Hindu festival

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The colourful kite-flying festival of Makar Sankranti or Uttarayan, which falls on January 14 each year, marks the end of a long …

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This year, the end of September marks the onset of Navaratri or “nine nights” in the Hindu calendar. With this begins …

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It was the hour of twilight on the day of the Holi festival. A group of village boys, gathered under a neem tree, were playing, …

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Janamashtmi, or the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna — the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu — is celebrated with traditional gaiety …

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Durga Puja is the most important festival for the people of West Bengal, the Eastern Indian state that has been home to three …

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