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PHOTOS: Devotees throng Gangasagar on Makar Sankranti

Over eight lakh devotees from all over the country have so far taken the holy dip in the Ganges on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti on Sunday, officials said. The devotees, including......

Thousands flock to Houston Yogathon

 Continuing a tradition started four years ago, the annual Health for Humanity Yogathon organized by the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh has attracted thousands of participants across the United States to......

Pix: The Maha Kumbh mela commences

 Braving the winter chill, thousands of devotees on Thursday took a holy dip in the Ganga in Haridwar heralding the start of the three-month-long Maha Kumbh, considered the largest religious......

Seven killed in stampede at Gangasagar mela

 At least seven pilgrims were killed and nine injured, four of them seriously, when a stampede broke out at the Gangasagar mela in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal early on Thursday.Around......

Pollution doesn't stop devotees from shahi snan

 Just before the sun shone its first red streakin the east, the first batch of Naga sadhus dashed for their holy dip at the sangam, the widely revered holy confluence of three holy rivers Ganga,......

Flying high with Bollywood

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.The celebrations don't seem to stop for Bollywood. After the......

If Bollywood remixed Kites

Seeing that Hollywood masalaman Brett Ratner has been drafted in to remix Anurag Basu's Kites, we started wondering what would happen if Bollywood's very own talent was given the opportunity to fly......

First look: The Bachchan bahu

A glowing Aishwaryaand Abhishek leave the Bachchans' residence Jalsa in Juhu, north Mumbaito dropAsh home to Bandra,Sunday evening.Abhishek and Ash engagedThey were travellingina gold-coloured......
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Q. What is Gadhimai Festival ?
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Q. tu Begunaah insano hatyara tu innocent animals ka hatyara tu religion ke naam pe farq karne wala imaan wala insaan hua to kaise ?
Genuine Sense:  A. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search Gadhimai festival Observed by Nepali Hindus Type Hindu Significance To please...... more

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Q. WHAT IS RITUAL OF Saptabali ?
Truth Exposed:  A. Gadhimai festival is a month-long Hindu festival that is held once every five years at the Gadhimai temple of Bariyarpur, in Bara District, about...... more

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Q. REF : FESTIVAL OF SACRIFICE OF ANIMALS QUESTION : What is GADHIMAI FESTIVAL and it's main celebrations ?
Azam Khan:  A. The festival started in the first week of November 2009 and ends in the first week of December (up to makar sankranti), the fair has a custom of...... more

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Fishermen hit hard by deep-sea journeys

Fishermen are also hard hit by the seasonal migration of the fish, as fishing expeditions are becoming so costly that they are unable to recover... ...

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/feb/090212-Fishermen-hit-hard-by-deep-sea-journeys.htm
Jharkhand tribals celebrate traditional harvest festival 'Tusu'

As the festivities of 'Makar Sankranti' came to an end, the fortnight-long celebrations of the tribal 'Tusu' harvest festival began in Jharkhand. ...

http://www.sify.com/news/jharkhand-tribals-celebrate-traditional-harvest-festival-tusu-news-national-mbsrujhadcb.html
CLUB LOHRI

While Bengalis eagerly awaited the sweet delights of pithe-puli on Makar Sankranti, Calcutta's Punjabis had a ball singing the folksy Sunder... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120117/jsp/entertainment/story_15013198.jsp
75,000 devotees take holy dip at Parashuram Kunda

DIBRUGARH, Jan 16 - About 75,000 devotees including hundreds of Sadhus from across the country took a holy dip in Parshuramkund, in Lohit district... ...

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan1712/oth05
JCI Nagpur Lady Legend organizes training program on Motivation and Haldi Kum Kum on 15th January 2012

JC Heera Waghmare, President, JCI Nagpur Lady Legend organized training program on Motivation by soft skills trainer Jc Rashmi Priya and Black... ...

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