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In 2025, the vibrant festival of Holi, will be celebrated on Friday, March 14. Holi is traditionally observed on the Purnima (full moon) day of the Hindu month of Phalguna, which typically falls in March.
Holi is one of the most joyful and colorful festivals in India. It is also known as the “Festival of Colors.” People across the country and even in some other parts of the world celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm. Holi marks the victory of good over evil and the arrival of spring. In 2025, Holi will be celebrated with the same excitement as always.
Holi is celebrated in various ways, including:
Applying Colors: People throw colored powders and water at each other.
Dancing and Music: Traditional and Bollywood Holi songs are played.
Bonfires: On Holika Dahan, bonfires are lit to signify the victory of good over evil.
Visiting Friends & Family: People meet their loved ones and enjoy sweets.
Community Gatherings: Public Holi events with music and colors are organized.
Durga as the sublime Mother Goddess shields her devotees from the turmoil of life and alleviates the most severe sorrow. Durga, also known as Devi, Shakti and by numerous other names, is a principal and popular form of Hindu goddess. She is the warrior goddess, whose mythology centers around combating evils and demonic forces that threaten peace, prosperity and dharma of the good.
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First off am celebrating my birthday :D Its still 16th October in many parts of the world, so its still Happy to me!!!!!! :D
Secondly what you see in the collage up there is the closing celebrations of the XIX Commonwealth Games which was Spectacular...enthralling...captivating...a grand success!!! I was lucky enough to get passes for this spectacle (Thanks VJ!!) and watch it live with some awesome company (Zanku 2K!! :) This collage barely captures how incredibly splendid the sights were but surely these pics here by my very talented friend do more justice to it :D
Thirdly its Dushera today, a festival which celebrates the triumph of good over evil..so Happy Dushera to you all :)
Finally am celebrating the wonderful friends I am blessed with, especially on Flickr...So heres a special thanks to Natesh for the sweet birthday dedication and amazing testimonial and Aayushi for the love birthday greeting she made me!!! Thank you so much, You guys rock!!
That first look when you see the fireworks spreading across the sky and you lose yourself in that moment, in those bands of light, in those short lived, ethereal lights
Deepavali, or Diwali, (Markiscarali) is a major Indian festival, Many legends are associated with Diwali. "Festival of Light" where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being .
Deep/dip means "light of the dharma" and avali means "a continuous line".
( I just bought a set of diyas or lamps to light up and decorate the house and decided to fool around with the camera on the tabletop)
"Scholz' Artists Picture Books of the Brother's Grimm, Three Fairytales." About 1920. Hansel and Gretel illustrated by Rich. Scholz.
Devotion is in the heart, not in the place where we are...Kolkata may be the capital of Durga Puja celebrations, but Mumbai also experienced a hearty celebration of the mother's grace...
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Ya devi sarva bhutesu, shanti rupena sansitha
Ya devi sarva bhutesu, shakti rupena sansthita
Ya devi sarva bhutesu, matra rupena sansthita
Namastasyai, namastasyai, namastasyai, namo namaha!
Lion Crushing a Serpent
1832
By Antoine Louis Barye (1796-1875)
Bronze, height 54" (granite base 38")
This is Rittenhouse Square's most prized sculpture, created by the prolific French sculptor Antoine Louis Barye. The plaster original for this piece was purchased by the French Minister of State from the Salon exhibition of 1833 in France. He ordered it to be cast in bronze and it was shown in the Salon of 1836 in France and then placed in the garden of the Tuileries Palace.
The bronze cast in Rittenhouse Square is a bronze cast of the original that now stands in the Salle de Barye of the Louvre. Philadelphia's bronze was cast sometime in the period of 1889-91 and may have possibly been the bronze displayed at the Universal Exposition of 1889 or it could have been reproduced at this time to take advantage of the French and rising American interest for Barye.
Baryre created this piece to express the allegory of the French resolution of 1830: the lion symbolizes the power of good, who conquers the serpent, who represents evil.
The Fairmount Park Association purchased this piece in 1891 and it was placed in the center of Rittenhouse Square in 1893.
source: www.pages.drexel.edu/~abp39/final/sculptures.html
identifier: ~ GAC_0397
image by Photo George
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