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Happy Diwali

Happy Diwali, Happy Deepavali, Happy Lakshmi Puja, Happy Kali Puja, and Happy Bhai Duj.

Since Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth and prosperity, Diwali is really what the stock market needs.

Here are stories about Bhai Duj (or Bhai Dooj) below the fold. And below that, the details of the Five Days of Diwali.The fifth day of Deepavali or Diwali is celebrated as Bhaiya Dooj, popularly know as Bhai Dooj. The name itself denotes the day of the festival i.e it falls on Dooj, the second day after the new moon. This day Yamaraj went to his sister’s house who put an auspicious mark on his forehead for his welfare. Thus, on this day sisters perform puja for their brothers safety and well being. Brothers in return give gifts to their sisters as a token of love.

Another version is after killing Narakasur, Lord Krishna, went to his sister Subhadra who welcomed him in the traditional way by showing him a light and putting on his forehead a tilak of her sisterly protection. Another myth behind this begins as when Bhagawaan Mahavir found nirvana, his brother Raja Nandivardhan was distressed because he missed him and was comforted by his sister Sudarshana. Since then, women have been revered during this festival.

The festival of Diwali is not complete without “Bhaiyya-Duj” in the Hindi-speaking belt, “Bhav–Bij” in the Marathi-speaking communities, “Bhai Phota” to the Bengalees and in Nepal by the name of “Bhai-Tika”.

Diwali is a personal, people-oriented festival when enmities are forgotten, families and friends meet, enjoy and establish a word of closeness. Reflecting this essence, Bhai dooj has its own importance in continuing to maintain the love between brothers and sisters for it is the day of food-sharing, gift-giving and reaching out to the inner most depths of the hearts.

As a festival of light and beauty it encourages artistic expressions through home-decorations stage-plays, elocution competitions singing and dancing programmes, making gift items and making delectable sweets thereby discovering new talents of younger people. As a result innumerable communities with varying cultures and customs mingle together to make Bhai Dooj celebrations a very happy occasion for all. [From Diwalifestival.org]

The Five Days of Diwali:

Five Days Of Diwali

Deewali is a festival of joy, splendor, brightness and happiness. It is the festival of lights and is celebrated with great enthusiasm by all Indians all over the world. The uniqueness of this festival is its harmony of five varied philosophies, with each day to a special thought or ideal. People celebrate each of its five days of festivities with true understanding, it will uplift and enrich the lives.

The first day of Diwali: Dhanteras

The first day of Diwali is called Dhanvantari Triodasi or Dhanwantari Triodasi also called Dhan Theras. It is in fact the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksh, the dark forthnight of the month of Kartik. On this day, Lord Dhanwantari came out of the ocean with Ayurvedic for mankind. This day marks the beginning of Deepawali celebrations.

On this day at sunset, Hindus should bathe and offer a lighted deeya with Prasad (sweets offered at worship time) to Yama Raj, the Lord of Death and pray for protection from untimely death. This offering should be made near a Tulsi tree, the Holy Basil or any other sacred tree that one might have in their yard.

The second day of Diwali: Choti Diwali

The second day of Diwali is called Narak Chaturdasi. On this day Lord Krishna destroyed the demon Narakasur and made the world free from fear.

The third day of Diwali: Lakshmi Puja on Diwali

This is the day when worship unto Mother Lakshmi is performed. Hindus cleanse themselves and join with their families and their Pandit (priest) and they worship the divine Goddess Lakshmi to achieve the blessings of wealth and prosperity, the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.

The fourth day of Diwali: Padwa & Govardhan Puja

On this day, Govardhan Pooja is performed. Many thousands of years ago, Lord Krishna caused the people of Vraja to perform Govardhan Pooja. From then on, every year Hindus worship Govardhan to honour that first Pooja done by the people of Vraja.

The fifth day of Diwali: Bhai Duj

The fifth day of the Diwali is called Bhratri Dooj. This is the day after Goverdhan Pooja is performed and normally two days after Diwali day. It is a day dedicated to sisters. Many moons ago, in the Vedic era, Yama (Yamraj, the Lord of death) visited his sister Yamuna on this day. He gave his sister a Vardhan (a boon) that whosoever visits her on this day shall be liberated from all sins. They will achieve Moksha or final emancipation. From then on, brothers visit their sisters on this day to enquire of their welfare.

