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Mahashivratri 2024: Date, Muhurata, Significance, and Mantra

Mahashivratri rituals typify the essence of Hinduism bridging the diverse schools from tantra to knowledge, action to love. The convergence of Shiva & Shakti in cosmic union display the assimilative trait, enlightening the masses about Sanatan Dharma.

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ऑनलाइन यजमान बनने के लिए संपर्क करें +91 8826891955, 95899 38938, 96859 38938, 7291986653 For Online registration visit: https://www.vishwajagritimission.org/masik-shivaratri-pujan/ 25 अगस्तए 2022 गुरुवार को भाद्रपद मास की शिवरात्रि है। कृष्ण पक्ष की चतुदशी तिथि अर्थात् प्रत्येक मास की शिवरात्रि आदिदेव भगवान महादेव के दिव्य प्रकाशमय शिवलिंग के रूप में प्रकट होने से समस्त चराचर के जीवों का कल्याण करने वाली है। यह बात ईशान संहिता से स्पष्ट होती है। चतुर्दशी तिथि के देवता भगवान शिव हैं। अमावस्या तिथि चन्द्र से हीन होने के कारण सभी मनुष्यों के लिये अज्ञान से भरी होती है। ऐसे में अमावस्या का कोई अप्रिय प्रभाव न हो अतः समस्त दोषों का नाश करने वाले सर्वशक्तिमान भगवान शिव की आराधना से संभावित अनिष्ट का निवारण हो जाता है। यमराज का संहार तन्त्र भी शिव भगवान के अधिकार में रहता है। इसीलिये शिव जी को मृत्युञ्जय नाम से भी पुकारा जाता है। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् अर्थात् हे शिव परमेश्वर! आप मुझे मृत्यु के बन्धन रूप आधि-व्याधि-आपत्ति-विपत्ति-रोग-शोक-काम-क्रोधए जन्म कालीनए मृत्यु कालीन दुखों एवं ताप-सन्ताप आदि से मुक्त करें। आप अपनी शरण में लेकर मेरे आत्मा तथा शरीर को सदैव प्रसन्नता-नीरोगता-शुचिता-अस्मिता-अमरता प्रदान करें। सभी ग्रन्थों तथा पूजा पद्धतियोंए पुराणों में भगवान शिव को ही बडी-से-बडी विपत्तियों से बचाने वाला स्वीकारा गया है। मार्कण्डेय (मृकन्डु के पुत्र) को अल्पायु से दीर्घायु (चिरंजीव) बनाने वाले भगवान शिव भक्त की मनोकामना पूर्ण कर देते हैं। शिव की शरण छोड़ देने वाले को कोई भी देव बचा नहीं पाता क्योंकि विपत्तियोंए बीमारियों तथा अप्रिय स्थितियों पर भगवान शिव का ही शासन है। स्त्रियों के सौभाग्य की रक्षाए विवाह चाहने वाली कन्या का विवाहए दारिद्र्य निवारणए सन्तान प्राप्ति एवं सन्तान रक्षाए शत्रु दमनए ग्रह-शान्तिए वास्तुदोष निवारणए पापों से मुक्ति और सर्व सुखों के दाता भगवान शिव को मनाने के विविध प्रकार के पूजा विधान ऋषि-मनीषियोंए आचार्यों ने हमारे-आपके हित में वर्णित किए हैं जिन्हें अपनाकर सुख तथा शान्ति की प्राप्ति होती है। परमपूज्य सद्गुरुदेव जी की विशेष कृपा से आप सभी की समस्या समाधानार्थ ष्युगऋषि पूजा एवं अनुष्ठान केन्द्रश् द्वारा 25 अगस्तए 2022 गुरुवार को भाद्रपद कृष्ण पक्ष की मास शिवरात्रि को भक्तों के जीवनए घर-परिवार में सुख-सौभाग्यए धन-समृद्धि और आनंद-मंगल की प्राप्ति हेतु आनन्दधाम आश्रम में निम्नलिखित अनुष्ठान आयोजित किए जा रहे हैं। श्रद्धालु गुरुभक्त समय से पूर्व सम्पर्क कर अपना स्थान सुनिश्चित करवा लें।

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Kumbh Mela 2021: Important dates, COVID-19 guidelines, registration link - All you need to know

Kumbh Mela 2021: Important dates, COVID-19 guidelines, registration link – All you need to know

New Delhi: Kumbh Mela, a religious pilgrimage that witnesses the world’s largest mass gathering at one place, has begun this year with lakhs of devotees taking a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. The auspicious festival that fell on March 11 this year, celebrates the marriage of Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati.  The holy dip marks the beginning of the Haridwar Kumbh and…

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Thanjavur: The Place of Spirituality & Art

Thanjavur or Tanjore, in Tamil Nadu, is a hidden gem for tourists. The city is the home to outstanding and splendid Tamil architecture and is a religious hub. History in every corner, history and art lovers from all over the world visit this small part of Tamil Nadu.

