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  2. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    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 predominantly celebrated by the Tamil community.

  3. Puja (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    Govardhan Puja, also known as Annakut or Annakoot, is a Hindu festival celebrated on the first lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartika, typically falling on the fourth day of Diwali. During this festival, devotees honor Govardhan Hill and express gratitude to Lord Krishna by preparing and offering a diverse array of vegetarian ...

  4. Worship in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    In the context of Hinduism, the term vrata (pronunciation: vrat, vratham or brat) denotes a religious practice to carry out certain obligations with a view to achieve divine blessing for fulfillment of one or several desires. Etymologically, vrata, a Sanskrit word (and also used in several Indo-European languages), means to vow or to promise. [19]

  5. Religious festival - Wikipedia

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    Celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi at Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Utah, United States. A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar. The science of religious rites and festivals is known ...

  6. Holi - Wikipedia

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    Phagwa is celebrated with much colour and splendour, along with the singing on traditional Phagwah songs such as Chowtal and new songs such as Pichakaree. It is celebrated throughout the country by people of all ethnicties and religions. Many Hindu schools get the day off as well. Holika Dahan is celebrated the night before Phagwah.

  7. Ceremonial use of lights - Wikipedia

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    Religious services often make use of a combination of light and darkness. Hindus putting lit oil lamps on the river Ganges. The ceremonial use of lights occurs in liturgies of various Christian Churches, as well as in Jewish, Zoroastrian, and Hindu rites and customs. Fire is used as an object of worship in many religions. Fire-worship still has ...

  8. Krishna Janmashtami - Wikipedia

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    It is an important festival, particularly in the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism. [6] The celebratory customs associated with Janmashtami include a celebration festival, reading and recitation of religious texts, dance and enactments of the life of Krishna according to the Bhagavata Purana , devotional singing till midnight (the time of ...

  9. Chaturmasya - Wikipedia

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    Chaturmasya begins on the eleventh day of the Hindu lunar month of Ashadha or Devashayani Ekadashi.This is celebrated as the day that the deity Vishnu enters a yogic sleep [7] on his serpent, Shesha, for a period of four months and wakes up on Prabodhini Ekadashi.