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  2. Vidyāraṃbhaṃ - Wikipedia

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    The ceremony is intended to introduce young children into the world of knowledge, letters, and the process of learning. After a child completes four years of age, on the occasion of Vijayadashami, the father or the instructor of the child chants and writes either the Panchaksharam or the Ashtaksharam mantra on whole wheat or grains of rice, piled on a banana leaf, placed in front of a puja.

  3. Navaratri - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... nava meaning "nine" and ratri ... Dussehra coincides with the culmination of the nine-day Navratri festival and with the tenth ...

  4. Chaitra - Wikipedia

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    The nine-day festival Chaitra Navratri [5] or Navadurga (or "Nava Durga", the 'nine forms of the Goddess Durga') starts from Chaitra Shukla Pratipada. The first day of month Chaitra is celebrated as Hindu New Year's Day, known as Gudi Padwa [ 6 ] [ better source needed ] in Maharashtra , Puthandu in Tamil Nadu [ 7 ] and Ugadi in Karnataka ...

  5. Vijayadashami - Wikipedia

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    Vijayadashami (Sanskrit: विजयादशमी, romanized: Vijayadaśamī), more commonly known as Dassahra in Hindi-Urdu, [a] and also known as Dashāhra or Dashain in Bhojpuri, Maithili and Nepali, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navarahtri.

  6. Dandiya Raas - Wikipedia

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    Raas or Dandiya Raas is the socio-religious folk dance originating from Indian state of Gujarat and popularly performed in the festival of Navaratri. [1] [2] The dance is performed in the Marwar region of Rajasthan too. [3]

  7. Shailaputri - Wikipedia

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    The puja begins with Ghatasthapana, a ritual that symbolises Shakti. [5] [better source needed] The Ghatasthapana puja is performed with symbolic items.A shallow clay dish is used as base.

  8. Mahagauri - Wikipedia

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    Mahagauri is an icon of purity usually depicted in white while riding a white bull. [2] She is depicted with four hands: she holds a trident in her right upper hand and in her left left hand, she hold a damaru, and

  9. Kanya Puja - Wikipedia

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    Kanyā Pūjā or Kumārī Pūjā, is a Hindu holy ritual, carried out especially on the Ashtami (eighth day) and Navami (ninth day) of the Navaratri festival. [1] The ceremony primarily involves the worship of nine girls, representing the nine forms of Goddess Durga (). [2]