Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Sakela is the main festival of Kirat which is celebrated twice a year distinguished by two names Ubhauli and Udhauli. Sakela Ubhauli is celebrated during Baisakh Purnima (full moon day in the month of Baishak) and Sakela Udhauli is celebrated during the full moon day in the month of Mangsir.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Mannathu Padmanabhan (January 2, 1878 - February 25, 1970) was a social reformer and a freedom fighter from the State of Kerala, India. He is recognised as the founder of the Nair Service Society, which claims to represent the Nair community that constitutes almost 14.5% of the population of the state. Padmanabhan is considered as a visionary reformer who organised the Nair community under the NSS [Wikipedia]

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : (22 December 1666 - 7 October 1708) is the tenth of eleven Sikh gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in India, he was also a warrior, poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at a young age of nine. He contributed much to Sikhism; notable was his contribution to the continual formalisation of the faith which the first Sikh Guru Nanak Dev had founded, as a religion, in the 15th century. Wikipedia

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Shakambhari jest inkarnacją Parvati. Jej imię oznacza „Ten, który karmił ludzkość owocami i warzywami”. Mówi się, że pod koniec stuletniego głodu najwyższa Paramashakti inkarnowała jako Shatakshi-Shakambhari i dawała żywność głodującym. Shakambhari devi to trzecia forma Matki przedstawiona w części „Murti Rahasyam” w „Devi-mahatmyam” lub najpopularniejszej „Sri Sri Durga Saptashati/Sri Sri Chandi”.

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Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Lohri: This agricultural winter festival is celebrated throughout Punjab and in parts of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu. Jammu only Wikipedia

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : The day preceding Makara Sankranti. This is when people discard old and derelict things and concentrate on new things causing change or transformation. At dawn people light a bonfire with logs of wood, other solid-fuels and wooden furniture at home that are no longer useful. The disposal of derelict things is where all old habits, the vices, attachment to relations and materials things are sacrificed in the sacrificial fire of the knowledge of Rudra, known as the Rudra Gita Gyan Yagya. It represents realization, transformation and purification of the soul by imbibing and inculcating divine virtues.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : The symbol is the movement from one place to another which leads to meeting someone or something. The sun leaves its present constellation to get into Sakranti .

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : One of the religious festival of Nepali community. The day is auspicious for holy bathing since it is considered that all the sins or diseases of body will be removed by the blessing of Sun God.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Celebration of the harvest, which is observed for three days: Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal and Mattu Pongal. A colourful and traditional festival with many a ceremony devoted to various deities and cattle races.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : The third day of the festival of Makar Sankranti

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Celebration of the harvest, which is observed for three days: Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal and Mattu Pongal. A colourful and traditional festival with many a ceremony devoted to various deities and cattle races.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Also called Thai Pongal: a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils Unusually for South Indian Hindu festivals, Thai Pongal is timed by an astronomical event - the winter solstice. Pongal is traditionally dedicated to the Sun God Surya and marks the beginning of the northward journey of the Sun from its southernmost-limit, a movement traditionally referred to as uttarayana. [Wikipedia]

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Also called Thai Pongal: a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils Unusually for South Indian Hindu festivals, Thai Pongal is timed by an astronomical event - the winter solstice. Pongal is traditionally dedicated to the Sun God Surya and marks the beginning of the northward journey of the Sun from its southernmost-limit, a movement traditionally referred to as uttarayana. [Wikipedia]

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Kobiety śpiewają i tańczą, grają mężczyźni łucznictwo, pikniki organizowane są bardziej popularne we wschodniej Bhutan

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Celebrated by the Ahom people in memory of the departed. It is the manifestation of the concept of ancestor worship that the Ahoms share with other peoples originating from the Tai-Shan stock. It is a festival to show respect to the departed ancestors and remember their contribution to society. [Wikipedia]

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Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Vasant means, the spring season . This is the great spring festival, falling on the fifth day of the month of Magh, the first day of spring. On this day everyone wears a yellow cloth. It represents the ripening of the spring crops. Even the food is coloured yellow by using saffron. Spiritually, the yellow colour is a sign of prosperity; it is the colour of love. On this day we offer special worship to the sun god, to Mother Ganga (the deity of the sacred river Ganges), and Mother Earth. They provide us the means of acquiring food and all that we need to keep alive. We express our gratitude to them by worshipping them. Hindus are ever mindful of the debt they owe to all nature. Worship of nature is extremely important to them.