Thanjavur is a vegetarian majority city and the best vegetarian restaurants in the city are very affordable for the masses. Hotel booking in Thanjavur for tourists is very easy too.

So, what exactly can you expect in Thanjavur? Let’s take a tour:

1.) Visit Brihadeeswarar Temple: This 11th century religious structure is one of the most iconic monuments in Thanjavur. This is a gift to India by the Chola Dynasty and has some serious architectural techniques involved in its construction. Apart from this, the walls of the temple is inscribed with information that dates more than 1000 years back. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and celebrates Maha Shivratri with great pomp and grandeur.

2.) Witness the Bharatnatyam in its purest form: Thanjavur is known to be the cradle of performing arts. The Chola Dynasty was known to be avid patrons of art, culture and performing arts. This worked as a crucial instrument in developing various art forms, including Bharatnatyam and Carnatic music.

3.) Saraswat Library: For all the avid readers of old literature, Saraswat library is a must visit. It is one of the most important repositories of ancient Sanskrit, Tamil and South Indian literature and writing in the country. The library houses 49,000 volumes including palm leaf manuscripts dating back to the Sangam Era.

4.) Maratha Palace: Along with the Chola Dynasty, this part was also significantly ruled by the Maranthas at specific periods. The Maratha Palace stands tall speaking volumes of the glory of the Marathas. This palace is known to belong to the Bhonsle family and is renowned for its architecture and minutely designed durbars.

5.) Thanjavur Dolls and paintings for your souvenir: Thanjavur is the home to the world famous bobble head dolls. The paintings are heavily influenced by Indian art forms and movement.

Thanjavur can boast another thing- Svatma. This accommodation is a retreat where you rejuvenate yourself spiritually as you get amazed by Thanjavur’s beauty and culture.

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EXODUS OF KASHMIRI HINDUS

Abstract

The current research paper plans to comprehend the dark year or the time of 1990 of India in which the “EXODUS OF KASHMIRI HINDUS” occurred. The Hindus of Kashmir valley (hereinafter called the Valley) had to leave the Valley because of being focused by the JKLF (JAMMU AND KASHMIR LIBRATION FRONT) and the Insurgents. The Kashmiri Hindus structure a vital also, most established piece of the valley, consequently, when in 1990 they were startlingly and abruptly drove away from their genealogical homes and properties it was a profound established stun for the whole country. Numerous negotiators brought up issues over the explanations behind the persuasive and terrible departure of the Hindu people group from the Valley, however a certain something was evident that this mass migration was not a simple collective uproar among Hindus and Muslims as had occurred in different pieces of India a few times. The mass migration of Hindus from the Valley had a political foundation and a plan to spread fear mongering and to make a situation that underpins the Pakistani based motivation in the valley, the results of which were endured by the minority network in the Valley.

Keywords: Kashmir, Exodus, Kashmiri Hindus, Militants, JKLF, Riots

INTRODUCTION

Verifiably, Kashmir alluded to the Kashmir valley,[1] anyway at present time it frames a bigger region that incorporates the Indian regulated Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (which incorporates Jammu and the Kashmir Valley) and Ladakh, the Pakistan directed locales of Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract. In the principal half of the main thousand years the Kashmir area turned into a significant focal point of Hinduism and later Buddhism; further in the nineteenth century Shaivism emerged. Islamization showed up in Kashmir in the thirteenth to fifteenth century and prompted the inevitable eradicating of Kashmir Shaivism in the Valley.

Anyway, the foundations of the past network were not lost.

            In 1339, Shah Mir turned into the absolute first Muslim leader of the Valley and built up the principal Shah Mir Dynasty. The Kashmir valley was affected by the Muslim rulers for the following five centuries. This incorporated the Mughal Empire, whose rule was from 1586 until 1751 and the Afghan Durrani Empire which had its capacity on Kashmir from 1747 until 1819. That year, Sikhs under the authority of Ranjit Singh caught Kashmir. After the destruction of Sikhs in 1846 in the first Anglo – Sikh war, the bargain of Lahore was marked and the Valley was purchased from the British guideline under the settlement of Amritsar. The standard of Kashmir was given over to Raja Gulab Singh. The standard of his devotees endured up to 1947 when the previous royal state turned into the region that is currently controlled by three nations: India, Pakistan, and the People’s Republic of China.

