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- Festival of Lights at Great America Park
The Indians in America have a reputation for being ahead of their countrymen in a number of respects.
- Deepavali brings light to business
Deepavali signifies celebration and fun for the kids. For some, it holds religious significance. For others, it means business.
- Fewer
shops but louder boom
Things evened out ultimately and it's business as
usual for the cracker agents.
- A Sweet Diwali
Sweetshops, all over the city, are offering new varieties in attractive packages this festive season
- Fireworks - How they came into being?
The first authentic reference to fireworks dates back to 1040 AD, when the Chinese wrapped the three ingredients in paper and added some more chemicals and made a "Fire Pill."
- Diwali - Make it a festival of lights and not fire
If you're going to set off fireworks at home this year, please take a few minutes to read through the guidelines.
- Shopper's Stop - It's not just shopping , it's an experience!
Shopper's Stop is attempting to capture the mood of Diwali in terms of visual merchandising.
- Diwali shopping at GLOBUS
The main attraction at Globus is the special candles priced between Rs.15 and Rs.130.
- Diwali - Gifts Galore!
With more than a dozen leading brands vying with each other to woo the customers, Spencer's Plaza is worth a stopover for serious shoppers this festive season.
- Safe Diwali, a must for the season
In many homes, today, the festival has become a cause of concern, bringing in its wake pain and anguish, injuries and deaths....
- Diwali - the festival of lights
Truly, the Festival of Lights is a kiddies' day through and through - the rustling stiffness of a silk pavada, endless sweets throughout the day and best of all,...
- Kolam - the dainty paintings on floor
This art is aesthetically pleasing and has religious significance. The designs are symbolic and basically common to the whole country...
- Dhana Triyodashi - The first festival to mark Diwali
The day before the Diwali marks the first day of celebration and is called Dhan Teras or Dhanatrayodashi, which falls on the thirteenth day of the month of Ashwin.
- Day of Narakasuravadham
Lord Krishna along with Satyabhama killed the demon and released the damsels the day before Narakachaturdashi.
- Lakshmi Pooja
This day is also known by the name of "Chopada-Pooja". On this day sun enters his second course and passes Libra, which is represented, by the balance or scale.
- Govardhan Pooja and Bhayya-duj
In temples, especially in Mathura and Nathadwara, the deities are given a milk bath, dressed in shining attire and ornamented with dazzling precious stones.
- The
tradition of Diwali
Diwali is certainly an occasion for happiness, renewal of
contacts, remembrance of friends & relatives and respect for
elders.
- Fire
brands for Diwali
The first visual sign that the festival of Diwali is round the corner is the clusters of children at the road side blasting the colourful crackers to their own
delight...
- Thalai
Deepavali
"The newly wedded couple must have many more Diwali
celebrations together. The elders of the family shower their blessings
for a bright future of these couple as the festival itself"
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