11.11 SINGLE´s DAY : THE WORLD´s BIGGEST SHOPPING EVENT

The Singles’ Day (simplified Chinese : 光棍节) or Double 11 (Chinese : 双11), originally called Bachelors’ Day, is a Chinese unofficial holiday and shopping season that celebrates people who are not in relationships. The date — 11.11 — was chosen because it is written as four ones, or singles standing together.The four ‘1’s also abstractly refer […]

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VATICAN CITY : THE WORLDS´ SMALLEST STATE BY AREA & POPULATION

The Vatican – The holiest site in Roman Catholic denomination of Christianity and home of the pope as well as the world´s smallest country (110 acres) ! The St. Peter´s Basilica is the largest, holiest and most sacred Church in Roman Catholic Church and the current one was built between […]

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DUSSEHRA, NAVRATRI, DURGA PUJA VIJAYADASHAMI & RAMLILA – DECLARED BY UNESCO AS “THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY´´

Vijayadashami (विजयदशमी, Vijayadaśamī), also known as Dussehra, Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri every year. It is observed on the tenth day in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin, the seventh month of the Hindu Luni-Solar Calendar, which typically falls in the Gregorian months of September and October. Vijayadashami is observed for […]

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LORD GANESHA – THE ELEPHANT HEADED GOD REVERED & REGARDED AS REMOVER OF OBSTACLES AND HARBINGER OF GOOD LUCK, SUCCESS, FORTUNE & FUTURE

GANESHA (Sanskrit : गणेश) also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka is the elephant headed god (Iconography is an elephant–headed anthropomorphic figure) who is regarded as the remover of obstacles and harbinger of good luck, good fortune and therefore a good future. He is widely revered, more specifically, as the remover of obstacles and […]

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RAKSHA BANDHAN : THE BOND OF PROTECTION, OBLIGATION, LOVE & CARE BETWEEN BROTHERS & SISTERS

India is a land of festivals & festivities with many festivals & festivities that have seasonal, cultural & religious significance. Featured photo is Kathakali Dances that are commonly performed during an Indian festival called Onam with dancers enacting famous mythological legends. Raksha Bandhan is another Indian festival with focus on […]

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LAKSHMI -THE GODDESS OF WEALTH, FORTUNE, PROSPERITY, POWER & BEAUTY

Lakshmi Sanskrit : लक्ष्मी Lakṣmī meaning literally – ’she who leads to one’s goal’), also known as Shri (Sanskrit: श्री literally  ’Noble’) is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty and prosperity and associated with Maya (“Illusion”). Along with Parvati and Saraswati, she forms the Tridevi of Hindu goddesses WHO IS GODDESS LAKSHMI […]

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