  OBJECTIVES

To comprehend the historical backdrop of Kashmir;

To comprehend the historical backdrop of Kashmiri Hindus;

To find out about the historical backdrop of the start of Muslim standard and impact in the Valley;

To find out about the mass migration of Kashmiri Hindus from the Valley and the political plan behind it;

To find out about the outcome of the mass migration of Kashmiri Hindus from the Valley;

To infer an end out of this entire research about the mass migration of Kashmiri

HISTORY OF KASHMIRI HINDUS

            The Kashmiri Pandits or the Kashmiri Bhramins are an area of Kashmiri Hindus and an armore extensive Saraswit Brahmin people group. They are individuals from the Pancha (five) gauda brahmin bunch in the Kashmir Valley.[2] Kashmiri Pandits were occupants of the valley path before the Muslim wave entered the valley and a significant number of them had to change over into Islam by the Islamic Intruders every once in a while. They are the main tribal network of Kashmiri Hindus who had been left in the valley. The Hindu position framework in the valley had aroused from the idea of Buddhism from the course of events of Asoka. Another eminent component of this network was the high respect that they had for the ladies of their locale when contrasted with the other networks or social orders. It was not until the fourteenth century that the Muslim impact was at last settled in the Valley.

            In the time of 1320, Zulju, who was a Mongol from Turkistan, caused annihilation at the point when he drove a power that caught numerous segments of the Kashmir valley. From 1389 to 1413 another Intruder to be specific Sikandar Butshikan (1389-1413) was increasingly boorish and his activities were progressively terrible as he constrained numerous Kashmiri Hindus to either change over to Islam or to escape from the valley. He was likewise responsible for the destruction of numerous non-Muslim strict locales in the Valley. He had been named as a nonconformist in the History for a similar explanation.

            After the rule of Sikandar Butshikan the Kashmir was controlled by Zain-Ul-Abidin who was a devout Muslim ruler and who needed that all the networks in the Valley remain together. During the rule of Zain-Ul-Abidin the Buddhists and Brahmins shaped piece of his nearby associate.

            In the fourteenth century Islam turned into the ordering religion in the Valley. By the mid sixteenth century the job of Hindu clerics had diminished as Muslim evangelist moved into Kashmir from Central Persia, and Asia and Persian Supplanted Sanskrit as the official language.3Kashmir saw the Mughal rule under the rule of the Mughal Badshah, Akbar, who happened upon the valley himself and vanquished it by double dealing.

            Strict dogmatism and prejudice tax collection showed up when Mughal ruler Aurangzeb climbed the seat after Akbar. After the demise of Aurangzeb, the impact of the Mughal Empire decreased in the valley.

            Kashmir was governed by Muslims for around four centuries before it was gotten by the triumphant multitudes of the Sikhs under Ranjit Singh of Punjab.[3] After the passing of Ranjit Deo, the lord of Jammu , in 1780 , Jammu was likewise caught by the Sikhs. Ranjit Doe’s grandson Gulab Singh turned into the ruler of Jammu and Kashmir after the settlement of Amritsar was written and he was liberated from the dedication towards the Sikhs. After the death of Gulab Singh, his child, Ranbir Singh assumed control over the seat.

            Regardless of framing a significant piece of the Valley, the Muslims were struggled under the Hindu standard through raising duties, unpaid constrained work, and extremism laws. The Muslims didn’t have legitimate cognizance about the adjustments in the standards and were ceaselessly in arrear to landowners and moneylenders. The up and coming year of the 1930s saw Muslims gathering themselves strategically.

            Ranbir Singh’s grandson, Hari Singh, who was the ruler in the year 1947, saw the division of the Indian domain into the recently autonomous Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan. Leaders of Princely states were spurred to join their states to either Dominion India or Dominion Pakistan.

            To avoid any arbitrary end, the Maharaja of Kashmir, Hari Singh, wrote a Standstill Agreement with Pakistan anyway no such accord was written with India. Following tremendous commotion in Jammu, in October 1947, Pashtuns from Pakistan’s northwest area interfered Kashmir. The outward point of the guerilla battle was to frighten the King into yielding; be that as it may, the Maharaja genuinely approached the Indian government for help.

            The guide was given to the Maharaja relying on the prerequisite that he shapes a piece of India. Maharaja Hari Singh consented to the condition and The Instrument of Accession was marked by him.[4] The Indian warriors entered Kashmir and drove the Pakistani-supported paramilitary out from the Valley.

            Kashmir pioneer Sheik Abdullah approved the promotion as specially appointed which would be at last finished up by the individuals of the state. He was designated as the pioneer of the crisis the board by the Maharaja.[5]

            In 1947 Kashmiri Pandits framed about 6% of the populace however in 1950 it decreased to 5% the same number of them moved to different pieces of India. In 1989, a large portion of Kashmiri Pandits that were living in the Valley had to leave the valley because of the activist revolt.

            Kashmir has likewise been known as the place where there is Sun Worship with different sanctuaries been made by the enthusiasts. One such sanctuary is the sanctuary of Martand Sun. Wanvun singing structures an important some portion of Kashmiri Pundit’s strict capacities.

