As Chattisgarh hosts the National Tribal dance festival in Raipur, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said the aim of such event is to promote the financial progress of tribal people and also to promote the culture.
Director Shekhar Kapur's upcoming rom-com film 'What's love got to do with it?' will open Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival.
The film's screenplay has been written by Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith.
New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI/PNN): Around 200 disadvantaged children and their families from Jahora village in Rajasthan were given the opportunity to enjoy the festival of lights, Diwali, with great zeal.
On the fourth day of Chhath Puja, which is known as 'Bhorka Aragh', devotees go to the riverbank before sunrise to offer an 'arghya' to the rising sun.
Hundreds of Indian-Americans gathered at river banks, lakes and makeshift water bodies across the United States to worship the Sun God as they celebrated the popular Hindu festival of Chhath Puja on Sunday.
Fasting Nepali Hindu women on Sunday took a dip at Kamal Pokhari- a local pond in Kathmandu with baskets full of offering to the Sun God on the third day of the Chhath festival.
In Bihar, the festival dedicated to Sun and Chhathi Maiya is celebrated with rigorous and strict manners of preparation. A striking difference that one might notice as a non-Bihari is that Chhath is probably the only major Hindu festival that doesn't involve priests or purohits.
This is the first time that on the Chief Minister's call, along with maintaining safety standards, the appeal of ensuring cleanliness on Chhath festival has been taken up by internet users.