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It’s an important holiday for Indian and South Asian communities, celebrated by throwing colored powder, lighting bonfires and having water gun fights. This year, Holi (pronounced “ho-LEE ...
The artisan Hindu and Sikh community celebrates the fourth day as the Vishwakarma puja day. [o] Vishwakarma is the presiding Hindu deity for those in architecture, building, manufacturing, textile work and crafts trades. [115] [p] The looms, tools of trade, machines and workplaces are cleaned and prayers offered to these livelihood means. [157]
Holi is a sacred ancient tradition of Hindus, a holiday in many states of India with regional holidays in other countries. It is a cultural celebration that gives Hindus and non-Hindus alike an opportunity to have fun banter with other people by throwing coloured water and powder at each other.
Gulal or abir [1] is the traditional name given to the coloured powders used for some Hindu rituals, in particular for the Holi festival or Dol Purnima (though commonly associated with the red colour used in the festival). During Holi, which celebrates love and equality, people throw these powder solutions at each other while singing and dancing.
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Haldi Kumkum, or the Haldi Kumkum ceremony, [1] is a social gathering in India in which married women exchange haldi and kumkum (vermilion powder), as a symbol of their married status and wishing for their husbands' long lives.
Hindu festival as a tribute to Lord Ganesha, celebrated on the fourth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Bhadrapada in the Hindu calendar [21] August – September: Onam: Floating Hindu harvest festival celebrated by the people of Kerala commemorating the visit of Mahabali and celebrated in Chingam, the first month of Malayalam Calendar ...
The Sanskrit word Dola means a swing, [6] while utsava means a festival or a feast. Hence, Dolotsava literally means swing festival or swing feast and refers to religious service of swinging the idol of a deity on a swing. [7] Similarly, word Dola Yatra is compound of two Sanskrit words: Dola and yatra.