            The Kashmiri Pandits celebrations incorporate Shivratri and the Navrah or the Kashmiri Lunar New Year. Henzae is an antiquated type of singing practiced by Kashmiri Pandits during the event of their celebrations.

POLITICAL UPTURNINGS IN THE VALLEY

            According to the 1975 accord, Sheik Abdullah agreed to acknowledge the guidelines as given in the understanding.[6] Be that as it may, this prompted extraordinary inadequacy among the individuals of the Kashmir and drove the base work for the future rebellion.[7] The individuals who were against to it included Jammat-e-Islami Kashmir, People’s alliance in Indian Jammu and Kashmir and the JKLF in the Azaad Kashmir.[8] Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligences attempted to run a flood of Wuhabism instead of Sufism to bind together the two countries dependent on religion. This was only the beginning of the 1990s, during the mid-90s genuine Islamisation started when the Abdullah government took a choice to change the names of around 2500 towns from their antiquated names to new Islamic names. Furthermore, Sheik additionally began giving strict talks instead of love and begun marking Kashmiri Pandits as “mukhbir” or witnesses of the Indian government.[9]

            The ISI’s initial step to make unsettling influence in the Valley against the Indian government begun developing in the late 1980s. The Afghan Jihaad in against the soviet, the Islamic unrest in Iran, and the outfitted battle of the Sikhs in Punjab against the Indian government turned into a wellspring of motivation for the youthful Muslims in the Valley to go against the Indian government.

            The year 1984 saw a colossal development in the non-military personnel exercises in the valley, when the professional – JKLF aggressor Maqbool Bhat was executed in February 1984, the valley experienced tremendous mayhem by the Kashmiri patriot adolescents, who went in streets to show their enemy of Indian exhibit., which confronted extreme reprisal by the Indian government.

            The then Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has been upbraided in light of the fact that he made a visit to the Pakistan Administered Kashmir which was a colossal humiliation for the country, anyway he had protected himself on the words that he had made the visit in the interest of Ms. Indira Gandhi and her father with the goal that the assessments there could be known “direct’’, however not many individuals trusted him. He had additionally been considered responsible for the remittance of Khalistan psychological oppressor gathering to prepare in the Jammu region yet this couldn’t be upheld up by the sources. After his brother by marriage was an excused in what was named as ‘political upset’, G.M Shah had his spot. G. M Shah’s administration didn’t have individuals’ endorsement so they went to individuals who adversaries of India, especially, the Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Mohammad Shafi Qureshi and Mohinuddin Salati, to increase some authenticity through strict convictions.

            In 1986, Shah chose to fabricate a mosque on the grounds of an old Hindu sanctuary for the individuals to do ‘namaz’. This was met with incredible antagonistic vibe among the individuals of Jammu as they took to lanes to show their threatening vibe. Numerous occasions were detailed in different parts where the Kashmiri Hindus were murdered and their properties what’s more, sanctuaries annihilated. Shah’s legislature was excused on twelfth March 1996 by the then senator Jagmohan following collective commotion in south Kashmir.

            The Islamists had composed themselves under a feature named MUSLIM UNTIED FRONT and challenged the 1987 races where they lost once more. Be that as it may, the 1987 races were accepted to be fixed in order to unite common gatherings in the front line in Kashmir and this caused the insurrection in Kashmir.

  INSURGENCY ACTIVITIES IN THE VALLEY

            In July 1988, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) started a nonconformist revolt for Independence of Kashmir from India. They initially had targeted on a Kashmiri Hindu, Tika Lal Taploo, a Bhartiya Janata Party laborer, before a few people in the Valley. This imparted dread in the individuals since the enemies of Taploo were never caught.[10]

            After Taploo’s demise, an appointed authority of Srinagar High Court, Nilkanth Ganjoo was shot to death. In December 1989, individuals from JKLF kidnapped Dr. Rubaiya Sayeed, little girl of the then Union Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed requesting the release of five aggressors, which was along these lines fulfilled.[11]

            Workplaces structures, shops, production lines and foundations were hued green as a sign of Islamist rule. The dividers were secured with banners that contained undermining messages from the aggressors. Different properties of Kashmiri Hindus were decimated by the aggressors. The places of Kashmiri Hindus were secured with compromising banners to leave the valley right away. A power outage occurred the evening of nineteenth and eighteenth January in the Valley. The power was removed aside from in the mosques which communicated a provocative message to the Kashmiri Hindus.[12]

            On 2 February, 1990, Satish Tikoo, a social laborer was murdered. Lassa Kaul, station executive of Srinagar Doordarshan was shot dead on thirteenth February 1990. Numerous Kashmiri ladies were grabbed and killed.

