Holidays!
-It had been quoted that “Hindus have a holiday for everyday of the year”, but some scholars say there could be even more. There is not an exact amount of holidays celebrated in the religion but one scholar says there could be over 1000 different Hindu festivals
a holiday for every day of the year, but even that may be an understatement! Exactly how many Hindu festivals are celebrated is not known, but one scholar of Hinduism has listed more than a thousand different Hindu festivals
a holiday for every day of the year, but even that may be an understatement! Exactly how many Hindu festivals are celebrated is not known, but one scholar of Hinduism has listed more than a thousand different Hindu festivals
Major festivals likely to be observed by most Hindus are:
"Holi - festival of colors and
spring (February-March)
Mahashivaratri (Shiva Ratri) -
night sacred to Shiva (February-March)
Rama Navami - birthday of Lord Rama (April)
Krishna Jayanti - birthday of Lord Krishna
(July-August)
Raksābandhana - renewing bonds between brothers and
sisters (July-August)
Kumbh Mela - pilgrimage every 12 years to four
cities in India (July-August; last one 2003)
Ganesha-Chaturthi (Ganesha Utsava) - festival of
Ganesh (August-September)
Dassera - victory of Rama over demon king Ravana
(September-October)
Navaratri - festival of Shakti (in Bengal) or Rama's
victory over Ravana (South India)
(September-October)
Diwali - festival of lights and
Laksmi (September-October)"
To check my sources Here!
(editing does not make sense on a Mac-computer, Here is the URL for my sources http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/holidays.htm it should lead to the correct site)
2 comments:
Your web link didn't work, so I couldn't check your sources. Be careful not to just copy and paste info. Synthesize!
i like this blog because it also helps understand the book a lot better. For example when they talked about brahmin it helped understand class structure and a little more of what was going on in the book.
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