Festivals of Jammu Lohri (13 January) Lohri bonfire This festival heralds the onset of spring and is also known as Makar Sankranti. The whole region wears a festive look on this day. Thousands take a dip in the holy river‚ called Havan Yagnas‚ and candles light up nearly every house and temple in Jammu. In the rural areas‚ it is customary for young boys to go around asking for gifts from newly-weds and parents of new-borns. A special dance called the Chajja is held on the occasion of Lohri.
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accessories. The irony of the matter lies in the fact that the Election Commission grants only ten lac rupees to a candidate to campaign for his election. The era of elections has changed post independence. Now the mode of transport is no more the ‘Paidal Yatras’ but helicopters have taken over it. Now the leaders prefer to move in helicopters for their campaigns. The mode of advertisements have also changed in this electronic age‚ now they have their own websites and blogs over internet‚ speeches are broadcasted
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the terrorism is on the rise‚ people shy away from coming to Kashmir for tourism. Again‚ transport services feel the pinch. Classical example of this is 2010 agitation instigated by fundamentalists. Because of this large spread agitation Amarnath yatra was badly affected and the impact of this on entire Kashmir’s economy was so severe that it was almost on verge of collapsing. 4. As far as businessmen and shopkeepers are concerned they also face similar fate as that of transporters. There are
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when the sun enters the zodiac sign of Aries and it is closed when the sun enters Scorpio. The priests then go to Ukhimath‚ where the worship of Kedareshwara is continued during the winter season. Tradition has it that when undertaking Kedarnath Yatra pilgrims first visit Yamunotri and Gangotri and bring with them the holy waters from the sources of the rivers Yamuna and Ganga and offer abhishekams to Kedareshwara. The traditional pilgrim route is Haridwar - Rishikesh - Devaprayag - Tehri - Dharasu
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Justice or Revenge? The death penalty has no place in a civilised society‚ but India seems to celebrate it. ndia’s first execution of a death penalty in eight years‚ the speed with which Ajmal Kasab (the only perpetrator of the 26 November 2008 killings to have been held) was hanged after his mercy petition was rejected by the president‚ the public celebrations that erupted in a few parts of the country and the manner in which the media has reported/commented on the hanging in Pune on 21 November
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POLITICISATION THE LINK BETWEEN NEWSPAPERS AND LITERACY An Essay by Deepa Venkatesan ‚ T.Y.BMM A newspaper which loses its value every passing hour once published and out-read by a reader has‚ in layman’s terms‚ maybe an investment of just a rupee or three. But that very newspaper has a long past and has shaped the Indian History in ways unimaginable. From becoming a poor man’s tool towards literacy to influencing political rule‚ regional language newspapers have penetrated in the ground level
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internet‚ mobile‚ retail and even schools. It also launched the Tata Tea Jaago Re Vrath Yatra – a 38-day bus journey across the country to connect with the youth and urge them to pledge against corruption. The Vrath Yatra‚ which started yesterday is travelling from Bangalore to Kolkata via Mumbai and Delhi‚ touching a total of 12 cities on the way. The branded bus‚ which will be the central factor of the Yatra‚ will interact with the youth in every city‚ understand their perspectives on the issue
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from hundrerds of bus operators and makes it available online for consumers. Add to this‚ we distribute our bus inventory to thousands of retailers like travel agents‚ large retail chains like Sify cyber cafes‚ post offices‚ OTAs like MakeMyTrip‚ Yatra‚ and mobile VAS providers like OnMobile etc.” Founded in late 2006‚ redBus.in is a market leader in the industry (a category that it has literally created and organized) with an inventory featuring 500+ bus operators for 5000+ services covering
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About Iyers. Iyers like all other Brahmins trace their paternal ancestors to one of eight rishis or sages. Accordingly they classify themselves into eight gotras‚ based upon the ancestor rishi. The term Iyer derives from the term Ayya used by the people of the Tamil regions to denote a respected person and are seen as representatives of Vedic Culture. The term is believed to have originated from the Sanskrit word ’Arya’ which means a ’noble person’. Iyers have many sub-sects among them
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