AFTERMATH

            After departure the militancy expanded in Kashmir. The properties of Kashmiri Hindus were focused after their departure. The day of fourteenth September 2007, was set apart as the Martyrs day by the Oregon Legislative Assembly to perceive the crusades of dread dispensed on the non-Muslim minorities of Jammu and Kashmir by activists. Kashmiri Hindus proceed with their battle to return to their home, a large portion of them lost their properties after their mass migration and many can’t return and sell those. Their status has changed to uprooted individuals and this has influenced them in the field of training. They can’t send their youngsters to reputed schools.

            Anyway, later the Indian government took the matter of training in their grasp and helped them to look for instruction by getting them selected Kendriya Vidyalayas and major instructive establishments and colleges the nation over. An overview was done by the Kashmir Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS) in 2008 and 2009, a neighborhood association of Hindus in the valley, which expressed that around 399 Kashmiri Hindus were murdered by radicals in the Valley. A political gathering to be specific Panun Kashmir, speaking to the Hindus who fled the Valley expresses a rundown of around 1,341 Hindus murdered since 1990.

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

            After all this while the Kashmiri Hindus are still interspersed in their own country like immigrants. Many of them are still not able to overcome the grief of losing their ancestral home and properties of their lifelong hard-work. Their lives had turned catastrophic after the exodus. They still have hopes of returning to their home, to their land, and living their life like once they lived. The communal exodus that took place had a political agenda behind it which turned the innocent lives of Kashmiri Hindus upside down. Even though the government has made efforts of sending the Kashmiri Hindus back to their homeland and have also provided monetary and educational help to them, they still feel threatened and vulnerable. The Kashmiri Hindus are living like a displaced community in different parts of their own country with the hope to see their homeland once more. Their condition is irrevocable, but with support from the government, their dream of going back to the Valley one more time can be achieved. With this thought in their hearts, the Kashmiri Hindus still wait for the light at the end of this dark tunnel that they have been thrown into.

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[2] Kashmir and its people: Studies in the evolution of Kashmiri society.

[3] Hasan, Mohibbul (2005). Kashmir under the sultans.

[4] Govt. Of India, White Paper On Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, 1948, p.77.

[5] Sheikh Abdullah, Flames of the Chinar, New Delhi 1993, p.97.

[6] Hussain, Kashmiri Visions of Freedom 2015, pp.102, 103.

[7] Faheem, Interrogating the ordinary 2018, pp 233, 234.

[8] Chowdhury, Rekha (2015). Jammu and Kashmir: Politics of identity and separatism.

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  Authored By: APOORVA CHAUDHARY

Student of Law, Amity Law School, Noida, Amity University Uttar Pradesh

  Disclaimer: This article has been published in Legal Desire International Journal on Law, ISSN 2347-3525 , Issue 22, Vol 7

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Shravan maas is most auspicious month in Hindu Calendar. This month is dedicated to Lord Shiva. People believe that shravan is best time to please Lord Shiva. All Mondays or Somwar which fall during Shravan month are considered highly auspicious for fasting and known as Shravan Somwar Vrat. Many devotees observe sixteen Mondays or Solah Somwar fasting from first Somwar of Sawan maas.

North India Shravan Mass Calendar

Shravan Month Dates for Northern States of India, which include, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarnchal, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Uttrakhand, This region follows Purnimant calendar (the month begins with the Purnima or the full moon).

Thursday, 18 July - Start of Shravan(Sawan) Maas

Monday, 22 July - Shravan Somvar Vrat

Monday, 29 July - Shravan Somvar Vrat

Tuesday, 30 July - Shravan Shivratri

Saturday, 3 August - Hariyali Teej

Monday, 5 August 2019 - Naga Panchami

Monday, 5 August - Shravan Somvar Vrat

Monday, 12 August - Shravan Somvar Vrat

Thursday, 15 August - End of Shravan(Sawan) Maas / Raksha Bandhan

South India Shravan Calendar

Shravan Month Dates for Southern and Western States of India, which include, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. This region follows Amavasyant calendar (the month begins from Amavasya or the New Moon).

Friday, 2 August - Start of Shravan(Sawan) Maas

Saturday, 3 August - Hariyali Teej

Monday, 5 August - Shravan Somvar Vrat

Monday, 5 August 2019 - Naga Panchami

Friday, 9 August - Varalakshmi Vrat

Monday, 12 August - Shravan Somvar Vrat

Thursday, 15 August - Narali Purnima

Sunday, 18 August - Kajari Teej

Monday, 19 August - Shravan Somvar Vrat

Monday, 26 August - Shravan Somvar Vrat

Friday, 30 August - End of Shravan(Sawan) Maas

Sunday, 1 September - Hartalika Teej

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VHP workers celebrate Maha Shivratri in Bengal

VHP workers celebrate Maha Shivratri in Bengal

VHP workers celebrate Maha Shivratri in Bengal

Kolkata, Mar 4 (PTI) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)

Bengal unit workers Monday took part in the Maha Shivratri

celebrations across the state to create awareness about

construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya, a senior VHP leader

said.

