ME & MY FAMILY
With my two lovely daughters and one and only hubby my life is a celebration here in INDIA having lots of colors of HOLI , lights of DEEPAWALI and blessing of Lord Ganesha we enjoy all the rituals of Ramnavmi , Holika Dahan ,Deepawali Dahshahara and Ganesha Chaturthi. Every festival has its artistic beauty behind it and I truly love to share the significance of every celebration which makes INDIA a land of festivals and me a proud indian.
In INDIA we all are deeply rooted with culture and rituals and each of one ritual has its story of origin. I really feel bliss to find facts behind the way we celebrate festivals. I love to celebrate every festival with their artistic beauty and significance because it connect me with others beautifully.
let’s start with Ganesha.
13 September Ganesh Chaturthi 2018
The 10-day long festival is celebrated with much fervor across states like Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chaturthi is celebrated in honour of Hindu God, Lord Ganesha, who is said to leave mount Kailasha to be with his followers for these ten days.
At my home, I install idols of Lord Ganesha and worship him with flowers and MODAK (delicious sweets).All 10 days are festival at my home we all used to wake-up early in these days and welcome our Lord Ganesha as our loving guest and try to glad him. Whole day we entertain our Ganesha with lots of delicious food. In evening time I used to share interesting stories of Lord Ganesha with children and other gathering of peoples. Both the welcoming and farewell of Ganesha are accompanied with immense enthusiasm. We sing, dance and revel in folk tunes. During the visarjan, we also throw colours at each other.Its all together are wonderful days. we had great fun during these days.
13 April Rama Navami 2019 in Uttar Pradesh
Lord Rama was born on Navami Tithi during Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month. Each year this day is celebrated as birthday of Lord Rama.
here, in Lucknow we are celebrating Ramnavmi with a huge and massive gathering of devotees following RATH YATRA . A representative of Hunumaan is narrating Ramkatha during a trip of city start from Indira nagar Lucknow covering Lakhraj market ,maruti puram colony, neelgiri complex bhoothnath and finally return to the same place where we started.
In 2019, Holi falls on 21st March.
Holi, the festival of colours, is also known as Holika or Holika-utsav. The colourful festival is celebrated with much fanfare all across India on Falgun Poornima (Full Moon). This year it was amazing celebration of Holi in my colony park and fortunately organized by me and my husband.
Contrary to what many believe, Holi is not simply about getting rid of the waste and negative from our lives and homes. In fact, the significance of Holi is much more than this. In Puranas, it is mentioned that people used to fix up the period between Holi to Diwali as a time for achieving and setting their goals and aims. This obviously meant that people, around this time, also started working on their shortcomings and weaknesses. Holi, in short, is a pledge day, when you accept and thus, take stock of your mistakes, and promise yourself to not repeat them. Holi is not about mindlessly throwing colours at others or shouting and creating a nuisance, as many do, but is about uprooting the negativity from your life.
The legends associated with the festival of Holi
There are myriad legends associated with the festival of Holi, the most prominent one being the legend of Bhakta Prahalad and his cruel yet blessed father Hiranya Kashyap and aunt Holika. This legend goes to re-establish the eternal faith in God - the supreme power and the fact that whatever be the magnitude of sin, evil and depravity in the world, true reverence, devotion and faith always win.
Another religious belief is that ones who worship Lord Krishna with full concentration on the Full Moon day of the Falgun month go to heaven. That is the reason why people play Holi with Abir-Gulaal in Vridavan as well as at other Kirshna temples across the world.
I wish my story help all of you to understand Indian culture and its significance. I love to continue with more posts like this. If anybody want to ask anything regarding any festival its legends, its significance or Indian culture please feel free to write me either at my email –palakanand2 or at Google connect.
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