Hindu Festivals

19. They celebrate many festivals whole year round. They do this to honor the gods and goddesses. The deities with the most number of festivals dedicated to them are Laxmi, Ganesha, Parvati, Shri Ram, Kartikeya, Hanuman, Shiva, Shri Krishna, and Vishnu. 20.

The Hindu then worships puja by giving flowers and fruits and finally the Hindu eats the blessed food. By following these steps Hindu believe they become closer to the deity. (asms.k12.ar.us) Hindu’s also have many festivals to celebrate their religion. Lohari is an example of one of the festivals. Lohari takes place in the winter at night in Northern India. The people build a bonfire and throw popcorn, peanuts and sesame candies into the fire. By throwing these objects into the fire it is symbolic by throwing one’s evil into the fire, and also asking for blessings for the following year. Holi is another celebration which is considered to be the celebration of the death of winter and the return on spring. (Fisher 105-106)

Major festivals last for days, from two or three up to seven or more. A two-day service may involve fifteen different rites corresponding to distinct texts, each rite lasting from one to several hours. Typically each of these rites consists of these stages: purification, invocation of the deities, prayers, consecration and offerings, hymns, dances, and perambulations. There are two main types of ritual: Funeral rites or periodic rites on behalf of ancestors, which are performed only by some sects, sometimes in tandem with Buddhist priests; and rites on behalf of local communities. Both types include rites to install the ritual space, rites of fasting, rites of communion or offering, and rites to disperse the ritual space. Rituals on behalf of the community may involve tens or even hundreds of villages, and occur every three, five, or twelve years. They can be very expensive, and are paid for by household donations and community leaders. Aside from the rituals themselves, there will also be plays, processions, military parades, and communal meals.

Divali(Diwali)-The festival of light is celebrated by Hindu’s as well but for different reasons. Sikh’s celebrate it because it is the anniversary of the release from the imprisonment of the sixth guru Har Gobind. Its an important symbol of freedom.

Hinduism is known as the world's oldest religion. According to ISKCON Educational Services (2004), it is hard to construct a timeline because Hinduism has no identifiable human founder or specific origin in history. It is so old that its past goes into pre-history. It is extremely diverse with the Hindu people being more interested in the meaning of events than in providing first hand records. There is also no clear-cut divide between history and myth.

These festivals are held eight times throughout the year to mark the changes in the seasons. These festivals include Winter Solstice, the shortest day, Summer Solstice, the longest day, and spring and Summer Equinoxes. Witches also honor their deities at monthly rites known asesbats, which are held on the full Moon, when the mind is thought to be more magically powerful. Sabbats begin at sunset and end at sunset the next day. Along with Sabbats there are festivals also known as rites, these are held at night.

     Since Buddhism and Hinduism have different believes they also have different holy days. Moreover, because Hindus worship variety of gods they have a variety of festivals. The three main festivals of Hinduism are: Holi, Divali, and Dasehra. Holi is the most popular festival. This holy day is celebrated each year during February-March to welcome spring. “Holi is dedicated to god Krishna and it was once a fertility ceremony (104).” Throughout the days of Holi, many of the casts and taboo restrictions are set aside and pleasure is emphasized. The second ceremony Divali, celebrated in November, is a festival to welcome a new year. Finally the third festival, the Dasehra, celebrated up to nine days in October, in honor of Durga, a consort of Shiva. On the other hand Buddhism is divided in many ways according to philosophy and geography. The major festivals that are celebrated by most Buddhists are New Year, Buddha’s birthday, the festival of souls, and robe offering. In

Many of Hinduism’s festivals are for specific deities/statues, where for the Jews it’s an event within their religion’s history. One very interesting distinct Hindu festivals, goddess, and symbol is water or Goddess Ganga, a river who is said to flow through Shiva to bless millions with a spiritual renewal. Other differences worth noting are the beliefs of life after

In the lives of individuals ordinary they are satisfying their customs and conventions. The act of Hinduism is a religion which favored a number of these ceremonies into observances and consecrated occasions in their day by day life. A devotee who takes after the Hinduism religion must study the conviction framework, the ceremonies and convention, and their social practices in which they consider holy to them, keeping in mind the end goal to comprehend this practice. Keeping in mind the end goal to comprehend, the first step would be to know their convictions. Hindu supporters have numerous Gods in the religion of Hinduism, they trust that stand out of there Gods is the genuine god. Hindus has a faith in karma, that it is one of the laws of the world, they feel that in the event that you do great things, then great things will happen to you and in the event that you do things that are pessimistic, then adverse things will happen to that individual. They likewise trust that a dairy animals is holy, in light of the fact that it speaks to life they could call their own and different

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There are many different kinds of celebrations. They're about apes holidays in the Hindu religion. List I went to Wally Diwali is the Festival of Lights for Hindus and Sikhs the celebration last for 5 days and a smart buy sweets fireworks and lights. It celebrates the truth of a good light and knowledge over evil darkness and ignorance they celebrating and k is a full moon. There's actually takes place on August raksha means “protection” and Bandhan means “to die”. There’s also the tantric sex. There’s two forms to it. Tantra is found in advanced Hindu, Vajrayana Buddhist , and other religious practices throughout Asia. It is an ancient ritual involving extensive preparation and prior education by the practitioners under the close direction of their guru (teacher). Neotantra was recently imported into the West and is at least partly divorced from its religious roots. It is also known as "modern tantra," or by the somewhat derogatory term

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In addition, Hindu Temples such as Malibu Hindu Temple has a correlation to the universe itself and to the body of divine beings. In the case of India, followers believe that a single glimpse of the temple tower is enough to destroy one’s sins (P 317). Apart from the practice of temple worship followers of Hinduism their devotion to spiritual teacher or to their deities through puja rituals that are performed at home. Followers of Hinduism set aside some spaces of a cabinet shelf at their home to act as a shrine to hold small images or pictures of their revered figures. In addition, family members engage themselves in daily puja whereby they recite prayers, they offer food to their deity, and they light oil lamps and incense sticks. Similarly, Hindus engage themselves in elaborate rituals such as giving an offering to the Satyanarayana on the days of the full-moon. Most of the domestic rituals are conducted by women, for example in the case of India, women come together on certain days of the year to celebrate the goddess by fasting, feasting, and engaging themselves in auspiciousness rituals for the happiness of their

People celebrate it by getting together with their relatives as well as nearest and dearest ones. They celebrate it by sharing gifts, sweets, greetings and best wishes for Diwali. They enjoy a lot of activities, playing games, firing crackers, puja and many more. People purchase new clothes for all the family members according to their own capability. Kids enjoy this festival by wearing glittering and blazing clothes.

A major attraction of the festival is at the Kamkhaya temple, which is flooded by the pilgrims for four days to celebrate the festival. The festival is spread across a span of four days. This festival is associated with yearly menstrual cycle of the goddess Kamkhaya. That’s why Temple remains closed for first 3days to give privacy and rest to Goddess. Visitors and pilgrims wait for 4th day to get auspicious dharshan of goddess