'Lights, sweets and crackers': Ahead of Diwali 2021, here's how shops and markets are prepping for festival
Fp Staff • 3 years agoDiwali is one of India’s most popular festivals which is celebrated with much grandeur and enthusiasm. The five-day-long festival of lights will begin with Dhanteras and end with Bhai Dooj
Dhanteras 2021: A guide to understanding why the day is celebrated
Trendingdesk • 3 years agoThe word ‘Dhanteras’ comes from Sanskrit where 'dhan' means wealth and 'teras' is the 13th day of the Hindu lunar calendar
Forget firecrackers this Diwali; adorn your home with different rangoli designs
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoBursting crackers has been banned by states and Union Territories in India, but rangolis are way safer and more colourful way of heralding this festival.
Diwali 2020: Festival of lights to be celebrated on 14 November; significance of the day and puja timings this year
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoDiwali is celebrated to mark the return of Lord Rama and Sita to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile, but some celebrate the festival to honour the return of Pandavas after 12 years of vanvas
Dhanteras 2020: History and significance of the festival; auspicious time for puja
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoDhanteras is considered an auspicious occasion to purchase clothes, jewellery, utensils, gadgets. It is also believed that buying gold and silver on Dhanteras bring more wealth and prosperity
Niladri Bije 2020: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates Lord Jagannath art offering rasagola to Goddess Lakshmi at Puri beach
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoNiladri Bije, an auspicious day which marks the conclusion of Rath Yatra festival, is being celebrated today, 4 July
Sharad Purnima 2019: All you need to know about the festival marking end of monsoon season
Fp Staff • 5 years agoSharad Purnima is celebrated during the Ashwin month of the Hindu calendar, on the full moon night to mark the end of the monsoon season, this year, the Sharad Purnima will be celebrated on Sunday
Gold outlook on Dhanteras: Korean standoff sets floor for price; Indian buyers seen re-emerging after note ban
Gnanasekar Thiagarajan • 7 years agoFarm incomes will finally be looking up this year and result in more demand for gold and silver
Kangana Ranaut in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ad shows she's more than a 'celeb' endorser
Fp Staff • 9 years agoKangana Ranaut is the only celebrity who doesn't play herself in ads.
Goddess Lakshmi on bikini! Indians not amused
Fp Archives • 14 years agoAustralian shocks Indians with Godess Lakshmi image on bikini