10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DASSEHRA»
Discover the use of
Dassehra in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Dassehra and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
This makes Dassehra a very happy festival. Dassehra also remembers the story
in the Ramayana of the battle between Prince Rama and the evil demon Ravana.
Rama won the Ravana (Dassehra celebrations in Delhi) battle with the help of ...
The festival of Dassehra directly follows Navaratri and its name means 'tenth day'.
This is when the murti of Durga worshipped during Navaratri is taken to a nearby
river and washed. Hindus believe that this act symbolizes washing away all ...
The Dassehra festival — dassehra means "the tenth day" — is a ten-day
enactment of the Ram Lila, another name for the Ramayana, during the time in
September to October when the moon appears to grow larger in the sky. This
festival is ...
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Culture and Customs of India
The fall Navaratra culminates on the tenth, Dassehra. It is one of India's largest
festivals. Depending on where one lives in India, Navaratra emphasizes Durga
Puja or Ram Lila — and sometimes both. Durga Puja focuses on goddess
worship.
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New Steps in Religious Education: Teacher's Support
... to have lived in the city and two small white stone footprints of Vishnu, another
important Hindu deity, can also be found there. Rama is also worshipped in
Varanasi and the annual Dassehra festival in the city re-enacts the Ramayana
story.
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The Divine Hierarchy: Popular Hinduism in Central India
Moving deftly among literary and visual arts, as well as the modern critical canon, Christopher Prendergast's book explores the meaning and value of representation as both a philosophical challenge (What does it mean to create an image that ...
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The Courts of Pre-Colonial South India: Material Culture and ...
See dassehra, navaratri. S/ A circular or otherwise shaped geometric figure
representing the cosmos. S/ A dance performed in a circle. The rasa lila of
Krishna. S/ Lord of the mandala. The highest- ranking king described in the
Manasara.
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East of Indus: My Memories of Old Punjab
On the way I stopped off in FaridKot, where the dassehra festival and fair were in
progress. I spent the day enjoying the dassehra festival and then instead of going
home, I took the night train through Bhatinda to visit my married sister Maro's ...
Gurnam Singh Sidhu Brard, 2007
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A History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938
Since then every unit of the army performs the Dassehra rites at its headquarters,
conducting the puja, changing the colours and firing the salvo on the local scale.
At Jaipur, His Highness the Maharajah rides at the head of the Sawai Man ...
Jadunath Sarkar, Raghubir Sinh, 1994
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On Top of the Old Tak:
Firstly, it was Dassehra. ... clothes, carrying colourful bamboo bows and flowers,
sang the refrain as their teachers sang the Dassehra songs, darting the flowers
from their arrows, appealing for presents; fowls were slaughtered in every house;
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DASSEHRA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Dassehra is used in the context of the following news items.
Dandeli: A Walk Into The Woods
On the spot where the head was found a temple was built and till date the whole town worships him every Amavasya and Dassehra. gawli tribe «Huffington Post India, Apr 15»
Ram Charan's next flick launch on Jan 28
DVV Danayya is producing the flick and the movie is expected to hit the big screens on the eve of Dassehra 2015. The female lead has not been finalized yet but ... «ApNewsCorner, Dec 14»
2015 to be a vacationer's dream
... Ambedkar Jayanti/Tamil New Year, Parsi New Year, Ganesh Chaturthi, Bakri Eid and Dassehra, which fall either on Tuesdays or Thursdays. «Times of India, Dec 14»
Centre keen to project Chhattisgarh as tourist hotspot
... have also urged the Centre for cooperation in building hotels and lighting facilities at Chitrakoot, besides giving publicity to Bastar Dassehra, ... «The Indian Express, Dec 14»
Central govt to support Chhattisgarh tourism as a means to combat …
Chandrakar has asked the Central government to help in the promotion of Bastar Dassehra, Chitrakoot waterfalls, Kutumsar caves, and Kanger ... «TravelBizMonitor, Nov 14»
Tourism promotion plan in Chhattisgarh's red zone
... facilities at Chitrakoot besides giving wide publicity to the Bastar Dassehra, Chitrakoot waterfalls, Kutumsar caves and Kanger valley national ... «Business Standard, Nov 14»
Chessboard Without A Queen Bee
When the Karnataka High Court vacation bench listed Jayalalitha's plea for a stay of sentence along with the appeal for hearing after Dassehra vacation on ... «Outlook, Oct 14»
High demand pushes sheep prices up
The demand for goats went up yesterday, also because of the Hindu festival of Dassehra. Nepalese Hindus celebrate the festival with much ... «Peninsula On-line, Oct 14»
Long Weekend Sees Rental Luxury Car Demand Go Up
The long weekend is upon us. Well for most of us. The combination of Gandhi Jayanti, Dassehra, a regular weekend and Eid has given most ... «Indian Cars Bikes, Oct 14»
Ritual slaughter
Dassehra, the annual October harvest festival, is now the most bloody of all festivals. At Kalighat, Kolkata, amidst drum-beats, thousands of ... «E Kantipur, Jul 14»
