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Bhai Dooj :  Bhai Tika, Bhai Dooj ,  Bhaibeej ,  Bhai Phonta  or  Bhratri Dwitiya  is a festival celebrated by Hindus on the second lunar day of the Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight) of Kartika, the eighth month of the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar or the Shalivahana Shaka calendar. It is celebrated during the Diwali or Tihar festival and Holi festival. The celebrations of this day are similar to the festival of Raksha Bandhan.  In the southern part of India, the day is celebrated as  Yama Dwitiya . In the Kayastha community, two Bhai Doojs are celebrated. The more famous one comes on the second day after Diwali. But the lesser-known one is celebrated a day or two after Diwali. In Haryana and Uttar Pradesh a ritual also followed, a dry coconut (named gola in regional language) with  klewa  tied along its width for worshipping is also used at the time of doing  aarti  of a brother. In Bengal the day is celebrated as Bhai Phota, which comes one day after Kali Puja.  The Ceremony: On the da

  hit's blogs Sal Mubarak :  નૂતન વર્ષાભિનંદન : Saal  is an Indo-Persian word meaning year, and  mubarak  is an originally Arabic term meaning blessing or good wishes. The greeting  Saal Mubarak  is therefore used to mark the New Year. The greeting  Saal Mubarak  is used by the Parsi community in India and Pakistan to mark Nauroz which occurs in either March or August depending on the specific Zoroastrian calendar used. Both,  Saal Mubarak,  and  Nutan Varshabhinandan  are greetings used by Gujaratis to commemorate the Hindu, Parsi and Jain New Year, also known as  Bestu Varas  (beginning of the year). It is celebrated on Balipratipada, which falls on the first day after Diwali: the Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist festival of lights, which symbolizes the triumph of good over evil and nirvana of Lord Mahavira. The Gujarati New Year starts on Kartak  Sud Ekam  (The first month and first day of the Gujarati lunisolar calendar. The Gujarati community all over the world celebrates the Ne

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS :  Diwali  is the  Hindu festival  of lights with its variations also celebrated in other  Indian religions .   It symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance".  Diwali is celebrated during the  Hindu lunisolar  months of  Ashvin  (according to the  amanta  tradition) and  Kartika —between around mid-September and mid-November.  The celebrations generally last five or six days.  Diwali is connected to various religious events, deities and personalities, such as being the day  Rama  returned to his  kingdom  in  Ayodhya  with his wife  Sita  and his brother  Lakshmana  after defeating the demon king  Ravana .  It is also widely associated with  Lakshmi , the goddess of prosperity, and  Ganesha , the god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles.  Other regional traditions connect the holiday to  Vishnu ,  Krishna ,  Durga ,  Shiva ,  Kali ,  Hanuman ,  Kubera ,  Yama ,  Yami ,  Dhanvantari , or  Vishwak