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  2. Govardhan Puja - Wikipedia

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    Govardhan Puja is a principal ritual performed during Annakut. Although some texts treat Govardhan Puja and Annakut as synonymous, the Govardhan Puja is one segment of the day-long Annakut festival. [17] [18] There are many variants of how Govardhan Puja is performed. In one variant of the ritual Krishna is made out of cow dung in horizontal ...

  3. Prathama (day) - Wikipedia

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    Govardhan Puja, a North Indian festival, occurs on Prathama in the month of Kartika. Bali Pratipada, a South Indian and Maharashtrian festival, also occurs on Prathama in the month of Kartika. Ugadi, the Telugu name for Chaitra Shuddha Padyami. It is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year ...

  4. Parikrama - Wikipedia

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    After Krishna protected the inhabitants of Vraj Vridavan from the wrath of Indra, he counseled them to worship Govardhana hill and they did by way of a Puja (worship) and a Parikrama (circumambulation) around the hill.Thus, a festival in commemoration of the lifting of Mount Govardhan, near Mathura, by Krishna came into vogue as 'Govardhan Puja ...

  5. Kārtika (month) - Wikipedia

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    Part of Diwali (amanta tradition): Balipratipada and Govardhan Puja/Annakut (Kartika 1), Bhai Dooj (Kartika 2) Karthigai Deepam is a lights festival celebrated by Hindu Tamizhans across the world on the Full-Moon Day of the Karthigai Month when the stars align on a Karthika constellation.

  6. Diwali - Wikipedia

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    In some parts of India, the day after Lakshmi Puja is marked with the Govardhan Puja and Balipratipada (Padwa). Some Hindu communities mark the last day as Bhai Dooj or the regional equivalent, which is dedicated to the bond between sister and brother, [ 114 ] while other Hindu and Sikh craftsmen communities mark this day as Vishvakarma Puja ...

  7. Tihar (festival) - Wikipedia

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    The fourth day of Tihar is known as Goru Puja, where the ox is worshipped and celebrated. The ox is seen as an analogue to the cow in Hinduism, as the ox provides manual labour, especially important for an agricultural country like Nepal. [28] Vaishnav Hindus also perform Govardhan Puja, which is worship towards the holy Govardhan mountain. A ...

  8. Govatsa Dwadashi - Wikipedia

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    Govatsa Dwadashi; Also called: Vasu Baras, Nandini Vrata, Bach Baras: Observed by: Hindus: Type: Hindu cultural and religious observance: Celebrations: 1 day

  9. Puja (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    The word puja is roughly translated into English as 'reverence, honour, homage, adoration, or worship'. [3] Puja (পুজো / পুজা in bangla), the loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to the divine, is the essential ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity sees the ...