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Sikhs in Toronto celebrate Khalsa festival

by admin May 1, 2007 World

Toronto, May 1 (IANS) The Sikh community here celebrated the Toronto Khalsa festival, intended to educate other Canadians about the Sikh faith and ensure that their culture is kept alive by new generation Canadian-born Sikhs.

An estimated 40,000 people participated in the parade held Monday, which featured bands, floats and Sikh men brandishing swords.
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Punjab’s Baisakhi: Of golden harvest, good hope

by admin April 13, 2007 India News

Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) Golden fields ready for a bumper harvest, spirited villagers heading for their fields or to grain markets, a riot of colour even as the sun unleashes its summer fury. Welcome to Baisakhi – Punjab’s festival of a golden harvest and good hope.

Like each year, Punjab kept its date with Baisakhi Friday.
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PM greets nation on Vaisakhi

by admin April 13, 2007 India News

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday greeted citizens on the occasion of Vaisakhi, Vishu and other harvest festivals, saying they symbolised hope and celebration of the hard work by farmers.

In a message, Manmohan Singh said: “The harvest festivals symbolise hope and celebration of hard work by our farmers. They also give [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Easter Sunday Mass

by admin April 9, 2007 World

Vatican City, April 8 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI marked Easter Sunday with a Mass in St. Peter’s Square and a message to the world recalling the “natural calamities and human tragedies that cause innumerable victims and enormous material destruction”.

“I am thinking of the scourge of hunger, of incurable diseases, of terrorism and kidnapping of people, [...]

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3,000 Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan on Baisakhi

by admin April 9, 2007 Asia

Lahore, April 8 (IANS) The first batch of Sikh ‘yatris’ (pilgrims) crossed into Pakistan from India via the Wagah border Sunday to celebrate the Baisakhi festival.

Pakistan has agreed to give visas to 3,000 Indian Sikhs this year. The number of Sikh visitors from other countries is not fixed.
Thousands of Sikhs are expected from Britain, United [...]

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Naked chocolate Jesus won’t go on display

by admin March 31, 2007 World

New York, March 31 (DPA) New Yorkers will celebrate Easter next week without the latest artistic-religious provocation: a full-scale, naked Jesus sculpted out of chocolate.

The Catholic Church reacted with such vehemence about the planned exhibit that the gallery in central Manhattan – located in the Roger Smith Hotel – was forced to cancel the April [...]

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PM, Kalam greet citizens on Mahavir Jayanti eve

by admin March 30, 2007 India News

New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday greeted the nation on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti Saturday, the birth anniversary of Jainism founder Lord Mahavir, saying that the occasion should inspire the people to strive for love, peace and harmony.

Greeting the citizens, Kalam said: “Lord Mahavir renounced [...]

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PM greets nation on Mahavir Jayanti eve

by admin March 30, 2007 India News

New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday greeted the nation on the eve of Mahavir Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Jainism founder Lord Mahavir, saying his message was a “beacon of hope and salvation for the entire humanity”.

In his message, Manmohan Singh said: “Lord Mahavir’s life and teachings are constant reminders of [...]

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Muslim man plays monkey god to set secular example

by admin March 28, 2007 India News

Ranchi, March 28 (IANS) When he plays monkey god Hanuman during the Ram Navami festival to celebrate the birth of Ram every year, Amjad Hussain is only carrying forward the syncretic traditions of secular India passed on by his father.

Hussain, who not only enacts the role of Hanuman during the annual festival but also goes [...]

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