25th December 2011 Christmas 2011 About Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. As a Christian feast, it liturgically closes the Advent season and initiates the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. In much of [...]
Happy New Year 2012 New Year’s Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome. With most countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year’s Day is the closest thing to being the world’s only [...]
Happy New Year 2012 New Year’s Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome. With most countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year’s Day is the closest thing to being the world’s [...]
Christian community in India celebrate Christmas with pomp, gaiety and devotion. Celebrations of Christmas festival begin on the eve of Christmas on 24th of December and continue till New Year’s Day. Christians across the country mark the birth of Lord Jesus Christ on Christmas Day by participating in special masses organized in churches. Celebrations of [...]
25th December 2011 Christmas 2011 About Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. As a Christian feast, it liturgically closes the Advent season and initiates the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. In much of [...]
(Arabic: المحرّم) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited. Since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar. Muharram is called to be unlawful to fight during [...]
26th Octobar,2011 Diwali Diwali is one of the Indian festivals celebrated all over India, with equal enthusiasm and zeal. The word ‘Diwali’ is the abbreviation of the Sanskrit word ‘Deepavali’, which means ‘rows of lights’. One of the major Hindu festivals, it is celebrated to commemorate the victory of good over the evil, when Lord [...]
Durga puja (‘Worship of Durga’), also referred to as Durgotsava (‘Festival of Durga’), is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of theHindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami and Bijoya Dashami. The dates of Durga Puja celebrations are set according to the traditional Hindu calendar and the fortnight corresponding to the festival [...]
2nd October Gandhi Jayanti Gandhi Jayanti is a National Holiday celebrated in India to mark the occasion of the birthday of Mohandas Gandhi, the “Father of the Nation.” He was born on October 2, 1869. Hence Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year on the 2nd of October. It is one of the three official declared National Holidays of India and is observed in all Indian [...]
In India, Engineer’s day is celebrated on September 15. This day is celebrated in the honor of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1861-1962), who was a notable Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore during 1912 to 1919. Internationally recognised for his genius in harnessing water resources, he was responsible for successful design and construction of several river dams, [...]
