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  2. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Fifth day of the waxing moon of Magh (Hindu calendar) Vasant Panchami (also called Saraswati Puja by Bengalis and Odias) is celebrated for the blessing of Saraswati, goddess of wisdom and the arts. [5] Thaipusam or Kavadi: Murugan during Thaipusam: The full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by ...

  3. Makar Sankranti - Wikipedia

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    The second and main day of the four-day festival, and is dedicated to the Hindu god Surya. [38] The day marks the start of the Uttarayana, when the sun enters the 10th house of the zodiac Makara. [39] It is commonly called as Pedda Panduga (Big festival) in the Andhra Pradesh state. [40] Ariselu, a traditional sweet dish is offered to the god ...

  4. Chhath - Wikipedia

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    Deo Surya Mandir in Deo, Aurangabad, Bihar, India. In Champaran, Bihar and Madhesh Province, Nepal, it is a mythological belief that after leaving Ayodhya, Sita stayed in Valmiki Ashram located on the edge of Narayani River in Chitwan district. During that time she celebrated Chhath Mahaparva in Nepal.

  5. Indo-Fijians - Wikipedia

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    The majority of Indo-Fijians came from northern, northern eastern and southeastern part of India and converse in what is known as Fiji Hindi (also known as 'Fiji Baat'), this language has been constructed from eastern Hindi dialects mixed with some native Fijian and some English loan words, [33] with some minorities speaking Gujarati, and ...

  6. Puja (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    Puja (Sanskrit: पूजा, romanized: pūjā) is a worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and honour a guest, or to spiritually celebrate an event. [1][2] It may honour or celebrate the presence of special guests, or their memories after they die. The word puja is roughly ...

  7. Onam - Wikipedia

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    Onam (IPA: [oːɳɐm]) is an annual harvest and cultural festival celebrated mostly by the people of Kerala. [4][5][6] A major annual event for Keralites, it is the official festival of the state [5][7] and includes a spectrum of cultural events. [8][9][5][10] Onam commemorates Vamana (the fifth avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu) and the generous ...

  8. Hindu wedding - Wikipedia

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    It comprises a ceremony for the Tilak (engagement), the Ban (starting of the wedding ceremony), the Mel (the community feast), the Nikasi (the departure of the Bridegroom party for the wedding), the Sehla, and the Dhukav (reception of the wedding party at the bride's place by her parents).

  9. Char Dham - Wikipedia

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    Char Dham. The Char Dham (Hindi: चारधाम, romanized: Cārdhām transl. the four abodes), or the Chatur Dhama (Sanskrit: चतुर्धाम, romanized: Caturdhāma), [1] is a set of four Hindu pilgrimage sites in India, [2] consisting of Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram. [3][4] Badrinath, Dwarka, and Puri are shrines of ...