“The aim of organising this programme was to create

awareness among the masses about Ram Temple at Ayodhya. There

has…

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List of Churches and Temples in Dubai

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List of Churches and Temples in Dubai

UAE is a Muslim country, but it is home to communities from all over the world, people of different religious faiths and beliefs. It’s estimated that around 85 per cent of the UAE’s population is immigrants – with varied nationalities and religions represented in the cities and desert across the nation. Fortunately, the country is incredibly permissive and has respect for other religions and inhabitants can freely pray at a Hindu temple, a Christian Church or a Sikh Gurudwara.

1. ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH

Located in the heart of Dubai, it continues to embrace the diverse generations of Catholics since 1967. This church offers services in several languages like English, Arabic, Tagalog, Malayalam, French, Portuguese and Polish. Accessible 365 days of the year, St. Mary’s also comprised of a popular English-medium school next door that pleasingly welcomes children of all faiths. It is predicted that around 7,000 people come every Friday for mass.

2. SHIVA AND KRISHNA MANDIR

One of the ancient Hindu places of worship in the country was built back in 1985, the Shiva and Krishna Mandir is actually two different temples, located off the scurry streets in Al Fahidi, just by the Creek. An air-conditioned gurudwara is located on the level above the temple. It’s a spiritual surrounding for contemplation amidst the sounds of gurbani. The Shrinathji temple nearby is also a must for darshan. The temple hosts worshipers of different faiths including to large Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities in UAE and always smells beautifully of sandalwood. The two day Maha Shivratri festival draws around 150,000people to this temple.

3. GURUDWARA GURU NANAK DARBAR SIKH TEMPLE

The first ‘official’ Sikh temple in the entire Gulf, this Gurudwara has been established on land donated by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. On April 13 2017, the Sikh temple hosted 101 nationalities for breakfast, conquering the Guinness World Record title for ‘Most Nationalities Having A Continental Breakfast’. It draws in people from all across the globe, and people are astonished to see an ultra-modernly designed Sikh temple located in an Islamic country. Around 1,500 people stopover the temple every day, while Fridays have been observed to go beyond 12,000 visitors. It has become an acclaimed venue for destination weddings, and 148 marriages have taken place so far.

4. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

This Church practices and preaches sound Christian doctrine and are pretty prominent within the local community. If you’re looking for a good Anglican church that will feed you with a healthy and hearty meal of spiritual food, this is your church to visit. The Church building is both appealing and enduring and offers stimulation, relaxation and shelter to the many people who visit it and worship within it.

5. SRI LANKARAMAYA

The city’s first Buddhist temple is a welcome hiatus for the city’s Buddhists to practice their faith. With services on Friday, the temple also hosts monks from Sri Lanka who celebrates and honours some of the most crucial events to Buddhists, such as the birth of Buddha. The temple also enlightens children on the basic fundamentals of the religion, making it a holistic destination for all practitioners of the faith.

6. ST. PHILIP THE APOSTLE ORTHODOX CHURCH

St. Philip the Apostle Russian Orthodox Church is a Russian Orthodox Church located in Sharjah, a 20-minute drive from Dubai, is the biggest church in the country. The plot of land on which this church is built was gifted to Sharjah’s Russian Orthodox community by H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the ruler of Sharjah. With its dazzling ornate blue domes, prosperous symbolism and images inside the church, it’s well worth visiting no matter what your faith is. It can host up to 20,000 worshippers at any given time.

7. DERASAR – JAIN TEMPLE

Dubai’s Jain community catered to at the Derasar in Bur Dubai. A ‘ghar’ temple (that is, based in a home), it was initiated in Bur Dubai to serve the large majority of the city’s Jains who reside near it. This temple ascribes to the Shewtambar sect of Jainism and is the only such one in the area.

8. ST. THOMAS INDIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL, DUBAI

This attractive cathedral highlights another well-known Christian community resident in the UAE – the mostly south Indian expats who have come to the country bringing their rich Christian traditions with them. The cathedral itself doesn’t have pews and instead its worshipers sit on the softy carpeted ground, and along with its Orthodox services of solemn processions and incense, you’ll come away with a whole new acknowledgement for the charm of churches. Again, English is not the main language spoken here to take affliction to show respect.

9. EMIRATES BAPTIST CHURCH, DUBAI

One of the more international churches in the country, this Baptist Church offers its services in English and boats some of the most distinct arrays of worshippers. With Friday and Sunday services, Bible studies, and youth camps, this church offers something for even those who are just solely inquisitive. True to its tradition, this church will also offer their praise to God through singing, something many who are not part of this denomination have travelled to just to witness.

