Dhanu Mohankumar

Vande Matharam - by A.R.Rahman is one of my favorite song In Hindi too

Happy 63rd Independence Day for all my fellow Indians :) இனிய சுதந்திர தின நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் இந்தியன் என்று சொல்வதில் பெருமிதம் படுக்கிறேன் Hmmm, I remember we celebrated the 50th Indian Independence with my friends 13yrs ago and its now 63rd, oh my...days (I mean years go soo fast than we think it might). I went around couple of independence day pictures and thought of sharing it in my blog and here they are :) Jai h ind Vande Mat haram

Festivals in India for the month of August : This was the topic I came upon while I was thinking to write a blog for this month initially. Hope it came out very well, so you are most welcome to have a peek at this. Also, I didn't realize till I visit this website on festivals of India in the month of august, wow, there is a whole lot of festivals. One aspect of Indian festivals is not only the diversity in its rituals and way of celebrations, there is also a religious and regional significance of the month that festival or occasion falls in. For example the month of August is associated with monsoons and greenery, thus, there are some specific festivals and fairs like teej, Minjar fair, Kanwaris pilgrimage to Ganga etc that are based on the celebration of monsoons and so are their rituals associated. Not only weather but different mythological significance are also associated with each month, corresponding to which there are different festivals. As according to Hindu Calendar, the