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WHAT IS GANESH CHATURTHI? Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is a Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of Ganesha to earth from Kailash Parvat with his mother Goddess Parvati/Gauri. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesh clay idols privately in homes, or publicly on elaborate pandals. WHY DO WE CELEBRATE GANESH CHATURTHI? Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated annually to mark the birth of Lord Ganesha, the God of new beginnings and a fresh start. The festival falls in the month of Bhadra, according to the Hindu calendar and in August/September according to the Gregorian calendar. This year, the ten-day celebrations will begin on August 22. Lord Ganesha is considered to be a symbol of wisdom, writing, travel, commerce and good fortune. He is also addressed as Gajanana, Ganesh, Gajadant that are among his 108 names. BRIEF HISTORY OF GANESH CHATURTHI It is believed that the Goddess Parvati who made baby Ganesha using sandalwood paste and asked him to guard the ...

WHAT IS MUHARRAM? MEANING OF MUHARRAM? The first month, Muharram, is one of the four sacred months mentioned in the Quran, along with the seventh month of Rajab, and the eleventh and twelfth months of Dhu al-Qi'dah and Dhu al-Hijjah, respectively, immediately before Muharram. During these sacred months, warfare is not allowed. Before the advent of Islam, the Quraish and Arabs also ban warfare during those months. The general meaning of the adjective muharram means "banned, barred, not allowed, illegal, illicit, impermissible, prohibited, unlawful, unauthorised, unpermitted". INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THIS MONTH 1 Muharram : Seizure of the Grand Mosque in 1400 AH (1979 AD). 2 Muharram : Husayn ibn Ali enters Karbala and establishes camp. Yazid's forces are present. 61 AH (680 AD). 5 Muharram : Death anniversary (urs) of Baba Farid, a Punjabi Sufi saint, in 665 AH (1266 AD).  7 Muharram : Access to water was banned to Husayn ibn Ali by Yazid's orders. 61 AH (680 A...

((This story is adapted from an episode in Guy De Maupassant's work  'Sur L 'eau' in French ( Translated into English : Afloat ) and Translated from Russian by Louise Maud and Aylmer Maud.)) TOO DEAR ( expensive)                                       -Leo Tolstoy 👉🗾Monaco   is a small kingdom lies near the borders of France and Italy. There are only about   7000 inhabitants  in Monaco. This toy kingdom has a real kinglet🤴 and like any other real king , he lives in a palace with courtiers, ministers, a bishop, generals and an army of only sixty soldiers. Being very small the taxes the people pay for their drinking and smoking are not adequate enough to feed the king's courtiers, and officials and to keep himself. Therefore the king had hit upon a new sources of revenue . It came from a gambling house🏚️ , where people play roulette. The keeper of the gaming house gets ...