This day marks the end of the five days of Diwali celebrations. This is also known as Bhai fota among Bengalis. Bhai fota is an event especially among

Dhanteras Sms In Tamil Marathi Telugu

Meri Paratna Hai Ke Ye Dhanters Apke Lye Naye Khawab,

Nayi Umeed Aur Kamyaabi Ke Naye Raste Laye,

Aur Apki Life Ko Yaadgaar Lamhaat Se Bhar De.

Apko Aur Apke Ghar Walon Ke

Dhanteras Ki Bohat Bohat Badhai Ho

happy diwali sms in marathi

Bengalis when the sister prays for her brother’s safety, success and well being.

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India’s Clean (and green) Revolution: Opportunities for

Flying to India

The main way to travel to India from furthest countries is flying. The shortest international flight to India is 148 miles. There are four main airports in India, including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata, and plenty of minors, such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Calicut, Cochin, Coimbatore Airports and number of others. These airports are working with a lot of airlines (over 80 air companies) that provides their service for different prices, so if you want to get the cheap flight to India, you should take interest in special offers of air companies. In addition to this, the multiple airline flights are also the possibility to get cheap flights to India. There are event 354,672 weakly international flights to and from India.
Moreover, if you are looking for cheap flight to India, you should know that airports usually has their own fees, so sometimes flying from the smaller airport is the cheaper choice than taking the flight from the main airport in the country. By the way, it is observed that the cheapest tickets are some months before the flight and they are getting expense with every day closer to the date of departure. So the travel specialists advise to plan your travel to India as early as it is possibleCanadian entrepreneurs

By Vijender Trivedi

August 15, 2012

 

“India is a land of opportunities.” I’m sure you must have heard this numerous times, and I am also assuming that Canadian entrepreneurs are making the best use of it. If not, then this blog is an attempt to give a slight glimpse of what’s happening in India and why you (Canadian entrepreneurs) should expand your business to India.

Before I begin, let me share something that I’m happy about and proudly celebrating today—the 66^th Independence Day of India!

 I would like to start with a fact from a study: “By 2050, India is expected to be the world’s largest economy, surpassing the United States by 2040 and China by 2050.” Imagine how amazing it would be to have your business running in India then. But rather than look forward in time, let’s see what can be done now!

India’s GDP currently exceeds $1.5 trillion and although many of the industries like information and communications technology, biotechnology, cleantech, automotive, oil and gas and infrastructure are booming in India, I would like to draw your attention to the cleantech sector, which is hot at the moment as India is in the midst of a clean revolution and which entrepreneurs can immediately start tapping into with the right approach.

The cleantech opportunities in India include solar energy, biofuels, clean water, renewable power generation, green buildings, smart IT and more. In a power-starved nation, the solar, wind and bio-energy businesses are sure to excel. As a matter of fact, India had approximately $10.2 billion invested in cleantech in 2011 and to be more specific, grid-connected solar investments increased from $600 million in 2010 to $4.2 billion in 2011. Very recently, Gujarat, a state in India, commissioned 600 MW of solar energy projects in a span of just one year. The reason behind all this is very logical—the country is extensively populated with more than 1.2 billion people and a chunk of them have no access to grid electricity. Additionally, India has joined the green revolution and wants to reduce its growing greenhouse gas emissions.

Solar panels installed in the State of Gujarat.

Major US (even German and Chinese) solar panel manufacturers and project developers like SunEdison have already landed in India. But the supply doesn’t match the demand yet. Realizing this, a few startups from the US and Europe have started to enter the Indian renewable energy market, especially in the solar power industry. A few examples include Fenix International, a three-year-old San Francisco based cleantech startup; ToughStuff, a three-year-old UK startup; and MiaSolé, a Silicon Valley startup also targeting India with its copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar panels.

Canadian cleantech companies have all the knowledge and technical resources to enter a market like India and make the best use of the opportunity. I read somewhere that in Ontario alone, there are more than 2,800 environmental industry companies that generate about $7 billion in revenue and employ more than 65,000 people. There is no better time than now to expand cleantech business to India where even the local government is supportive in many ways—be it in subsidy or regulatory policies. Additionally, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada has been supporting and promoting this as well through expos, and firms like TaraSpan have dedicated themselves to accelerating and de-risking India market entry for Canadian technology companies.

If this motivation was not enough, check out the report by The Climate Group, which reveals that the rate of increase of India’s private investment in clean energy will be 736% over the next 10 years, three times that of the US or China.