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In India auspicious occasions, festivals, get-together, family functions or new beginnings in any form are celebrated with sweets and desserts and the most popular and favorite among all is Rice Pudding. Known as Chawal ki Kheer in the northern part and popular as Paal Payasam/Annam Payasam in the southern part of India. It is one of the most ancient desserts and is offered to God in temples as Prasad. Kheer is one of my favorite desserts since my childhood and now my elder one just loves it. Mom always used to make kheer along with other sweets on festivals such as Deepawali, Shivratri and Krishna Janamasthmi and it is regular at my home too. It is a kind of whole food with rice for carbs, milk for calcium and proteins and  nuts for vitamins and minerals. Kheer or Payasam is made by boiling and cooking milk with other the ingredients till it is thickened. Kheer is made using other ingredients like vermicelli, tapioca pearls(saboodana), foxnuts, almonds etc. along with nuts and other non-acidic fruits like apple and flavored with cardamom, nutmeg, saffron or rose water. Chawal ki Kheer flavored with cardamom with added raisins and almonds remains one of the favorites among the masses as it is easy to make though making it the traditional way takes some time and can be served to a large number of people at a time.

It is Ganpati Festival and like every year I made Chawal Ki Kheer for offering to Ganesha for morning Prasad and then I also serve it as prasad to my guests who come to visit us during this time. I make it in the morning before Ganapati Sthapana( I also made Besan Ladoos and Motichoor Ladoos(Ganesh’s favorite) will be soon updating the posts for the same.I always make Chawal ki Kheer the traditional way. I have adapted to the making of a lot of Indian sweets and desserts the shortcut way but somehow this is something that I love to make the traditional way only for festivals and special occasions!! Those of you who want the shortcut method for making Rice Kheer, will soon publish the recipe using condensed milk in a pressure cooker. Let’s quickly see what we need and how we make this super yummy, traditional and ancient dessert!!

Since this something that is made in almost every home in India, everyone has their own preferred way of making it. Many people flavor it with rose water and saffron and many some also add coconut along with other dry nuts like pistachios to it. But I make it Chawal ki Kheer with milk, rice/chawal(of course!!😊), cardamom powder for flavor, raisins and chopped almonds. I made it in a large batch so I took 2L of milk, 1/2 cup rice and sugar as per taste. I tsp of cardamom powder. But here I am specifying the measurements for 1L of milk that is quite sufficient for a family of four. It is refrigerated before serving and thickens a bit so don’t thicken it too much while cooking.

To start with soak rice in water for at least 30 mins. You can use any variety of rice but since I am from Northern India and from the rice growers family, all we use is Basmati rice for making any rice preparation!! Full fat milk is used for making kheer but reduced fat or low fat will also work fine, it will take some more time to thicken and add around a cup extra.

You need a heavy bottomed pan for making Kheer as the milk needs to be cooked for a longer duration. In the pan add milk and switch on the flame. Keep it on medium. When the fist boil comes, lower the flame and cook it for 10 minutes till it starts to thicken a bit. A layer of milk starts forming on the top, add pre-soaked rice to it and mix well. Scrape the milk from the sides of the pan also.

Add cardamom powder, raisins and half of the almonds. Mix well.

Now keep the flame to lower and let the rice and milk cook till the whole rice is cooked and the milk is thickened with little runny consistency. It will take around 45 minutes. Keep on stirring the kheer/pudding and scraping milk that sticks to the side so that it doesn’t get burned.

Add sugar and mix well, cook for 5 more minutes and then switch off the flame.

Take of off from the stovetop. Add remaining almonds, transfer to a serving bowl and let it cool at room temperature. Cover the bowl with cling film or with the lid to avoid layer/skin forming on top. Most of the people like it chilled but some like my hubby love to have it when it is slightly warm. It’s your choice how you want to relish it. Top it with some more nuts of your choice and enjoy the wholesome treat!!

Chawal Ki Kheer

Servings: 4-6

Time: 1 hr

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Most popular food that is offered to Gods in India. Indian Rice Pudding in cooked in the traditional way with Basmati Rice and Milk flavored with cardamom.

Ingredients

Milk- 1L

Rice- 1/4 Cup

Sugar- As per taste

Cardamom Powder-1 Tsp

Raisins and Almonds- 1-2 Tbsp(optional)

Directions

Wash and soak rice for at least 30 mins.

Take milk in a heavy bottomed pan. Keep on medium flame to boil.

When the first boil comes, lower the flame and let it boil for 5 more minutes.

Then add rice and cardamom powder, raisins and half of the almonds to it.

Let it cook on slow flame till the rice gets cooked and milk is thickened with little runny consistency.

