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Kerala: Children introduced to reading, writing in 'Vidyarambham' ceremony
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 26 (ANI): Parents, with their children, gather at Attukal Bhagavathy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram for 'Vidyarambham' ceremony that is observed on Vijay Dashmi. 'Vidyarambham' is a tradition where children are introduced to reading and writing.
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Dussehra festivities bring back customers to sweet shops in Rajkot
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], October 26 (ANI): Sweet shop owners were pleasantly occupied after customers flocked to their establishments to stock on local sweet and delicacies amid Dussehra festivities in Rajkot on Sunday.
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Immersion of idols of Goddess Durga takes place in Ayodhya, sans processio
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 25 (ANI): Immersion of idols of Goddess Durga took place in Nirmali Kund near the Guptar Ghat here on Sunday on the occasion of Vijayadashmi.
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Dusshera: Take up one mission this year and work to fulfil it, urges PM Mo
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attended the Dussehra celebrations at Ram Leela maidan in Dwarka here and in his address said that India is a land of festivals and that every festival brings our society together. He also urged people to take up and
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Sonia Gandhi greets nation on Vijayadashami
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday extended her greetings on the occasion of Vijayadashmi.
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Rahul Gandhi extends greetings on Dussehra
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday extended his greetings to the countrymen on the occasion of Dussehra or Vijayadashmi, a Hindu festival celebrated at the end of Navaratri each year.
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Dusshera inspires us to live by honesty, truthfulness: President Kovind
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 8 (ANI): Greeting the nation on the auspicious occasion of Dusshera on Tuesday, President Ram Nath Kovind said that the festival inspires us to live by honesty and truthfulness.
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Rajasthan: Muslim family keeps alive its tradition of making Ravana's effi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): As the nation gears up to celebrate Vijayadashmi on Tuesday, a Muslim family is busy preparing one of the tallest effigies of Ravana in the city's Adarsh Nagar.
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Every day is Durga's: Kajol kicks off Durga Puja celebrations with mother,
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 4 (ANI): Kickstarting the Durga Puja celebrations on Friday, actor Kajol along with mother Tanuja and sister Tanisha Mukerji, stepped out in style to offer prayers at a Durga Puja pandal.
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President Kovind, PM Modi extend Dussehra greetings
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 19 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to the nation on the occasion of Dussehra and Vijayadashmi on Friday.
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Kailash Satyarthi to be chief guest at RSS' Vijayadashmi event
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi will attend the Vijayadashmi event of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as Chief Guest at the Reshmibagh Maidan in Nagpur on October 18.
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UP: Dussehra marked with celebratory gunfire in Ghaziabad
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): The priests and devotees in Ghaziabad's Devi temple brandished weapons and fired shots in the air as a part of Vijayadashmi celebrations, on Saturday.
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