Vaikunta Ekadasi, the Ekadasi of Vaikunta (the abode of the Vishnu) falls on the 11th day of the Sukla Paksha (the waxing phase of the moon) of the Dhanur (Margazhi in Tamil terminology) month - the ninth of the Hindu Lunar Calendar. Hindus consider it a very auspicious day and observe it as a day of prayer and fasting. According to legend, the gods and demons churned the divine ocean for Amrita on the day of Vaikunta Ekadasi, following which Shiva consumed the poison that resulted. Hence Shaivaites consider this Ekadasi as the Nanjunda Ekadasi. It is beli ...

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Ekadasi is the eleventh lunar day (Tithi) of the shukla (bright) or krishna (dark) paksha (fortnight) respectively, of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar (Panchang). In Hinduism and Jainism, it is considered spiritually beneficial day. Scriptures recommend to observe an (ideally waterless) fast from sunset on the day prior to ekadasi until 48 minutes after sunrise on the day following ekadasi. Ekadasi - Meaning of Ekadasi. Ekadasi is a Sanskrit word, which means 'the eleventh'. It refers to the ...

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How, is Ekadasi related to the movement of moon and mind? We have certain psycho-physical and psychological centres called Chakras in the body, or rather in the astral body. The moon influences the Chakras and ultimately the mind. The mind moves through these Chakras. When this takes place consciously, it is called Yoga. When the moon waxes or wanes, the mind is vehemently influenced. Mentally challenged people are very affected on the full-moon and new-moon days. The sun influences the moon and the moon influences the earth. The moon's movement tells upon the movement ...

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The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. Based on the words holy and day -, holidays originally represented special religious days. The word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day. In most of the English-speaking world a holiday is also a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation (e.g. "I'm going on holiday to Mallorca next week"), the North American equivalent being "vacation". However, some Canadians (especially those of English or Irish decent) will use both the terms vacation and holiday interchangeably when referr ...

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Tyagaraja (Telugu: శ్రీ త్యాగరాజ; d. 1848) was one of the most important composers of Carnatic music. He is regarded as one of the "trinity" of Carnatic music composers, along with Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri. He was a devotee of Rama. Tyagaraja - Biography. In Thiruvarur in the Thanjavur district of present-day Tamil Nadu, in the Hindu lunar year Sarvajit 27th Soma, on Chaitra Sukla Sapthami, the 7th day of the bright half of the Hindu month of Chaitra, under the Including:

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Ekadasi is a Sanskrit word, which means 'the eleventh'. It refers to the eleventh day of a fortnight belonging to a lunar month. There are two fortnights in a lunar month—the bright and the dark. So, Ekadasi occurs twice in a month, in the bright fortnight and the dark fortnight. The special feature of Ekadasi, as most people know it, is a fast, abstinence from food. This is how it is usually understood. In fact, the fast is only a practical expression and a symbol of something else that we are expected to do, which ...

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2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponds to the years 5766-5767 in the Hebrew Calendar, 5107-5108 in the Hindu Calendar, 1426-1427 in the Islamic Calendar, 1384-1385 in the Iranian calendar, 4703 in the Chinese calendar, and 2759 a.U.c. It is also the current year. It has been designated: The International Year of Deserts and Desertification The Rembrandt Year, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrand ...

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2006 - January. January 15: First round of the Finnish presidential election Second round of the Chile presidential elections NASA's Stardust spacecraft mission ends. January 16 - Mordechai Vanunu to appear in Israeli court, charged with meeting foreigners. January 17 - NASA will launch the New Horizons spacecraft on its first mission to Pluto. January 21 - baptism of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark' ...

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Holiday - Buddhist holidays. Vesak Matsuri (in Japan, could also be considered a Shinto holiday) Blessed Rainy Day in Bhutan Holiday - Celtic Norse and Neopagan holidays. In the order of the Wheel of the Year: Samhain (Celtic): 31 October-1 November, Celtic New Year, first day of winter Winternights (Norse): 29 October-2 November, Norse New Year Yule (Norse): 21 December-22 December, winter solstice, Celtic mi ...

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In Thiruvarur in the Thanjavur district of present-day Tamil Nadu, in the Hindu lunar year Sarvajit 27th Soma, on Chaitra Sukla Sapthami, the 7th day of the bright half of the Hindu month of Chaitra, under the Pushya nakshatram [star], that is on May 4, 1767, a son was born to Kakarla Ramabrahmam and his wife Seethamma. According to another tradition, the year of his birth was 1759. The boy was named Tyagaraja, after Lord Tyagaraja, the presiding deity of Thiruvarur. His maternal grandfather, Giriraja Kavi, at whose resi ...

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Holiday - Buddhist holidays. Vesak Matsuri (in Japan, could also be considered a Shinto holiday) Blessed Rainy Day in Bhutan Holiday - Celtic Norse and Neopagan holidays. In the order of the Wheel of the Year: Samhain (Celtic): 31 October-1 November, Celtic New Year, first day of winter Winternights (Norse): 29 October-2 November, Norse New Year Yule (Norse): 21 December-22 December, winter solstice, Celtic mi ...

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Referring to the original meaning of the term, Henny Youngman included this joke among his vast catalog of one-liners: "I was an atheist for awhile, but I gave it up. No holidays!" Although Youngman's jest suggests that the list of holidays for a non-believer would necessarily be the "empty set", many non-believers honor various holidays and "holy" days, and those of one fai ...

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In many Western countries, the winter holiday season is a period of time surrounding Christmas. Except in North America, the phrases "holiday season" and "holiday period" usually mean the summer months when most people take their annual holiday ("vacation" in North American English), and phrases such as the "festive period" are used to describe the period around Christmas and New Year. Usually, this festive period begins near the end of November and ends with New Year's Day on January 1, reflecting traditional pagan celebrations of th ...

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In many Western countries, the winter holiday season is a period of time surrounding Christmas. Except in North America, the phrases "holiday season" and "holiday period" usually mean the summer months when most people take their annual holiday ("vacation" in North American English), and phrases such as the "festive period" are used to describe the period around Christmas and New Year. Usually, this festive period begins near the end of November and ends with New Year's Day on January 1, reflecting traditional pagan celebrations of th ...

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2006 - January. January 1: Royal Mail loses its 350-year monopoly in the UK. Redenomination of the Azerbaijani manat. Tropical Storm Zeta becomes the second Atlantic tropical cyclone to span two calendar years. Russia cuts natural gas to Ukraine over a price dispute. Spain bans smoking in public places. Viacom and CBS Corporation complete their corporate split. January 2: Fifteen are killed when a German ice rink collapses after heav ...

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Main article: Deaths in 2006 2006 - January. January 1 - Henry Magdoff, American political commentator (b. 1913) January 2 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player (b. 1954) January 3 - Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) January 4 - Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946) January 4 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912) January 5 - Rod Dedeaux, college baseball coach (b. 1914) ...

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Referencing the original meaning of the term, Henny Youngman included this joke among his vast catalog of one-liners: "I was an atheist for awhile, but I gave it up. No holidays!" Although Youngman's jest suggests that the list of holidays for a non-believer would necessarily be the "empty set", many non-believers honor various holidays and "holy" days, and those of one fai ...

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Referring to the original meaning of the term, Henny Youngman included this joke among his vast catalog of one-liners: "I was an atheist for awhile, but I gave it up. No holidays!" Although Youngman's jest suggests that the list of holidays for a non-believer would necessarily be the "empty set", many non-believers honor various holidays and "holy" days, and those of one fai ...

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