The second day of the month of Thai is “Maattu Pongal”

Cows are especially worshipped on “Maattu Pongal” day

Hindus believe the tail side of the cows are more prosperous than the face. Because cow dung is used to make “Thiruneeru” (holy ash which Hindus wear on their foreheads)

Sri Ponnambalawaneswarar Devasthanam

A Hindu devotee worships a cow

The milk boils over and bubbles towards the “Kizhakku Thisai” out of the vessel

The chief Hindu priest of Sri Ponnambalawaneswarar temple Bala Kurukkal puts the first rice to boil to make “Sakkarai Pongal” (sweet rice)

The cows are decorated with garlands, silk, saffron and “Kumkumam”

The chief Hindu priest of Sri Ponnambalawaneswarar temple Bala Kurukkal offers “Panchcharaththi” to the temple cow “Sunthari”

A devotee is feeding “Sakkarai Pongal” (sweet rice) to a cow

The Hindu devotees at Sri Ponnambalawaneswarar temple watching the cows

Indian National Army personnel are all military grace as they welcome Gandhi at an event at the Harijan Colony, Delhi, in 1946

Jawaharlal Nehru addresses the press in Delhi in 1947, shortly before Independence

Jinnah, sitting on a sofa like a modern potentate, surveys the scene from atop a truck at a procession in Allahabad in the 1940s, during a Muslim League session

Workers gather to collect their wages from a ‘pay van’, as it was called, at the Bhakra Nangal project area in the 1950s

Wrestling champ ‘Daula’ pins down his English adversary ‘Clark’, to the patent dismay of the referee, at a fundraiser for the Lahore Warplanes Fund, the Police Spitfire Fund and the Minto Park Fund, in Lahore in the late 1930s

Sardar Patel and the Maharaja of Patiala confer during a meeting of the Phulkian Union, an umbrella body of princely states, in Patiala, shortly after Independence

Mahatma Gandhi and Jinnah in a heated conversation. A well-known photograph recently attributed to Kulwant Roy.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru walk to a Congress meeting while Sardar Patel is pulled alongside in a rickshaw. Roy’s access provided him with ample opportunities for informal photographs.

Nehru with his grandson, Rajiv Gandhi, and his daughter, Indira Gandhi, in an undated photo from the Kulwant Roy Collection. (Aditya Arya Archives, Kulwant Roy Collection )

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Legends
As per a legend in the Mahabharata, once Arjun had gone for worship to the Nilgiri Hills. Draupadi was struck with fear believing that she was alone in the forest with no one to protect her. She invoked Lord Krishna who appeared before her. On hearing her predicament Lord Krishna cited an example of Goddess Parvati. Parvati in a similar situation asked Lord Shiva’s help. Lord Shiva explained to her that to ward off such apprehensions, a woman could observe a fast on Kartik Krishna Chaturthi as a remedy.

There is also the story of the Satyavan and Savitri. Savitri with her unparalleled love for her husband averted his untimely death. When Lord Yama, came to procure Satyavan’s soul, Savitri begged him to grant him life. When he refused, she stopped eating and drinking and Yamraj finally relented. He granted her, her husband’s life.

Celebration
It is a day of celebration and decoration. On the eve of karwa chauth, the markets are full of women preparing for it. Mehndi stalls are set up in every corner of the market, Bindi’s, Red bangles and different types of cosmetics are sold everywhere. Mother-in-laws buy ’sargi’ for their daughter-in-laws. This ’sargi’ consists of various types of sweetmeats, and sometime clothes. All these items are supposed to bring good luck to the women. There is great festivity on this day.

Process
Early in the morning, before sunrise, the women bathe and gather to eat the sweetmeats. They pray to Shiva and Parvati, hoping that their married life would be as successful as theirs. In the afternoon, mothers of newly wed girls give ‘Baya’ to the parents of their son-in-law. This Baya contains few Mathris, Almonds, and some gifts. In every neighbourhood women gather together to perform a puja and to recite the story of ‘Karwa Chauth’. Most women are dressed in beautiful red or pink clothes and in traditional Jewellery.

A small pooja to Gaura Ma or goddess Parvati is performed. Married women sit around Gaura ma and pray to her for the well being and long life of their husbands. A small pitcher or Karva with some water is placed in the centre. While the story is being narrated, ladies circulate their Baya thalis. After the puja this thali is given to the eldest member of the family who blesses the woman with all the happiness in life.

Moonrise is eagerly awaited and everyone in the family keeps a lookout for it. Once the moon is sighted, women gather on the terrace and offer prayers to the moon 7 times. They pray for their husband’s and family’s welfare. Then they have a sip of water and in this way the fast comes to an end.

we all know why we celebrate diwali. according to the hindu mythology diwali is celebrated on the day when lord rama returned to ayodhya after an exile of 14 years. all the peoples of ayodhya celebrated the day and the night by singing, dancing and lighting diyas.

we still lights diyas on this day. but along with these diyas we even light crackers. these crackers give out a lot of smoke and noise causing harm to the environment. crackers lead to a lot of air and noise pollution.

many of us might be knowing that these crackers are made by those compny which solely employ children. these children are kept malnutrinized so that they become so thin that theyr fingers can go in the small holes to fill the powder of these crackers.these children can not say no to their employers as they are the ones which are living below the poverty line. these children inhale the poisonous gases of the powder and cannot even survive to thier adulthood.

if we want a bright future forour planet then we must say a straight forward no to pollutants of this kind.

remember that one person ca make many changes in a group.

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3rd & 4th digit Indicates Country Code i.e.91 For India

5th & 6th digit Indicates MNC (Mobile Network Code) i.e.59 For Rajasthan

7th digit Indicates Last digit of year manufacture i.e.2004

8th & 9th digit indicates Month of Manufacture i.e.09

10th digit indicates for future use purpose

11th digit indicates Zonal code i.e. 1 (East, West, North, and South)

12th digit indicates MSC code

13th digit indicates Prepaid=1 and postpaid =2

14-19th digits indicates Running Number

TRAIN TO PAKISTAN; India 1947. Trains packed with refugees – Hindus and Sikhs headed for India, and Muslims headed for Pakistan were convenient targets for gangs of killers on both sides of the border. Inadequately protected ‘Refugee Specials’ were typically stopped, and the occupants butchered, several times in the course of the journey.

The dead – Punjab, 1947

1971: Indira Gandhi reviews the troops, in the context of military and diplomatic preparations for the Bangladesh War.

Ghandhiji Addressing people

Ghandhiji Addressing people

Nehru and Gandhi at AICC meeting, July 1946

Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport; received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali. March 25, 1947

1948: The news of Gandhi’s assassination hits the streets. A stunned crowd gathers in Calcutta.

1948: Crowds in New Delhi wait for a glimpse of Gandhi’s funeral procession.

1948: Crowds in New Delhi wait for a glimpse of Gandhi’s funeral procession.




This is our 61st Independence Day!

Freedom is not a Right but a Feeling!

Let’s be proud to feel the Freedom!

Let’s say loud we are INDIANS!!!

Let all of us get to-gather &

Let’s Celebrate Our Freedom!

It is our duty to preserve this Freedom!

Carry this forward to the future!

We did, we do, and we will do!!!

Set the celebration on Air, Share your Joy, You’re Free to do it, Send this to every Indian, to say

Vande Mataram!