Add sugar and cook for another4-5 minutes, keep stirring continuously to avoid burning of kheer.

Switch off the flame and take away the pan from the stove-top. After a while transfer it to the serving bowl and let it cool at room temperature. Cover with lid or cling film to avoid the layer forming on top.

Once cool, keep it in the refrigerator to chill for 3-4 hrs and then serve garnished with rest of the almonds and some more nuts of your choice.

If you like it warm, serve in individual serving bowls garnish with nuts.

I know most of us make kheer on festivals and special occasions, but do let me know how you liked my version and also can also give your inputs to it. If you are making it for the first time do let me know your feedback. Make it enjoy with your loved ones!! Post your pictures here or on my FB page foodtrails25.

Other Kheer recipes from my blog… Dry Fruits and Makhaane ki Kheer(Foxnut Pudding with Nuts), Mini Rasgulla Kheer

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Chawal ki Kheer(Indian Rice Pudding) In India auspicious occasions, festivals, get-together, family functions or new beginnings in any form are celebrated with sweets and desserts and the most popular and favorite among all is Rice Pudding.

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Mahashivratri 2017: Read why it is celebrated that Shivratri festival is celebrated and worshiped Lord Shiva

Udaka shanti pooja – Rudra abhishek pooja -The festival of Mahashwaitra is celebrated every year by millions of Shiva devotees. According to the beliefs of Hindu religion, the festival of this day is of great importance to the people. Lord Shiva is worshiped on Shivratri day. It is believed that on this day worshiping Lord Shiva gives salvation. Mahashivaratri has its own special significance. According to religious beliefs, the festival of Shivratri is celebrated on the date of the Falgun Mass Krishna P. Chaturdashi. On this day, he is very pleased with worshiping Lord Shiva with the legislation and lovingly blesses his devotees. It is also a fact that when Mata Parvati asked her what she was most pleased with, Lord Shiva said that she is very happy when her devotees worship her.

On this day devotees of Lord Shiva fast all day and anointed Lord Shiva from Shivling’s milk, water and honey etc. People in Hinduism consider this day auspicious. On this day, Lord Shiva fulfills his wish that the devotees pray with the true heart. At the same time, those who practice this fast get salvation from the cycle of birth and salvation. Shi Vaatri’s fast is a special significance for women. Married and unmarried women fast on this day, but Mata Gaura makes a favor to them so that their married life can work well.Udaka shanti pooja , Rudra abhishek pooja

At the same time, unmarried girls crave this fast and wish for a good husband. It is believed that this Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati had got married. On the day of Mahashivaratri, there is plenty of sunshine in the temples. In these temples, Bhajan Kirtan is organized only and the peaks are also taken out. These floats exhibit Shiv Leelaas. According to mythology, many such stories are found, due to which the festival of Mahashivaratri is celebrated.

Another such mythology is the sea churning. Once the poison came out of the sea, all the goddesses were afraid that now the world will end. All the gods came to Shivaji with this problem. Then Lord Shiva drank that poison. But Lord Shiva kept the poison in his neck rather than swallowing it, due to which Shiva’s throat turned blue and he was given the name of Nilkanth. Shiva saved the world and Shivratri is also celebrated in this celebration.

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Happy Mahashivratri 2017: Send to friends on Mahashivaratri SMS Messages

This festival is being celebrated on 24th February (Friday), Mahashivratri.

Udaka shanti pooja , Rudra abhishek pooja -According to religious beliefs, the festival of Shivratri is celebrated on the date of the Falgun Mass Krishna P. Chaturdashi. On this day, he is very pleased to worship Lord Shiva with the legislative legislation.

The festival of Mahashivaratri is celebrated every year by millions of devotees of Shiva.

Shivratri is the great honor of Shiva and the union of power. It has been said in the scriptures that Goddess Parvati and Lord Bholenath were married in the night of Mahashivratri, hence it is better than Shivaratri of Shivratri year. That’s why, once a year, the

Mahashivratri devotees are celebrated with joy and joy. In Shiv Swaminarayan, Shiva devotees get tension from the morning. The echo of the anniversary of the temple and the pavilion ‘Har Har Mahadev’ arises. Udaka shanti pooja , Rudra abhishek pooja On this auspicious occasion, you send greetings to your loved ones in Shivratri …

Jata se nikle gangadhar, Haatho me liye damru, Shrishti ko jo hain palanhar, aaj hai Shiv ji ka tyohaar Happy Mahashivratri !!

Shiv ki jooti se noor multa hai, Sabke Dil Kour Maureta, Jo bhi jaata hai, Kuchh na kuchh zarror milta hai Happy Shivratri !!

Shiva’s power, devotion of Shiva , blessings of happiness, on the holy occasion of Shivratri, you get a good start of life ! Best wishes of Mahashivratri !!

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