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Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Guru or Bhagat Ravidas (also Raidas) was a north Indian Sant mystic of the bhakti movement who was active in the 15th century CE. Venerated in northern India and in the Indian state of Maharashtra, he is the Satguru of the Ravidasi sect and one of the fifteen Bhagats of the Sikhs. His devotional songs and verses made a lasting impact upon the bhakti movement.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Gwne uroczystoci w Bengalu w hodzie dla bogini Durga. Bengalczykw witowa z nowych ubra i innych darw, ktre s noszone na wieczory, kiedy rodzina jedzie si aby zobaczy pandals (tymczasowych struktur powoanych do czczenia Durga).

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Tamil celebration. Marks the end of a 10-day fasting period during which people go to the local temple and get themselves pierced with various needles attached to various object.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Commenrates the birth anniversary of Bir Chilaray (Shukladhwaja) born in 1510 AD. He was the prince of the Koch dynasty of the Kamata kingdom.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Shivaji was born in February 19, and passed away on April 3, 1680. Shivaji Maharaj is instrumental in carving Maharastra from alien powers, especially the Mughals. He united the Maratha chiefs of Mayal, Konkan and Desh regions for a stronger Maratha nation.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : A Hindu festival in honor of Lord Shiva and his marriage to Goddess Parvati. Ceremonies involving prayers and hymns take place mostly at night.

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Buddyzm - Hinduizm : All Hindu employees of all autonomous, semi-autonomous, and government organizations that fall under the adminisare given holidays on the occasion of Holi.

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Takes place after completion of the most arduous task of Jhum operation i.e., jungle-clearing (clearing of the remnants of burning). It is a spring festival celebrated with great fervour and gaiety. Chapchar Kut is estimated to have started in 1450-1700 A.D. in a village called Suaipui.

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Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Also Kamudu pyre is celebrated by burning Holika, an asura. For many traditions in Hinduism, Holi celebrates the killing of Holika in order to save Prahlad, a devotee of God Vishnu and thus Holi gets its name. In olden days, people used to contribute a piece of wood or two for the Holika bonfire, and this represents Holika being consumed by the fire in which she tried to kill her nephew Prahlad. A similar holiday is Holi where people get to gather and often repair broken relationships. [Wikipedia]

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Yaosang is an indigenous tradition of the Meitei people. It is considered the most important festival in Manipur. Like Holi, the Hindu Meitei of Manipur play with colours during this festival. [wikipedia]

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Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Holi (dewanagari होली trl. holī, bengali হোলি ) – hinduistyczne święto radości i wiosny, obchodzone przeważnie w dniu pełni księżyca w miesiącu phalguna (luty–marzec). Nazywane jest również Festiwalem Kolorów i kojarzone z kolorowymi proszkami do obrzucania przyjaciół. To święto obchodzi się przede wszystkim w Indiach, Nepalu i innych regionach świata z populacji Hindusów lub osób pochodzenia indyjskiego. Festiwal, w ostatnich czasach, rozprzestrzenił się w częściach Europy i Ameryki Północnej jako święto miłości i kolorów wiosny. [Wikipedia]

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Holi / Holika / Medin Poya/Dola Purnima Hindu community

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Buddyzm - Hinduizm : The first day is observed in the mountain regions, the second day is observed in the lowlands

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : Hindu spring festival dedicated to the god of pleasure. It is observed in a colorful and boisterous manner. People shower each other with colored water and smear red and green powder on each other,

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : The religious meaning of this celebration is the burning of any perversion. It marks the victory of good over evil. only in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu only), Maharastra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

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Buddyzm - Hinduizm : The religious meaning of this celebration is the burning of any perversion. It marks the victory of good over evil.

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Buddyzm - Hinduizm : The main purpose of the Nyepi Day ceremonies is to pray to the God (Hyang Widhi Wasa), wish that HE clean the outside universe (bhuwana agung) as well as the universe within men (bhuwana alit). Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday In Bali, no Internet, no flights, no tourist attractions based on the Saka calendar (Balinese calender): One year has 12 sasih (Balinese month). Each sasih consists of 35 days which cover the full moon (Purnama) and one dark moon (Tilem).

Buddyzm - Hinduizm : The Hindu New Year, also known as Ugadi, is on the day following the new moon on or after the spring equinox.