Festivals

Navaratri has begun and will A Journalist Reveals be behind in highlighting the festival? This time we decided to enlighten ourselves and our audience about how the festival is celebrated in different parts of the country. Vishanth Panakkal, who currently works as a Creative Head in the writing department on the ...

I have been writing on Hindu festivals for this website. But my intention is to be secular, like our country. Thus I contacted a PR friend, Taskeen Naik, for some information on their festivals. With Bakri Eid coming soon, I thought that would be the right place to start with. ...

Indian Hindus, like Maharashtrians and South Indians especially people from Karnataka, perform Naga Panchami Pooja four days after Aadi Amavasya (More here http://ajournalistreveals.com/aadi-amavasya/). In South India, during marriage, the bride gets a small silver snake as gift from her parents. It is said that if we pray to these snakes ...

Aaadi Amavasya or Aashad Amavasya is a very auspicious day for all Hindus. This time it came on a Friday, which made it all the more auspicious. In any case, South Indians consider Tuesdays and Fridays in Aadi month very auspicious. Deities in temples are worshiped with lots of flowers. ...