Festival Greetings and Wishes

Maha Shivaratri Maha Shivaratri is the famous Hindu festival which is annually observed in honour of Lord Shiva. The day marks a remembrance of overcoming darkness and ignorance in life and the world. Shiva was married to Parvati on this day. Devotees on Maha Shivaratri observe a strict fast and do various religious activities like fasting, offering prayer on the Shivalinga and doing pujas. Maha Shivratri, commonly known as the great fortnight is one of the most significant festivals in India. It is believed that those who sincerely worship Lord Shiva on this day get freed from all their sins. Those who worship the Lord with utmost devotion and a clean heart get their all wishes fulfilled. Maha Shivratri falls in the Krishna Paksha on the 13th or 14th day of Phalguna month as per Hindu Calendar. It is observed by remembering Shiva and chanting prayers, fasting, and meditating on ethics and virtues such as self-restraint, honesty, non-injury to others, forgiveness, and the discovery o

Krishna Janmashtami Krishna Janmashtami  Story 5246th Birth Anniversary of Lord Krishna Janmashtami, or more popularly known as Krishna Janmashtami is the birthday of Lord Krishna which is celebrated with great fervor and zeal in India during the monsoon month. Among all of them, the most widely accepted view is that Lord Krishna is the eighth incarnate of Lord Vishnu. We all have known from Mahabharata that the birth of Lord Krishna happened to kill the demon Kansa who happens to be his maternal uncle. Historians and scholars say that Lord Krishna took birth in a cellular jail in Dwapar Yug biologically to Vasudeva and Devaki. But Vasudeva had to cross the Yamuna River in a stormy night to pass on his child to a friend so save the child from the evil hands of Kansa. So, technically, Maiya Yashodha and Nanda of Gokul region of Mathura were the foster parents of Lord Krishna. We can say that this festival initially originated in Gokul and slowly engulfed th