sayana Ekaadasee, Dakhinaayana Sankraanti , Damanaka Chaturdasi , Makara Sankraanti , Pushyaabhisheka, Paarshwa Parivartana , Deva Uthaapana , Praavarana [...]

Ladakh Ladakh Places Leh – Capital of Ladakh Ladakh ( Hindi: लद्दाख़, Urdu: لدّاخ ) – a word which means “land of high passes”, is a region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir of Northern India sandwiched between the Karakoram mountain range to the north and the Himalayas to the south. It is one [...]

Great Women Mother Teresa As the day is a remembrance to great women for their outstanding achievements that are indefinable, let’s have a feel of their feats. Mother Teresa, the idle women, born for a cause and died for that cause and the cause was ‘serving Humanity’. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was the birth name assigned [...]