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Samayapuram Temple Car Festival (April 15, 2025)

Samayapuram Temple Car Festival (April 15, 2025) Significance of the Festival The Samayapuram Mariamman Temple, located in Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu, is one of the most revered temples dedicated to Goddess Mariamman, a powerful deity of health, rain, and protection. Every year in the Tamil month of Chithirai (mid-April), the Car Festival (Rathotsavam) is celebrated with grand devotion. On this day, thousands of devotees pull the beautifully decorated temple chariot while chanting “Om Shakti”, seeking […]

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April 15, 2025

Many US school districts closing on November 7, the day of Hindu festival Diwali

Many US school districts closing on November 7, the day of Hindu festival Diwali 2018 There will reportedly be no classes for students on November seven, the day of most popular Hindu festival Diwali 2018; in many school districts in the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Maryland. Some school-districts/school in Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Pennsylvania and Illinois have announced early-release-day/early-dismissal/abbreviated-schedule/single-session-day/half-day on November seven, reports suggest. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan […]

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June 25, 2018